JP2001257793A - Multimedia communication apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multimedia communication apparatus that displays both a communication address of a communication opposite party and communication media at the arrival of an incoming call. SOLUTION: An incoming call communication control section informs a media display control section about a communication address of a communication opposite party obtained through an incoming call from an external communication interface section. The media display control section inquires of a media designation section about communication media corresponding to the communication address and allows the media designation section to designate a communication media registered in advance corresponding to the communication address. In order to transmit the designated communication media and the communication address of the communication opposite party to the communication state display section, the media display control section allows a communication state display section to display both the communication address of the communication opposite party and the communication media at the arrival of an incoming call.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multimedia communication device which can communicate with a plurality of types of communication media, and is notified of a communication address of a communication partner at the time of communication, and is not notified of the communication medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a communication device having a communication capability using a plurality of types of media. Commonly existing media include voice, data, and video.
There are a plurality of codec systems in one of these media. For example, in the case of audio media, the ITU-T standard 711, G.R. 729, G.C. 723.1 and the like. There is a multimedia communication device that uses any combination of the above media.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a communication procedure between a conventional multimedia communication apparatus and a communication apparatus of the other party.
This example of the communication procedure is an example when communication from the other party occurs between the other party's communication apparatus and the multimedia communication apparatus.

In FIG. 6, first, an incoming call is received from the other communication device (step S601), and this is called a call setting request. At this point, the incoming call is displayed on the multimedia communication device, and the user can know that the incoming call has been received. The user responds to the incoming call (step S602), and this is called a response. The partner communication device that has received the response inquires of the multimedia communication device whether communication with the communication medium requested by the partner communication device is possible (step S603). This is for making an inquiry in advance because it is impossible for the other party to communicate on a communication medium having no communication ability, and this is called a communication ability inquiry.

[0005] On the other hand, if communication is possible, a signal indicating that the multimedia communication device is possible is returned (step S604), and this is called a communication capability inquiry.
If a signal required for communication is a communication signal, and a signal for communication control is called a control signal, and a signal of a portion obtained by removing the control signal from the communication signal is called a main signal, it is the first time after a capability reply is received. Then, data communication based on the main signal between the two communication devices is started (step S605). This is called data communication start.

This communication procedure is based on ITU-T standard H.264. 323
It is stipulated by the recommendation.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional multimedia communication apparatus.

A conventional multimedia communication device comprises an external communication interface unit 10, a communication control unit for incoming calls 20, a media display control unit 30, and a communication state display unit 50. However, the solid arrow in the figure indicates the communication signal (communication address +
(Control signal + main signal), and the dashed arrow indicates a communication address.

Referring to FIG. 7, the operation at the time of an incoming call will be described.
The operation at the time of incoming call is an operation before a response when a call setting request is made in the communication procedure of FIG. The external communication interface unit 10 transmits and receives signals to and from an external network,
When receiving an incoming call, the communication address of the communication partner is set to the incoming communication control unit 2.
Notify 0. Incoming communication control unit 20 notifies media display control unit 30 of the communication address of the communication partner,
It controls overall communication such as communication protocol management and timing management. The media display control unit 30 transmits a communication address to the communication status display unit 50 and controls the communication status display unit 50. The communication status display unit (media display unit) 50 displays the received communication address so that the user can grasp it.

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing an example of communication control in the above-described conventional multimedia communication apparatus.

In FIG. 8, there is a notification of an incoming call from the outside, and the external communication interface unit 10 notifies this to the incoming call communication control unit 20 (step S801). The communication control unit for incoming call 20 notifies the media display control unit 30 of the communication address extracted from the incoming call signal (Step S).
802). Since the communication medium has not been notified, the media display control unit 30 cannot display the communication medium at this time, and notifies the communication state display unit 50 of only the communication address (step S803). Upon receiving this, the communication status display unit 50 displays the communication address of the notified partner.

[0012]

However, in the configuration of the conventional multimedia communication apparatus described above, it is not possible to notify the communication medium requested by the other party at the time of a call setting request (step S601). Even if the communication is responded (step S602), if the communication capability requested by the other party is not provided in the responding multimedia communication device, the communication control for changing the communication medium is performed after the response in order to perform communication by the main signal. is necessary.

[0013] Here, being able to communicate with a certain medium is referred to as having the communication capability of the medium. There are a plurality of multimedia communication devices that can respond to one incoming call, the communication capabilities of these multimedia communication devices are different, and there is a multimedia communication device that has the communication capability for the incoming media. I do. In such a case, if the communication medium is notified at the time of the incoming call (step S601), it is possible to respond with a multimedia communication device having the communication capability of the communication medium requested by the other party. This is not possible because the communication media is not notified when a call arrives.

Further, when a communication is transmitted from a conventional multimedia communication device to a partner communication device, when the communication address of the partner communication device is input, the communication medium is not known, so that only the communication address of the partner can be displayed. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to display both a communication address and a communication medium of a communication partner at the time of calling and receiving. It is to provide a multimedia communication device.

[0016]

In order to achieve the above object, a feature of the present invention is that communication can be performed by a plurality of types of communication media, a communication address of a communication partner is notified when an incoming call is received, and a communication medium is transmitted. In a multimedia communication device that is not notified, an external communication interface unit that transmits and receives signals to and from an external network and notifies the communication control unit for incoming calls to the communication control unit for incoming calls, and notifies the communication address of the communication partner to the media display control unit A communication control unit for incoming calls that performs overall control of communication such as communication protocol management and timing management, a media designation unit that designates information corresponding to the communication address, and a communication address of a communication partner transmitted to the media designation unit The corresponding information is received from the media designating section, and the communication address of the communication partner is entered along with this information in the communication status table. Media display control section for controlling the communication status display unit and a sending to the parts, in that a communication status display unit for displaying one or both of the received communication address information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the multimedia communication apparatus according to the first aspect, a communication medium is displayed as information from a media designation unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the multimedia communication apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the multimedia communication apparatus has data in which a communication address is associated with information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the multimedia communication apparatus according to the third aspect, there is provided means for updating data after communication is completed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia communication apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of types of communication media, specifies a communication address of a communication partner at the time of calling, and does not specify a communication medium. An external communication interface unit for transmitting / receiving data, a communication address input unit for inputting a communication address of a communication partner, notifying the input communication address to the media display control unit, and controlling general communication such as communication protocol management and timing management. A communication control unit for performing transmission, a media designation unit for designating corresponding information from a communication address, and a communication address of a communication partner to the media designation unit and receiving the corresponding information from the media designation unit. Together with transmitting the communication address of the communication partner to the communication status display section and controlling the communication status display section. A media display control unit which is to have a media display unit which displays one or both of the received communication address information.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the multimedia communication apparatus according to the fifth aspect, a communication medium is displayed as information from a media designation unit.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the multimedia communication device according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the multimedia communication apparatus has data in which a communication address and a communication medium are associated with each other.

[0023] A feature of the invention according to claim 8 is that the multimedia communication apparatus according to claim 7 has means for updating data after communication is completed.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia communication apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of types of communication media and which is notified of a communication address of a communication partner at the time of an incoming call, corresponding to the notified communication address. There is provided a search means for searching for a communication medium registered in advance, and a display means for displaying the communication medium searched by the search means.

The feature of the invention of claim 10 is that of claim 9
In the multimedia communication device according to the above, if a communication medium corresponding to the notified communication address is not searched by the search unit, the communication medium at the time of communication after the end of communication is searched for in correspondence with the notified communication address. It has a registration means for registering in the means.

A feature of the invention of claim 11 is that of claim 9
Alternatively, in the multimedia communication device according to Item 10, the search means has a table in which communication media are registered in correspondence with communication addresses.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia communication apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of types of communication media and a communication address of a communication partner is specified at the time of calling, in correspondence with the specified communication medium. There is provided a search means for searching for a communication medium registered in advance, and a display means for displaying the communication medium searched by the search means.

A feature of the invention of claim 13 is the feature of claim 1.
3. In the multimedia communication device according to 2, when the communication medium corresponding to the specified communication address is not searched for by the search unit, the communication medium at the time of the communication is set to correspond to the specified communication address after the end of communication. There is a registration means for registering in the search means.

A feature of the invention of claim 14 is that of claim 1
The multimedia communication device according to 2 or 13, wherein
The search means has a table in which communication media are registered in correspondence with communication addresses.

In the multimedia communication apparatus according to the present invention, the communication address of the communication partner is notified, but the communication medium is not notified at the time of communication. Therefore, a table associating a communication address of a communication partner with a communication medium is provided in the multimedia communication device. If the communication partner is known in advance, it is possible to create the table in advance, and if the communication partner is unspecified many, the communication medium that has communicated to the communication address once communicated By registering this, this table is automatically created. By the above operation, a table in which the communication address of the communication partner and the communication medium are associated is created. With such a configuration, in the case of an incoming call, by searching for the communication media registered in the table corresponding to the communication address notified at the time of the incoming call, and by using that as the communication media requested by the communication partner, Communication media can be displayed. Also in the case of transmission, the communication media can be displayed by searching for the communication media registered in the table corresponding to the communication address specified at the time of transmission.

[0031]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the multimedia communication device of the present invention.

The multimedia communication apparatus of this embodiment comprises an external communication interface unit 10, an incoming call communication control unit 20, a media display control unit 30, a media designation unit 40, and a communication status display unit (media display unit) 50. . However,
In the figure, solid arrows indicate communication signals (communication address + control signal +
Main signal), the dashed arrows represent communication addresses, and the dotted arrows represent information (communication media).

The external communication interface unit 10 transmits and receives signals to and from an external network, and notifies the communication control unit 20 for incoming calls of the communication address of the communication partner at the time of an incoming call. The incoming call communication control unit 20 notifies the media display control unit 30 of the communication address of the communication partner, and performs overall communication control such as communication protocol management and timing management. The media display control unit 30 receives the communication medium corresponding to the communication address from the media designation unit 40 by transmitting the communication address of the communication partner to the media designation unit 40, and transmits the communication medium to the communication status display unit 50; Communication status display section 50
Control. The media designation unit 40 transmits the communication media corresponding to the received communication address to the media display control unit 30. The communication status display unit 50 displays the received communication address and communication medium so that the user can grasp it.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to a sequence showing an example of communication media display control in FIG. When there is a notification of an incoming call from the outside, the external communication interface unit 10 transmits this to the incoming communication control unit 20.
Is notified (step S201). Incoming communication control unit 2
0 notifies the media display control unit 30 of the communication address of the destination extracted from the incoming call information (step S2).
02). The media display control unit 30 transmits this to the media designating unit 40 (step S203), and inquires of a communication medium for the corresponding communication address. Upon receiving this, the media specifying unit 40 searches the table as shown in FIG. 3 owned by the user and, if a communication address exists, transmits the associated communication medium to the media display control unit 30 (step S204). ). The media display control unit 30 transmits the obtained communication media and communication address to the communication status display unit 50 (Step S205). The communication status display unit 50 displays the received communication media and communication address so that the user can grasp it.

FIG. 3 shows the media designation section 40 shown in FIG.
Is an example of a table owned by. In the figure, the table has a one-to-one correspondence between a communication address and a communication medium. This table is created by storing, for each communication address, the communication media with which communication was performed most recently.
In addition to the above, various creation examples can be considered for this table.

If there is no communication medium registered in the above-mentioned table corresponding to the communication address notified from the partner communication device, the communication medium cannot be displayed at the time of an incoming call. However, after the end of the communication, the communication medium already known at that time is registered in a table as shown in FIG. 3 corresponding to the communication address. Thus, the communication medium for the communication address can be displayed on the communication state display unit 50 at the time of the incoming call from the next time.

According to this embodiment, when there is an incoming call from the partner communication device and the communication address of the partner communication device is notified, the communication medium registered corresponding to the communication address is designated by the media designation unit. Since 40 can be designated, when an incoming call is received, the communication status display unit 50 can display both the communication address and the communication medium.

A plurality of multimedia communication devices capable of responding to one incoming call are present, and the multimedia communication devices have different communication capabilities, and have a communication capability for the incoming media. If there is a communication device, the communication medium is notified at the time of an incoming call, so that a response can be made by a multimedia communication device having the communication capability of the communication medium requested by the other party.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a multimedia communication apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The multimedia communication apparatus of this embodiment comprises an external communication interface unit 10, an outgoing communication control unit 21, a media display control unit 30, a media designation unit 40, a communication status display unit 50, and a communication address input unit 60. You.
However, in the figure, solid-line arrows represent communication signals (communication address + control signal + main signal), broken-line arrows represent communication addresses, and dotted-line arrows represent information (communication media).

The external communication interface unit 10 transmits and receives signals to and from an external network, and, when making a call, makes a call to a designated communication address under the control of the communication control unit 21 for calling. The transmission communication control unit 21 notifies the media display control unit 30 of the communication address input from the communication address input unit 60, and performs overall communication control such as communication protocol management and timing management. Media display control unit 3
0 is to transmit the communication address of the communication partner to the media specifying unit 40, thereby receiving the communication medium from the media specifying unit 40 and transmitting it to the communication status display unit 50;
The communication state display unit 50 is controlled. The media specifying unit 40 searches the received communication address for a communication medium corresponding to the received communication address, and transmits the communication medium to the media display control unit 30. The communication status display unit 50 displays the received communication address and communication medium so that the user can grasp it.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to a sequence showing an example of communication media display control in FIG. At the time of transmission, the communication address input unit 60 notifies the communication control unit 21 for transmission of the input communication signal (including the communication address of the communication partner) (step S501). The transmission communication control unit 21 notifies the media display control unit 30 of the communication address extracted from the notified communication signal (step S502). The media display control unit 30 transmits this to the media designating unit 40 (step S503),
Inquires about the communication medium for the corresponding communication address. Upon receiving this, the media designating unit 40 searches the table as shown in FIG. 3 which is owned, and if the communication address is present, transmits the associated communication medium to the media display control unit 30 (step). S50
4). The media display control unit 30 transmits the obtained communication media and communication address to the communication status display unit 50. The communication status display unit 50 displays the received communication media and communication address so that the user can grasp it.

According to the present embodiment, at the time of calling, the communication medium registered in advance is specified by the media specifying unit 40 in correspondence with the communication address of the communication partner, so that the user can grasp the communication address and the communication medium. It can be displayed on the communication status display unit 50 so that it can be performed.

[0044]

As described above in detail, according to the multimedia communication apparatus of the present invention, since the communication medium corresponding to the communication address is provided in advance with the table, the communication partner can be used for both calling and receiving. The communication address and the communication medium can be displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a multimedia communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing an example of communication media display control in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an example of a table owned by a media designation unit shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a multimedia communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of communication media display control in the device of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a communication procedure between a conventional multimedia communication device and a partner communication device.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional multimedia communication device.

FIG. 8 is a sequence showing an example of communication control inside a conventional multimedia communication device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 External communication interface unit 20 Incoming communication control unit 21 Outgoing communication control unit 30 Media display control unit 40 Media designation unit 50 Communication status display unit 60 Communication address input unit

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A multimedia communication device that can communicate with a plurality of types of communication media, is notified of a communication address of a communication partner when an incoming call is received, and is not notified of the communication medium. An external communication interface unit that notifies the communication control unit for incoming calls, a communication control unit for incoming calls that notifies the media display control unit of the communication address of the communication partner and performs overall communication control such as communication protocol management and timing management. , A media designation unit for designating corresponding information from a communication address, and a communication address of a communication partner to the media designation unit, receiving corresponding information from the media designation unit, and communicating the communication address of the communication partner with this information. Media display control unit for transmitting to the status display unit and controlling the communication status display unit , Aruchi media communication apparatus characterized by comprising a communication state display unit for displaying one or both of the received communication address information. 2. The multimedia communication device according to claim 1, wherein a communication medium is displayed as information from a media designation unit. 3. The multimedia communication device according to claim 1, further comprising data in which a communication address and information are associated with each other. 4. The multimedia communication device according to claim 3, further comprising: means for updating data after the communication is completed. 5. An external communication interface unit for transmitting / receiving a signal to / from an external network in a multimedia communication apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of types of communication media, specifying a communication address of a communication partner at the time of calling, and not specifying a communication medium. A communication address input unit for inputting a communication address of a communication partner; an outgoing communication control unit for notifying the input communication address to the media display control unit and performing overall communication control such as communication protocol management and timing management. And a media designation unit for designating the corresponding information from the communication address; and transmitting the communication address of the communication partner to the media designation unit, receiving the corresponding information from the media designation unit, and specifying the communication address of the communication partner together with this information. Media display system for transmitting to the communication status display and controlling the communication status display Multimedia communication device for the parts, and media display unit for displaying one or both of the received communication address information, comprising the. 6. The multimedia communication device according to claim 5, wherein a communication medium is displayed as information from a media designation unit. 7. The multimedia communication device according to claim 5, wherein the multimedia communication device has data in which a communication address and a communication medium are associated with each other. 8. The multimedia communication device according to claim 7, further comprising means for updating data after communication is completed. 9. A multimedia communication apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of types of communication media and is notified of a communication address of a communication partner at the time of an incoming call, wherein said communication medium is registered in advance corresponding to said notified communication address. A multimedia communication device comprising: a search unit for searching for; and a display unit for displaying communication media searched by the search unit. 10. The multimedia communication device according to claim 9, wherein, if the communication medium corresponding to the notified communication address is not searched by the search unit, the communication medium at the time of communication after the end of the communication is changed to the communication medium. A multimedia communication device comprising a registration unit for registering in the search unit in correspondence with the notified communication address. 11. The multimedia communication device according to claim 9, wherein said search means has a table in which communication media are registered in correspondence with a communication address. 12. A multimedia communication device capable of communicating with a plurality of types of communication media and having a communication address of a communication partner specified at the time of calling, wherein a communication medium registered in advance corresponding to the specified communication medium is provided. A multimedia communication device comprising: a search unit for searching for; and a display unit for displaying communication media searched by the search unit. 13. The multimedia communication device according to claim 12, wherein if the communication medium corresponding to the specified communication address is not searched by the search unit, the communication medium at the time of the communication is terminated after the end of the communication. A multimedia communication apparatus comprising a registration unit for registering in the search unit in correspondence with the specified communication address. 14. The multimedia communication device according to claim 12, wherein said search means has a table in which communication media are registered in correspondence with communication addresses.