WO2017047202A1

WO2017047202A1 - Communication processing system, communication processing method, communication processing device, communication terminal, and control method and control program therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2017047202A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/069353
Authority: WO
Inventors: 慎太郎中野; 英男長谷川; 理石井
Original assignee: 日本電気株式会社
Priority date: 2015-09-15
Filing date: 2016-06-29
Publication date: 2017-03-23

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to achieve high-quality calls when issuing calls using user identification information. This communication processing system is provided with a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal, and a packet core, and connects, over a telephone line, calls to communication terminals of social networking service (SNS) users registered on the SNS. The first communication terminal is provided with: a selection unit capable of selecting a SNS user as a call issuance destination; a resolution request unit which requests resolution of user device identification information of the call issuance destination, in order to connect the telephone line; and a call issuance unit which uses the user device identification information to issue a call over the telephone line. The second communication terminal is provided with a call receiving unit which receives calls issued using the user device identification information. The packet core is provided with: a storage unit in which SNS user identification information for identifying SNS users, and the user device identification information are associated with each other and stored; a resolution response unit which responds with the user device identification information; and an establishment unit which uses the user device identification information to establish a call connection between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal over the telephone line.

Description

COMMUNICATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND THEIR CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM

The present invention relates to a communication processing system, a communication processing method, a communication processing device, a communication terminal, and a control method and control program thereof.

In the above technical field, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for executing communication between terminals with a telephone communication ID by associating a service ID of a Web site with a telephone communication ID. Here, the telephone communication ID is SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) -URI (Uniform Resource Identifier). Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for acquiring a telephone number or address of an access destination from an access request by a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) designation from a PC terminal to a predetermined mobile phone terminal, and connecting to the mobile phone terminal. Is disclosed.

JP 2010-011026 A Reissue WO2008 / 111132

However, since the technique described in the above document includes an IP connection at least in part, it is possible to improve the quality by establishing a telephone line connection between the caller communication terminal and the callee communication terminal. The call could not be realized.

An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for solving the above-described problems.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication processing system according to the present invention provides:
A communication processing system for performing a call connection on a telephone line to a communication terminal of an SNS user registered in a social networking service (SNS),
The communication processing system includes a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal, and a packet core,
The first communication terminal is
Selection means for enabling selection of the SNS user as a call destination;
Solution request means for requesting resolution of user equipment identification information for connecting the telephone line of the call destination;
Calling means for making a call on the telephone line using the resolved user equipment identification information;
Have
The second communication terminal is
Call receiving means for receiving a call using the solved user equipment identification information,
The packet core is
Storage means for storing SNS user identification information, which is information for identifying the SNS user, and user device identification information in association with each other;
A solution response means for responding to the user equipment identification information in response to the solution request;
Establishing means for establishing a telephone line connection between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal using the responded user equipment identification information;
Have

In order to achieve the above object, a communication processing method according to the present invention includes:
A communication processing system comprising a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal, and a packet core, and performing communication connection on a telephone line to a communication terminal of an SNS user registered in a social networking service (SNS) A method,
A selection step in which the first communication terminal selects the SNS user as a call destination;
A resolution requesting step in which the first communication terminal requests a resolution of user equipment identification information for connecting the telephone line of the call destination;
The packet core refers to storage means for storing SNS user identification information, which is information for identifying the SNS user, and user device identification information in association with each other, and in response to the resolution request, the user device identification information Resolving response step,
A calling step in which the first communication terminal makes a call on the telephone line using the resolved user equipment identification information;
An establishing step in which the packet core establishes a call connection of the telephone line between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal using the responded user equipment identification information;
An incoming call step in which the second communication terminal receives an outgoing call using the resolved user equipment identification information;
including.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal according to the present invention provides:
Obtaining means for obtaining desired SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS), and holding a list of the SNS user identification information as an SNS telephone directory;
A selection means for displaying a list of the SNS user identification information and accepting selection of the SNS user identification information of a call destination that the user desires to call;
Resolution request means for requesting resolution of the selected SNS user identification information;
Receiving means for receiving user equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line, which is responded to in response to the resolution request;
Calling means for making a call to the called party according to the received user equipment identification information;
Is provided.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal control method according to the present invention includes:
A step of acquiring desired SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS) and holding the list of SNS user identification information as an SNS phone book in a holding unit;
A selection step of displaying a list of the SNS user identification information and accepting a selection of the SNS user identification information of a call destination that the user desires to call;
A resolution requesting step for requesting resolution of the selected SNS user identification information;
A receiving step of receiving user equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line, which is responded to in response to the resolution request;
A calling step for making a call to the called party according to the received user equipment identification information;
including.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal control program according to the present invention provides:
A step of acquiring desired SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS) and holding the list of SNS user identification information as an SNS phone book in a holding unit;
A selection step of displaying a list of the SNS user identification information and accepting a selection of the SNS user identification information of a call destination that the user desires to call;
A resolution requesting step for requesting resolution of the selected SNS user identification information;
A receiving step of receiving user equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line, which is responded to in response to the resolution request;
A calling step for making a call to the called party according to the received user equipment identification information;
Is executed on the computer.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication processing apparatus according to the present invention provides:
Via a mobile communication carrier (MNO) comprising a base station connected to the communication terminal, a gateway connected to the communication terminal;
A virtual core network (vEPC) that controls communication between the communication terminal and an external device via an external network;
User equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line associated with the SNS user identification information in response to a request for resolution by SNS user identification information registered in the social networking service (SNS) from the communication terminal. And a solution response means for responding to the communication terminal with the converted user equipment identification information,
Is provided.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for controlling a communication processing apparatus according to the present invention includes:
Via a mobile communication carrier (MNO) comprising a base station connected to the communication terminal, a gateway connected to the communication terminal;
A control method of a communication processing device comprising: a virtual core network (vEPC) that controls communication between the communication terminal and an external device via an external network,
Receiving a request for resolution of SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS) from the communication terminal;
The step of converting the SNS user identification information into the user device identification information associated with the SNS user identification information for connecting a telephone line, and responding to the communication terminal with the converted user device identification information When,
including.

In order to achieve the above object, a control program for a communication processing apparatus according to the present invention includes:
Via a mobile communication carrier (MNO) comprising a base station connected to the communication terminal, a gateway connected to the communication terminal;
A control method of a communication processing device comprising: a virtual core network (vEPC) that controls communication between the communication terminal and an external device via an external network,
Receiving a request for resolution of SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS) from the communication terminal;
The step of converting the SNS user identification information into the user device identification information associated with the SNS user identification information for connecting a telephone line, and responding to the communication terminal with the converted user device identification information When,
Is executed on the computer.

According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a high-quality call by establishing a telephone line connection in response to a call request based on user identification information registered in a network service.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication processing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the call processing in the communication processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the incoming call process in the communication processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation procedure of the communication terminal in the communication processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation | movement procedure of the calling side of the communication processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation | movement procedure by the side of the incoming call of the communication processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the other operation | movement procedure of the callee side of the communication processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the communication format according to the operation | movement procedure of the communication processing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the conversion server which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the telephone number database which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the telephone number database which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of vEPC which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the telephone call history database which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the control part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the control part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the communication terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the SNS telephone directory database of the communication terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the SNS telephone directory database of the communication terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the communication terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the communication terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the call processing in the communication processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the other call processing in the communication processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation | movement procedure of the communication processing system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the control part which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the call processing in the communication processing system which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation | movement procedure by the side of the calling side of the communication processing system which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation | movement procedure by the side of the incoming call of the communication processing system which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the constituent elements described in the following embodiments are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention only to them. In this specification, the term “packet core” is not limited to so-called EPC (Evolved Packet Core) or vEPC (Virtual Evolved Packet Core), MNO (Mobile Network Operator), MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator), It is used as including hardware and software for realizing a communication service provided by SNS (Social Networking Service).

[First Embodiment]
A communication processing system 100 as a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The communication processing system 100 is a system for making a call connection on a telephone line to a communication terminal with an SNS user identification registered in a social networking service (SNS).

As shown in FIG. 1, the communication processing system 100 includes a first communication terminal 101, a second communication terminal 102, and a packet core 103. The first communication terminal 101 includes a selection unit 111 that makes it possible to select an SNS user as a call destination, a resolution request unit 112 that makes a request for resolution of user equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line of the call destination, A calling unit 113 for making a call on a telephone line using the resolved user equipment identification information. The second communication terminal 102 includes an incoming call unit 121 that receives an outgoing call using the resolved user equipment identification information. The packet core includes a storage unit 131 that stores SNS user identification information, which is information for identifying an SNS user, and user device identification information in association with each other, and a solution response that responds to user device identification information in response to a resolution request. And an establishment unit 133 that establishes a telephone line call connection between the first communication terminal 101 and the second communication terminal 102 using the user device identification information that has been responded.

According to the present embodiment, a call request based on user identification information registered in a network service is realized by connecting a telephone line using user equipment identification information for connecting an associated telephone line, so that the quality A good call can be realized.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a communication processing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The communication processing system according to the present embodiment holds a list of user identification information registered in the network service as a telephone directory by the communication terminal, and selects the user identification information to identify the called party identified by the user identification information. Phone call with other communication terminals. In other words, the resolution request based on the selected user identification information is sent to a telephone as user equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line in a conversion server included in a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), such as a DNS (Domain Name System) server. It is converted into a number and returned to the calling communication terminal as a resolution response. The communication terminal on the calling side makes a call by connecting the telephone line by making a call using the returned telephone number.

《Communication processing system》
Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 2A to FIG. 4D, an operation outline and configuration of the communication processing system 200 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Overview of operation)
FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an outline of operation of call processing in the communication processing system 200 according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, in the drawings of the outline of operation, data communication is indicated by a solid line and voice communication is indicated by a broken line.

In the communication processing system 200, the communication terminal 210 becomes an MVNO carrier (hereinafter abbreviated as MVNO 240) by a cloud operator (DC: DataCenter) via an MNO carrier possessed facility (hereinafter abbreviated as MNO 220) and the network 250. Can be connected. The MNO 220 includes a base station 221 and a gateway (hereinafter referred to as GW) 222. The MVNO 240 includes a GW 241, a virtual core network (hereinafter referred to as vEPC) 242, a conversion server 243, and a control unit 245. The conversion server 243 has a telephone number database 244 that stores SNS accounts and telephone numbers in association with each other. The vEPC 242 is connected to an incoming call destination communication terminal connected to another MVNO or MNO via the external network 260. The control unit 245 controls the entire MVNO 240 including operations of other components of the MVNO 240. In the present embodiment, the control unit 245 is illustrated as an independent component, but the control unit 245 may be integrated with other components or may be distributed among a plurality of other components. Here, the MNO 220 and the MVNO 240 are included in the packet core.

The network 250 is an IP network such as the Internet, a RAN (Radio Access Network), a dedicated line physically separated from other networks, or the like. The external network 260 is an external packet network or an IP network such as the Internet.

Here, even if the user using the communication terminal 210 desires a telephone call with the user's communication terminal registered in the SNS via the telephone line, the communication terminal 210 uses the user identification information of the user who uses the call destination communication terminal ( For example, even if the SNS account is known, the user equipment identification information (for example, telephone number) for connecting the telephone line is not known.

The communication terminal 210 has a list 211 of SNS accounts. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the communication terminal 210 makes a resolution request using the SNS account of the user who wants to make a call, the communication terminal 210 is converted into a telephone number associated with the SNS account and returned to the communication terminal 210 as a resolution response. As a result, a high-quality call with a telephone line connected can be made.

Hereinafter, the process up to the call of the telephone line connection in the communication processing system 200 will be described.

<Operation (1)> First, a call request by an SNS account is started by selecting a desired SNS account telephone button from the SNS account list 211 displayed on the communication terminal 210. The SNS account list 211 may be stored in advance in the communication terminal 210 or may be acquired by the communication terminal 210 during a call.

<Operation (2)> A resolution request by SNS account = XXX is transmitted to the MVNO 240 via the MNO 220 and the network 250, and a telephone number corresponding to the SNS account = XXX is inquired.

<Operation (3)> In the conversion server 243 of the MVNO 240, the telephone number registered in the telephone number database 244 in association with the SNS account = XXX is acquired.

<Operation (4)> The telephone number acquired by the conversion server 243 is returned to the communication terminal 210 as a resolution response.

<Operation (5)> The communication terminal 210 that has received the telephone number makes a call with the telephone number to the communication terminal that wants to talk over the telephone line. Based on the call by the telephone number, a telephone line connection is established with a communication terminal that desires a telephone line via the MNO 220, the network 250, the MVNO 240, and the network 260.

FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an operation outline of incoming call processing in the communication processing system 200 according to the present embodiment.

In the communication processing system 200, a call from the communication terminal 210 using a telephone number via the network 260 is transmitted from an MVNO carrier (hereinafter abbreviated as MVNO290) by the cloud operator (DC: DataCenter), the network 250, and the MNO carrier. The information is transmitted to the communication terminal 270 as a call destination via the possessed equipment (hereinafter abbreviated as MNO281). In addition, the call is transmitted to the communication terminal 27i that is the call destination via the EPC of the MNO 282 without passing through the MVNO. In FIG. 2B, the case where the telephone number of the communication terminal 270 is “090-XXXX-XXXX” and the telephone number of the communication terminal 27i is “090-YYYY-YYYY”, each of which is a carrier having a different configuration is illustrated. ing.

Note that the telephone number “090-XXXX-XXXX” and the caller's SNS account = ZZZ are transmitted to the communication terminal 270 to notify the user that an incoming call is received from the SNS account = ZZZ. The notification to the user is not limited to a telephone number, and may be an SNS name, a group name, a called user name, or the like. It is desirable that the caller telephone number “090-ZZZZ-ZZZZ” is not notified to the communication terminal 270. Even when the caller's telephone number “090-ZZZZ-ZZZZ” is transmitted through the telephone exchange in the network 260, the caller's telephone number “090-ZZZZ-ZZZZ” Is preferably not notified from the communication terminal 270.

When the call destination communication terminal 270 or communication terminal 27i responds with a permission response to an incoming call from SNS account = ZZZ, the telephone line between the call source communication terminal 210 and the call destination communication terminal 270 or communication terminal 27i The connection by is established and the call becomes possible. Here, MNO281,282 and MVNO290 are included in the packet core.

(Operating procedure)
FIG. 2C is a diagram illustrating an operation procedure of the communication terminal 210 and the communication terminal 270 in the communication processing system 200 according to the present embodiment. The upper part of FIG. 2C illustrates an operation procedure of the caller communication terminal 210. Further, the lower part of FIG. 2C illustrates an operation procedure of the communication terminal 270 that is a call destination.

When the “SNS call application”, which is an application for telephone connection using an SNS account, is activated in the call source communication terminal 210, a list of SNS accounts held in the communication terminal 210 or acquired by the communication terminal 210 211 is displayed. In the SNS account list 211, when a telephone button (TEL) of SNS account = XXX is tapped, communication partner information 212 to SNS account = XXX and 213 being connected are displayed.

2A is performed and a call is transmitted to the communication terminal 270 that is the call destination, the call button 271 and the call source information 272 are displayed on the communication terminal 270. Is displayed. Note that notification by ringtone may be used. When the user taps the incoming call button 271 to accept the incoming call, the telephone line between the communication terminal 210 and the communication terminal 270 becomes possible.

Both the communication terminal 210 and the communication terminal 270 display

call partner information

212 and 272 and

busy calls

214 and 273.

(System configuration)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the communication processing system 200 according to the present embodiment.

3, components are connected via a network 390 including a network 250 and a network 260. Here, the network 390 includes all the networks, and the network 250 and the network 260 may be mixed or divided into different groups.

The communication terminals 210 to 21x are terminals used by a user, and a smartphone is shown as an example in FIG. 3, but it may be a tablet, a notebook PC (Personal Computer), or a stand-alone PC. The MNO 220, the MNO 22j having the EPC, and the Wi-Fi AP (Access Point) 22y are communication facilities to which the communication terminals 210 to 21x are directly connected. The MVNOs 240 to 24n are DC servers owned by a virtual mobile communication carrier having a conversion server 243 that registers and associates an SNS account registered with the SNS with a telephone number. The SNSs 370 to 37m are servers that provide various network services to the communication terminals 210 to 21x.

In the present embodiment, a telephone line connection based on an SNS account between communication terminals is realized by a combination of the processing program for the constituent elements, the connection of the constituent elements via the network 390, and the application provided to the constituent elements. .

(Operation sequence)
FIG. 4A is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure on the calling side of the communication processing system 200 according to the present embodiment.

In step S401, if necessary, an application program “SNS call application” is downloaded to the communication terminal 210. If the “SNS call application” is provided when the communication terminal 210 is initialized, downloading is not necessary. In step S403, the communication terminal 210 activates the “SNS call application”.

While the “SNS call application” is being activated, the communication terminal 210 receives the service of SNS 370 to 37m in step S405. Then, in step S407, the communication terminal 210 acquires an SNS account of a user who has a deep relationship with the user of the communication terminal 210, and generates and holds a list of SNS accounts. As a user who has a close relationship with the user of the communication terminal 210, consideration is given to a case where the user is a friend on the SNS, a partner who frequently communicates with each other, or a case where there is a relationship with each other's attributes including preferences. (See FIG. 6B and FIG. 11B). In addition, the user having such a deep relationship may be selected by the user of the communication terminal 210, or may be selected and notified by the MVNO 240 or the SNS 370 to 37m. Note that acquisition of an SNS account of a user who has a deep relationship with the user of the communication terminal 210 may be executed separately from the services of the SNSs 370 to 37m.

Also, the conversion server 243 of the MVNO 240 acquires the SNS account and the corresponding telephone number from the SNSs 370 to 37m in step S409. In step S411, the conversion server 243 associates the SNS account with the telephone number and registers them in the telephone number database 244 so that they can be searched.

When the communication terminal 210 makes a call request using the SNS account in step S421, the conversion server 243 of the MVNO 240 refers to the telephone number database 244 and converts the SNS account into a corresponding telephone number in step S423. In step S425, the telephone number is returned from the MVNO 240 to the communication terminal 210 as a solution response.

In step S427, the communication terminal 210 calls the communication terminal of the user having the desired SNS account by using the returned telephone number. In step S429, the MVNO 240 starts a telephone line connection process using the telephone number corresponding to the desired SNS account.

FIG. 4B is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure on the called side of the communication processing system 200 according to the present embodiment.

In step S431, the MVNO 240 transmits the call of the communication terminal 210 by the telephone number to the called communication terminal 270 with line connection. In the upper part of FIG. 4B, a case where the communication terminal 270 that is a call destination is also connected via the MNO 281 and the MVNO 290 is illustrated. In step S433, the communication terminal 270 that is the call destination issues a call notification using the caller's SNS account. The user of the communication terminal 270 can determine whether or not to accept an incoming call by recognizing what kind of person the calling source user is related to in which SNS by the SNS account. Information that can replace the SNS account may be broadcast as information that can more recognize the user of the caller. However, it is desirable not to notify the telephone number. In step S435, the caller communication terminal 210 notifies the user that an incoming call is being called. When the called communication terminal 270 performs an incoming call permission operation in step S437, call connection with the communication terminal 210 is started in step S439, and the MVNO 240 starts billing processing in step S441. In step S443, a high-quality call is realized through a telephone line between the caller communication terminal 210 and the callee communication terminal 270.

The lower part of FIG. 4B illustrates a case where the route to the callee communication terminal 270 is directly connected to the MNO 282 having the EPC without passing through the MVNO 290. The processing of each step is the same as that in the upper part of FIG. 4B, but high-quality communication is realized through the telephone line between the caller communication terminal 210 and the callee communication terminal 270 without passing through the MVNO 290. .

FIG. 4C is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure on the called side of the communication processing system 200 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4C shows call processing when the caller communication terminal 210 and the callee communication terminal 270 are under the same MVNO 240. Note that step S427 shows processing corresponding to FIG. 4A up to the call by the telephone number from the communication terminal 210.

In step S451, the MVNO 240 returns the call of the communication terminal 210 by the telephone number and transmits it to the call destination communication terminal 270. In step S453, the communication terminal 270 that is a call destination issues a call notification using the caller's SNS account. The user of the communication terminal 270 recognizes what kind of person the call source user is related to in which SNS based on the notified information such as the SNS account of the call source, and performs communication by permitting an incoming call. You can decide whether to reject or reject the call. Information that replaces the SNS account, such as the name of the user, the name of the SNS concerned, or the communication history up to now, as information that can be used to recognize the caller user. May be. However, it is desirable not to notify the telephone number. In step S455, the caller communication terminal 210 notifies the user that an incoming call is being called. When the called communication terminal 270 performs an incoming call permission operation in step S457, call connection with the communication terminal 210 is started in step S459, and the MVNO 240 starts billing processing in step S461. Then, in step S463, a high-quality call using the telephone line between the caller communication terminal 210 and the callee communication terminal 270 is realized.

In addition, in FIG. 4C, the configuration in which a call between communication terminals under the control of the MVNO 240 is returned by the MVNO 240 has been described, but a configuration in which the same MVNO 240 is once transmitted to the network 260 may be used. Further, when the

communication terminals

210 and 270 are connected to different MNOs, the MVNO 240 connects the communication terminals via different MNOs.

(Communication format)
FIG. 4D is a diagram showing a communication format according to the operation procedure of the communication processing system 200 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 4D, data used in this embodiment is shown, and other information is omitted.

The first resolution request (S491) from the caller communication terminal 210 includes the callee SNS account = XXX and the caller SNS account = ZZZ. The call service providing unit including the MVNO 240 obtains the call destination telephone number “090-XXXX-XXXX” from the call destination SNS account = XXX, and provides a resolution response to the call source SNS account = ZZZ. The destination telephone number “090-XXXX-XXXX” is returned (S493).

A call from the caller communication terminal 210 (S495) includes a callee telephone number “090-XXXX-XXXX” and a caller telephone number “090-ZZZZ-ZZZZ” in accordance with the telephone line connection. , SNS account of called party = XXX and SNS account of calling party = ZZZ. When the call service providing unit including the MVNO 240 stores the call destination SNS account = XXX and the call source SNS account = ZZZ, the call may be made using only the telephone number.

The call transmission (S497) from the call service providing unit including the MVNO 240 to the call destination communication terminal 270 includes the call destination telephone number “090-XXXX-XXXX”, the call source SNS account = ZZZ, including. If necessary, the caller telephone number “090-ZZZZ-ZZZZ” may be included. However, the call destination communication terminal 270 is only notified of the caller's SNS account = ZZZ, but not the caller's telephone number “090-ZZZZ-ZZZZ”.

The call acceptance (S499) of the callee communication terminal 270 includes a caller's SNS account = ZZZ and a callee's SNS account = XXX. The call service provider, including MVNO240, detects the start of a call and handles the caller's phone number “090-ZZZZ-ZZZZ” and the callee's phone number “090-XXXX-XXXX” as a billing process. Then, the call time and billing are held (S441, S461). Then, a high-quality call by telephone line connection is provided (S443, S463).

<< Functional configuration of conversion server >>
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the conversion server 243 according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the conversion server 243 is included in the MVNO 240, collects SNS accounts from a plurality of SNS servers, and stores them in the telephone number database in association with telephone numbers.

The conversion server 243 includes a communication control unit 501, an acquisition unit 502, a telephone number database registration unit 503, a telephone number database 244, an SNS account reception unit 505, and a telephone number transmission unit 506.

The communication control unit 501 controls communication with the functional configuration unit in the MVNO 240 or the SNS server. The acquisition unit 502 acquires an SNS account and a telephone number from the SNS server via the communication control unit 501. The telephone number database registration unit 503 associates the SNS account with the telephone number and stores them in the telephone number database 244 so that they can be searched. The telephone number database 244 stores an SNS account and a telephone number in association with each other, and searches for a corresponding telephone number based on the SNS account.

The SNS account reception unit 505 receives the SNS account transmitted from the communication terminal 210 via the communication control unit 501. The telephone number transmission unit 506 acquires a telephone number corresponding to the SNS account received by the SNS account reception unit 505 from the communication terminal 210 from the telephone number database 244 and transmits the telephone number to the communication terminal 210 via the communication control unit 501. To do.

(Phone number database)
6A and 6B are diagrams showing the configuration of the telephone number database 244 according to this embodiment. The telephone number database 244 stores an SNS account and a telephone number in association with each other, and searches for a telephone number corresponding to the SNS account transmitted from the communication terminal 210. The configuration of the telephone number database 244 is not limited to FIGS. 6A and 6B.

6A, the telephone number database 244 stores the telephone number 642 in association with the SNS account 641 of the called party. In addition to the account, a user name, an SNS name, a user nickname, or the like may be used as a telephone number search key as the callee SNS account 641. For each telephone number 642, whether or not provision to the caller's SNS account is permitted (whether or not the caller's SNS account may be provided) is set. In FIG. 6A, “OK” indicates that the telephone number 642 can be provided, and “NO” indicates that the telephone number 642 cannot be provided. It should be noted that the phone number cannot be disclosed on the SNS side in advance. Alternatively, it may be set again whether or not it may be provided corresponding to the caller's SNS account according to a call history or a request from the user.

In FIG. 6B, the telephone number database 244 includes an account information table 670 that stores the state of each SNS account in the SNS, user attributes, and the like, and a phone book generation table 680 that generates phone book information based on the SNS account. ,including. By having the configuration of FIG. 6B, it is possible to provide a list of SNS accounts that are closely related to a phone book request by an SNS account from a communication terminal.

The account information table 670 stores SNS related information 672 and user attribute information 673 in association with each SNS account 671. The SNS related information 672 stores a reference partner, its frequency, the name of the SNS to which it belongs, and the like. The user attribute information 673 stores the nationality, age, sex, or preference determined from the history information of the user having the SNS account 671. The phone book generation table 680 stores search conditions 682 specified by the user or set by the MVNO conversion server in association with the phone book request account 681. Then, based on the search condition 682, the search result 683 (= SNS account phone book) searched from the account information table 670 is stored. In FIG. 6B, there is a phone book request from the SNS account “ZZZ”, and the SNS account phone book including the SNS act “XXX” and “YYY” is provided to the communication terminal 210.

<< Functional structure of vEPC >>
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the vEPC 242 according to the present embodiment.

The vEPC 242 is realized, for example, in a virtual machine on a server in the MVNO 240 (data center) in units of appliances or individual functional units of each appliance. Examples of these functions include, but are not limited to, the following.

HSS (Home Subscriber Server): A function for managing subscriber information of a communication system.

RADIUS (Remote Authorization Dial In Service): A function that authenticates users accessing the network (Authentication function). -A function to grant access permission to authorized users (Authorization function). -A function to monitor access for accounting management (Accounting function).

P-GW: ・ Function to process packets (User-Plane function) ・ Function to manage charging status according to communication (PCEF: Policy and Charging Enforcement Function) ・ Function to control policies such as QoS (Quality of Service) (PCRF: Policy and Charging Rule Function)-LI function S-GW:-Packet processing function (User-Plane function)-Control signaling processing function (C-Plane function)
MME (Mobility Management Entity): ・ Function to process control signaling (C-Plane function): For example, communication session setting / release, handover control, etc. ・ Communication in cooperation with HSS (Home Subscriber Server) Function to manage system subscriber information.

7, the vEPC 242 includes a vMME 721, a vPCRF 722, a vS-GW 724, and a vP-GW 725. A terminal bearer termination unit 723 that terminates the bearer of each terminal is provided in the previous stage of vEPC 242, that is, between vS-GW 724 of vEPC 242 and gateway 241.

For example, the communication terminal 210 can wirelessly connect to the base station 221 of the carrier (MNO 220) to which it is subscribed, and access the network 260 via the vEPC 242 constructed in the data center (MVNO 240) of the cloud operator. it can. In the case of EPS (Evolved Packet System) using E-UTRAN, the terminal A establishes a bearer (virtual path) with the vEPC 242 through the connected base station (eNodeB) 221 and performs packet communication. In the present embodiment, the bearer is terminated between the communication terminal 210 and the terminal bearer termination unit 723 arranged in the preceding stage of the vEPC 242, and traffic between the communication terminal 210 is protected end-to-end. Since the bearer is provided by encapsulating the packet, the terminal bearer termination unit 723 can identify the access network of each carrier by the outer header of the packet.

The communication terminal 210 transmits a bearer connection request to the vEPC 242 in the data center (MVNO 240) through facilities (base station 221 and GW 222) provided by the subscribed carrier (MNO 220). In that case, the terminal bearer termination unit 723 provided in the previous stage of the vEPC 242 is terminated, and bearer setting processing is performed between the communication terminal 210 and the terminal bearer termination unit 723. When a bearer connection response is transmitted from the terminal bearer termination unit 723 to the communication terminal 210, a bearer is established between the communication terminal 210 and the terminal bearer termination unit 723, and is defined between the communication terminal 210 and the vEPC 242 through the bearer. Exchanged signals.

Note that the terminal bearer termination unit 723 may be provided inside the gateway 241 or the vEPC 242. Further, the gateway 241 may have a tunnel termination unit.

(Call history database)
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of the call history database 800 according to the present embodiment. The call history database 800 is used in, for example, billing processing by the vPCRF 722. The configuration of the call history database 800 is not limited to FIG.

The call history database 800 stores caller identification information 802, callee identification information 803, call time 804, and billing 805 in association with the call date and time 801. Here, the caller identification information 802 and the callee identification information 803 include an SNS account and a telephone number.

<Functional configuration of control unit>
FIG. 9A is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control unit 245 according to the present embodiment. The control unit 245 controls components constituting the MVNO 240 to control the entire MVNO 240.

The control unit 245 includes a communication control unit 901, a telephone number DB generation control unit 902, an SNS account reception control unit 903, a telephone line connection control unit 904, an incoming call control unit 905, a control algorithm storage unit 910, Is provided. The communication control unit 901 controls communication between the GW 241, the vEPC 242, and the conversion server 243. The telephone number DB generation control unit 902 controls the conversion server 243 to generate the telephone number DB 244. The telephone line connection control unit 904 controls telephone line connection via the GW 241 and vEPC 242 using the telephone number converted from the SNS account acquired from the conversion server 243. An incoming call control unit 905 controls connection of a telephone line based on an incoming call received from another communication terminal via MVNO or the like. The control algorithm storage unit 910 stores the control algorithms of the control units 902 to 905. In the present embodiment, a call request using the SNS account is received from the subordinate communication terminal 210, converted into a telephone number by the conversion server 243, and connected to the telephone line with the called communication terminal. A control algorithm for realizing a call is stored.

<Operation procedure of control unit>
FIG. 9B is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of the control unit 245 according to the present embodiment. This flowchart is executed by a virtual machine (VM) that configures the MVNO 240 and controls the functional components of the MVNO 240. Therefore, the execution subject will be described as the control unit 245 of the MVNO 240.

The control unit 245 determines whether generation of the telephone number database 244 is instructed in step S911. When the generation of the telephone number database 244 is instructed, the control unit 245 instructs the conversion server 243 to acquire the SNS account and the telephone number corresponding to the user whose telephone number can be disclosed from the SNS server in step S913. To do. The conversion server 243 generates a telephone number database 244 by associating the SNS account with the telephone number in step S915, and stores it in a searchable manner in step S917.

When it is determined that generation of the telephone number database 244 is not instructed, the control unit 245 determines whether or not a call request based on the SNS account has been received in step S921. When the call request by the SNS account is received, the control unit 245 converts the SNS account into a corresponding phone number if the SNS account is found in the conversion server 243 in step S923. In step S925, the control unit 245 returns the telephone number to the caller communication terminal.

When generation of the telephone number database 244 is not instructed and a call request by the SNS account is not received, the control unit 245 determines whether or not a call by the telephone number has been received in step S931. When the call by the telephone number is received, the control unit 245 instructs the line connection to the called party via the vEPC 242 using the telephone number in step S933. Then, in step S935, the control unit 245 waits until receiving a permission response to the incoming call notification in the incoming call destination communication terminal. If the permission response is received, the control unit 245 instructs the vEPC 242 to perform call processing including charging in step S937.

If generation of the telephone number database 244 is not instructed, and neither a call request based on the SNS account nor a call based on the telephone number has been received, the control unit 245 receives a call from another caller communication terminal in step S941. Determine if there is a call. If there is an incoming call, in step S943, the control unit 245 determines whether the calling source is an SNS account or a telephone number. If the caller is an SNS account, the control unit 245 notifies the callee communication terminal of an incoming call based on the caller's SNS account in step S945. On the other hand, if the caller is a telephone number, the control unit 245 notifies the callee communication terminal of an incoming call with the caller's telephone number in step S947. Then, in step S949, the control unit 245 waits for an off-hook in the called communication terminal, and if an off-hook is detected, in step S951, the control unit 245 instructs a call process via the GW 241 or the vEPC 242.

<Functional configuration of communication terminal>
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the communication terminal 210 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 10, illustration of functional components related to general-purpose functions and other realizable functions of the mobile terminal 210 is omitted. For example, a telephone book by telephone number is omitted.

The communication terminal 210 includes a communication control unit 1001, an SNS connection unit 1002, an SNS phone book database 1003, an SNS phone book generation unit 1004, a display unit 1005, an SNS call destination selection unit 1006, and an operation unit 1007. . Communication terminal 210 also includes a call establishment unit 1008, an incoming / outgoing sound output unit 1009, and a voice input / output unit 1010.

The communication control unit 1001 controls communication with the MVNO 240 via the network 390, particularly in this example, the MNO 220 and the network 250. The SNS connection unit 1002 includes an SNS account acquisition unit 1021, receives a service from the SNS server, and acquires an SNS account of a closely related user. The SNS phone book database 1003 stores the SNS account acquired by the SNS account acquisition unit 1021 so that the SNS and the like can be identified for phone book generation. The SNS phone book generation unit 1004 generates an SNS phone book from the SNS account stored in the SNS phone book database 1003.

Display unit 1005 displays an instruction to the user or the state of communication terminal 210. In this embodiment, the SNS telephone directory and the status of outgoing / incoming calls are displayed. The SNS call destination selection unit 1006 selects an SNS account for which a call is desired according to an instruction from the operation unit 1007 from the SNS phone book generated by the SNS phone book generation unit 1004 and displayed on the display unit 1005. The operation unit 1007 includes a touch panel and inputs an operation to the communication terminal 210 by the user. For example, an operation such as selection of an SNS account for requesting a call from the SNS telephone directory or a response to call acceptance is input.

The call establishment unit 1008 includes a telephone number acquisition unit 1081, a call processing unit 1082, a call processing unit 1083, and an incoming call processing unit 1084, and establishes a connection via a telephone line with the called party. Make a call. The telephone number acquisition unit 1081 inquires and acquires the telephone number corresponding to the selected SNS account from the conversion server 243 of the MVNO 240. The calling processing unit 1082 uses the telephone number acquired by the telephone number acquiring unit 1081 to make a call to the called communication terminal. The call processing unit 1083 implements a call using the established telephone line connection. The incoming call processing unit 1084 receives the incoming call from the caller when the communication terminal 210 is the incoming call destination, notifies the display unit 1005 or the incoming / outgoing sound output unit 1009, and accepts the incoming call from the operation unit 1007. In response, the call processing unit 1083 is instructed to start a call.

The incoming / outgoing sound output unit 1009 outputs a sound for notifying the user when a call is made or when a call is received. In addition, the output sound at the time of an incoming call can be muted and can be replaced by other notifications such as vibration. The voice input / output unit 1010 includes a microphone and a speaker, and performs voice input / output during a call.

In communication terminal 210, SNS connection unit 1002, SNS telephone directory generation unit 1004, SNS call destination selection unit 1006, and call establishment unit 1008 are realized by software downloaded as an “SNS call application”. It's okay.

(SNS phone book database)
11A and 11B are diagrams showing the configuration of the SNS telephone directory database 1003 of the communication terminal 210 according to the present embodiment. Note that the configuration of the SNS telephone directory database 1003 is not limited to FIGS. 11A and 11B.

In FIG. 11A, the SNS telephone directory database 1003 stores information 1102 indicating which SNS is registered and used in association with the account name 1101. The information 1102 may store not only the SNS but also a corresponding user name, a user nickname, and the like.

In FIG. 11B, the SNS telephone directory database 1003 is associated with the SNS account 1111 acquired from the MVNO 240 or the SNS server, and a flag 1112 indicating whether the user requested and acquired or selected and provided on the server side, Related information 1113 and user attribute information 1114 are stored. Among these, a list of SNS accounts 1122 is displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal in the order according to the priority order 1121, and is selected as a call partner by the user. Note that the priority order 1121 is assigned in descending order of relationship with the user with reference to the SNS related information 1113 and the user attribute information 1114. By having FIG. 11B, the communication terminal can generate a list display of SNS accounts.

<< Hardware configuration of communication terminal >>
FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the communication terminal 210 according to the present embodiment.

12, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1210 is a processor for arithmetic control, and implements the functional configuration unit of FIG. 10 by executing a program. ROM (Read Only Memory) 1220 stores initial data and fixed data such as programs and programs. The communication control unit 1001 controls communication with the base station 221 and other devices of the MNO 220 via the network 390.

RAM (Random Access Memory) 1240 is a random access memory that the CPU 1210 uses as a work area for temporary storage. The RAM 1240 has an area for storing data necessary for realizing the present embodiment. The SNS phone book data 1241 is SNS phone book data displayed on the display unit 1005. The selected SNS account 1242 is data of the SNS account selected from the list of the SNS telephone directory. The telephone number 1243 received after conversion is the telephone number received after being converted from the selected SNS account 1242 by the conversion server 243 of the MVNO 240. The transmission / reception data 1244 is data transmitted / received via the communication control unit 1001 and includes call data in this example. The input / output data 1245 is data input / output by the input / output device via the input / output interface 1260.

The storage 1250 stores a database, various parameters, or the following data or programs necessary for realizing the present embodiment. The SNS telephone directory database 1003 stores the database shown in FIG. The SIM data 1251 stores data including authentication data associated with the carrier to which the communication terminal 210 belongs. Such SIM data 1251 may be stored in a SIM card. The storage 1250 stores the following programs. The communication terminal control program 1252 is a program that controls the entire communication terminal 210. The SNS connection module 1253 is a module that controls connection with the SNS. The SNS call application 1254 is an application provided from the MVNO 240, and includes a call processing module 1255, an incoming call processing module 1256, and a telephone book generation module 1257. The acquisition of the SNS account is performed by the SNS connection module 1253 or the SNS call application 1254.

The input / output interface 1260 performs an interface for controlling data input / output with the input / output device. In the present embodiment, a display unit 1005, an operation unit 1007, an incoming / outgoing sound output unit 1009, and a voice input / output unit 1010 are connected to the input / output interface 1260. The input / output interface 1260 is further connected to an imaging unit 1261, a GPS position calculation unit 1262, and the like.

Note that the RAM 1240 and the storage 1250 in FIG. 12 do not show programs and data related to general-purpose functions and other realizable functions that the communication terminal 210 has.

<< Processing procedure of communication terminal >>
FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the communication terminal 210 according to the present embodiment. This flowchart is executed by the CPU 1210 in FIG. 12 using the RAM 1240, and implements the functional components of the communication terminal 210 shown in FIG.

In step S1311, the communication terminal 210 determines whether communication from the communication terminal 210 to the outside is a connection to the SNS. If it is a connection to SNS, the communication terminal 210 will receive the service by SNS in step S1313. In step S1315, the communication terminal 210 determines whether or not an SNS account is acquired. If there is an SNS account acquisition instruction, the communication terminal 210 adds the acquired SNS account to the SNS telephone directory database 1003 in step S1317.

If it is determined that the communication from the communication terminal 210 to the outside is not a connection to the SNS, the communication terminal 210 determines in step S1321 whether or not it is a call request for a call. If the communication from the communication terminal 210 to the outside is a call request for a call, the communication terminal 210 displays a list of SNS accounts in step S1325. Although not shown, if a call is made by a telephone number, a list of telephone numbers is displayed. In step S1327, the communication terminal 210 waits for selection by the user of the SNS account for which a call is desired. If the SNS account is selected, the communication terminal 210 sets the selected SNS account as the callee in step S1329. Make a call request. In step S1331, the communication terminal 210 waits for reception of a telephone number corresponding to the SNS account. Upon receiving the telephone number corresponding to the SNS account, the communication terminal 210 makes a call with the received telephone number as the called party in step S1333. In step S1335, the communication terminal 210 waits for an incoming call response from the called communication terminal while listening to the ringing tone. If there is an incoming call response from the called communication terminal, the communication terminal 210 returns to step S1337. Then, call processing is started.

If the communication from the communication terminal 210 to the outside is not a connection to the SNS but a call request for a call, the communication terminal 210 determines in step S1341 whether or not it is an incoming call from another communication terminal. judge. If the communication from the communication terminal 210 to the outside is an incoming call from another communication terminal, the communication terminal 210, in step S1343, the caller's SNS account or the caller's phone included in the incoming call message. The number is displayed to notify the user of the incoming call. In this example, the caller's SNS account is displayed. Then, in step S1345, the communication terminal 210 determines whether or not the user accepts the incoming call. If there is an incoming call permission operation by the user, the communication terminal 210 responds with a permission response to the incoming call in step S1347, and starts a call process in step S1349. On the other hand, if the incoming call is rejected by the user, the telephone call is not performed.

If communication from the communication terminal 210 to the outside is not a connection to the SNS, a call request for a call, or an incoming call from another communication terminal, the communication terminal 210 performs other processing in step S1351. Execute.

According to the present embodiment, the call request based on the user identification information registered in the network service is converted into user device identification information for connecting the associated telephone line and returned to the caller. By realizing by connecting a telephone line using the identification information, a high quality call can be realized.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a communication processing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. Compared with the second embodiment, the communication processing system according to the present embodiment does not have a conversion server that converts user identification information into user device identification information in the MVNO, and user identification information corresponding to each SNS server and The difference is that a conversion server for storing user device identification information is provided. Since other configurations and operations are the same as those of the second embodiment, the same configurations and operations are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

《Communication processing system》
Hereinafter, an operation outline and configuration of the communication processing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 14A to 16. Although the operation outline of the incoming call processing is not shown or described, it is the same as FIG. 2B of the second embodiment.

(Overview of operation)
FIG. 14A is a diagram showing an outline of operation of call processing in the communication processing system 1401 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 14A, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as in FIG. 2A, and description thereof will be omitted.

In the communication processing system 1401, an MVNO carrier 1440 (hereinafter referred to as MVNO 1440) includes a GW 241, a virtual core network (hereinafter referred to as vEPC) 242, and a control unit 1445, and does not include a conversion server. The control unit 1445 controls the entire MVNO 1440 including operations of other components of the MVNO 1440. In the present embodiment, the control unit 1445 is shown as an independent component, but the control unit 1445 may be integrated with other components or distributed among a plurality of other components.

The SNS-1 DC 1470 outside the MVNO 1440 has a conversion server 1443-1, and the SNS-2 DC 1471 has a conversion server 14443-2. The conversion server 1443-1 has a telephone number database 1444-1 that stores an SNS account and a telephone number in association with each other.

The communication terminal 210 has a list 211 of SNS accounts. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the communication terminal 210 makes a resolution request using the SNS account of the user who wants to make a call, the communication terminal 210 is converted into a telephone number associated with the SNS account and returned to the communication terminal 210 as a resolution response. As a result, a high-quality call with a telephone line connected can be made. Here, the MNO 220, the MVNO 1440, and the conversion servers 1443-1 and 1443-2 are included in the packet core.

Hereinafter, the process up to the call of the telephone line connection in the communication processing system 1401 will be described.

<Operation (2)> A call request by SNS account = XXX is transmitted to the MVNO 1440 via the MNO 220 and the network 250. The SNS account = XXX is further sent from the MVNO 1440 to one of the conversion servers 1443 in which the SNS account is registered, and inquires about the telephone number corresponding to the SNS account = XXX.

<Operation (3)> A telephone number registered in one of the telephone number databases 1444 in association with the SNS account = XXX is acquired in one of the conversion servers 1443 of the SNS DC.

<Operation (4)> The telephone number acquired by the conversion server 1443 in which the SNS account is registered is returned to the communication terminal 210 via the MVNO 1440 as a resolution response.

<Operation (5)> The communication terminal 210 that has received the telephone number makes a call with the telephone number to the communication terminal that wants to talk over the telephone line. Based on the call by telephone number, a telephone line connection is established with a communication terminal that desires a telephone call via the MNO 220, the network 250, the MVNO 1440, and the network 260.

FIG. 14B is a diagram showing an outline of another call processing operation in the communication processing system 1402 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 14B, the same components as those in FIG. 2A or FIG. 14A are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

In the communication processing system 1402 in FIG. 14B, the communication terminal 210 and the network 250 are connected by Wi-FiAP. Here, the MNO 220, the MVNO 1440, and the conversion servers 1470-1 and 1470-2 are included in the packet core.

Hereinafter, the process up to the call of the telephone line connection in the communication processing system 1402 will be described.

<Operation (2)> The resolution request by SNS account = XXX is sent to one of the conversion servers 1443 where the SNS account is registered via the Wi-Fi AP 1420 and the network 250, and corresponds to the SNS account = XXX. Ask for a phone number to call.

<Operation (4)> The telephone number acquired by the conversion server 1443 in which the SNS account is registered is returned to the communication terminal 210 via the network 250 and the Wi-Fi AP 1420 as a resolution response.

(System configuration)
FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the

communication processing systems

1401 and 1402 according to this embodiment. In FIG. 15, the same components as those in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

15, components are connected via a network 390 including a network 250 and a network 260. Here, the network 390 includes all the networks, and the network 250 and the network 260 may be mixed or divided into different groups.

MVNO 1441 to 144n are DC servers owned by the virtual mobile communication carrier that do not have the conversion server 1443. The SNSs 1470 to 147m are servers that each have a conversion server 1443 that registers and registers an SNS account registered in its own SNS and a telephone number, and provides various network services to the communication terminals 210 to 21x. .

(Operation sequence)
FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure of the

communication processing systems

1401 and 1402 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 16, steps similar to those in FIG. 4A are denoted by the same step numbers and description thereof is omitted.

In step S1606, each SNS of SNS 1470 to 147m associates the SNS account registered in its SNS with the telephone number and registers them in the telephone number database 1444 of the conversion server 1443.

When the communication terminal 210 makes a call request using the SNS account in step S421, in step S1623, the MVNO 1440 inquires the conversion server 1443 of the SNS 1470 to 147m about the telephone number corresponding to the SNS account. In step S1624, each of the conversion servers 1443 of the SNS 1470 to 147m refers to the respective telephone number database 1444 and converts the SNS account into a corresponding telephone number. In step S1625, the telephone number is returned from each conversion server 1443 to the communication terminal 210.

<Operation procedure of control unit>
FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of the control unit 1445 according to the present embodiment. Since MVNO 1440 does not have a conversion server, FIG. 17 does not include generation processing of telephone number database 244. In FIG. 17, steps similar to those in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same step numbers and description thereof is omitted.

In step S1723, the control unit 1445 of the MVNO 1440 transmits an SNS account to the conversion server 1443 included in the external SNSs 1470 to 147m, requests conversion to a telephone number, and acquires a telephone number from the conversion server 1443 in step S1724. To do.

According to the present embodiment, a call request based on user identification information registered in a network service is converted into user device identification information for connecting the associated telephone line for each network service and returned to the caller. Therefore, it is possible to manage the realization of a high-quality call for each network service.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, a communication processing system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The communication processing system according to the present embodiment is different from the second and third embodiments in that the call processing based on the telephone number can be directly called from the MNO to the network without being limited to the MVNO. . Since other configurations and operations are the same as those of the second embodiment, the same configurations and operations are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

《Communication processing system》
Hereinafter, an operation outline and procedure of the communication processing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 19B.

(Overview of operation)
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an outline of operation of call processing in the communication processing system 1800 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 18, the same components as those in FIG. 2A are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

The communication terminal 21i receives the telephone number associated with the SNS account from the conversion server 243 of the MVNO 240, and directly calls the network 260 via the EPC 1823 possessed by the equipment 1821 (MNO 1821) owned by the MNO. In this way, the SNS call service can be received without being under the control of the MVNO 240. Moreover, the communication terminal 21x is connected using the equipment 1822 (MNO1822) which MVNO240 has. Here, MNO 220, 1821, 1822, and MVNO 240 are included in the packet core.

Note that although an outline of the operation of the incoming call processing is not shown or described, it is the same as FIG. 2B of the second embodiment.

(Operation sequence)
FIG. 19A is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure on the calling side of the communication processing system 1800 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 19A shows a calling procedure by the communication terminal 21i and the MNO 1821 of FIG. In FIG. 19A, steps similar to those in FIG. 4A are denoted by the same step numbers and description thereof is omitted.

In step S1929, the MNO 1821 receives a call with the telephone number from the communication terminal 210, and starts a telephone line connection process via the EPC 1823.

FIG. 19B is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure on the called side of the communication processing system 1800 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 19B shows an incoming call procedure by the communication terminal 21i and the MNO 1821 of FIG. In FIG. 19B, steps similar to those in FIG. 4B are denoted by the same step numbers, and description thereof is omitted.

In step S1931, the MNO 1821 transmits the call directly to the network 260 via the EPC 1823. Also, the MNO 1821 starts charging processing in step S1941.

According to the present embodiment, a call request based on user identification information registered in a network service is converted into user device identification information for connecting the associated telephone line and returned to the caller, and then via the MNO However, since the call can be made, it is possible to realize a call having a good quality with a wider range of call destinations.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention. In addition, a system or an apparatus in which different features included in each embodiment are combined in any way is also included in the scope of the present invention.

Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices, or may be applied to a single device. Furthermore, the present invention can also be applied to a case where an information processing program that implements the functions of the embodiments is supplied directly or remotely to a system or apparatus. Therefore, in order to realize the functions of the present invention on a computer, a program installed on the computer, a medium storing the program, and a WWW (World Wide Web) server that downloads the program are also included in the scope of the present invention. . In particular, at least a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the processing steps included in the above-described embodiments is included in the scope of the present invention.

This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-182315 filed on Sep. 15, 2015, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein.

Claims

A communication processing system for performing a call connection on a telephone line to a communication terminal of an SNS user registered in a social networking service (SNS),
The communication processing system includes a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal, and a packet core,
The first communication terminal is
Selecting means for selecting the SNS user as a call destination;
Solution request means for requesting solution of user equipment identification information corresponding to the user equipment of the SNS user as the call destination in order to connect the telephone line;
Calling means for making a call on the telephone line using the user equipment identification information resolved by the resolution request;
Have
The second communication terminal is
Call receiving means for receiving a call using the resolved user equipment identification information,
The packet core is
SNS user identification information, which is information for identifying the SNS user, and user device identification information for identifying the user device of the SNS user;
A solution response means for responding to the user equipment identification information in response to the solution request;
Establishing means for establishing a telephone line connection between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal using the responded user equipment identification information;
A communication processing system.
The selection means includes
User identification information acquisition means for acquiring a part of SNS user identification information among the SNS user identification information registered in the SNS;
Display means for displaying a list of the SNS user identification information acquired by the user identification information acquisition means;
The communication processing system according to claim 1.
The incoming call means receives at least the user equipment identification information and the SNS user identification information of the caller;
The establishment means establishes a call connection between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal based on an operation of permitting the incoming call in the incoming call means. Communication processing system.
The storage means is provided in a virtual mobile network operator (MVNO) server, and collects the SNS user identification information and the user equipment identification information from a plurality of SNS servers,
The communication processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the solution response means refers to the storage means provided in the MVNO server.
The storage means is provided in a server of each social networking service (SNS),
The communication processing system according to claim 1, wherein the solution response unit refers to the storage unit provided in the server of each SNS.
The storage means further stores information on whether or not the user device identification information can be used,
6. The solution response means responds by converting the SNS user identification information into the user equipment identification information with reference to the storage means when the user equipment identification information can be used. The communication processing system according to any one of the above.
The establishing means transmits the resolved user equipment identification information called by the calling means to the called means via the virtual core network (vEPC) of a virtual mobile carrier (MVNO). The communication processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
The establishment means transmits the resolved user equipment identification information called by the calling means to the called means via a core network (EPC) of a mobile communication operator (MNO). Item 7. The communication processing system according to any one of Items 1 to 6.
A communication processing system that includes a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal, and a packet core, and makes a call connection on a telephone line to a communication terminal of an SNS user registered in a social networking service (SNS). A communication processing method,
A selection step in which the first communication terminal selects the SNS user as a call destination;
A resolution requesting step in which the first communication terminal makes a resolution request for user equipment identification information for identifying the user equipment of the call destination to connect the telephone line;
With reference to storage means for storing the SNS user identification information, which is information for identifying the SNS user, and user equipment identification information for identifying the user equipment of the SNS user in association with each other, the packet core refers to the solution. A resolution response step of responding to the user equipment identification information in response to a request;
A calling step in which the first communication terminal makes a call on the telephone line using the responded user equipment identification information;
An establishing step in which the packet core establishes a call connection of the telephone line between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal using the responded user equipment identification information;
An incoming call step in which the second communication terminal receives an outgoing call using the user equipment identification information by the first communication terminal;
A communication processing method including:
A holding unit for acquiring a part of the SNS user identification information registered in the social networking service (SNS) and holding a list of the SNS user identification information as an SNS telephone directory;
A selection means for displaying a list of the SNS user identification information and accepting selection of the SNS user identification information of a call destination that the user desires to call;
Resolution request means for requesting resolution of the selected SNS user identification information;
Receiving means for receiving user equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line, which is responded to in response to the resolution request;
Calling means for making a call to the called party according to the received user equipment identification information;
Communication terminal equipped with.
Call receiving means for receiving at least the user equipment identification information of the own device and the SNS user identification information of the call source;
An incoming call notification means for notifying the user of the SNS user identification information of the caller that has received the call;
An input means for inputting permission to make a call with the caller having the notified SNS user identification information;
The communication terminal according to claim 10, further comprising:
A step of acquiring desired SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS) and holding the list of SNS user identification information as an SNS phone book in a holding unit;
A selection step of displaying a list of the SNS user identification information and accepting a selection of the SNS user identification information of a call destination that the user desires to call;
A resolution requesting step for requesting resolution of the selected SNS user identification information;
A receiving step of receiving user equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line, which is responded to in response to the resolution request;
A calling step for making a call to the called party according to the received user equipment identification information;
A communication terminal control method including:
A step of acquiring desired SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS) and holding the list of SNS user identification information as an SNS phone book in a holding unit;
A selection step of displaying a list of the SNS user identification information and accepting a selection of the SNS user identification information of a call destination that the user desires to call;
A resolution requesting step for requesting resolution of the selected SNS user identification information;
A receiving step of receiving user equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line, which is responded to in response to the resolution request;
A calling step for making a call to the called party according to the received user equipment identification information;
A communication terminal control program for causing a computer to execute.
Via a mobile communication carrier (MNO) comprising a base station connected to the communication terminal, a gateway connected to the communication terminal;
A virtual core network (vEPC) that controls communication between the communication terminal and an external device via an external network;
User equipment identification information for connecting a telephone line associated with the SNS user identification information in response to a request for resolution by SNS user identification information registered in the social networking service (SNS) from the communication terminal. And a solution response means for responding to the communication terminal with the converted user equipment identification information,
A communication processing apparatus comprising:
The SNS user identification information and the user device identification information are collected from a plurality of SNS servers, and further includes storage means for storing the SNS user identification information and the user device identification information in association with each other.
15. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the solution response unit refers to the storage unit and converts the SNS user identification information into the user device identification information and responds.
Via a mobile communication carrier (MNO) comprising a base station connected to the communication terminal, a gateway connected to the communication terminal;
A control method of a communication processing device comprising: a virtual core network (vEPC) that controls communication between the communication terminal and an external device via an external network,
Receiving a request for resolution of SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS) from the communication terminal;
The step of converting the SNS user identification information into the user device identification information associated with the SNS user identification information for connecting a telephone line, and responding to the communication terminal with the converted user device identification information When,
A method for controlling a communication processing apparatus including:
Via a mobile communication carrier (MNO) comprising a base station connected to the communication terminal, a gateway connected to the communication terminal;
A control method of a communication processing device comprising: a virtual core network (vEPC) that controls communication between the communication terminal and an external device via an external network,
Receiving a request for resolution of SNS user identification information registered in a social networking service (SNS) from the communication terminal;
The step of converting the SNS user identification information into the user device identification information associated with the SNS user identification information for connecting a telephone line, and responding to the communication terminal with the converted user device identification information When,
A control program for a communication processing apparatus for causing a computer to execute the above.