JP2000253153A - Number information guide/information system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a number information guide/communication system and method capable of informing a portable telephone terminal subscriber of the guide information of a telephone number expected by the portable telephone terminal subscriber, in a portable telephone exchange system. SOLUTION: This system has a portable telephone switchboard (EX) 20 and a portable terminal (MS) 10. The EX 20 is provided with a database function for storing various kinds of telephone number information and an information control function for receiving contents requested by a portable telephone terminal subscriber, retrieving necessary information, transmitting an instruction to be shifted to data communication to the portable telephone terminal subscriber and informing the portable telephone terminal subscriber of the number information. The MS 20 is provided with a function for shifting to data communication according to the information communication instruction from the portable telephone switchboard (EX) 20 and a database function for receiving and storing the transmitted information and a function for selecting and displaying the stored database information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone terminal number notification technique, and more particularly to a number information which can notify a mobile telephone terminal subscriber of guidance information of a telephone number expected by the mobile telephone terminal subscriber in a mobile telephone exchange system. The present invention relates to a guidance notification system and a number information guidance notification method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telephone number guidance system, a telephone number requested for guidance is provided to a user by voice of an operator himself or voice obtained by synthesis. In such an audible telephone number guide, the user needs to write down the telephone number being guided once and then input the telephone number again when making a call. in this case,
Since it involves many human steps such as "taking notes" and "entering a telephone number", it is not only time-consuming but also a cause for making a wrong telephone call due to a human error. As a conventional technique for solving such a problem, for example,
There is one described in JP-A-9-233195. That is, in the prior art, an operator device having a means for transmitting a corresponding telephone number by digital data in response to a telephone number guidance request, a means for visually displaying a telephone number based on the digital data transmitted from the operator device, A wireless telephone having means for storing the telephone number visually displayed in the storage means, means for reading the telephone number stored in the storage means, and means for transmitting the read telephone number to the other party. In addition, the operator-side device can transmit the telephone number together with the digital data by an audio signal, and can also make the wireless telephone audibly display. This eliminates the need to take notes once required when using telephone directory assistance. Further, it is shown that there is an effect that the telephone number obtained by the telephone number guidance can be transmitted without fail.

[0003]

However, the prior art has the following problems. The first problem is
In the case of mobile phone subscribers, it is not possible to search in the occupational telephone directory. The reason is that the general telephone directory and occupational telephone directory are created by the operating company in which the listed mobile phone terminal subscribers are accommodated, and distributed to the accommodation subscribers of the operating company. This is common, and mobile phone subscribers who only have mobile phones generally do not own them, and even if they do, they rarely carry them at all times. It is. The second problem is that it is difficult for a mobile phone subscriber to determine the nearest area. The reason is that the location of the mobile phone subscriber is different from the fixed phone. There is no problem if the subscriber of the mobile phone terminal has sufficient knowledge of the address and geography. This is because if the user cannot accurately grasp his own positional relationship, he cannot search the telephone directory or the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone terminal subscriber with guidance information of a telephone number expected by the portable telephone terminal subscriber in a portable telephone exchange system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a number information guidance notification system and a number information guidance notification method which can notify a user of a number.

[0005]

The gist of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone terminal subscriber who can notify a portable telephone terminal subscriber of guidance information on a telephone number expected by the portable telephone terminal subscriber in a portable telephone exchange system. A guidance notification system for storing various telephone number information in a database and receiving request contents from a mobile phone terminal subscriber, searching for necessary information, and transferring data communication to the mobile phone terminal subscriber. A mobile telephone exchange provided with information control means for transmitting instructions and notifying the number information; means for shifting to data communication in response to an information communication instruction from the mobile telephone exchange; and transmitted from the mobile telephone exchange. A mobile phone terminal having means for receiving information and storing the information in a database, and means for selectively displaying the stored database information. It resides in the information guide notification system. Further, the gist of claim 2 of the present invention is to collect relevant information by indexing database information according to the type of the number information expected by a mobile phone terminal subscriber and obtaining the related information. Notify the mobile phone terminal, store and store the number information received by the mobile phone terminal in the database in the mobile phone terminal, and read the contents of the database according to the display of the mobile phone terminal by the mobile phone terminal subscriber The number information guidance notification system according to claim 1, wherein the number information that best suits the user's desire can be searched again from the notified number information. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a base station device for controlling communication with the mobile phone terminal, the mobile phone switch controlling communication with the base station device, and data access from the mobile phone switch. 3. The number information guidance notification system according to claim 1, further comprising an information control device for processing the request, and an information database accessible from the mobile telephone exchange via the information control device. The gist of claim 4 of the present invention is that when the mobile telephone exchange receives an access number for which notification of a number information guide is received, the mobile phone exchange analyzes the access number and determines that the access number is a request for number information guidance. 4. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein a mobile phone terminal subscriber is connected to the information control device attached to the mobile phone terminal to set a communication path with the mobile phone terminal. The present invention resides in the number information guide notification system described in any one of the above items. The gist of claim 5 of the present invention is that the information control device communicates through a communication path,
For example, by sending guidance information to the mobile phone terminal subscriber and prompting for a key input, the content of the number information desired by the mobile phone terminal subscriber is confirmed, and if the number information desired to be obtained can be analyzed, the mobile phone terminal subscriber The search condition is sent to the information database by adding the position condition and the like of the search condition to the information database, and the result is collected. When the corresponding number information exists, the mobile phone terminal shifts from voice communication to data communication state. The number information guidance notification system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the system is configured to instruct the mobile telephone exchange and the base station apparatus to shift to data communication. Exists. The gist of claim 6 of the present invention is a number information guidance notifying method capable of notifying a mobile phone terminal subscriber of guide information of a telephone number expected by a mobile phone terminal subscriber in a mobile phone exchange system, Indexing the database information and collecting the related information according to the type of number information expected by the mobile phone terminal subscriber, and notifying the mobile phone terminal of the collected related information; Storing and storing the obtained number information in a database in the mobile phone terminal; and reading out the contents of the database in accordance with the display of the mobile phone terminal by the mobile phone terminal subscriber, and retrieving the desired number information from the notified number information. And a step of making a matching number re-searchable. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of indexing database information and collecting related information in response to obtaining the type of the number information expected by a mobile phone terminal subscriber; Notification to the mobile phone terminal, storing the number information received by the mobile phone terminal in a database in the mobile phone terminal, and storing the database information in accordance with the display of the mobile phone terminal. 7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising a step of reading out the number and a step of re-searching a number that best suits the user from the notified number information. The gist of claim 8 of the present invention is that when an access number for which a notification of a number information guide is received is received, the access number is analyzed, and when the access number is determined to be a request for a number information guide, the attached The method according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising the step of connecting a mobile phone terminal subscriber to the information control device and setting a communication path with the mobile phone terminal. The gist of the ninth aspect of the present invention is to confirm the contents of the number information that the mobile phone terminal subscriber wants to obtain by, for example, sending guidance information to the mobile phone terminal subscriber and prompting a key input through a communication path. A step of, if the number information desired to be obtained can be analyzed, adding a location condition of a mobile phone terminal subscriber to a search condition, sending a search instruction to the information database, and collecting the result; The step of instructing the mobile phone terminal to shift from the voice communication to the data communication state when the information exists, and the step of notifying the mobile phone exchange and / or the base station apparatus of the shift to the data communication. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein
The present invention resides in the number information guidance notification method described in any one of the above items (8) to (8).

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The features of the number information guide notification system of the present embodiment described below are as follows. First, a database function for storing various telephone number information and a request content from a mobile telephone terminal subscriber are received. An information control function of transmitting an instruction to shift to data communication to a mobile phone terminal subscriber after searching for necessary information and notifying the number information is provided in the mobile phone exchange. Secondly, the mobile phone terminal has a function of shifting to data communication in response to an information communication instruction from the mobile phone exchange, a database function of receiving and storing the transmitted information, and selectively displaying the stored database information. In that it has a function to

Next, this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a number information guidance notification system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a directory information guidance notification system includes a mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 and a mobile phone terminal (M).
S) A base station device (BS1 / BS) that controls communication with 10
2) 21, a mobile telephone exchange (EX) 20 for controlling communication with the base station device (BS1 / BS2) 21, an information control device (INTF) 30 for processing a data access request from the mobile telephone exchange (EX) 20, Mobile phone exchange (EX)
An information database (DB) 31 is provided which can be accessed from the device 20 via an information control device (INTF) 30.

A mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 indicates a mobile phone terminal and a mobile phone terminal subscriber. When the mobile phone terminal subscriber makes a call with the desired access number for the number information guidance notification, the call is relayed by the base station device (BS1 / BS2) 21 and transmitted to the mobile phone exchange (EX) 20 by a call start signal (shown in FIG. 3 described later). setup) is sent. When the mobile telephone exchange (EX) 20 analyzes the access number and determines that the request is for a number information guide, the attached information control device (I)
The mobile telephone terminal subscriber is connected to the mobile telephone terminal (NTF) 30, and a communication path is set up with the mobile telephone terminal (MS) 10.

The information control unit (INTF) 30 confirms the contents of the number information that the mobile phone terminal subscriber wants to obtain, for example, by sending guidance information to the mobile phone terminal subscriber and prompting a key input through the communication path. If the number information to be obtained can be analyzed, the location condition of the mobile phone terminal subscriber is added to the search condition, and the information database (DB) 3
Send a search instruction to 1 and collect the results. When the corresponding number information exists, the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 is instructed to shift from voice communication to the data communication state, and the mobile phone exchange (EX) 20 and the base station devices (BS1 / BS2) 21 is also notified of the shift to data communication. When it is confirmed that the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 has shifted to the data communication state, transmission of the collected number information data to the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 is started.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram for explaining one embodiment of the mobile telephone terminal (MS) 10 used in the number information guide notification system of FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, a mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 includes a transmission / reception control device (T).
RC) 11, display device (DSP) 12, control device (CT)
L) 13 and a mobile device database (TDB) 14.

A transmission / reception control device (TRC) 11 indicates a transmission / reception control device, and performs relay of an audio signal and the like and signal control. When the mobile phone terminal subscriber makes a call with the access number of the number information guide notification and connects from the mobile phone exchange (EX) 20 to the information control device (INTF) 30, it is in a voice communication state and wishes to obtain it by, for example, message guidance. Is transmitted to the mobile phone terminal subscriber as it is, and the key operation input of the mobile phone terminal subscriber is also directly transmitted to the information control device (INTF) 30.
Sent to

On the other hand, when the information control device (INTF) 30 issues an instruction to shift to the data communication state for sending the number information, the control device (CTL) 13 sends the transmission / reception control device (T
An instruction to shift the communication state is issued to the RC) 11, and a shift response signal is transmitted to the information control apparatus (INTF) 30. afterwards,
The number information data sent from the information control device (INTF) 30 is sequentially stored in the mobile device database (TDB) 14 through the control device (CTL) 13. After the data communication is completed, when the mobile phone terminal subscriber instructs a database search by operating his / her mobile phone terminal (MS) 10, the control device (CTL) 13 transmits the mobile device database (T).
The contents of the DB 14 are sequentially displayed on the display device (DSP) 12 so that the mobile phone terminal subscriber can search for the acquisition number information. As a result, the mobile phone terminal subscriber can select the most suitable information from the obtained information.

FIG. 3 is a signal sequence diagram for explaining one embodiment of the operation (number information guidance notification method) of the number information guidance notification system according to the present invention. The feature of the number information guidance notification method of the present embodiment is that, in accordance with the acquisition of the type of number information expected by the mobile phone terminal subscriber, the database information is indexed and related information is collected, and the collected related information is collected by the mobile phone. Notifying the terminal (MS) 10; storing the number information received by the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 in a database in the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10; Phone terminal (M
S) reading out the contents of the database according to the display of 10 and enabling the number that best suits the user's desire to be searched again from the notified number information. After calling by number,
If desired conditions are input according to the instructions of the mobile telephone exchange (EX) 20, the necessary telephone number information can be obtained directly as information of the mobile telephone terminal (MS) 10.

Next, the operation (number information guidance notification method) of the number information guidance notification system of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 3, a mobile telephone exchange (EX) 20 connects to an information control device (INTF) 30 by an outgoing start signal setup from a mobile telephone terminal subscriber. Mobile phone subscriber and information control device (INTF)
Signals until the transition to the call state between the terminals 30 (call acceptance signal CALL PROC, activation signal IAM, activation completion signal ACM, calling signal ALERT, arrival response signal ANM,
The sequence of the response connection signal CONN and the information control signal INF) is the same as a normal call connection, and is not a special sequence.

When the message guidance from the information control device (INTF) 30 is transmitted as a voice to the portable telephone terminal subscriber during a call, the portable telephone terminal subscriber follows the contents of the guidance (denoted as guidance in the figure). The desired information condition is entered by key input (denoted as key input in the figure), and the result is returned to the information control device (INTF) 30 as a response, and the next input instruction is repeated.

These sequences correspond to the information control device (I
This is performed between the NTF 30 and the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 (subscriber of the mobile phone terminal), and is continued until the search range of the number information is determined.

When the information control device (INTF) 30 completes the collection of information from the cellular phone terminal subscriber, a search instruction (indicated as “start” in the figure) to the information database (DB) 31 is sent out, and a result report (FIG. In the report).

If the result of the database search of the information database (DB) 31 indicates that the desired information of the mobile telephone terminal subscriber exists, the information control device (INTF) 30 transmits the information control signal INF (for example, the INF signal (data An instruction to shift from voice communication to data communication is issued to the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 using the notation “shift”). As a result, for example, an information control signal INF (denoted as an INF signal (transition response) in the figure) is also transmitted from the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10.
As a result, a transfer confirmation response signal is returned, and data transfer of number information data (collected data in the figure) from the information control device (INTF) 30 to the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 is performed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the database of the number information is provided on the mobile telephone exchange (EX) 20 side, and the conditions of the desired number obtained from the mobile telephone terminal (MS) 10 and the position of the mobile telephone terminal subscriber are provided. It is possible to search for accurate data based on the conditions, and since the search result can be directly transferred to the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 as it is, the mobile phone terminal subscriber does not need to take notes and obtain information. Since the choice of the person is left to the will of the person, a directory service notification service giving priority to his or her will can be provided.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. The first effect is that it is possible to easily obtain the number information when the other party cannot be specified. The reason is that the mobile telephone exchange (EX) 20 has a database of number information, and the mobile telephone terminal (MS) 1
This is because it is possible to obtain the desired condition from 0 and to perform an optimal search from the location information of the mobile phone terminal subscriber.
The second effect is that the mobile phone terminal subscriber is satisfied because it is not a one-way number notification to the mobile phone terminal subscriber. The reason is that the mobile telephone exchange (E
X) 20 sends database search result data to the mobile phone terminal (MS) 10, which includes a plurality of pieces of number information. And direct mobile phone terminal (MS)
This is because, since the data is stored in the database of 10, the subscriber of the mobile phone terminal can retrieve the contents again after obtaining the data and select the data according to his / her preference.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and each embodiment can be appropriately modified within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. Further, the number, position, shape, and the like of the constituent members are not limited to the above-described embodiment,
The number, position, shape, and the like suitable for carrying out the present invention can be obtained. In each drawing, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

[0022]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained. The first effect is that it is possible to easily obtain the number information when the other party cannot be specified. The reason for this is that a database of number information is provided on the mobile telephone exchange side to obtain desired conditions from the mobile telephone terminal, and that an optimal search can be performed from the positional information of the mobile telephone terminal subscriber. And the second effect is
Since it is not a one-way number notification to the mobile phone terminal subscriber, the mobile phone terminal subscriber can be satisfied.
The reason is that data of a database search result is sent from the mobile telephone exchange to the mobile telephone terminal, and the data includes a plurality of pieces of number information. In addition, since the data is directly stored in the database of the mobile phone terminal, after obtaining the data, the mobile phone terminal subscriber can search the content again and select the data according to his / her preference.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a number information guidance notification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram for explaining one embodiment of a mobile phone terminal (MS) 10 used in the number information guide notification system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a signal sequence diagram for explaining an embodiment (operation of a number information guidance notification method) of the number information guidance notification system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Mobile telephone terminal (MS) 11 ... Transmission / reception control device (TRC) 12 ... Display device (DSP) 13 ... Control device (CTL) 14 ... Mobile equipment database (TDB) 20 ... Mobile telephone exchange (EX) 21 ... Base station Device (BS1 / BS2) 30 Information control device (INTF) 31 Information database (DB)

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A number information guidance notification system capable of notifying a mobile telephone terminal subscriber of guidance information on a telephone number expected by a mobile telephone terminal subscriber in a mobile telephone exchange system, wherein various telephone number information is stored in a database. And information control means for receiving a request from the mobile phone terminal subscriber, searching for necessary information, transmitting an instruction to shift to data communication to the mobile phone terminal subscriber, and notifying the number information. Mobile telephone exchange, means for shifting to data communication in response to an information communication instruction from the mobile telephone exchange, means for receiving information sent from the mobile telephone exchange and storing the information in a database, and the stored database information And a mobile phone terminal having means for selecting and displaying the number information. 2. Collecting related information by indexing database information according to the type of the number information expected by a mobile phone terminal subscriber, and notifying the mobile phone terminal of the collected related information, The number information received by the mobile phone terminal is stored and stored in a database in the mobile phone terminal, and the mobile phone terminal subscriber reads out the contents of the database according to the display of the mobile phone terminal, and receives the notified number information. 2. The number information notification notification system according to claim 1, wherein a number that best suits the user's desire can be searched again. 3. A base station device for controlling communication with the mobile phone terminal, the mobile phone switch controlling communication with the base station device, an information control device for processing a data access request from the mobile phone switch, 3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an information database accessible from the mobile telephone exchange via the information control device. 4. The mobile telephone exchange, when receiving an access number for which a number information guidance notification is desired, analyzes the access number and determines that the access number is a request for number information guidance. The number according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a mobile phone terminal subscriber is connected to the control device to set a communication path with the mobile phone terminal. Information guidance notification system. 5. The information control device according to claim 1,
For example, by sending guidance information to the mobile phone terminal subscriber and prompting for a key input, the content of the number information desired by the mobile phone terminal subscriber is confirmed, and if the number information desired to be obtained can be analyzed, the mobile phone terminal subscriber The search condition is sent to the information database by adding the position condition and the like of the search condition to the information database, and the result is collected. When the corresponding number information exists, the mobile phone terminal shifts from voice communication to data communication state. The number information guidance notification system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the system is configured to instruct the mobile telephone exchange and the base station apparatus to shift to data communication. . 6. A number information guidance notifying method capable of notifying a mobile phone terminal subscriber of guidance information on a telephone number expected by a mobile phone terminal subscriber in a mobile phone exchange system, wherein the mobile phone terminal subscriber expects the information. Indexing the database information according to the type of the number information to collect related information, and notifying the collected related information to the mobile phone terminal; and transmitting the number information received by the mobile phone terminal to the mobile phone terminal. Storing and storing the data in a database of the mobile phone terminal, the mobile phone terminal subscriber can read out the contents of the database according to the display of the mobile phone terminal, and can re-search for the number that best suits the user from the notified number information. Performing a number information guidance notification method. 7. A step of indexing database information to collect related information according to the type of the number information expected by a mobile phone terminal subscriber, and a step of notifying the mobile phone terminal of the collected related information. Storing and storing the number information received by the mobile phone terminal in a database in the mobile phone terminal; reading a database content by a mobile phone terminal subscriber according to the display of the mobile phone terminal; 7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of re-searching the number that best suits the user from the number information. 8. A mobile phone terminal is added to an attached information control device when an access number desired to be notified of a number information guide is received and the access number is analyzed and the access number is determined to be a request for the number information guide. 8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of connecting a caller and setting a communication path with the mobile phone terminal. 9. A step of confirming the contents of the number information that the mobile phone terminal subscriber wants to obtain by sending guidance information to the mobile phone terminal subscriber and prompting a key input, for example, through a communication path; Adding the location condition of the mobile phone terminal subscriber to the search condition, sending a search instruction to the information database and collecting the result, and, if the corresponding number information exists, the mobile phone A method comprising: instructing a terminal to shift from voice communication to a data communication state; and notifying a mobile telephone exchange and / or the base station apparatus of a shift to data communication. The number information guidance notification method according to any one of items 6 to 8.