JP2000134312A - Method and device for converting telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for converting a telephone number stored by the telephone directory function of a telephone system simultaneously on the date and time when a numbering system is changed. SOLUTION: This telephone number converting device is provided with a storage means 18 for storing telephone numbers or various kinds of information, a communication means 16 for performing call originating operation while using the telephone number stored in the storage means, a clock means 19 for measuring the present time and a control means 12 for controlling the respective means, the communication means acquires information such as the rules and date/time of numbering system change from an information provider, the storage means stores this information and when the date/time measured by the clock means is coincident with or exceeds the date/time of numbering system change, according to the rules of numbering system change, the control means control the reload of telephone numbers stored in the storage means. Thus, the batch conversion of telephone numbers is automatically performed on the date and time when the numbering system is changed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone number conversion method for converting a telephone number stored in a telephone device and a device for implementing the method, and more particularly, to increasing a local number from three digits to four digits. When the telephone number system is changed, the stored telephone numbers can be collectively converted in accordance with the change.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telephone device, when a telephone number stored in a telephone directory function must be changed in accordance with a change in telephone number system, the telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory must be changed by the user. It was configured to be changed by manual operation.

[0003] Further, if the number system change has already been determined at the stage of development and manufacture of the telephone device, a device for changing the telephone number stored in the telephone directory according to the rule of the number system change is incorporated in the telephone device. , The telephone number is automatically converted when the number system is changed.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. Hei 6-113020, Hei 7-274253, and Hei 8-79359 disclose telephone numbers and shortened data stored in a telephone directory between a specific destination. A telephone device for transmitting and receiving is disclosed. In this telephone device, the telephone number in the user's telephone directory is transmitted to the facility that performs the number conversion process, and the converted telephone number is received, whereby the telephone directory data can be automatically converted.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] For example, in 1999
The telephone number of Osaka City is 06-XXX-O at 2:00 am on January 1.
○○○ changes to 06-6 ×××-○○○○,
In a conventional telephone device, when such a numbering system change is newly generated, a telephone number to be changed in the numbering system is selected from among the telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory function in accordance with the change, and the number is collectively changed. Conversion.

A telephone device incorporating a device having a telephone number conversion function can cope with a change in the number system that has already been determined. If the change of the telephone number system is newly performed during the operation, the telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory function cannot be converted at once.

Further, in a system in which a telephone number stored in the telephone directory function is transmitted to a specific destination and a number conversion process is performed on behalf of the telephone number, a telephone associated with the privacy of the user registered in the telephone device is used. Since the number must be transmitted to an external facility, there is a risk that information regarding personal privacy may be leaked.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem. The telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory function of the telephone device are stored in the telephone directory at the date and time when the number system is changed. It is another object of the present invention to provide a telephone number conversion method capable of converting a telephone number, and to provide an apparatus for implementing the method.

[0009]

Therefore, in the present invention, in order to convert the stored telephone number, information on the rule of the number system change and the date and time is acquired from the information providing device through the communication means and stored. At the date and time of the numbering system change, the stored telephone numbers are rewritten according to this rule.

[0010] The telephone number conversion apparatus for implementing this method includes a storage means for storing telephone numbers and various information, a communication means for making a call using the telephone numbers stored in the storage means, Clock means for measuring time and control means for controlling each means are provided, the communication means obtains information on the rules for changing the numbering system and the date and time from the information providing device, and the storage means stores this information. When the date and time to be counted matches or exceeds the date and time of the numbering system change, the control means controls the rewriting of the telephone number stored in the storage means in accordance with the rule of the numbering system change.

The information providing apparatus for providing information accompanying a change in the telephone number system includes a storage unit for storing information on a rule and a date and time for changing the number system, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving to and from a terminal device through a communication network. Control means for controlling each means, and in accordance with a request from the terminal device or voluntarily, the telephone number conversion rule and the date and time information stored in the storage means are converted through the communication means. It is sent to the device.

Therefore, the telephone numbers stored by the telephone directory function can be automatically and collectively converted without leaving the telephone numbers.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a telephone number conversion method for converting a stored telephone number in accordance with a change in telephone number system. The system obtains and stores information on the rules and date and time of the numbering system change, and rewrites the stored telephone numbers according to the rules at the date and time of the numbering system change, and stores the information by the telephone directory function. It is possible to automatically convert phone numbers without leaking them to other places.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, based on a user's instruction, an information providing device is requested to provide information through communication means and information is obtained from the information providing device. The batch conversion of telephone numbers is automatically performed just by instructing the system to change the system.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, information provided independently by the information providing apparatus is received through communication means. Each time the number system is changed, the information providing apparatus receives a number from the information providing apparatus. The rules and the date and time of the system change are transmitted, and the batch conversion of the telephone numbers is automatically performed based on the information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone number conversion device for converting a stored telephone number in accordance with a change in a telephone number system, storage means for storing telephone numbers and various information, and storage means. Communication means for performing a calling operation using the telephone number stored in the telephone, clock means for measuring the current time, and control means for controlling each means, wherein the communication means is a rule for changing the number system and information on date and time. From the information providing device, the storage means stores this information, and when the date and time measured by the clock means matches or exceeds the date and time of the numbering system change, the control means stores the information in the storage means in accordance with the rule of the numbering system change. The rewriting of the stored telephone numbers is controlled, and the batch conversion of the telephone numbers is automatically performed on the date and time of the change of the number system.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, an input means for inputting a command is provided, and when a response to the change of the number system is instructed from the input means, the communication means calls the information providing apparatus to transmit the information. In this case, the batch conversion of the telephone numbers is automatically performed only by the user inputting the instruction for changing the number system.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the communication means performs wireless communication, and can be applied to a mobile phone.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the telephone device incorporates the telephone number conversion device according to the fourth or fifth aspect, and the telephone number stored in the telephone directory is converted into a number system. It is possible to realize a telephone device that automatically performs batch conversion according to the date and time.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the telephone number conversion device of the sixth aspect is built in the mobile communication terminal, and the telephone number stored in the telephone directory is stored at the date and time of the number system change. It is possible to realize a mobile telephone device that automatically performs batch conversion together.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus for providing information accompanying a change in a telephone number system, comprising: storage means for storing information on a rule of a number system change and date and time; Communication means for performing transmission and reception and control means for controlling each means are provided, and in response to a request from the terminal device or voluntarily, information on the numbering change rule and date and time stored in the storage means is communicated. Means for transmitting to the apparatus according to claims 4 to 8, wherein the telephone number conversion apparatus obtains the information on the rule and the date and time of the change of the number system from the information providing apparatus, thereby obtaining the information on the change of the number system. At the date and time, batch conversion of stored phone numbers becomes possible.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, when the information providing device determines a request from the terminal device received through the communication means, and the terminal device requests the provision of information accompanying the change of the telephone number system. The information on the rules and date and time of the change of the number system stored in advance is sent back to the terminal device of the transmission source, and the user inputs an instruction for the change to the number system from the input unit of the telephone number conversion device. In this case, in response to a request for information provision from this device, information on a change in the number system is provided to this telephone number conversion device.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the information providing apparatus, the telephone number of the information providing destination is stored in the storage means, and every time the telephone number system is changed, the previously stored number system change is stored. The rules and the date and time information are transmitted to the information providing terminal device through the communication means. Even if the telephone number conversion device does not request information provision, the information providing device is notified of the telephone number of this device in advance. If registered, every time the telephone number system is changed, information on the change of the number system is provided to the telephone number conversion device from the information providing device.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, the information exchange apparatus of the ninth aspect is built in a telephone exchange apparatus, and a telephone exchange apparatus for providing telephone number system change information can be realized.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the information providing apparatus of the ninth aspect is incorporated in a radio network controller, and a radio network controller that provides telephone number system change information is realized. be able to.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the information providing apparatus according to the ninth aspect is built in a radio base station apparatus.
It is possible to realize a wireless base station device that provides change information of a telephone number system.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone number conversion device according to the fourth or fifth aspect or the telephone device according to the seventh aspect, and an information providing device according to the ninth aspect or the telephone exchange device according to the twelfth aspect. This is a communication system, and can realize a communication system capable of automatically and collectively converting telephone numbers registered in each telephone device in the system when the telephone number system is changed.

The invention according to claim 16 is the telephone number conversion device according to claim 6 or the mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, the information providing device according to claim 9, the radio circuit control station device according to claim 13, or the claim. A mobile communication system is constituted by the wireless base station device of item 14, and when the telephone number system is changed, telephone numbers registered in each mobile phone in the system are automatically and collectively collected. A mobile communication system capable of conversion can be realized.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

(First Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 1, a telephone device according to a first embodiment includes a key input unit 10, an interface unit 11 for recognizing a signal from the key input unit 10 as information, A control unit 12 for controlling the telephone device by judging information recognized by the interface unit 11 as a command, a voice input / output unit including a microphone 13 and a speaker 14, and a base for processing a voice signal input / output by the microphone 13 and the speaker 14 Connection between a band processing unit 15, a modulation / demodulation unit 16 for modulating / demodulating data communication information and an audio signal processed by the baseband processing unit 15, and a telephone line when transmitting a signal modulated by the modulation / demodulation unit 16 to the telephone line. And a memory unit 18 for storing telephone numbers and various information registered by the user in the telephone directory function.
And a clock unit 19 for measuring the current time, and a display unit 20 for visually notifying the user of the operation of the telephone device.

In this telephone device, information such as a change rule of the numbering system change and the date and time of the change are acquired from the information providing device that provides the information of the numbering system change, and stored in the memory unit 18, and the current date and time are changed. At the point in time when the date and time has passed, the telephone number in the telephone directory of the user stored in the memory unit 18 is searched for a telephone number that needs to be converted in accordance with the rules for changing the numbering system, and batch conversion is performed according to the change rule.

The operation of this device will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Step 1: When the user inputs a command for telephone number conversion accompanying a change in the number system from the key input unit 10, Step 2: the interface unit 11 recognizes that the command has been input and sends it to the control unit. 12; Step 3: The control unit 12 determines whether or not the signal received from the interface unit 11 is an instruction for responding to a change in number system. If the instruction is for a change to the numbering system, step 4: Communication to a station providing information on the numbering system change is started. For this purpose, the control unit 12 generates a signal requesting information on the numbering change and sends it to the modem unit 16. Step 5: The modem unit 16 modulates the received information request signal.

Step 6: The signal modulated by the modulation / demodulation unit 16 is sent out to the telephone line via the telephone line connection unit 17 and sent to an information providing device for providing information on the change of the number system.

Step 7: When information about the number system change is sent from the information providing device in response to the request, the modem 16 receives the information via the connection 15 with the telephone line. Step 8: Received signal Is demodulated.

Step 9: The signal demodulated by the modulation / demodulation unit 16 is recognized by the control unit 12 as information for changing the number system, and is stored in the memory unit 18 at step 10: At this time, the memory unit 18
The information stored in the numbering system is a change rule of the numbering system change, the date and time of the change, and a number or symbol uniquely given to the numbering system change in order for the information providing apparatus to identify the numbering system change at that time. is there.

Step 11: When the control unit 12 completes the reception of the information on the change of the number system and the storage in the memory unit 18,
First, a number or symbol uniquely given to the received numbering system change is compared with a number or symbol already stored in the change history area of the memory unit 18, and step 12:
As a result of the comparison, if the same number or symbol as the received unique number or symbol already exists in the history area, step 13: delete the received information on the number system change from the memory unit 18.

In step 12, when the same number or symbol as the received unique number or symbol does not exist in the history area, step 14: the control unit 12 determines the date and time of the number system change and the current date and time counted by the clock unit 19. Step 15: If the result of the comparison indicates that the date and time of the numbering change is earlier than the current date and time, read the change rule of the numbering change from the memory unit 18 and need to change it according to this rule. Is retrieved from the telephone numbers in the user's telephone directory stored in the memory unit 18 and changed according to the change rule. When the change is completed, Step 17: Write a unique number or symbol of the numbering change stored in the memory unit 18 into the change history area of the memory unit 18, and Step 18: Memory unit
Delete the information on the change of the numbering system from 18.

In step 15, if the result of the comparison indicates that the date and time of the numbering change is later than the current date and time measured by the clock unit 19, the unique number or symbol of the numbering change is stored in the history area of the memory unit 18. Write. The control unit 12 is a memory unit
The date and time of the number system change stored in 18 is compared with the current date and time measured by the clock unit 19, and the comparison is repeated until the date and time of the number system change become older. If the current date and time and the date and time of the number system change match, or if the date and time of the number system change is an earlier date and time, the memory unit 18
The change rule for changing the numbering system is read out, and the telephone numbers that need to be changed by this rule are searched from the telephone numbers in the telephone directory of the user stored in the memory unit 18 and changed according to the change rules (step 16). ). When the change is completed, the information on the number system change is deleted from the memory unit 18 (step 18).

As described above, in this telephone apparatus, the user simply instructs the telephone number conversion accompanying the change of the number system from the input unit, and the telephone number is registered in the telephone directory at the date and time when the number system is changed. Phone numbers can be automatically and collectively converted.

(Second Embodiment) A telephone device according to a second embodiment is configured as a mobile communication terminal device such as a mobile phone or a personal handy phone system (PHS), as shown in FIG. In addition, a wireless unit 21 for wirelessly transmitting a transmission signal and an antenna 22 are provided. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

The operation of this device is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

In this flowchart, the operations from step 21 (key input) to step 25 (modulation) are the same as the operations from step 1 to step 5 in FIG.

Step 26: The signal modulated by the modulation / demodulation unit 16 is digital-to-analog converted by the radio unit 21, shifted to the band of radio transmission, and sent to the antenna 22. The signal transmitted to the antenna 22 is transmitted to the radio base station by radio waves, and further transmitted to the information providing device.

Step 27: When information related to the change of the number system is sent from the information providing apparatus, the radio unit 21 receives the information via the antenna 22. The radio unit 21 converts the received signal from analog to digital, and transmits it to the modem 16.
Step 28: The modem 16 receives and demodulates this signal.

The operation after step 28 is the same as in FIG.

As described above, in this mobile communication terminal as well, the user simply instructs the telephone number to be converted in accordance with the change of the number system from the input unit, and the user registers the telephone number on the date and time when the number system change is performed. Batch conversion of the entered telephone numbers is performed automatically.

In the first and second embodiments, the telephone device has been described. However, an information terminal having a telephone directory function and capable of communicating by connecting the telephone device can cope with the change of the number system. You may be able to do it.

(Third Embodiment) In the third embodiment,
An information providing device that provides information on a telephone number system change will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, this apparatus modulates and demodulates data transmitted and received through a connection section 30 with a telephone line, and recognizes a signal demodulated by the modem 31 as information. , A memory unit 33 for storing information about the numbering change provided by the information providing device 3, and an input device for inputting new numbering change information and the like to the memory unit 33. An interface unit that performs interface processing between the unit 34 and the input device
35 and.

In this apparatus, information on the change of the number system is input from a personal computer, a dedicated input terminal, or the like, and stored in the memory unit 33 according to an instruction from the control unit 32. On the other hand, upon receiving a request for information regarding the numbering system change, the information stored in the memory unit 33 is read and transmitted to the telephone device of the caller.

The operation of the information providing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Step 41: Incoming call from telephone line is connected
When received through 30, step 42: the modulation and demodulation unit 31 demodulates the received signal, step 43: the control unit 32 recognizes the request content of the received information, and step 44: requests information on the numbering change. Identify if If you are requesting information about the numbering change, step 45:
The information about the numbering system change stored in the memory unit 33 is read and sent to the modem unit 31. Step 46: The modem unit 31
The information transmitted from the control unit 32 is modulated, and step 47: the telephone line 1 is transmitted to the telephone apparatus 1 which has requested information on the change of the number system through the telephone line connection unit 30 in accordance with the instruction of the control unit 32. Send using.

As described above, in the information providing apparatus, when the telephone apparatus 1 receives a request for information related to the change of the number system, the requested information can be sent back to the telephone apparatus 1 which is the transmission source.

In this embodiment, the information providing apparatus 3 transmits the information of the change of the number system to the telephone apparatus 1 of the transmission source in response to the request from the telephone apparatus 1. The telephone number of the telephone device 1 for which the numbering system is to be changed is also stored, and every time the numbering system is changed, the telephone number of the telephone device 1 stored in the memory unit 33 is automatically sent from the information providing device 3 to the telephone number. The information of the control change may be transmitted.

In this embodiment, the information providing device 3
Although an external device such as a personal computer or a dedicated input device is used as a device for inputting information related to the change of the numbering system to the memory unit 33, a key input unit and a display unit are provided inside the information providing device 3, The connection 34 to the input device may be eliminated.

(Fourth Embodiment) In the fourth embodiment,
A communication system that communicates information on a telephone number system change and responds to the number system change will be described.

This communication system, as shown in FIG.
In addition to the telephone device 1 of FIG. 1 and the information providing device 3 of FIG. 5,
A telephone exchange 40 for exchanging a plurality of telephone units, a trunk line 41 connecting the plurality of telephone exchanges 40, and a telephone exchange
From 40, a subscriber line 42 connecting each telephone subscriber is provided.

In this communication system, when the user of the telephone device 1 inputs a command to the telephone device 1 corresponding to the change of the number system, the telephone device 1 sends a signal requesting the information of the number system change to the information providing device 3. Send. The signal transmitted from the telephone device 1 passes through the subscriber line 42 and is sent to the telephone exchange device 40 which is responsible for the telephone device 1, and is further transmitted from the telephone exchange device 40 via the trunk line 41 to the telephone exchange device which is responsible for the information providing device 3. The information is transmitted to the device 40 and further transmitted to the information providing device 3 through the subscriber line 42.

When the information providing device 3 receives the signal for requesting the change of the numbering system, the information providing device 3 transmits the signal of the information on the change of the numbering system to the telephone device 1 that is the source of the request signal. The signal of the information related to the change of the number system transmitted from the information providing device 3 is transmitted to the telephone exchange device 40 serving the information providing device 3 through the subscriber line 42, and further transmitted through the trunk line 41 to the telephone switching device 40 serving the telephone device 1. And transmitted to the telephone device 1 through the subscriber line 42 connected to the telephone device 1.

Upon receiving the signal of the information relating to the telephone number system change, the telephone device 1 reads out the information from the signal, and stores the telephone number stored in the telephone directory in the telephone device 1 according to the read information and the date and time of the number system change. Convert according to.

As described above, in this communication system, only the user of the telephone device gives the telephone device 1 an instruction to convert the telephone number in the telephone directory, and the telephone device 1
To get information from and automatically convert phone numbers.

In this embodiment, the information providing apparatus 3 transmits the information of the change of the number system to the telephone apparatus 1 of the transmission source in response to the request from the telephone apparatus 1, but the information providing apparatus 3 requests the information providing apparatus 3 to change the number system. The telephone number of the telephone device 1 to be stored is also stored, and every time the number system is changed, information on the number system change is automatically transmitted from the information providing device 3 to the stored telephone device 1. Is also good.

In this embodiment, the information providing device 3 is installed at the terminal of the subscriber line 42. However, the telephone exchange device 40 that handles the telephone device 1 is configured to include the information providing device 3, and the telephone device 1 Request for information on changing the numbering system of
The telephone exchange apparatus 40 may provide the information of the change of the number system.

(Fifth Embodiment) In the fifth embodiment,
A mobile communication system corresponding to the change in the number system by exchanging information on the change in the telephone number system will be described.

This system, as shown in FIG.
In addition to the configuration of the telephone device 2 and the information providing device 3 of FIG. 7, a radio line control station 50 for managing the line of the mobile communication terminal.
And a wireless base station 51 for wirelessly communicating with the telephone device 2 as a mobile communication terminal, and an interoffice line 52 connecting the wireless channel control station 50 and the wireless base station 51.

In this mobile communication system, the telephone device 2
When the user inputs a command corresponding to the change in the number system to the telephone device 2, the telephone device 2 wirelessly transmits a signal requesting information on the change in the number system to the information providing device 3. The signal transmitted from the telephone device 2 is received by the radio base station 51 covering the area where the telephone device 2 is located, and is transmitted to the radio network controller 50 through the interoffice line 52. The radio network controller 50
The received signal is transmitted to the telephone exchange 40 in charge of the information providing device 3 through the trunk line 41, and the telephone exchange 40
Transmits the received signal to the information providing apparatus 3 through the subscriber line 42.

When the information providing device 3 receives the request signal for the numbering change information, the information providing device 3 transmits a signal of the information relating to the numbering change to the telephone device 2 that is the source of the request signal. The signal of the information related to the change of the number system transmitted from the information providing device 3 is transmitted to the telephone exchange device 40 in charge of the information providing device 3 through the subscriber line 42, and further transmitted to the radio network controller 50 through the trunk line 41. . The radio network controller 50
The transmitted signal is transmitted to the wireless base station 51 which covers the area where the telephone device 2 is located, and the wireless base station 51 transmits the signal to the telephone device 2 by radio.

Upon receiving the signal transmitted from the information providing device 3 by radio, the telephone device 2 reads out the information from the signal, and stores the telephone number stored in the telephone directory in the telephone device 2 in accordance with the read information. Convert according to the date and time of the system change.

As described above, this mobile communication system
It is possible for the telephone device 2 to obtain information from the information providing device 3 and automatically convert the telephone number by simply giving the telephone device user an instruction to convert the telephone number in the telephone directory to the telephone device user. To

In this embodiment, the information providing apparatus 3 transmits the information on the change of the number system to the telephone apparatus 2 of the transmission source in response to a request from the telephone apparatus 2, but the information providing apparatus 3 requests the information providing apparatus 3 to change the number system. The telephone number of the telephone device 2 to be stored is also stored, and every time the number system is changed, information on the number system change is automatically transmitted from the information providing device 3 to the stored telephone device 2. Is also good.

In this embodiment, the information providing device 3 is installed at the terminal of the subscriber line.
50 may include the information providing device 3, and the radio network controller 50 may provide the information on the change in number system in response to a request for information on the change in number system from the telephone device 2. Furthermore, the wireless base station 51 is configured to include the information providing device 3 and the telephone device 2
The radio base station 51 may provide the information on the change in the number system in response to the request for the information on the change in the number system.

[0073]

As is apparent from the above description, the method and the apparatus of the present invention can be used, when the telephone number system is changed, without leaking the telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory function to other places. Enables automatic batch conversion.

By simply instructing the user to respond to the change of the number system from the input means, the collective conversion of the telephone numbers is automatically performed. Further, when the information providing device is registered in advance in the information providing device, every time the number system is changed, the information providing device provides the information providing device to the information providing device with the information on the change in the number system. Batch conversion of telephone numbers is automatically performed. Therefore, the labor of the user is greatly reduced.

At the time of this batch conversion, since the telephone numbers stored by the telephone directory function do not go outside at all, there is no possibility that privacy is lost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the telephone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information providing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the information providing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 Telephone device 3 Information providing device 4 Communication system 5 Mobile communication system 10 Key input unit 11 Interface unit 12 Control unit 13 Microphone 14 Speaker 15 Baseband processing unit 16 Modulation / demodulation unit 17 Connection to telephone line 18 Memory unit 19 Clock section 20 Display section 21 Radio section 22 Antenna 30 Connection section with telephone line 31 Modulation / demodulation section 32 Control section 33 Memory section 34 Connection section with input device 35 Interface section
40 Telephone switching equipment 41 Trunk line 42 Subscriber line 50 Radio network controller 51 Radio base station 52 Base station line

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Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A telephone number conversion method for converting a stored telephone number in accordance with a change in a telephone number system, wherein information on a rule and a date and time of a number system change is obtained and stored from an information providing apparatus through a communication means. The date and time of the change
A telephone number conversion method, wherein a stored telephone number is rewritten according to the rule. 2. The telephone number conversion according to claim 1, wherein, based on a user's instruction, the information providing apparatus requests information provision to the information providing apparatus through communication means and acquires the information from the information providing apparatus. Method. 3. The telephone number conversion method according to claim 1, wherein the information provided by the information providing device is received through communication means. 4. A telephone number conversion device for converting a stored telephone number in accordance with a change in a telephone number system, comprising: storage means for storing telephone numbers and various information; and telephone numbers stored in said storage means. Communication means for making a call operation using the clock, clock means for measuring the current time, and control means for controlling each means, wherein the communication means transmits the information of the rule of the number system change and the date and time from the information providing device. Acquiring, the storage means stores the information, and when the date and time measured by the clock means matches or exceeds the date and time of the numbering change, the control means sets the storage means according to the numbering change rule. A telephone number conversion device for controlling rewriting of a telephone number stored in a telephone number. 5. An input means for inputting a command, wherein when a response to the change of the number system is instructed from said input means,
5. The telephone number conversion device according to claim 4, wherein the communication unit calls the information providing device to acquire the information. 6. The telephone number conversion apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said communication means performs wireless communication. 7. A telephone device incorporating the telephone number conversion device according to claim 4. 8. A mobile communication terminal incorporating the telephone number conversion device according to claim 6. 9. An information providing apparatus for providing information accompanying a change in a telephone number system, a storage means for storing information on a rule and a date and time of a change in a number system, a communication means for transmitting and receiving to and from a terminal device through a communication network, Control means for controlling each means, and in accordance with a request from a terminal device or voluntarily, information on a number system change rule and date and time stored in said storage means is transmitted through communication means. An information providing device, which transmits the information to the devices of (1) to (8). 10. A request from a terminal device received through a communication means is determined, and when the terminal device requests provision of information accompanying a change in a telephone number system, a rule of a number system change stored in advance and The information providing method in the information providing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the information on the date and time is sent back to the terminal device of the transmission source. 11. A telephone number of an information providing destination is stored in a storage means, and every time the telephone number system is changed, information of a rule and a date and time of the change of the numbering system stored in advance is stored in a terminal device of the information providing destination. The information providing method in the information providing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the information is transmitted through a communication unit. 12. A telephone exchange device incorporating the information providing device according to claim 9. 13. A radio network controller incorporating the information providing device according to claim 9. 14. A wireless base station device incorporating the information providing device according to claim 9. 15. A communication system comprising: the telephone number conversion device according to claim 4 or 5 or the telephone device according to claim 7, and the information providing device according to claim 9 or the telephone exchange device according to claim 12. 16. The telephone number conversion device according to claim 6, or the mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, and the information providing device according to claim 9,
A mobile communication system including the radio network controller according to claim 13 or the radio base station according to claim 14.