JP2000032120A - Communication equipment terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication equipment terminal which can perform operation such as changing setting/register contents of the communication equipment terminal before the communication equipment terminal responds. SOLUTION: Call control information is made to include individual authentication information and instruction information, an individual authentication information extraction part 9 extracts the individual authentication information, and an instruction information extraction part 10 extracts the instruction information. When a comparison part 11 compares the received individual authentication information with the individual authentication information registered in a storage part 13 beforehand and they coincide with each other, it is decided whether the individual can execute the instruction information received at a decision part 12 or not; if it is possible, it is transmitted to a control part 14 and the instruction information is executed. The execution of this instruction information can be executed before callout at an incoming call side terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a communication device terminal such as an AX, and particularly to a communication device terminal capable of transmitting arbitrary additional information in addition to the other party's telephone number when making a call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a communication device terminal such as a telephone or a facsimile, a service such as an ISDN network or a number display displays a telephone number of a calling terminal (hereinafter referred to as a calling ID) to a called party when calling. What can be sent is increasing. FIG. 5 schematically shows a typical sequence from a call between a terminal and an incoming call to the start of communication. A caller makes a call to a certain terminal (called terminal B). At this time, the call setting message 1 is transmitted from the calling terminal A to the network C.
Is sent first. The call setting message 1 includes call control information, which includes a calling party ID and the like in addition to the other party's telephone number. This call control information is
Is transmitted to the called terminal B by being included in the call setup message 2, the called terminal B receives
The caller ID of the other party can be known. The called terminal B knows the incoming call from the call setup message 2 and sends a call message 4 to the network C. The network C sends a calling message 3 to the calling terminal A to notify the calling terminal A that the called terminal B is calling. Thereafter, when the called terminal B performs an operation for line connection by an operation such as off-hook, a response message 6 is sent to the network C, and a response message 5 is sent from the network C to the calling terminal A. Sent, the line connection is completed, and the state shifts to the communication (call) state.

[0003] Before shifting to line connection, the caller ID of the partner
Some terminals can be called using a corresponding calling method when there is an incoming call from the calling ID in accordance with the telephone number registered in the terminal by utilizing the fact that it can be known. However, in this case, it is necessary to set in advance the telephone number and the calling method according to the calling ID, and this setting is changed by the user directly operating the terminal in advance. As described above, the called terminal B attempts to specify the caller using the calling ID.
D does not necessarily correspond to the individual caller,
This corresponds to the communication device terminal that originated the call.

[0004] As for the call control information transmitted before the called party answers in FIG. 5, any information other than the calling ID can be sent in an ISDN network or the like. Therefore, by putting information for personal authentication in this portion, it is possible to surely know the caller and to consider a means for avoiding useless response (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-268321).
And Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-53956). According to these methods, it is possible to reliably identify a caller and make a line connection according to the caller, or to change an automatic answer at the time of an incoming call according to the caller. Can be. However, it is necessary to set in advance which caller is to be connected to the line or how to respond automatically to incoming calls according to the caller. In order to change the setting itself, the user directly operates the terminal in advance.

[0005]

As described above, in the prior art, when a caller ID corresponding to a telephone number registered in a telephone directory is sent, the method corresponds to a method set in advance. It is possible to make a call, but the call setting itself cannot be changed when a call arrives. For example, a portable terminal owned by the user (hereinafter referred to as “own device”) is left somewhere, a call is made to the own device using another terminal, and the own terminal is relied on a ring tone. Considering the case where an attempt is made to find, if the calling setting of the own terminal is a low ringing tone or a vibration, a great deal of labor is required to find out. There is a phone number registered in the own terminal, and there is a terminal that sends a calling ID corresponding to the number, and there is no problem if the calling method setting with the calling ID is a ringing volume. There must be an environment where the corresponding terminal can be used immediately, and there is no means for changing the calling method when such setting is not made in advance.

[0006] Current telephones have a secret mode (hereinafter referred to as outgoing call restriction) that prevents unauthorized use by making a call only after a specific password is entered. There is. When the outgoing call restriction is set, as described above, even if the terminal of the own device disappears, it is safe. There is no risk of unauthorized use, so you can spend time searching. However, when this function is not set, the only way is to contact the communication network carrier and disable the communication of the terminal itself.

However, if the own terminal has an automatic response function, and if a call can be made from another terminal to the own terminal so that the terminal can be connected to the own terminal, various setting information is sent. It would be possible to change the settings.
In order to change the various settings itself of the called terminal using such communication, it is necessary to reliably identify the caller (in this case, the owner of the called terminal B). Some current telephones / faxes have an answering machine function, and the setting of this function can usually be operated remotely. The change of the setting of this function often takes the form of, for example, once connecting a line, transmitting a password, and receiving information for changing the setting when authenticated. However, in this case, if the setting for performing the automatic response itself has not been made, the line cannot be connected and the setting cannot be changed.

[0008] In the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-53956, an automatic response corresponding to the specified caller can be made using the caller ID and authentication information sent at the time of calling. By using this, it will be possible to set to automatically respond when certain authentication is received. Once the line is connected and communication starts,
It is possible to change various settings of the called terminal B. However, also in this case, it is impossible to change the setting such as performing or not performing the automatic response. Once the setting has been changed so that automatic response is not performed, it will not be possible to connect from the next time. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device terminal capable of performing operations such as changing settings and registration contents of the communication device terminal before the communication device terminal makes a response.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a communication device terminal for analyzing command information for controlling the setting of the communication device from incoming call control information, executing the command information, and And control means for controlling the setting of the machine. In addition, the call control information includes personal authentication information for identifying an individual, storage means for storing the personal authentication information, personal authentication information extracted by the analyzing means, and the personal authentication information stored in the storage means. Comparing means for comparing the personal authentication information with the user authentication information, determining means for determining whether or not the command information can be executed from the comparison result of the comparing means, and executing the command information according to the determination result of the determining means. With the control means for controlling the setting of the device, it is possible to execute only the executable command after specifying the individual caller.

Further, by including the caller number in the call control information, stronger authentication can be performed, and an instruction using the caller number such as registration in a telephone directory can be executed. Further, the control means restores the settings after the termination of the incoming call according to the command information, so that the settings can be restored after the line is disconnected.

Further, the control means changes the setting of the call, so that the call intended by the caller can be made. In addition, since the control means changes the setting of the transmission restriction, the transmission restriction and cancellation intended by the caller can be performed. Further, the control means includes:
By changing the setting of the automatic response, the automatic response intended by the caller can be set.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG.
1 shows a system outline of a communication device terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The call control information analysis unit 7 analyzes the received call control information. The calling ID extracting unit 8 extracts a calling ID from the received call control information, the personal authentication information extracting unit 9 extracts personal authentication information, and the command information extracting unit 10 extracts command information. The extracted calling ID and personal authentication information are sent to the comparing unit 11, where a comparison is made between the calling party telephone number registered in the storage unit 13 in advance and the personal authentication information. When the comparison result and the caller can be identified, the comparison unit 11 sends the caller information (also registered in the storage unit) to the determination unit 12. The determination unit 12 determines whether the instruction information extracted by the instruction information extraction unit 10 can be executed. Here, it is determined whether or not the instruction information can be executed based on the comparison result received from the comparing unit 11 and the caller information. Therefore, at this time, it is necessary for the determination unit 12 to have information on what kind of comparison result and what kind of caller can be executed for each command.

When it is determined that the instruction can be executed, the control unit 14 receives the instruction information. The control unit 14 performs the execution according to the instruction information. For example, if the command information is a command for setting a call, the call setting is changed in accordance with the command information, and thereafter, the process proceeds to an incoming call / communication process. Further, the calling ID is sent from the calling ID extracting unit 8 to the control unit 14. This is, for example, when the command information is an execution command of the telephone directory registration setting such as registering the calling ID in the storage unit 13. Used for etc. The telephone unit 15 has a normal telephone function. The control unit 14 also has a function of controlling a telephone function such as an automatic response.

Next, the processing flow of the embodiment will be described. When a caller makes a call to the called terminal B, the caller first, at the calling terminal A that makes a call, command information for operating the called terminal B, For example, a password or the like is input as personal authentication information, and a calling operation is performed to the called terminal B. The call at this time is the other party's phone number,
Command information and a password may be input, and the information may be sent to the network C at once as call control information by a batch calling method, or a divided calling method of sending information to the network C every time a dial is turned on. Is also good. In the case of a split call, the other party's telephone number, command information and password are delimited by a delimiter and input in order using a dial. For example, ISD
In the case of an N-line or the like, # and * can be used when transmitting by separating the other party's telephone number and other additional information.

The command information includes a command code of “change of call setting” and a command code of “set calling method”, a command code of “force automatic response”, and There may be a command code of "do" and a "password for starting restriction". In addition, information on an execution command that can be executed by the called terminal B can be sent. If the command information is not sent, it is a normal calling operation, and the called terminal B also performs a normal incoming call operation.

Referring to FIG. 5, when such a calling operation is performed, the calling terminal A receives the other party's telephone number, command information input by the caller at the time of calling, and personal authentication information. And the calling ID are included in the call control information and sent to the network C by the call setting message 1. Since the call control information is sent to the called terminal B by the call setup message 2, the called terminal B can obtain information including the calling ID, the personal authentication information, and the command information at this time. However, the origin ID is
Since transmission may not be possible depending on the network C, it is not always transmitted.

The call control information is sent to a call control information analysis unit 7
The information is extracted by the source ID extraction unit 8, the personal authentication information extraction unit 9, and the command information extraction unit 10 of the above. If there is no command information, the process proceeds to a normal incoming call operation. The caller ID and the personal authentication information are sent to the comparing unit 11, where the caller telephone number extracted from the storage unit 13 and
Comparison with personal authentication information is performed.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the processing performed by the comparing section 11. Step S1 is a process of the call control information analysis unit 7. Here, call control information is received, and if there is a calling ID, personal authentication information, and instruction information, the information is extracted. Step S2 indicates that if there is no command information, the process proceeds to step S9, and the terminal performs a normal incoming call operation. Step S9 is a normal operation of the telephone section 15.

In step S3, it is checked whether or not there is personal authentication information in the call control information, and whether or not the personal authentication information received in step S4 matches the personal authentication information registered in the storage unit 13. At this time, if they do not match, the flow is the same as when there is no personal authentication information. In step S5, it is checked whether or not the call control information includes the calling ID. If there is, the calling ID is stored in the storage unit 13 in step S6.
It is checked whether the calling ID extracted by the extracting unit is registered. If it is registered, the comparison unit 11 outputs the comparison result A
Is output. If it is not registered, the caller ID
Is the same as in the case where there is no
Is output.

If there is no personal authentication information in the call control information, or if the personal authentication information does not match the personal authentication information registered in the storage unit 13, it is determined in step S7 whether the call control information has a calling ID. In step S8, it is checked whether or not the calling ID extracted by the calling ID extracting unit is registered in the storage unit 13. If registered, the comparing unit 11 outputs a comparison result C.
If there is no calling ID in the call control information in step S7 and if the calling ID is not registered in the storage unit 13 in step S8, the comparing unit 11 outputs the comparison result D.

The result of the comparison and the caller information obtained from the personal authentication information are sent to the determination section 12. The caller information includes, for example, whether the caller is the owner of the terminal,
Or are in the same group as the owner,
Such information as a reference for determining how much the user can perform the operation of the terminal is included. The determination unit 12 determines whether the command can be executed based on the caller information, the comparison result, and the content of the command information. The determination unit 12 needs to have an executable combination pattern of the comparison result and the caller information for each command. FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the processing performed by the determination unit 12.

In steps S10 to S13, the command information is
First, check whether each comparison result is feasible.
The criterion at this time is previously possessed by the determination unit 12 for each command. If none of the comparison results indicates that the instruction cannot be executed (the instruction is not an instruction executable for the terminal), the instruction execution is not transmitted to the control unit. Next, in the case of the comparison results A and B, since the caller has been identified, the caller information is received from the comparison unit 11, and it is determined whether or not the command can be executed by the caller. In step S14, the caller information is simply
The writing is performed on the assumption that the determination is made in two patterns, such as whether or not the terminal is the owner. Actually, the determination unit 12 may determine whether or not the command can be executed based on information such as whether or not the caller is a person in the same group as the owner, in addition to whether or not the caller is the owner. The determination unit 12 also has this determination criterion for each instruction. If it is determined in step S14 that the instruction can be executed, the determination unit 12 sends the command information to the control unit 14 in step S15 to notify that the instruction is to be executed.

The control section 14 executes the transmitted command information. FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of a process of the control unit 14 in a case where the command information may include a call setting change, a transmission restriction, and an automatic response setting command pattern. In step S16 and step S17, processing is divided for each instruction.

If the instruction is a call setting, step S
At 18, the call setting is changed according to the instruction information. For example, if the call setting of the called terminal B is vibration and the command information is set to the ring volume, the call setting is changed to the ring volume and the call / communication processing step S9 is performed. Transition. After the line is disconnected, step S2
0, it is determined whether or not the command information includes information that this command execution is valid only for the current incoming call. If only the current incoming call is valid, the call setting is made in step S21. Return to the original and end the process.

If the command is an automatic response setting, an automatic response setting is performed in step S19 according to the command information. For example, if the automatic response is set to be performed by the command information, the automatic response is set, and the process proceeds to the incoming call / communication processing step S9. The command information may be set to disable automatic response,
The information may be more complicated, for example, changing a response message.

Here, since only the case where the command has three patterns is described, if the command information is neither the call setting nor the automatic answer setting, it is regarded as a command for restricting the transmission, and in step S22, the setting of the transmission restriction is performed. To change. At this time, the password for the transmission restriction operation may be included in the command information, or may be transmitted after the automatic response performed in step S23. In step S23, the calling side is notified that the transmission restriction has been imposed.
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

The command is not limited to the three patterns. In practice, another command such as registering the transmitted calling ID in the telephone directory can be considered. In this case, the instruction information includes
If information such as a name for registration is included, even if the called terminal B does not perform a response operation, only the calling terminal B is called, and the calling terminal that made the call is called. It can be used to register information such as the calling ID of A and the name for registration in the telephone directory.

Further, only the caller number may be compared without using the personal authentication information. In this case, regardless of the setting of the called terminal B, a method of automatically answering a call from a specific calling terminal can be used. In this specification, "controlling the setting" means
In the sense of controlling the operation setting of the communication device terminal, for example, as described above, there is a change in call settings, a change in automatic answer settings, a change in call restriction settings, and registration of names,
On the other hand, it does not mean that the communication apparatus terminal performs a normal communication operation such as simply receiving the call control information and calling the called terminal, connecting the line, and disconnecting the line.

[0029]

As described above, the communication equipment terminal according to the present invention can include the command information in the call setup message when making a call to the communication equipment terminal. Before performing the operation, the user can perform an operation such as changing the settings and registration contents of the communication device terminal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system outline of a communication device terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of processing performed by a comparison unit 11;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of processing performed by a determination unit 12;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of a process performed by a control unit 14;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a general sequence from a call of a communication device terminal to the start of communication.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 Call setup message 3, 4 Call message 5, 6 Response message 7 Call control information analysis unit 8 Caller ID extraction unit 9 Personal authentication information extraction unit 10 Command information extraction unit 11 Comparison unit 12 Judgment unit 13 Storage unit 14 Control unit 15 Telephone Department

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An analysis unit for extracting command information for controlling the setting of the own device from the received call control information, and a control unit for executing the command information and controlling the setting of the own device. A communication device terminal characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. An analysis unit for extracting personal authentication information for identifying an individual and command information for controlling the setting of the own device from the received call control information, and a storage unit for storing the personal authentication information. Comparing means for comparing the personal authentication information extracted by the analyzing means with the personal authentication information stored in the storage means; and determining whether or not the command information can be executed based on a comparison result of the comparing means. A communication device terminal comprising: a determination unit that performs the instruction information according to a determination result of the determination unit; and a control unit that controls settings of the own device. Analysis means for extracting, from the received call control information, caller ID, personal authentication information for identifying an individual, and command information for controlling the setting of the own device; and the caller A storage unit for storing a number and the personal authentication information; a caller number and personal authentication information extracted by the analysis unit; and a caller number and personal authentication information stored in the storage unit. Comparing means for determining whether or not the instruction information can be executed based on the comparison result of the comparing means; and controlling the setting of the own device by executing the instruction information according to the determination result of the determining means. And a communication device terminal. 4. The communication device terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit restores the setting after the termination of the incoming call in accordance with the command information. 5. The communication device terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control means changes a call setting. 6. The communication device terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit changes the setting of the transmission restriction. 7. The communication device terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit changes an automatic response setting.