CN1529464A

CN1529464A - Multimedia network communication method

Info

Publication number: CN1529464A
Application number: CNA200310111796XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨万高
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2003-10-13
Filing date: 2003-10-13
Publication date: 2004-09-15

Abstract

Technical issues to be solved by the invention are: simplifying communication in multimedia communication network, reducing use-cost. Technical scheme used in the invention comprises following steps: (1) building multimedia communication network system; (2) when making communication, call party dials number of called party; (3) after ensuring multimedia communication is carried out, multimedia terminals at both parties are connected to multimedia communication network; (4) under assistant of server, multimedia terminal completes parse from number to network address; (5) multimedia communication is carried out. Comparing with prior art, the invented method is accorded with dialing habit used by users, saves users' expenses, and possesses short exchange time between server and bothparties. Based on requirement for tone quality, user selects channel for transferring audio frequency.

Description

The means of communication of multi-media network

Technical field

The present invention relates to the method for a kind of method of communication, particularly a kind of multi-media communication.

Background technology

Along with development of internet technology, multimedia service has obtained very big expansion.But want to come into huge numbers of families and also have a lot of defectives, comprise the following aspects: 1, present multimedia communication needs the user to remember the other side's IP address, URL or an other title, this is memory not too easily concerning most people, particularly just big for some old man's difficulty, adopt this mode also to increase the memory burden that people use multimedia conferencing; 2, adopt the multimedia conference system of prior art to need both sides all will be connected in simultaneously on the network, if one of them is not on network, then connect and to set up, because many users are in order to reduce expenses, a session will disconnect connection after finishing, others goes to communicate with again like this, then can't connect; 3, the multimedia terminal of prior art or looking audio frequency all transmits by IP network, the use fixed-link, as: E1, V35, ISDN transmit, have very big defective like this: IP network, most important audio frequency cannot be ensured the quality of products in the communication index, and the use fixed link, the expense costliness, the user can only make one's options between IP and fixed link; 4, present multimedia terminal all takies an IP address separately at one family or company the inside, has no idea and the public IP address of other-end, has caused the waste of IP address.

Summary of the invention

The means of communication that the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of multi-media network, the technical problem that solve are to simplify the communication of multimedia communication network, reduce the use cost of network.

The present invention is by the following technical solutions: a kind of means of communication of multi-media network may further comprise the steps: 1) set up the multimedia communication network system that network constituted that comprises that the multimedia terminal that has dialing mechanism and network access device, Dial-up Network, server, server and multimedia terminal that dialing mechanism is connected with dialing mechanism are formed by connecting; When 2) communicating by letter, caller dials callee's number, the callee connects, and whether both sides make needs to carry out determining of multi-media communication; 3) after determining to carry out multi-media communication, multimedia communication network is inserted in calling and called both sides' multimedia terminal, and behind the network-in-dialing, the calling and called multimedia terminal sends number information to the other side, sends the subscriber information message of multimedia terminal to server; 4) parsing of number to the network address finished in the multimedia terminal under server is assisted; 5) multimedia terminal is set up by the network address and is called out, and carries out multimedia communication.

Dial-up Network of the present invention is a public switched telephone network (PSTN), network is an IP network, network access device is DSL modulator-demodulator, cable modem or Ethernet access device, and multimedia terminal and telephone dialing device, network access device are one.

Both sides of the present invention make whether need to carry out multi-media communication determine it is by public switched telephone network (PSTN) or IP network, adopt automatic or manual operation to finish.

Calling and called of the present invention multimedia terminal is the other side's telephone number or both sides' telephone number to the number information that the other side sends, the subscriber information message that sends the multimedia terminal to server is telephone number and IP network address, telephone number is the telephone number of oneself, the other side's telephone number or both sides' telephone number, and IP network address is the IP network address of oneself.

When multimedia terminal of the present invention was finished telephone number to the parsing of IP network address under server is assisted, server will carry out legitimate verification to the multimedia terminal.

Of the present invention communicating by letter either party can call out other the not telephone number or IP network address of the terminal in communication, after determining, set up multi-party communication; Also can be any one terminal or the particular device in the terminal call communication in the non-communication, after determining, set up multi-party communication.

Multimedia terminal of the present invention can an above equipment common share communication of built-in confession hub or switch.

Voice signal in the multimedia communication of the present invention can transmit by public switched telephone network (PSTN) or IP network.

Multimedia terminal of the present invention has IP network timing and public switched telephone network (PSTN) telephoometry device.

The called phone number is dialed in caller of the present invention, when the caller identification function is not supported in called multimedia terminal, caller by public switched telephone network (PSTN) and called establishing a communications link after, send to its own telephone number, called phone number or its own telephone number and called phone number called by public switched telephone network (PSTN); When the caller identification function is supported in called multimedia terminal, called acquisition calling telephone number, adopt voice signal to notify caller by public switched telephone network (PSTN), and caller adopt voice signal that the called phone number notifying is called by public switched telephone network (PSTN) with calling telephone number; Caller and called telephone number can be configured in multimedia terminal separately.

The present invention compared with prior art, utilize phone number dial, public switched telephone network (PSTN) and IP network, carry out multimedia communication, meet the custom that the user uses dialing on the using method, do not need the both sides that communicate by letter all to be connected on the IP network simultaneously during communication, one square tube of caller is crossed public switched telephone network (PSTN) and is activated the callee, save user's spending, the time of server and both sides' exchange is of short duration, one station server just can be assisted the foundation of extremely many communications, many the network equipments can be invented described terminal online by a playscript with stage directions simultaneously, save the IP address, public switched telephone network (PSTN) and IP network amalgamation are good, and the user can select the employed channel of audio transmission according to its requirement to tonequality.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic network structure of the means of communication embodiment of multi-media network of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the multimedia terminal hardware configuration module diagram of the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is the calling procedure schematic block diagram of the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 is the called flow schematic block diagram of the embodiment of the invention.

Execution mode is concrete

Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples the present invention is described in further detail.As shown in Figure 1, set up the multimedia communication network system in the present invention, the network access device that comprises IP network that multimedia terminal, server, server and multimedia terminal be formed by connecting, multimedia terminal and IP network are coupled together; IP network access device and multimedia terminal are set to one, the multimedia terminal has telephone device, telephone device has the function of plain old telephone, and use common telephone number, network with public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN, telephone device and its network also can be mobile phone and public land mobile communication network, as CDMA or GPRS; The IP network access device is a DSL xDSL modem module, the IP network access device can also be a cable modem Cable Modem module, or Ethernet access device, the multimedia terminal has the ability of broadband networks in the automatic dialing by this device, use the PPPoE agreement, support H323 agreement or Session Initiation Protocol, the multimedia terminal is built-in with hub HUB or switch module, can supply an above equipment common share communication.

Can initiatively dial and go up broadband network in the multimedia terminal, can carry out the plain old telephone communication again, it is the network-termination device of an IP, it also is a public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN network-termination device, communication sound intermediate frequency signal can be selected by public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN or IP network transmission, and vision signal is by the IP network transmission.Used the public telephone switch PSTN network call peer that dials phone number in the process setting up of the means of communication of multi-media network of the present invention, carry out the end network address exchange by IP, and terminal comprises the common telephony functions on the public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN, it is the terminal equipment of an IP network simultaneously, and has the function of dialling up on the telephone.The multimedia terminal has IP network timing and public switched telephone network (PSTN) telephoometry device.

As shown in Figure 2, there is a central processing module multimedia terminal, inserts with IP respectively that processing module, call processing module are connected, LCD LCD output module is connected with keyboard input module; Call processing module is finished the function of plain old telephone, as answers, hangs up, transmits voice, will transmit data in addition in voice signal, as the telephone number of exchange multimedia terminal; After multimedia communication was carried out in the multimedia terminal decision, IP inserted processing module and is responsible for inserting IP network; Central processing module is responsible for controlling all modules, is stored various configuration informations, and realizes that multimedia communication protocol H323 and SIP, LCD LCD output module offer the user and use interface and output video; Keyboard input module receives the manually-operated input of user.

As shown in Figure 3, during communication, caller dials callee's telephone number, the callee connects phone, sets up telephone line and connects, and both sides make the decision that whether needs to carry out multi-media communication by the telephone line exchange message; The exchange of the process of the determining end message that can be the multimedia terminal finish by public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN, also can finish by manual operation, the multimedia terminal can be provided with the method for concrete employing, if be set to automated manner, multimedia terminal information transmits by the audio signal on the public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN, can determine by the parameter of carrying in the information whether both sides need to carry out multi-media communication, if be set to manual type then in the telephone relation process, whether artificial negotiation needs to carry out multi-media communication; After determining to carry out multi-media communication, IP network is inserted in the multimedia terminal of communication two party, whether the preceding multimedia terminal of access procedure is at first detected oneself and has been connected on the network, if be connected on the network then do not needed this action, otherwise, the multimedia terminal will connect into IP network by the IP network access device, if this device is the online of DSL xDSL modulator-demodulator then terminal dialing, the data of carrying out IP network by the PPPOE agreement transmit.After the multimedia terminal connects online, the calling and called multimedia terminal is by IP network agreement TCP or UDP, send the other side's telephone number or both sides' telephone number to the other side, server on IP network sends telephone number, the other side's telephone number or both sides' the telephone number of oneself, and the IP network address of oneself.Server is verified after the data that receive both sides' transmission.Proof procedure is to finish by the telephone number of multimedia terminal communication two party, if find that callee's telephone number is the telephone number that the calling party calls out, then server sends to the calling party with callee's IP address, and the while sends to the callee with calling party's IP address again.Whether its own telephone number that server also can check the calling party to send simultaneously in above-mentioned proof procedure is the opposite end telephone number that the callee sends to server, if these two numbers are inconsistent, thinks that then authentication failed, this process are optional.The multimedia terminal just can utilize call setup that existing H323 or Session Initiation Protocol technology carry out multi-media communication and communicate by letter after receiving the IP network address of opposite end.

The method that multimedia terminal of the present invention obtains its own telephone number and opposite end telephone number has multiple.The called phone number is dialed in caller, if the called caller identification function of not supporting, then caller be connected with called telephone communication set up after, send called by public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN its own telephone number, called phone number or its own telephone number and called phone number; If called support caller identification function, then called acquisition calling telephone number, adopt voice signal to notify caller by public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN, and caller adopt voice signal that the called phone number notifying is called by public switched telephone network (PSTN) PSTN with calling telephone number.Caller and called telephone number also can be configured in the multimedia terminal.Self number that will dispose for the situation caller of not supporting caller identification sends to called, and for the situation of supporting caller identification, the process of configuration number can be omitted.Multimedia terminal of the present invention determines whether to carry out the method for multi-media communication automatically, terminal can need be carried out the multi-media communication pattern for determining whether automatically by software setting, under this pattern, behind closing of the circuit, caller sends by voice signal whether data interrogation is called can carry out multimedia communication, if called be configured to non-automatic pattern or called be plain old telephone, then the calling party does not receive replying of opposite end, caller this moment is access network initiatively not, if calledly be configured to automatic mode then caller replied to carry out multi-media communication and access network simultaneously; Caller receive reply after, also access network.For the artificial method of determining, terminal provides button to make its initiatively access network.

As shown in Figure 4, when caller dials callee's telephone number, called make accept call after, answer the phone of caller, setting up telephone line connects, both sides judge that by the telephone line exchange message whether the callee multimedia terminal supports multi-media communication, makes the decision that whether needs to carry out multi-media communication; If caller identification is supported in callee's multimedia terminal, then called obtain calling number after, give caller by the telephone line loopback, obtain the telephone number of self simultaneously from caller, connect into IP network, to server registers its own IP address and telephone number, and the IP address of inquiring calling, carry out multimedia communication by H323 or Session Initiation Protocol; If caller identification is not supported in callee's multimedia terminal, do not support caller identification by the caller oneself of telephone circuit notice, then caller sends to calling number called by telephone line, connect into IP network, to server registers its own IP address and telephone number, and the IP address of inquiring calling, carry out multimedia communication by H323 or Session Initiation Protocol.

The present invention also can carry out multi-party communication, as Three Party Communication, after multimedia terminal A and B have set up both sides' conversation, need this moment the C terminal to add communication, and C does not insert IP network, add communication, operate as follows: A dials the public switched telephone network (PSTN) number call of C, confirm through C, C adheres to and converses then that C initiatively inserts IP network, finish the legitimate verification of A and C and the parsing of the network address by the webserver then, A obtains can call out by IP network after the information of C and allow C add communication, and C also can initiatively add A.Another kind of mode is the telephone number adding conversation that C initiatively dials A or B, C dials the public switched telephone network (PSTN) number call of A, confirm through A, A adheres to and converses then that C initiatively inserts IP network, finish the legitimate verification of A and C and the parsing of the network address by the webserver then, A obtains can call out by IP network after the information of C and allow C add communication, and C also can initiatively add A.Also can be terminal call one particular device in the non-communication, set up multi-party communication after said process is determined, this particular device can be the name resolution server.When assisting to carry out multi-point by this particular device, multipoint conference or 2 meetings that allow to carry out multi-point will be registered on this particular device, and each end message that perhaps will converse is registered on this particular device.When the terminal desire in the non-communication adds the meeting that is registered on this particular device, communicate by letter with this particular device, after terminal is agreed in obtaining this particular terminal or communication, obtain end message in conferencing information or the meeting, add this meeting.Also can be the arbitrary termination number in the terminal call communication in the non-communication, the terminal in the non-communication be communicated by letter with this particular device, obtains end message in conferencing information or the meeting, and the terminal in the non-then communication adds this meeting.

Claims

1. the means of communication of a multi-media network may further comprise the steps: 1) set up the multimedia communication network system that network constituted that comprises that the multimedia terminal that has dialing mechanism and network access device, Dial-up Network, server, server and multimedia terminal that dialing mechanism is connected with dialing mechanism are formed by connecting; When 2) communicating by letter, caller dials callee's number, the callee connects, and whether both sides make needs to carry out determining of multi-media communication; 3) after determining to carry out multi-media communication, multimedia communication network is inserted in calling and called both sides' multimedia terminal, and behind the network-in-dialing, the calling and called multimedia terminal sends number information to the other side, sends the subscriber information message of multimedia terminal to server; 4) parsing of number to the network address finished in the multimedia terminal under server is assisted; 5) multimedia terminal is set up by the network address and is called out, and carries out multimedia communication.

2. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described Dial-up Network is a public switched telephone network (PSTN), network is an IP network, network access device is DSL modulator-demodulator, cable modem or Ethernet access device, and multimedia terminal and telephone dialing device, network access device are one.

3. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 2 is characterized in that: described both sides make whether need to carry out multi-media communication determine it is by public switched telephone network (PSTN) or IP network, adopt automatic or manual operation to finish.

4. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: described calling and called multimedia terminal is the other side's telephone number or both sides' telephone number to the number information that the other side sends, the subscriber information message that sends the multimedia terminal to server is telephone number and IP network address, telephone number is the telephone number of oneself, the other side's telephone number or both sides' telephone number, and IP network address is the IP network address of oneself.

5. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 4 is characterized in that: when described multimedia terminal was finished telephone number to the parsing of IP network address under server is assisted, server will carry out legitimate verification to the multimedia terminal.

6. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 5 is characterized in that: described communicating by letter either party can call out other the not telephone number or IP network address of the terminal in communication, after determining, set up multi-party communication; Also can be any one terminal or the particular device in the terminal call communication in the non-communication, after determining, set up multi-party communication.

7. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 6 is characterized in that: the hub or switch that described multimedia terminal can an above equipment common share communication of built-in confession.

8. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 7, it is characterized in that: the voice signal in the described multimedia communication can transmit by public switched telephone network (PSTN) or IP network.

9. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 8, it is characterized in that: described multimedia terminal has IP network timing and public switched telephone network (PSTN) telephoometry device.

10. the means of communication of multi-media network according to claim 9, it is characterized in that: the called phone number is dialed in caller, when the caller identification function is not supported in called multimedia terminal, caller by public switched telephone network (PSTN) and called establishing a communications link after, send to its own telephone number, called phone number or its own telephone number and called phone number called by public switched telephone network (PSTN); When the caller identification function is supported in called multimedia terminal, called acquisition calling telephone number, adopt voice signal to notify caller by public switched telephone network (PSTN), and caller adopt voice signal that the called phone number notifying is called by public switched telephone network (PSTN) with calling telephone number; Caller and called telephone number can be configured in multimedia terminal separately.