JP2002027112A - Communication system with incoming notice data designating function and incoming notice method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system where a sender side designates optional incoming notice data and a receiver side can reproduce incoming notice data that are designated in a reproducible data form. SOLUTION: The sender side 3 is provided with a transmission means 33 that transmits optional calling information, the receiver side 1 is provided wit an analysis means 12 that analyzes identification data 5 included in the calling information, with an acquisition means 14 that requests incoming notice data 8 on the basis of the identification data 5, and with an incoming notice means 16 that reproduces the incoming notice data supplied from the acquisition means, and a server side 2 is provided with a providing means 23 that stores incoming notice data and provides the incoming notice data to the acquisition means via a network 4. Thus, the server side 2 can easily designate incoming notice data under the intention of the sender side 3 and the receiver side can acquire reproducible incoming notice data in matching with the state of itself in cooperation with the providing means of the server side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system and an incoming call notification method for communicating with a terminal device, and more particularly to a communication system with an incoming call notification data designating function capable of specifying incoming call notification data and an incoming call notification method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a communication system of this kind, as a method of notifying of an incoming call such as a telephone call or an e-mail, reproduction of a ringtone, an image, a moving image, and reproduction of incoming notification data such as blinking of an LED are used. ing. The receiver selects these incoming call notification methods from those registered in the terminal from the beginning and those additionally registered by the caller. The registration and selection operations differ depending on the terminal model and software.

[0003] Among them, there is a method of ringing a ringtone desired by the calling side. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-355393 discloses a technique in which a ringing is performed based on ringing pattern information of a ringtone notified from a calling side. Also, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-427
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-64106 discloses a technique for transmitting, via a network for controlling terminals, information specifying a ringtone to be reproduced from among ringtones stored in advance in a terminal on the receiving side. It has been disclosed. Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 0-173737 discloses a technique for generating a ringing pattern for an incoming call, in which a desired sound is obtained from a plurality of ringing sounds for an incoming call stored in a predetermined center server and sounded. It has been disclosed.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional communication system, an incoming call cannot be notified by an arbitrary notification method according to the intention of the calling side, and the called side also receives information on communication contents upon receiving a call. Cannot be obtained by sound. In addition, there is a problem that a complicated operation is required when the receiving side sets and adds the incoming call notification data, and the operation is different for each model, so that it is difficult to remember and is complicated.

[0005] Further, when a ring tone is transmitted from the calling side, it is necessary to previously store incoming notification data in a fixed place of the calling side terminal having a limited storage capacity. There is a problem that the receiving terminal has to confirm the reproducible format of the incoming notification data.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. The present invention designates any appropriate incoming call notification data according to the intention of a caller, and the format of the incoming call notification data which can be reproduced by the receiving side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication system and an incoming call notification method capable of notifying an incoming call according to the situation of the called side.

[0007]

A communication system according to the present invention includes a transmitting unit for transmitting arbitrary call information on a transmitting side, and receives the call information as call information on a receiving side and receives the call information. A server comprising: analyzing means for analyzing identification data included in the call information; obtaining means for requesting incoming notification data based on the identification data; and incoming notification means for reproducing the incoming notification data supplied from the acquiring means. The apparatus has a configuration including a providing unit that accumulates at least one incoming call notification data and provides the incoming notification data requested by the obtaining unit to the obtaining unit via a network. With this configuration, it is possible to easily specify appropriate incoming notification data according to the intention of the caller,
The receiving side can acquire reproducible incoming notification data in cooperation with the providing means in accordance with the situation or function of the receiving side.

[0008] The communication system according to the present invention is provided with transmitting means for transmitting arbitrary call information on the transmitting side, and receiving the call information as received information on the receiving side, and identifying the identification information contained in the received information. Analyzing means for analyzing data, obtaining means for requesting incoming notification data based on the identification data, and incoming notifying means for reproducing the incoming notification data supplied from the obtaining means; There is provided a providing means for storing incoming call notification data and providing the incoming call notification data selected based on the identification data from the obtaining means to the obtaining means via a network. With this configuration, it is possible to easily specify appropriate incoming notification data according to the intention of the caller,
Further, it is possible for the receiving side to acquire the reproducible incoming notification data selected using the identification data in cooperation with the providing means in accordance with the situation or function of the receiving side.

[0009] In the communication system according to the present invention, the providing means accumulates incoming notification data in at least one format, and the acquisition means notifies the data format reproducible by the incoming notification means when requesting the incoming notification data. The server has a data format selection unit for selecting a data format reproducible by the incoming call notification unit based on the data format notified from the acquisition unit. With this configuration, since the data format selection unit selects an appropriate data format, the user can use data in an appropriate format without being aware of the format of the incoming notification data.

[0010] In the communication system according to the present invention, the providing means may store the incoming notification data in at least one format, and the receiving side may store at least the incoming notification data requested by the acquiring means stored in the providing means. It has a configuration including a data format acquisition unit that acquires list information of one data format, and a terminal-side selection unit that selects a data format that can be reproduced by the incoming notification unit from the list information. With this configuration, the receiving side that has received the list information of the data format selects an appropriate data format, so that the user can select an appropriate data format without being aware of the data format of the incoming notification data.

[0011] The communication system according to the present invention has a configuration including conversion means for converting the data format of the incoming call notification data into a different data format. With this configuration, it is possible to convert incoming notification data of any format into incoming notification data of a desired format.

In the communication system according to the present invention, the data format selecting means selects a data format which can be reproduced by the incoming call notifying means based on the identification data, and the server further comprises a data format of the incoming notification data based on the identification data. Is converted to a data format that can be reproduced by the incoming call notifying means. With this configuration, it is possible to convert incoming notification data in an arbitrary data format into an appropriate data format based on the identification data.

The communication system according to the present invention has a configuration in which the receiving side further includes storage means for additionally storing, changing, and deleting the incoming call notification data obtained by the obtaining means. With this configuration, it is possible to omit the process of reacquiring the incoming call notification data acquired from the providing unit in the past, to reduce the amount of communication, and to shorten the processing time.

In the communication system according to the present invention, the receiving side stores the incoming notification data acquired by the acquiring means, the incoming notification data to be obtained from the server side obtained from the received identification data, and the storing means. And comparing the incoming call notification data stored in the storage means with the incoming call notification data stored in the storage means. I have. According to this configuration, the stored incoming notification data is compared with the specified incoming notification data, and when the received incoming notification data is different from the specified incoming notification data, the specified incoming notification data is obtained from the providing means. It is possible to omit the process of acquiring again and to use accurate incoming notification data.

The communication system according to the present invention has a configuration in which the transmitting means transmits identification data for notifying arbitrary incoming notification data at the time of calling. With this configuration, it is possible to notify the receiving side of the incoming call with the incoming call notification data specified by the calling side.

In the communication system according to the present invention, the transmitting side corresponds to identification data acquiring means for acquiring an identification data list of incoming notification data stored in the providing means, and corresponds to incoming notification data used from the identification data list. And identification data selecting means for selecting the identification data, including the selected identification data in the call information, and transmitting from the transmission means. With this configuration, the calling side knows in advance the incoming notification data stored in the providing means from the identification data list, and the calling side can easily select the incoming notification data by specifying the incoming notification data stored in the providing means. can do.

In the communication system according to the present invention, the network is the Internet, the identification data specified by the transmitting side includes a URL, and the acquisition unit includes the URL.
It is configured to acquire incoming call notification data based on L. With this configuration, any data stored in any server on the Internet can be used as incoming call notification data.

In the method of notifying incoming call according to the present invention, the calling side transmits arbitrary outgoing call information, and the receiving side analyzes the identification data included in the incoming call information received as the incoming call information, and The receiving means obtains incoming notification data based on the identification data, and the server accumulates at least one incoming notification data and provides the receiving notification data requested by the obtaining means to the obtaining means via a network, And a process for reproducing the incoming call notification data supplied from the server. With this configuration, it is possible to easily specify appropriate incoming call notification data according to the intention of the calling side, and to enable the called side to play back the incoming call notification in cooperation with the providing means in accordance with the situation or function of the called side. Data can be obtained.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, first and second embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, the configuration of the communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Referring to FIG. 1, the communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes an incoming call processing unit 1, a server processing unit 2, and an outgoing processing unit 3, each of which can be realized by a microcomputer. The incoming call processing unit 1 is provided in a terminal, and the terminal may be an arbitrary one, for example, a mobile phone, a personal computer, or a vehicle-mounted device for car navigation. Further, the transmission processing unit 3 may be located at an arbitrary place, for example, a mobile phone or a computer having the server processing unit 2. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the terminal including the incoming call processing unit 1 and the outgoing call processing unit 3 is a mobile phone, the network 4 is the Internet, and the server processing unit 2 is a computer on the Internet. However, the network 4 of the present invention may be the Internet or a normal line, a dedicated line or a public line, and may be connected by wire or wirelessly. Further, the connection to the network 4 may be through a provider or directly.

In the incoming call processing unit 1, a program existing in the incoming call processing unit 1 executes processing based on the incoming call information 6.
The incoming call information 6 includes the identification data 5 and may further include arbitrary information such as caller information. In addition, the incoming call processing unit 1
The receiving means 11, the analyzing means 12, the managing means 13, the acquiring means 14, the storing means 15, and the incoming notification means 16 are provided. Each of these units may be configured by hardware or software. Also,
The identification data 5 included in the incoming call information 6 broadly designates an incoming call notifying means such as reproduction of a ringtone, an image, a moving image, blinking of an LED, sounding of a buzzer, selection of incoming notification data, and the like. Hereinafter, these will be described as the incoming call notification data 8.

In the server processing unit 2, a program existing in the server processing unit 2 is transmitted to the reception processing unit 1 or the transmission processing unit 3.
The processing is executed in response to the data request. The server processing unit 2 includes a data format selection unit 21 and a conversion unit 22
And providing means 23. Each of these units may be configured by hardware or software.

In the transmission processing unit 3, a program existing in the transmission processing unit 3 executes processing based on the operation of the caller. In addition, the transmission processing unit 3 includes an identification data acquisition unit 31.
, Identification data selecting means 32, and transmitting means 31. Each of these units may be configured by hardware or software.

Next, an outline of the operation of the communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, at least one incoming call notification data 8 is stored in the providing unit 23 of the server processing unit 2 in advance. First, the transmission processing unit 3 of another terminal transmits the call information 7 including the identification data 10 specifying the reception notification data 8 to the reception processing unit 1 of the desired terminal via the network 4. The call information 7 including the identification data 10 transmitted from the transmission processing unit 3 is received by a desired terminal as the call information 6 including the identification data 5. The incoming call processing unit 1 of the terminal that has received the incoming call information 6 executes each means in the incoming call processing unit 1 based on the incoming call information 6 (or the identification data 5 included in the received content), and executes the server processing unit. 2 requesting the incoming notification data 8. The server processing unit 2 reads out the requested incoming call notification data 8 from the providing unit 23 and transmits it to the incoming call processing unit 1 via the network 4. The incoming call processing unit 1 notifies the user of the incoming call by reproducing the obtained incoming call notification data 8 by the incoming call notifying means 16.

With this configuration, it is possible to specify appropriate incoming call notification data 8 according to the intention of the calling side. In addition, when the incoming call processing unit 1 acquires the incoming call notification data 8 from the server processing unit 2, the function of the incoming call processing unit 1 such as the state of the answering machine processing or the case where an incoming call notification not present in this terminal is specified In response to the request, processing such as changing the incoming call notification in cooperation with the server processing unit 2 can be performed.

Next, the data flow of the communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG. The timing chart of FIG. 2 shows the timing of the flow of data performed between the transmission processing unit 201, the reception processing unit 202, and the server processing unit 203 in the present embodiment. First, the transmission processing unit 201 notifies the reception processing unit 202 of the identification data 204, and the reception processing unit 202 transmits an incoming notification data request 205 to the server processing unit 203 based on the identification data 204.
Send The server processing unit 203 transmits the requested incoming call notification data 206 to the incoming call processing unit 202.

The incoming call notification data 8 in the present embodiment is stored in the server processing unit 2 connected to a network separately from the terminal.
Is accumulated in The format of the data may be any format, for example, a WAVE format that can be reproduced on Microsoft Windows. In the present embodiment, WA
VE format. Note that the incoming call notification data 8 may be an audio file of another format, an image / movie file, a vibration pattern or an LED display pattern, or a combination thereof.

The identification data 5 for specifying the incoming call notification data 8 may be in any format, for example, a URL including an access method, a server, a directory, and a file name. In the present embodiment, the URL is used. For details of the URL, refer to the standard document RFC1738.
Thus, any data stored in any server can be used as the incoming call notification data 8.

Although the URL is used for the identification data 5 here, a server or a protocol may be set in advance and the identification data 5 may be a file name or a path name including a directory. If the caller information is added to the incoming call information 6, the caller information and the identification data 5 are added.
May be combined to determine the incoming call notification data 8. Alternatively, a data table for identifying the incoming call notification data 8 may be prepared in advance, and the index of the table may be notified as the identification data 5. The analysis means 12
After receiving the incoming call by the receiving means 11, the identification data portion may be extracted from the incoming data sent at the start of communication. In the present embodiment, the identification data 5 is added to the incoming call information 6.

In this embodiment, the identification data 10
Has been described as being transmitted at the start of communication, but may be received with the identification data 5 included in the communication content. For example, when an e-mail including the identification data 5 arrives, the user can be notified of the arrival using the incoming notification data 8 indicated by the identification data 5 after the communication is completed. Also, when the incoming call notification data 8 is not obtained at the time of the incoming call, but the incoming call notification data 8 indicated by the identification data 5 is obtained after the communication is completed and stored in the storage means 15 on the terminal side, and the same identification data 5 is sent. Alternatively, the data stored in the storage means 15 may be used as the incoming call notification data 8.

Next, the structure of the stored data on the terminal side of the communication system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows the structure of terminal-side stored data stored in storage means 15 in the present embodiment as described above.
In FIG. 3, the stored incoming call notification data 8 is added with identification data 5 indicating it, caller information data and incoming time, and stored. Note that the sender information data and the arrival time may not be provided. Further, other arbitrary information may be added.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the management unit 13 of the incoming call processing unit 1 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail. Identification data 5 of terminal-side stored data (FIG. 3) stored in storage means 15 of incoming call processing unit 1
(Step S401; hereinafter, Step S is referred to as S
It is determined whether or not the corresponding terminal-side stored data exists (S402). If there is, the file size of the incoming notification data 8 is calculated (S403), which is indicated in the received identification data 5. The file capacity of the incoming notification data 8 stored in the server processing unit 2 is acquired (S
404) By comparing the calculated file capacity of the incoming notification data 8 with the file capacity of the incoming notification data 8 of the server processing unit 2 indicated by the identification data 5, the incoming call currently stored in the server processing unit 2 is obtained. It is determined whether the notification data 8 and the incoming notification data 8 stored in the incoming call processing unit 1 are the same (S405). Step S4
If it is determined that the incoming call notification data 8 of the incoming call processing unit 1 is the same as the incoming call notification data 8 of the server processing unit 2 (S406), the incoming call notification data 8 stored in the storage unit 15 of the incoming call processing unit 1 is determined. If it is not determined that they are the same (S407), the incoming call notification data 8 stored in the providing unit 23 of the server processing unit 2 is read and used.

In the present embodiment, the incoming call notification data 8 of the incoming call processing section 1 and the incoming call notification data 8 of the server processing section 2 are used.
Are compared based on the capacity of both incoming call notification data 8, but any comparison condition may be used. For example, the determination may be made based on conditions such as a checksum, a file name, an arrival time, or sender information. With this configuration, it is possible to omit the process of reacquiring the incoming call notification data 8 acquired from the server processing unit 2 in the past, and to shorten the processing time.

Next, the operation of the acquisition means 14 of the incoming call processing section 1 in the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The acquisition means 14 requests the server processing unit 2 specified by the identification data 5 for the file of the incoming notification data 8 according to the protocol specified by the identification data 5,
The file of the incoming notification data 8 output by the providing unit 23 of the server processing unit 2 is received. In the present embodiment, the acquisition unit 14 requests the server processing unit 2 to add a data format reproducible by the incoming notification unit 16 to the identification data 5 as terminal information. Here, the acquiring unit 14 notifies the server processing unit 2 of the data format reproducible by the incoming call notifying unit 16 as terminal information, but notifies the terminal model or similar information, and the server processing unit 2 reproduces the data at each terminal. A table having a possible data format may be provided and referred to. In addition, a plurality of communication means are provided, and a plurality of different communication control networks such as a PHS and a mobile phone are used to acquire the incoming call notification data 8 via another communication control network other than the incoming communication control network. You may.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the storage means 15 of the incoming call processing section 1 in the present embodiment will be described in detail. The storage unit 15 assigns the identification data 5, the caller information, and the arrival time to the incoming notification data 8 obtained from the providing unit 23 of the server processing unit 2 (S50).
1), additional storage as terminal-side storage data (S50)
2). The terminal-side stored data to be stored is increased by additionally storing the above data. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the number exceeds the maximum number that can be stored (S50).
3) If it is determined that the maximum number is exceeded, the terminal-side stored data having the oldest incoming call time is selected and deleted from the terminal-side stored data stored so far (S50).
4).

With this configuration, it is possible to reuse incoming call notification data 8 and delete unnecessary incoming call notification data 8.
Also, the incoming call notification data 8 stored in the incoming call processing unit 1 is compared with the incoming call notification data 8 specified by the outgoing call processing unit 3 and obtained from the providing unit 23 only when they are different from each other, thereby reducing the processing work. Thus, more accurate incoming call notification data 8 can be used. Here, as an example, the deletion condition is set to exceed the maximum number of stored data, but the deletion process may be performed at a fixed cycle. Also, data that has passed a certain period from the arrival time may be deleted.
Further, in addition to addition or deletion, the terminal may be provided with an operation means to perform a process of changing the incoming call notification data 8.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the incoming call processing unit of the communication system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail. When the incoming call notification is received by the incoming call means 11 of the terminal having the incoming call processing section 1, the analyzing means 12 extracts the identification data 5 from the received data (S60).
1). The management means 13 uses the extracted identification data 5 to
It is determined whether the notified incoming notification data 8 is stored in the storage unit 15 (S602, S603). If the incoming notification data 8 is not stored in the storage unit 15, the obtaining unit 14 is executed to obtain the incoming notification data 8 indicated by the identification data 5 from the server processing unit 2 (S60).
4) The terminal-side storage data including the incoming notification data 8 is additionally stored in the storage means 15 (S605), and step S6 is performed.
Proceed to 06. Returning to step S603, when it is determined that the notified incoming notification data 8 is stored in the storage unit 15, the process proceeds to step S606, and the incoming notification data 8 stored in the storage unit 15 is used. In any case, the incoming call notifying means 16 is executed based on the respective incoming call notification data 8 (S606), and the incoming call can be notified using the designated incoming call notification data 8.

With this configuration, the incoming notification data 8 obtained in the past from the server is stored in the storage means 15 and reused, so that the process of obtaining it again from the server can be omitted and the processing time can be reduced. . Further, the terminal-side stored data can be reused and unnecessary terminal-side stored data can be deleted. Further, the stored incoming notification data 8 is compared with the incoming notification data 8 specified by the caller,
By obtaining from the server only when it is different, more accurate incoming call notification data 8 can be used.

In the present embodiment, the terminal-side stored data is used in the managing means 13 and the storing means 15, but the object of the present invention can be achieved without using these means and data. Can be.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the server processing unit of the communication system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail. First, the data format selection unit 21 of the server processing unit 2 specifies the data format of the requested incoming notification data 8, generates a file name, and selects the data format of the corresponding incoming notification data file (S701).
In this configuration, the server processing unit 2 that has received the terminal information selects an appropriate data format of the incoming notification data 8, so that the user does not need to be aware of the format of the incoming notification data 8 and receives an incoming notification in an appropriate format. The data 8 can be used automatically.

The data format selecting means 21 determines whether or not a file of the incoming notification data 8 in the requested data format exists (S702). The file of the data 8 is converted into a specified data format (S703). The providing unit 23 transmits the file of the incoming notification data 8 in the requested data format to the requesting terminal (S704).

With this configuration, it is possible to convert incoming notification data 8 in an arbitrary format into an appropriate data format according to the terminal information and transmit the data to the incoming call processing unit 1. That is, since the server processing unit 2 that has received the terminal information converts the incoming notification data 8 into an appropriate data format, the user does not need to be aware of the data format of the incoming notification data 8 that can be played back by the incoming notification unit 16. Incoming call notification data 8 in any data format
Can be used.

In this embodiment, the server processing unit 2
Although the data format selecting means 21 and the converting means 22 are used in the above, the object of the present invention can be achieved without using these means. Alternatively, these means and the incoming call notification data 8 may be provided in separate servers.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the transmission processing unit of the communication system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail. First, the identification data acquisition unit 31 of the transmission processing unit 3 connects to an arbitrary server processing unit 2 and acquires the identification data list 9 of the incoming notification data 8 stored therein (S801). Next, the identification data selection means 32 displays the acquired identification data list 9 and selects the incoming notification data 8 to be notified to the receiving side by the operation of the user (S8).
02). The transmitting unit 33 transmits the communication start data including the identification data 10 to the receiving terminal as calling information (S803).

With this configuration, it is easy to select the incoming call notification data 8 specified by the calling party, and it is possible to perform communication that can notify the other party of an incoming call using the incoming call notification data 8 specified by the calling party. I do. In the present embodiment, the identification data list 9 is obtained from the server processing unit 2 and is selected, but the identification data list 9 may be stored in advance and obtained by the identification data selection unit 32. Good. Alternatively, an acquisition unit similar to the incoming call processing unit 1 and an incoming call notification data reproducing unit may be provided. Also,
The transmission processing unit 3 may include only the transmission means 31 and may notify the identification data 10 by the user directly inputting the identification data, or may further notify the predetermined identification data 10.

Next, the configuration of a communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
The communication system according to the second embodiment shown in FIG.
Are different from the communication system according to the first embodiment in that a data format acquiring unit 914 and a terminal side selecting unit 915 are added to the incoming call processing unit 1 and that the server processing unit 902 is configured only with the providing unit 921. Is to be done. Other components are different from each other only with reference numerals, and thus description thereof is omitted.

Next, the operation of the termination processing unit of the communication system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing flow of the incoming call processing unit 901 in the present embodiment and the processing flow of the incoming call processing unit 1 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 6 have the following differences. Incoming call processing unit 90 in the present embodiment
1 executes the data format acquisition unit 914 to acquire the data format list 941 of the incoming notification data 908 supplied from the provision unit 921 of the server processing unit 902 (S100).
4), the data format to be obtained from the data format list 941 is selected by the terminal side selecting means 915 (S100)
5) Add processing. The other processing steps are the same as those shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, a conversion unit for converting the data format may be further provided, and the data format of the acquired incoming call notification data 908 may be converted.

In this configuration, since the incoming call processing unit 1 of the terminal receiving the list information of the plurality of data formats can select an appropriate data format, the user can receive the incoming notification data 908.
Therefore, it is possible to select data in an appropriate data format without being aware of the data format.

[0048]

The communication system with the incoming call notification data designation function and the incoming call notification method according to the present invention are configured as described above, and in particular, store a plurality of incoming call notification data in a server processing unit separately connected via a network. This means that even if your device has no data storage capacity,
It is possible to easily specify appropriate incoming call notification data according to the intention of the caller, and to perform incoming call notification according to the situation of the receiving side such as whether or not incoming call notification is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a timing chart showing a data flow of the communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of the structure of incoming-side stored data stored in the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a management unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow of a storage unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of an incoming call processing unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow of a server processing unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a transmission processing unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow of an incoming call processing unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 202, 901 Incoming processing unit 2, 203, 902 Server processing unit 3, 201, 903 Outgoing processing unit 4, 904 Network 5, 905 Identification data (incoming side) 6, 906 Incoming information 7, 907 Outgoing information 8 , 206, 908 Incoming notification data 9, 909 Identification data list 10, 910 Identification data (originating side) 11, 911 Incoming means 12, 912 Analysis means 13, 913 Management means 14, 916 Acquisition means 15, 917 Storage means 16, 918 Incoming notification means 21 Data format selection means 22 Conversion means 23,921 Provision means 31,931 Identification data acquisition means 32 932 Identification data selection means 33,933 Transmission means 204 Identification data 205 Incoming notification data request 914 Data format acquisition means 915 Terminal side Selection means 941 Data format list

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[Claims] An originating side includes originating means for transmitting arbitrary calling information, and a receiving side receives the calling information as incoming call information and analyzes the identification data included in the incoming call information. Means, acquisition means for requesting incoming notification data based on the identification data, and incoming notification means for reproducing the incoming notification data supplied from the acquiring means, and at least one incoming notification data is stored on the server side. And a providing means for providing incoming notification data requested by the obtaining means to the obtaining means via a network. 2. The transmitting side includes transmitting means for transmitting arbitrary calling information, and the receiving side receives the calling information as receiving information and analyzes the identification data included in the receiving information. Means, acquisition means for requesting incoming notification data based on the identification data, and incoming notification means for reproducing the incoming notification data supplied from the acquiring means, and at least one incoming notification data is stored on the server side. And a providing unit for providing incoming notification data selected based on the identification data from the obtaining unit to the obtaining unit via a network. 3. The providing means accumulates incoming notification data in at least one format, and the acquisition means, when requesting the incoming notification data, notifies the terminal information with the incoming notification means, and the server side obtains the received information. 3. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising a data format selection unit that selects a data format that can be reproduced by the incoming call notification unit based on the data format notified from the unit. 4. The providing means stores incoming notification data in at least one format, and the receiving side stores at least one data format of the incoming notification data requested by the acquiring means stored in the providing means. 3. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: a data format acquisition unit that acquires list information; and a terminal-side selection unit that selects terminal information from the list information by the incoming call notification unit. 5. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising conversion means for converting a data format of the incoming call notification data into a different data format. 6. The data format selecting means selects a data format that can be reproduced by the incoming call notifying means based on the identification data, and the server further changes the data format of the incoming notification data based on the identification data into the incoming notifying means. The communication system according to claim 3, further comprising a conversion unit that converts the information into terminal information. 7. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein said receiving side further comprises storage means for additionally storing, changing, and deleting incoming call notification data acquired by said acquisition means. . 8. A receiving means for storing incoming call notification data obtained by said obtaining means, incoming call notification data to be obtained from said server obtained from received identification data, and stored in said storage means. And a management means for comparing the incoming call notification data with the incoming call notification data and reproducing the received data using the incoming call notification data stored in the storage means in the case of the same.
The communication system according to any one of the above. 9. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein said transmission means transmits identification data for notifying arbitrary incoming notification data at the time of calling. 10. The transmitting side selects identification data acquiring means for acquiring an identification data list of incoming notification data stored in the providing means, and selects identification data corresponding to the incoming notification data to be used from the identification data list. The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising: identification data selection means for including the selected identification data in the call information and transmitting from the transmission means. 11. The network is the Internet, and the identification data specified by the caller includes a URL,
The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining unit obtains incoming notification data based on the URL. 12. An originating side transmits arbitrary outgoing call information, and a receiving side analyzes identification data included in the incoming call information received as the incoming call information as the incoming call information, and obtains the data based on the identification data. The server side accumulates at least one incoming call notification data, provides the incoming call notification data requested by the obtaining unit to the acquisition unit via a network, and receives the incoming call notification data supplied from the acquisition unit. An incoming call notification method, comprising the steps of reproducing data.