JP2001119483A - Contract number notice system in analog channel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contract number notice system where an optional telephone can inform an opposite party of its own contract number as a caller number through an analog channel that adopts a caller number notice service. SOLUTION: In the contract number notice system, a contract number and a password in cross-reference with each other are registered to a database 2 of an exchange 1 through an analog channel 5 adopting the caller number notice service. In the case that a special number, a contract number, a password and a destination telephone number are continuously dialed to the exchange 1 at dialing, the database 2 of the exchange 1 is retrieved to decide whether or not the contract number and the password are registered in the database 2. When the presence of registration is decided, the system uses the contract number for a caller number in place of the caller number and informs a called telephone set 4 about it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a contract number notification service for notifying a called telephone number of an own telephone number as a caller number from an arbitrary telephone device on an analog line to which a caller number notification service is applied. The present invention relates to a contract number notification method for an analog line to be implemented.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of a telephone device in which one telephone line is assigned to each person in an office or the like, a contract number of the telephone device (generally called a "telephone number").
And the user of the telephone device has a one-to-one correspondence. Therefore, when the user himself / herself makes a call from his / her own telephone device (hereinafter referred to as a contract telephone device) on an analog line to which the caller ID notification service is applied, the called user is displayed on the called telephone device. The caller can be specified by the caller number.

[0003]

However, when a call is made from a telephone device other than the contract telephone device on an analog line to which the caller ID notification service is applied, the contract number of the telephone device is notified as the caller number. Therefore, the called user cannot specify the correct caller. In particular, if the receiving telephone device is set to “identified incoming call permission setting”, even if the caller's contract number is registered in “identified incoming call allowable setting”, the telephones other than the telephone device corresponding to the contract number are set. If a call is made from the device, the incoming call will be rejected. For this reason, there has been a need for a service that can identify a correct caller even when calling from a telephone device other than the above-described contract telephone device.

An object of the present invention is to provide a contract number notification system which can notify a called telephone device of its own contract number as a caller number from an arbitrary telephone device on an analog line to which a caller number notification service is applied. With the goal.

[0005]

For this purpose, a first aspect of the present invention is directed to an analog circuit to which a caller ID notification service is applied, in which a contract number and a password are associated with each other in advance so that a switch of the exchange can be used. If the special number, contract number, password and destination telephone number are dialed continuously into the exchange when making a call, the database of the exchange is searched to register the contract number and password. It is characterized in that a contract number notification service for notifying the receiving side telephone device of the contract number as a caller number instead of the caller number is performed if the presence / absence is judged and the registration is judged.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the use of the contract number notification service is started, the dialing information is transmitted from the exchange to the source telephone apparatus, whereby the special number, the contract number, and the personal identification number are transmitted. And facilitates continuous dial entry of a destination telephone number.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the contract number notification service is used, service exchange information is transmitted from the exchange to the caller telephone apparatus, thereby replacing the caller number with the contract number. Is notified to the caller of the notification to the receiving-side telephone device.

According to the first invention, a caller who previously registers a contract number and a personal identification number in a database of an exchange on an analog line to which the caller ID notification service is applied can be used by his / her own contract telephone. When calling from a telephone device other than the device, if you dial the special number, contract number, password and the other party's phone number continuously,
Since the contract number and the password are registered in the database of the exchange, a contract number notification service for notifying the receiving side telephone device of the contract number as the caller number instead of the caller number is performed. Therefore, even when a call is made from a telephone device other than the contract telephone device, the contract number of the caller is notified as the caller number,
The called user can specify the correct caller.

Further, even when the called telephone device is set to "identified incoming call permission setting" and a call is made from a telephone device other than the contract telephone device, the contract number of the caller is set to "identified incoming call allowable setting". ", You will be notified of the caller's contract number as the caller ID,
There is no problem that incoming calls are rejected.

According to the second invention, when the use of the contract number notification service is started, dial input guidance information (for example, voice guidance or character information) is transmitted from the exchange to the transmission source telephone device. According to the dialing input guide information, the special number, the contract number, the password and the destination telephone number can be sequentially dialed in an interactive manner. Therefore, the special number, contract number,
The continuous dial input operation of the personal identification number and the other party's telephone number is facilitated, and the usability is improved.

According to the third invention, when the contract number notification service is used, the service execution information (for example, voice guidance or text information) transmitted from the exchange to the source telephone apparatus is used to replace "the caller ID with the caller ID." The notification that the contract number has been notified to the receiving-side telephone device "is sent to the caller, so that the caller can confirm that the contract number notification service has been implemented.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an analog communication system for implementing a contract number notification method in an analog line according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an exchange, and an office exchange is used as the exchange 1. In addition, instead of the central office exchange, the P
It is also possible to use BX or the like. A database (in this case, an office database) 2 is connected to the exchange 1, and the contract number and the password are stored in the database 2 in association with each other in accordance with the advance registration of the user. Become.

In FIG. 1, reference numerals 3 and 4 denote telephone devices, where 3 is a source telephone device and 4 is a called telephone device. The source telephone apparatus 3 and the receiving telephone apparatus telephone 4 are connected to the exchange 1 via an analog line 5 to which a caller ID notification service is applied.

Next, a contract number notification service provided by a contract number notification method in an analog line according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the contract number notification service according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, a caller originating from the source telephone device 3 will be referred to as the source telephone device 3.
It is assumed that a telephone device different from the above is assigned as its own contract telephone device, and a contract number and a password are associated with the own contract telephone device in advance and registered in the database 2 of the exchange 1 in advance.

In step 11 of FIG. 2, an off-hook operation is performed in the source telephone device 3, and then in step 12, a dial input operation such as a destination telephone number is performed in the source telephone device 3. The exchange 1 determines whether there is a special number. If this determination is YES, the control proceeds to step 14 and subsequent steps because the case is the case for the contract number notification service of the present embodiment. On the other hand, if the determination is NO, the control is skipped from step 14 to step 17 and the control is immediately advanced to step 18 because the case is out of the scope of the contract number notification service of the present embodiment.

When the caller uses the contract number notification service of this embodiment, the judgment in step 13 is YES because the special number is dialed by the dial input operation in step 12, but the contract number notification service In the case of a normal call that does not use, a special number is not input, so the answer is NO. It is assumed that the special number is set to a predetermined number in advance corresponding to the contract number notification service of the present embodiment, and if this special number is not input or if a different number is incorrectly input at the time of inputting the special number, , And even if the contract number and the password are dialed in, it is treated as NO.

In step 14, inquiry information is generated using the contract number and password inputted in step 12 as search keys, and transmitted to the database 2. In the next step 15, a search is made in the database 2 based on the inquiry information, it is checked whether or not the contract number and the password corresponding to the search key are registered in the database 2, and the search result is exchanged with the exchange 1. Return to. In the above search, the case where the contract number and the password corresponding to the search key are registered in the database 2 is set to O.
K, and the case where there is no contract number and personal identification number corresponding to the search key in the database 2 is NG.
If one of the contract number and the password is incorrectly entered as a different number from the registered one, or if one of the contract number and the password is not entered, it is treated as NG.

In the next step 16, the search result is checked. If the search result is OK, the control proceeds to step 17, and if the search result is NG, the step 17 is skipped and the control immediately proceeds to step 18. . Step 1
In step 7, "replacement of caller number" is performed using the contract number as the caller number. The replacement caller ID will be
In the next step 18, it is transmitted to the destination telephone number. As a result, the receiving-side telephone device 4 is notified of the caller number corresponding to the caller. If the determination in step 13 is NO and the determination in step 16 is NO, the “replacement of caller ID” in step 17 is not performed (in this case, the telephone device is called “caller ID”). If "notify" is set, the caller ID of the telephone device will be notified).

According to the present embodiment, in the analog line to which the caller ID notification service is applied, the caller whose contract number and password have been registered in the database 2 of the exchange 1 in advance has a telephone number other than his / her own contract telephone device. When making a call from the device 3, the user enters his / her contract number in place of the caller number of the caller telephone device 3 by successively dialing in the special number, contract number, password, and the other party's telephone number. Since the contract number notification service for notifying the called-side telephone device 4 is performed, the user of the called-side telephone device 4 can specify the correct caller. Further, even when the receiving-side telephone device 4 is set to “identified incoming call permission setting” and a call is made from a telephone device 3 other than the contract telephone device, the contract number of the caller is set to “identified incoming call allowable setting”.
, The contract number of the caller is notified as the caller number, and the incoming call is not rejected.

Next, a contract number notification service provided by a contract number notification method in an analog line according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a contract number notification service according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The contract number notification service of the present embodiment
The "submission function of dial input guidance information" and the "transmission function of service execution information" are added to the contract number notification service of the first embodiment.

When the use of the contract number notification service of the present embodiment is started, after the off-hook operation is performed in the caller telephone device 3 in step 21 of FIG. 3, the caller telephone device 3 responds to the contract number notification service in step 22. When the dial input operation of the special number is performed, the next step 2
In the third and subsequent steps, the following dial input guidance information is sent from the exchange 1 to the calling telephone device 3 as voice guidance. That is, in step 23, "voice guidance urging the dialing of the contract number" is transmitted. In response to this, in step 24, the caller performs dialing operation of the contract number. Prompting voice guidance "is sent out.

In response to the voice guidance, in step 26, when the caller performs a dial input operation of a personal identification number,
In step 27, inquiry information is generated using the contract number and password entered in steps 24 and 26 as search keys, and sent to the database 2. In the next step 28, a search is made in the database 2 based on the inquiry information, and it is checked whether or not the contract number and the password corresponding to the search key are registered in the database 2, and the search result is exchanged with the exchange 1. Return to. In the next step 29, the above search results are checked,
If the search result is OK, the control proceeds to step 30, and if the search result is NG, step 30 is skipped and the control immediately proceeds to step 31. In step 30,
"Replace caller number" with the contract number as the caller number is performed.

At step 29 NO and at step 31 following step 30, "voice guidance urging dial input of the other party's telephone number" is sent. In response to the voice guidance, when the caller performs a dial input operation of the destination telephone number in step 32, when "replacement of the caller number" is performed in step 30 (that is,
If all the conditions for implementing the contract number notification service of the present embodiment are satisfied), the replaced caller number is transmitted to the destination telephone number in step 33. As a result, the receiving-side telephone device 4 is notified of the caller number corresponding to the caller. Then, in the next step 34, service execution information indicating that "it has notified its called-side telephone device 4 of its contract number in place of the caller number of the calling telephone device 3" is transmitted as voice guidance.

According to the present embodiment, at the start of use of the contract number notification service on the analog line to which the caller number notification service is applied, the caller is provided with voice guidance of dial input guidance information sent from the exchange 1. , The special number, the contract number, the personal identification number, and the telephone number of the other party can be sequentially dialed and input in the interactive manner, so that the effects of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the special number, the contract number, the personal identification number, the The continuous dial input operation of the destination telephone number is facilitated, and the effect that the usability is improved and the erroneous input is reduced is obtained. In addition, when a user who is not familiar with the input procedure of the contract number notification service uses the contract number notification service, it is particularly advantageous because the user only has to follow the voice guidance. Further, when using the above-mentioned contract number notification service, the caller must use the exchange 1
Can be confirmed by the voice guidance of the service execution information transmitted from the receiving side telephone device 4 in place of the caller number of the source telephone 3.

In the second embodiment, both the "sending function of dial input guide information" and the "sending function of service execution information" are added, but only one of them may be added. In the second embodiment,
Although the voice guidance is used as the dial input guidance information and the service execution information, a character information message may be displayed on the display unit of the telephone device instead.

[0027]

As described above, according to the contract number notification method for an analog line according to the present invention, in the analog line to which the caller ID notification service is applied, the contract number and the password are pre-registered in the exchange database. Even if a caller who has already made a call from a telephone device other than his / her contract telephone device, simply dial in the special number, contract number, password and the other party's telephone number continuously.
A contract number notification service is provided to notify the called telephone device of the contracted number as a caller number instead of the caller number of the calling telephone device, so that the user of the called telephone device can identify the correct caller. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an analog communication system for implementing a contract number notification method in an analog line according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a contract number notification service according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a contract number notification service according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 exchange (office exchange) 2 database (office database) 3 originating telephone device 4 receiving telephone device 5 analog line to which caller ID notification service is applied

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Claims (3)

[Claims] In an analog line to which a caller ID notification service is applied, a contract number and a password are associated with each other and registered in a database of an exchange in advance.
When a special number, contract number, password and destination telephone number are dialed continuously into the exchange when making a call, the database of the exchange is searched to determine whether the contract number and password have been registered and registered. A contract number notification service for notifying the receiving side telephone device of the contract number as a caller number in place of the caller number when the caller ID is determined as the caller number. 2. When the use of the contract number notification service is started, dial exchange guidance information is transmitted from the exchange to the source telephone device, thereby continuously dialing the special number, contract number, password and destination telephone number. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein input is facilitated. 3. When using the contract number notification service,
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the switch sends service execution information to the source telephone device to notify the caller that the contracted number has been notified to the called telephone device instead of the caller number. Or the contract number notification method in the analog line described in 2.