JP2001007855A - Voice communication method via internet and its system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet and a telephone terminal. SOLUTION: A WWW server 320 has voice communication start information and environment information section, a Web browser 311 of a terminal 310 browses home page data 321 with the voice communication start information to receive the voice communication start information from the WWW server 320, and an Internet telephone software 312 receiving the voice communication start information acquires an IP address of a voice IP gateway 330 from the environment input signal of the WWW server 320 and makes a request of setup of voice communication to a telephone terminal 350 of an opposite party with respect to the voice IP gateway on the basis of the IP address of the acquired voice IP gateway 330 to establish voice communication between the Internet telephone software 312 and a telephone terminal 350.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voice communication method and a voice communication system via an Internet network, and more particularly to a method for easily managing a telephone number without writing the telephone number for voice communication on a homepage. The present invention relates to a voice communication method and a voice communication system via an Internet network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an Internet system, a WWW (World Wide) connected to an Internet network is used.
Web) There is an application called a Web browser for freely browsing information (a homepage or the like) in a server from a terminal, and the Web browser issues a browsing request from a terminal to a WWW server designated by the terminal, and the corresponding WWW server. You can browse the information inside.

In recent Internet systems, an application called Internet telephone software for performing voice communication via the Internet network has been realized, and voice data can be inexpensively bidirectionally transmitted via the Internet network using the telephone software. Can be sent and received.

Recently, a voice IP gateway for performing voice communication between telephone terminals using the Internet network has been proposed for the Internet telephone.
The use of the P gateway enables voice communication between telephone terminals and between telephone terminals and Internet telephone software.

[0005] In the Internet telephone using the voice IP gateway, the application name of the Internet telephone software to be activated and the telephone number of the telephone are linked to the telephone number posted on the homepage of the WWW server. If you specify the phone number of the homepage displayed on the browser, WWW
The server sends data including the application name and the telephone number to the terminal, and the terminal automatically starts the application described in the data, and the application (Internet telephone software) uses the telephone number in the data to execute the application. The IP address of the voice IP gateway is obtained from the voice IP gateway address server, and voice communication with the telephone terminal is established based on the IP address of the voice IP gateway and the telephone number to perform voice communication. Do.

[0006] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-41294 discloses a document describing a technology relating to the Internet telephone using the voice IP gateway.

[0007]

In the Internet telephone system using the voice IP gateway according to the prior art, each home page data to be subjected to voice communication must have data including the application name of the Internet telephone software and the telephone number. Must be a voice IP gateway or PBX (Private Branch Exchange)
e: Network exchange), ACD (Automatic Call Distri
(Bution: automatic call distribution) In a system using a function or the like, when a telephone number is updated, there is a problem that homepage data must be changed each time.

Further, the Internet telephone system according to the prior art has a problem that a necessary telephone number must be described for each home page data, and it is difficult to manage a telephone terminal corresponding to the home page data.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described disadvantages of the prior art, and does not directly describe a telephone number in homepage data for voice communication, but sends a voice to a different telephone terminal for each homepage data. It is an object of the present invention to provide a voice communication method via an Internet network and a system therefor that can perform voice communication without describing each telephone number even when performing communication.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a voice communication for performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network. In the method, the terminal is provided with Internet telephone software for performing voice communication over an Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and
In the homepage data on the server, voice communication start information for starting Internet telephone software,
An environment information section including information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway for converting analog voice into a packet that can be transmitted and received on the Internet network and converting the packet into analog voice;
b. The browser receives the voice communication start information from the WWW server by browsing the homepage data having the voice communication start information, and the Internet telephone software receiving the voice communication start information transmits the voice communication start information from the environment information section of the WWW server to the A first feature is that an IP address of a voice IP gateway is obtained, and a request is made to the voice IP gateway to establish voice communication to a telephone terminal based on the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway.

[0011] The present invention also relates to a voice communication method for performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network. In addition to providing Internet telephone software for communication and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on the WWW server, the homepage data on the WWW server includes:
Voice communication start information including information for starting Internet telephone software including key information for changing a telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal according to the content of the homepage data, and an IP address of a voice IP gateway. An environment information section having information, and a key information-telephone number correspondence information section storing correspondence information between the key information and the telephone number on the Internet network;
The browser receives the voice communication start information including the key information from the WWW server by browsing the home page data having the voice communication start information, and the Internet telephone software having received the voice communication start information transmits the WW to the WWW server.
From the environment information section of the W server, the I
A P-address is obtained, a voice IP gateway is requested to establish voice communication with the telephone terminal, key information is transmitted to the voice IP gateway based on the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway, and the key information is received. The gateway obtains the telephone number of the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal from the key information-telephone number correspondence information section based on the received key information and makes a call to the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal. Is a second feature.

Further, the present invention provides a voice communication via an Internet network using a voice communication method for performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network. In the system, the terminal includes Internet telephone software for performing voice communication over an Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and the homepage data on the WWW server is:
Voice communication start information for activating Internet telephone software, the IP address of a voice IP gateway that converts analog voice into packets that can be transmitted and received on the Internet, and converts packets into analog voice. Internet information receiving the voice communication start information from the WWW server by browsing the homepage data having the voice communication start information, and the web browser of the terminal includes the environment information section including the information of the voice communication start information. Telephone software obtains the IP address of the voice IP gateway from the environment information section of the WWW server, and establishes voice communication with the voice IP gateway to the telephone terminal based on the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway. Is a third feature.

[0013] The present invention also provides a voice communication via an Internet network using a voice communication method for performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network. In the system, the terminal includes Internet telephone software for performing voice communication over an Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and the homepage data on the WWW server is:
Voice communication start information including information for starting Internet telephone software including key information for changing a telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal according to the content of the homepage data, and an IP address of a voice IP gateway. A key information-telephone number correspondence information part storing correspondence information between the key information and the telephone number on the Internet network;
The browser receives the voice communication start information including the key information from the WWW server by browsing the home page data having the voice communication start information, and the Internet telephone software having received the voice communication start information transmits the WW to the WWW server.
From the environment information section of the W server, the I
A P-address is obtained, a voice IP gateway is requested to establish voice communication with the telephone terminal, key information is transmitted to the voice IP gateway based on the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway, and the key information is received. The gateway obtains the telephone number of the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal from the key information-telephone number correspondence information section based on the received key information and makes a call to the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal. Is the fourth feature

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A method and system for voice communication via the Internet network according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an Internet system to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining homepage data on a WWW server and voice communication start information described in the data according to the present embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of the Internet system according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the system shown in FIG.

First, an Internet system to which the present invention is applied is, as shown in FIG. 1, a Web browser 11 for browsing home page data 121 of a WWW server 120.
1 and the Internet phone software 112, and a microphone 160 and a speaker 17 for making a voice call.
0 and the Internet network 100 connecting the terminal 110 and the WWW server 120.
In response to a browsing request from the terminal 110,
Homepage data 121 displayed on the b browser 111
And a WWW server 1 having an environment information section for managing the IP address, telephone number, etc. of the voice IP gateway 130
20 and a voice IP enabling bidirectional voice communication between the Internet telephone software 112 of the terminal 110 and the telephone terminal 150 of the other party connected to the PBX 140.
And a gateway 130.

As shown in FIG. 2, the home page data 121 of the WWW server 120 includes html data 121A describing only voice communication start information, and voice communication between a different telephone terminal for each home page data and the voice communication start information. Html data 121B that describes key information for establishing.

The method and the system for voice communication via the Internet network according to the present embodiment are the same as the system shown in FIG.
Browser 111 using terminal 110 connected to
Is started, the homepage data 121 on the WWW server 120 is browsed, and if voice communication start information is described in the homepage data 121, the Internet telephone software 112 is started based on this information. Is the WWW server 12
The IP address of the voice IP gateway is acquired for 0, and connection processing is performed to the telephone terminal 150 based on the acquired value. The telephone number information to be connected may be stored in either the WWW server 120, the voice IP gateway 130, or any other device connected to the Internet network 100.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the voice communication can be performed by providing the homepage data on the WWW server with the voice communication start information as shown in FIG. By describing key information indicating the telephone terminal corresponding to the homepage data, voice communication to the target telephone terminal can be easily performed.

Next, the details of the above embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 illustrates the system configuration of FIG. 1 in more detail.
A microphone 37 for storing a Web browser 311 for browsing homepage data 321 of the W server 320 and Internet telephone software 312 for making a voice call.
0 and the viewing terminal 310 to which the speaker 380 is connected.
The Internet network 300 connecting the terminal 310 and the WWW server 320, the home page data 321 displayed on the terminal's Web browser 311 in response to a browsing request from the terminal 310, and the IP address and telephone number of the voice IP gateway 330. IP gateway that enables two-way voice communication between a WWW server 320 having an environment information unit for managing the Internet and a telephone terminal 350 connected to the Internet telephone software 312 and the PBX 340 of the terminal 310 330, and a key information-telephone number correspondence information section 360 having key information for changing the corresponding telephone terminal according to the contents of the homepage data and correspondence information of the telephone number of the corresponding telephone terminal.

The WWW server 320 includes html data (homepage data) 321 including voice communication start information for starting the Internet telephone software 312 of the terminal 310.

The present system can activate the Internet telephone software 312 of the terminal 310 based on the voice communication start information acquired by the Web browser 311 of the terminal 310, and further has the key information as an argument in the voice communication start information. Based on the key information, the voice IP gateway 330
The voice communication between the terminal 310 and the telephone terminal to be connected can be established by making correspondence with the telephone number of the telephone terminal to be connected to. Note that the key information-telephone number correspondence information section 360 may be provided in any of the WWW server 320, the voice IP gateway 330, and other devices connected to the Internet network 300.

Next, the operation of the voice communication method and its system via the Internet network according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the system activates the web browser 311 of the terminal 310 on the browsing side (step 401), and when the web browser 311 of the terminal 310 issues a browsing request to the WWW server 320 (step 402), the WWW The server 320 transmits home page data to the Web browser 311 of the terminal 310 in response to the browsing request (step 403).
When the voice communication start information is described in the homepage data 321 browsed by the Web browser 311 of the tenth, the Internet telephone software 31 of the terminal 310
2 starts based on the voice communication start information of the homepage data 321 browsed by the Web browser 311 of the terminal 310 (step 404). If key information is stored in the voice communication start information, the key information is temporarily stored in the Internet telephone software 312 of the terminal 310.

Next, after the Internet telephone software 312 of the terminal 310 is activated, if the browsing side makes a voice communication start request (connection request) to the Internet telephone software 312 of the terminal 310 (step 405), The Internet telephone software 312 of the WWW server 310
A request to acquire the IP address of the voice IP gateway is made to the terminal (step 406), and the IP address of the voice IP gateway is obtained from the environment information section 322 of the WWW server 320 (step 407). A call is made to the voice IP gateway 330 based on the received voice IP gateway IP address (step 408). The telephone number to be called from the voice IP gateway 330 is
WWW server 320 or voice IP gateway 33
0 may be provided.

The voice IP gateway 33 receiving this message
0 requests the key information-telephone number correspondence information section 360 to obtain a telephone number to be called based on the key information (step 409), and obtains the telephone number of the target telephone terminal 350 (step 409). Step 410).

Thus, the voice IP gateway 330
Performs a calling process to the intended telephone terminal 350 (step 411), and the telephone terminal 350 rings, and the other party answers the telephone, that is, performs on-hook (step 412). The connection is returned (step 413) to the Internet telephone software 312 of the terminal 310 (step 414). As a result, the Internet telephone software 3 of the terminal 310
Voice communication is established between the communication terminal 12 and the telephone terminal 350 (step 415).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the homepage data is provided with the voice communication start information as data, and the IP address of the voice IP gateway is also provided in the WWW server, so that the homepage data for voice communication can be obtained. Even if voice communication is performed directly to different telephone terminals for each homepage data without describing the telephone number directly, voice communication can be easily performed via the Internet network using Internet telephone software without describing each telephone number. It can be carried out.

The present invention can be represented by the following embodiments. <Embodiment 1> Terminal and WWW via Internet network
A voice communication method for simultaneously performing data communication with a server and performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network. It has Internet telephone software capable of voice communication on the Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and voice communication start information for starting Internet telephone software on the homepage data on the WWW server; An environment information section having information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway that converts voice into packets that can be transmitted and received on the Internet network and converts packets into analog voice;
When the Web browser browses the homepage data having the voice communication start information, the voice communication start information is passed from the WWW server, and the Internet telephone software, which is activated upon receiving the voice communication start information, transmits the information to the environment information section of the WWW server. The IP address of the voice IP gateway is obtained by the obtaining request, and the Internet telephone software requests the voice IP gateway to establish the voice communication to the telephone terminal based on the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway. Characteristic voice communication method. <Embodiment 2> Terminal and WWW via Internet network
A voice communication method for simultaneously performing data communication with a server and performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network. It has Internet telephone software capable of voice communication over the Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server. The homepage data on the WWW server includes a telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal according to the contents of the homepage data. It has voice communication start information having information for activating Internet telephone software including key information to be changed, and an environment information section having information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway, and correspondence information between key information and a telephone number. Key information storing telephone numbers on the Internet network When the Web browser browses the home page data having the voice communication start information, the voice communication start information including the key information is passed from the WWW server, and the Internet telephone software activated upon receiving the voice communication start information, The IP address of the voice IP gateway is obtained by an acquisition request to the environment information section of the WWW server, and the Internet telephone software sends voice to the voice IP gateway to the telephone terminal based on the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway. Requests the establishment of communication and transmits key information at the same time
P gateway uses the received key information to obtain key information-
A voice communication method comprising: obtaining a telephone number of a telephone terminal to be connected to a terminal from a telephone number correspondence information unit; and making a call to the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal.

<Embodiment 3> Via the Internet network,
A voice communication method for performing data communication between a terminal and a WWW server and simultaneously performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network is realized. The system has Internet telephone software that allows a terminal to perform voice communication over the Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and voice for starting Internet telephone software on the homepage data on the WWW server. It has an environment information section that has communication start information and information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway that converts analog voice into packets that can be transmitted and received on the Internet network and converts packets into analog voice. Web browser has voice communication start information Voice communication start information from the WWW server is passed by viewing the home page data,
The IP address of the voice IP gateway is obtained from the Internet telephone software activated upon reception of the voice communication start information by an obtaining request to the environment information section of the WWW server, and the Internet telephone software obtains the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway. Voice I based on
A system for implementing a voice communication method for requesting a P gateway to establish voice communication to a telephone terminal.

<Embodiment 4> Via the Internet network,
A voice communication method for performing data communication between a terminal and a WWW server and simultaneously performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network is realized. A system having Internet telephone software capable of performing voice communication with a terminal via an Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, wherein the homepage data on the WWW server is stored in the terminal according to the contents of the homepage data. An environment information section having voice communication start information having information for activating Internet telephone software including key information for changing a telephone terminal to be connected and information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway; Key information storing information and correspondence information between telephone numbers-telephone numbers The voice communication start information including the key information is passed from the WWW server when the web browser browses the homepage data having the voice communication start information, and the reception of the voice communication start information is performed. , The IP address of the voice IP gateway is acquired by an acquisition request to the environment information section of the WWW server, and the Internet telephone software obtains the voice IP gateway based on the acquired IP address of the voice IP gateway. Requests the establishment of voice communication to the telephone terminal and transmits the key information at the same time, and the voice IP gateway becomes a connection partner of the terminal to the key information-telephone number correspondence information section based on the received key information. Obtain the phone number of the phone terminal, and connect to the phone terminal System characterized in that to realize the voice communication method for performing call.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, homepage data is provided with voice communication start information as data,
Also, since the WWW server also has the IP address of the voice IP gateway, the voice communication start information only needs to describe the plug-in software start information, and voice communication can be performed via the Internet using Internet telephone software. it can.

Further, key information associated with a target telephone number is described in the voice communication start information, and the correspondence between the key information and the telephone number is stored in a device on the Internet network. The connection to the number becomes possible, and various services can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an Internet system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining homepage data on a WWW server and voice communication start information described in the data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of an Internet system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the operation of the system shown in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

100: Internet network, 110: Terminal, 111: W
e-browser, 112: Internet telephone software, 120: WWW server, 121: homepage data, 130: voice IP gateway, 140: PBX,
150: telephone terminal, 160: microphone, 170: speaker, 300: Internet network, 310: terminal, 31
1: Web browser, 312: Internet telephone software, 320: WWW server, 321: homepage data, 322: environment information section, 330: voice IP gateway, 340: PBX, 350: telephone terminal, 36
0: key information-telephone number correspondence information section, 370: microphone,
380: Speaker.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A voice communication method for performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network, comprising: Software for performing Internet telephone software and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and the homepage data on the WWW server contains voice communication start information for activating Internet phone software and analog voice data. An environment information section including information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway that converts packets into packets that can be transmitted and received on the Internet network and converts packets into analog voice; Browse homepage data with communication start information Internet phone software, which has received the voice communication start information from the WWW server, receives the voice communication start information by it, said WW
Acquiring the IP address of the voice IP gateway from the environment information section of the W server, and requesting the voice IP gateway to establish voice communication to the telephone terminal based on the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway. Characteristic voice communication method via the Internet network. 2. A voice communication method for performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network. And a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and changing the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal to the homepage data on the WWW server in accordance with the contents of the homepage data Communication start information including information for activating Internet telephone software including key information for use in the Internet and an environment information section having information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway are provided on the Internet network. Information storing telephone number and telephone number correspondence information-telephone number correspondence information section The Web browser receives the voice communication start information including the key information from the WWW server by browsing the home page data having the voice communication start information, and the Internet telephone software that has received the voice communication start information, The IP address of the voice IP gateway is obtained from the environment information section of the WWW server, and the obtained voice IP is obtained.
Based on the IP address of the gateway, the voice IP gateway requests the voice IP gateway to establish voice communication with the telephone terminal, transmits key information, and receives the key information. The voice IP gateway receives the key information based on the received key information. Voice communication via the Internet network, wherein the information-telephone number correspondence information section obtains the telephone number of the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal and makes a call to the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal. Method. 3. A voice communication system via an Internet network using a voice communication method for performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network. The terminal includes Internet telephone software for performing voice communication on the Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and the homepage data on the WWW server includes a voice for activating Internet telephone software. An environment information section including communication start information and information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway that converts analog voice into packets that can be transmitted and received on the Internet network and converts packets into analog voice. The web browser of the terminal is Receiving a voice communication start information from the WWW server by viewing the home page data with voice communication start information, the Internet phone software, which has received the voice communication start information, said WW
Acquiring the IP address of the voice IP gateway from the environment information section of the W server, and requesting the voice IP gateway to establish voice communication to the telephone terminal based on the obtained IP address of the voice IP gateway. Characteristic voice communication system via the Internet network. 4. A voice communication system via an Internet network using a voice communication method for performing voice communication between a terminal connected to the Internet network and a telephone terminal connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network, The terminal includes Internet telephone software for performing voice communication on the Internet network and a Web browser for browsing homepage data on a WWW server, and the homepage data on the WWW server is stored in the terminal according to the content of the homepage data. It has voice communication start information including information for starting Internet telephone software including key information for changing a telephone terminal to be connected to, and an environment information section having information such as an IP address of a voice IP gateway. And the key information and telephone number on the Internet network. Key information storing telephone number correspondence information is provided, and the Web browser receives voice communication start information including key information from a WWW server by browsing homepage data having voice communication start information. Then, the Internet telephone software receiving the voice communication start information obtains the IP address of the voice IP gateway from the environment information section of the WWW server, and obtains the obtained voice IP.
Based on the IP address of the gateway, the voice IP gateway requests the voice IP gateway to establish voice communication with the telephone terminal, transmits key information, and receives the key information. The voice IP gateway receives the key information based on the received key information. Voice communication via the Internet network, wherein the information-telephone number correspondence information section obtains the telephone number of the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal and makes a call to the telephone terminal to be connected to the terminal. system.