JP2002247232A - Line management device, its control method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make communication by respective communication forms compatible with each other by assigning a communication line connecting terminals to a communication line for the Internet and that for general communication so as to secure the respective communication forms. SOLUTION: In a PBX 20, the network-side communication lines 26 of a concentration part 21A is assigned to the communication line for general communication and that for the Internet, the communication line for the Internet gives priority to general communication regardless to the establishment of the communication circuit of this communication line. Thus, even when the communication line for general communication is occupied, a communication circuit by general communication is established by using the communication line for the Internet.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a line management device for managing a communication line for establishing a communication line via a network, and a control method therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, the spread of the Internet has been rapidly increasing, and a large number of users have been using the Internet communication for a long time using a telephone communication line. On the other hand, PBX (Private Branch Exchange)
e: private branch exchange) is generally widely used. The PBX selectively connects the number of extension telephones arranged for each user to a smaller number of external lines (telephone communication lines), and each user selects a telephone communication line. This automatically establishes a telephone line without having to do so.

[0003]

When the Internet is used in a company, office, or the like, in order to simplify separate communication lines, as shown in FIG. A personal computer (Personal Computer) 1001 may be connected in addition to the 1000. In this example, the outside line is one line. When the user A is performing Internet communication using the personal computer 1001, a PBX, a public telephone network, and an ISP (Internet Server
vice Provider), and a communication line for Internet communication is established with a server (not shown) via the Internet network. Here, when the user B tries to make a call using the telephone set 1000, there is a problem that a call cannot be made because the telephone line is occupied by the Internet communication. In addition, this problem similarly occurs in a PBX having a plurality of outside lines.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a line management apparatus and a line management apparatus capable of securing each communication form by assigning a communication line to an Internet communication line or a general communication line. An object is to provide a control method thereof.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is configured such that one is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines and the other is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ m). <N)
A line management device connected to an external device via a network-side communication line, and establishing a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines, wherein the m network-side communication lines At least one of them is fixedly assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication,
It is characterized in that at least one other line is fixedly allocated to a general communication line used for another general communication.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ m).
A network-side communication line <n), a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line, one of the network-side communication lines being connected to one, and an external A circuit switching unit for connecting an external device via a network to establish a communication line between the terminal and the external device; And fixedly assigns at least one other communication line to another general communication line used for other general communication, and controls the circuit switching unit. And a control unit for controlling.

[0007] The invention described in claim 3 is claim 1 or 2.
In the line management device described above, among the network-side communication lines, a communication line that is not assigned to the Internet communication line and the general communication line is formed by one of Internet communication and general communication. The communication line is characterized in that the communication line can be arbitrarily established.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the line management apparatus according to the third aspect, the communication line to be arbitrarily performed is in an idle state where no communication line is established via the communication line. When a request for establishing a communication line is issued from a user, the communication line is established regardless of the communication mode.

The invention according to claim 5 is the first or second invention.
In the line management device described above, among the network-side communication lines, a communication line that is not assigned to the Internet communication line and the general communication line is formed by one of Internet communication and general communication. It is characterized in that the communication line is a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the line management apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the communication line to be preferentially used is:
A communication line is established by giving priority to one communication mode, and a communication line according to the other communication mode is already established, and a request for establishing a communication line according to the one communication mode is issued from the terminal. It is characterized in that a communication line in the other communication mode is cut off and a communication line in the one communication mode is established.

The invention according to claim 7 is configured such that one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ m).
<N) a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network-side communication line and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines, wherein the m networks Of the side communication lines, a part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for other general communication. It is characterized in that one of the communication lines is assigned as a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line in the other communication mode.

According to the invention of claim 8, one is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines and the other is connected to m (2 ≦ m).
A network-side communication line <n), a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line, one of the network-side communication lines being connected to one, and an external A circuit switching unit connected to an external device via a network to establish a communication line between the terminal and the external device; Tentatively assigned to the general communication line, and another part is tentatively assigned to the general communication line used for other general communication, and one of the Internet communication line and the general communication line is used as the other communication form. And a control unit for controlling the line switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line by the communication line and controlling the connection of the communication line in the concentrator.

[0013] The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claim 7 or 8.
In the line management device described above, the communication line to be arbitrarily performed is in an idle state where a communication line is not established via the communication line, and when a communication line establishment request is issued from the terminal, a communication mode is set. It is characterized in that a communication line is established regardless of this.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) is a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network-side communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device through the communication line. Of the network-side communication lines, a portion is provisionally assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other is provisionally assigned to another general communication line used for other general communication. It is characterized in that, among the communication lines for use, any one of the communication lines is assigned as a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication mode.

[0015] In the eleventh aspect, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other; An external device is connected via a network, and a line switching unit that establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device, and a part of the m network-side communication lines is partially used for Internet communication. The communication line for the Internet is temporarily allocated, and another part is temporarily allocated to the general communication line used for another general communication, and one of the communication line for the Internet and the general communication line is used for the other communication line. A control unit that controls the circuit switching unit so as to allocate the communication line according to the mode as a communication line that is preferentially established, and controls connection of the communication line in the concentrator unit.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the line management apparatus according to the tenth or eleventh aspect, the communication line to be preferentially established establishes a communication line by giving priority to one communication mode. In a case where a communication line according to the other communication mode is established and a request for establishment of a communication line according to the one communication mode is issued from the terminal, the communication line according to the other communication mode is interrupted and the communication line according to the other communication mode is established. It is characterized by establishing a communication line.

The invention according to claim 13 is the invention according to claims 1 to 12
In the line management device according to any one of, the Internet connection number corresponding to each of the terminal-side communication lines is stored in advance, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, the call is transmitted. On the basis of the dial number and the Internet connection number, the terminal identifies which communication mode is required to establish a communication line in Internet communication or general communication.

The invention according to claim 14 is the invention according to claims 1 to 12
In the line management device according to any one of the above, each terminal-side communication line is stored in advance separately for Internet communication and for general communication, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, It is characterized by identifying which communication mode is required depending on which terminal side communication line the terminal uses for Internet communication or general communication.

The invention according to claim 15 is the invention according to claims 1 to 12
In the line management device according to any of the above, the Internet connection number for the line management device is stored in advance, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, the transmitted dial number and the Internet On the basis of the connection number, it is characterized in that the terminal requests which communication mode of Internet communication or general communication.

The invention according to claim 16 is the line management apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 15,
A free communication line for which a communication line has not been established is monitored separately for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and the number of usable Internet communication lines and the availability of the general communication line are monitored. The number of lines is stored, and it is determined whether or not to permit establishment of a communication line in a requested communication mode according to the number of usable lines.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) in a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines. A line management device which fixedly assigns at least one of the communication lines to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication and preferentially assigns at least another one to another general communication line used for other general communication. In the control method, a step of monitoring a free communication line for which a communication line has not been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and Based on the number of available general communication lines, storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, When the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, identifying whether the terminal is requesting the establishment of a communication line by Internet communication or general communication; and Permitting the establishment of a communication line in a communication form requested based on the form and the number of usable lines.

According to the eighteenth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; An external device is connected via the network, and a line switching unit for establishing a communication line between the terminal and the external device, and at least one of the m network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication. The circuit switching unit is controlled so as to be fixedly assigned to a communication line for the Internet, and at least one other line is fixedly assigned to a general communication line used for another general communication. And a control unit for controlling the line management device, wherein a free communication line for which a communication line is not established in the line switching unit is set for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line. And monitoring the number of available Internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines based on the monitored number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines. Storing each and, when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, identifying whether the terminal has requested establishment of a communication line in any communication form of Internet communication or general communication And a step of permitting establishment of a communication line in the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in the control method of the line management device according to the seventeenth or eighteenth aspect, the communication line for the Internet and the general communication line are assigned to the network-side communication lines. The communication line is characterized in that the communication line that does not exist is a communication line that arbitrarily establishes a communication line in one of Internet communication and general communication.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the control method of the line management device according to the nineteenth aspect, the communication line to be arbitrarily performed is in an idle state where a communication line is not established via this communication line. When the terminal requests to establish a communication line, the communication line is established regardless of the communication mode.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the method for controlling a line management device according to the seventeenth or eighteenth aspect, among the network-side communication lines, the communication lines are allocated to the Internet communication line and the general communication line. It is characterized in that the communication line that does not exist is a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in one of Internet communication and general communication.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, in the control method of the line management device according to the twenty-first aspect, the communication line to be preferentially established establishes a communication line by giving priority to one communication mode. If the communication line of the other communication mode has already been established and the terminal has requested the establishment of the communication line of the one communication mode, the communication line of the other communication mode is cut off and the communication mode of the other communication mode is established. A communication line is established.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) in a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device through each communication line. A part of the communication lines is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, and the Internet communication line or the general communication is used. A method of controlling a line management device in which one of the communication lines is a communication line that arbitrarily establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, wherein an empty communication line in which a communication line is not established is Monitoring separately for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, based on the monitored number of available Internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines. Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, the terminal performs Internet communication or A step of identifying which communication mode of the general communication is required to establish a communication line, and permitting establishment of the communication line by the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines. And the step of performing

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to terminals via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other; An external device is connected via a network, and a circuit switching unit that establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device, and a part of the m network-side communication lines is partially used for Internet communication. The communication line for the Internet is temporarily allocated, and another part is temporarily allocated to the general communication line used for another general communication, and one of the communication line for the Internet and the general communication line is used for the other communication line. A control method for a line management apparatus, comprising: a control unit that controls the line switching unit so as to allocate a communication line according to an embodiment as a communication line that arbitrarily establishes a communication line, and controls connection of a communication line in the line concentrator. Monitoring a free communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and monitoring the number of free monitored communication lines for the Internet and the general communication line. Based on the number of available communication lines, the step of storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, respectively, when the terminal has made a call to establish a communication line, A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting the establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. Permitting the establishment of a communication line.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) in a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines. Some of the communication lines are temporarily assigned to Internet communication lines used for Internet communication, and the other is temporarily assigned to other general communication lines used for other general communication. A method of controlling a line management device, wherein one of the communication lines is a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, wherein a free communication line with no communication line established is used. Monitoring the Internet communication line and the general communication line separately; and monitoring the number of available Internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines. Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, the terminal A step of identifying which communication mode of the general communication is required to establish a communication line, and permitting the establishment of a communication line by the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines. And the step of performing

According to the twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; An external device is connected via a network, and a circuit switching unit that establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device, and a part of the m network-side communication lines is partially used for Internet communication. The communication line for the Internet is temporarily allocated, and another part is temporarily allocated to the general communication line used for another general communication, and one of the communication line for the Internet and the general communication line is used for the other communication line. A control unit for controlling the circuit switching unit to allocate the communication line according to the mode as a communication line for giving priority to establishment, and a control unit for controlling connection of the communication line in the concentrator unit. Monitoring a free communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and Based on the number of available communication lines, storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, respectively, when the terminal has made a call to establish a communication line. Identifying whether the terminal is requesting the establishment of a communication line by Internet communication or general communication,
Permitting the establishment of a communication line in the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines.

The invention according to claim 27 is the invention according to claims 17 and 1
In the method of controlling a line management device according to any one of 8, 23, 24, 25, and 26, the step of identifying a communication mode transmitted from the terminal includes the step of storing the transmitted dial number and a pre-stored dial number. It is characterized in that the terminal is identified by comparing it with an Internet connection number corresponding to each terminal side communication line.

[0032] The invention according to claim 28 is the invention according to claims 17 and 1,
In the method of controlling a line management device according to any one of 8, 23, 24, 25, and 26, the step of identifying the communication mode transmitted from the terminal includes the step of: It is characterized in that identification is performed depending on whether a terminal side communication line is used.

According to the twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention,
In the method of controlling a line management device according to any one of 8, 23, 24, 25, and 26, the step of identifying the communication mode transmitted from the terminal includes the step of storing the transmitted dial number and a pre-stored dial number. It is characterized in that it is identified by collating with the Internet connection number for the line management device.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal through n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ m).
<N) a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network-side communication line and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device through each of the communication lines; Controlling a line management device that fixedly assigns at least one of the lines to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication and preferentially assigns at least one other line to a general communication line used for another general communication. A line management device, a step of monitoring a free communication line for which a communication line has not been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and monitoring the monitored Internet Based on the number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, the number of usable Internet communication lines and the available number of general communication lines. Storing each and, when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, identifying whether the terminal has requested establishment of a communication line in any communication form of Internet communication or general communication And a step of permitting the establishment of a communication line in the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other; An external device is connected via the network, and a line switching unit for establishing a communication line between the terminal and the external device, and at least one of the m network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication. The circuit switching unit is controlled so as to be fixedly assigned to a communication line for the Internet, and at least one other line is fixedly assigned to a general communication line used for another general communication. And a control unit for controlling the line management device, comprising: Monitoring the communication lines separately for each communication line and the general communication line, and based on the monitored number of available communication lines for the Internet and the number of available general communication lines, the number of usable lines of the Internet communication lines and A step of storing the number of usable lines of the general communication line, and, when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, the terminal establishes a communication line in any communication form of Internet communication or general communication. It is intended to function as a step of identifying whether establishment is requested, and a step of permitting the establishment of a communication line in the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines.

According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to terminals via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) in a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines. Some of the communication lines are temporarily assigned to Internet communication lines used for Internet communication, and the other is temporarily assigned to other general communication lines used for other general communication. A program for controlling a line management device that sets one of the communication lines as a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line in the other communication mode. Monitoring the unused communication lines separately for each of the Internet communication lines and the general communication lines; and And storing the number of available communication lines for the Internet and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, respectively, based on the number of free communication lines for the general use, and the terminal performs transmission to establish a communication line. In the case where the terminal has requested the establishment of a communication line in any communication form of the Internet communication or general communication, a request is made based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. And the step of permitting the establishment of a communication line in the communication mode described above.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to terminals via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other; An external device is connected through a network, and a line switching unit that establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device; and a part of the m network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication. The communication line for the Internet is temporarily allocated, and another part is temporarily allocated to a general communication line used for another general communication, and one of the Internet communication line and the general communication line is used for the other communication line. And a control unit for controlling connection of the communication line in the concentrator unit, while controlling the line switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line according to the embodiment. A line management device, a step of monitoring a free communication line for which a communication line has not been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and monitoring the monitored Internet communication line. Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line based on the number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, respectively, wherein the terminal establishes a communication line; Identifying whether the terminal is requesting the establishment of a communication line by Internet communication or general communication when making a call in order to make a call, and the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. And the step of permitting the establishment of a communication line in the communication mode requested based on the above.

According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) in a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines. Some of the communication lines are temporarily assigned to Internet communication lines used for Internet communication, and the other is temporarily assigned to other general communication lines used for other general communication. A program for controlling a line management device that sets one of the communication lines as a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication mode. Monitoring the unestablished free communication lines separately for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and monitoring the number of free Internet communication lines monitored. And storing the number of available communication lines for the Internet and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, respectively, based on the number of available communication lines, and the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line. In the case where the terminal has requested the establishment of a communication line in any communication form of the Internet communication or general communication, a request is made based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. And the step of permitting the establishment of a communication line in the communication mode described above.

According to a thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other; An external device is connected through a network, and a line switching unit that establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device; and a part of the m network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication. The communication line for the Internet is temporarily allocated, and another part is temporarily allocated to a general communication line used for another general communication, and one of the Internet communication line and the general communication line is used for the other communication line. And a control unit that controls the connection of the communication line in the concentrator and controls the connection of the communication line in the concentrator. A program for the line management device, the vacant communication line communication line is not established,
Monitoring the internet communication line and the general communication line separately, and using the internet communication line based on the monitored number of available internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines. Storing the number of lines and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, the terminal uses any one of Internet communication or general communication. Identifying a request for establishment of a communication line; and permitting establishment of a communication line in the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines. It is in.

According to a thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to terminals via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) in a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines. A line management device that fixedly allocates at least one of the communication lines to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication and preferentially allocates at least another one to another general communication line used for another general communication. A recording medium on which a program for controlling is recorded,
A step of monitoring the line management device by dividing the available communication lines for which no communication lines have been established for each of the Internet communication lines and the general communication lines; and A step of storing the number of usable communication lines for the Internet and the number of usable communication lines of the general communication line based on the number of available communication lines, and a case where the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line. Identifying whether the terminal is requesting the establishment of a communication line by Internet communication or general communication, and a communication requested based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines. Permitting the establishment of a communication line according to the mode.

According to a thirty-seventh aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to terminals via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other; An external device is connected via the network, and a line switching unit for establishing a communication line between the terminal and the external device, and at least one of the m network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication. The circuit switching unit is controlled so as to be fixedly assigned to a communication line for the Internet, and at least one other line is fixedly assigned to a general communication line used for another general communication. And a control unit for controlling a line management device comprising a program for controlling the line management device, the line management device, the communication line is not established in the line switching unit, an empty communication line, Previous Monitoring the Internet communication line and the general communication line separately, and using the available communication line for the Internet based on the monitored number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines. Storing the number and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line, the terminal communicates in any communication form of Internet communication or general communication. Identifying a request to establish a line, and permitting the establishment of a communication line in the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of available lines. is there.

According to a thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) in a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines. Some of the communication lines are temporarily assigned to Internet communication lines used for Internet communication, and the other is temporarily assigned to other general communication lines used for other general communication. A recording medium for recording a program for controlling a line management device which is a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line in the other communication mode among the communication lines. Monitoring a free communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and monitoring the monitored Internet Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line based on the number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, respectively, wherein the terminal establishes a communication line; A step of identifying whether the terminal requests establishment of a communication line in any one of Internet communication and general communication when making a call in order to make a call, and the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. And the step of permitting the establishment of a communication line in the communication mode requested based on the above.

According to a thirty-ninth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to terminals via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other; An external device is connected through a network, and a line switching unit that establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device; and a part of the m network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication. The communication line for the Internet is temporarily allocated, and another part is temporarily allocated to a general communication line used for another general communication, and one of the Internet communication line and the general communication line is used for the other communication line. And a control unit for controlling connection of the communication line in the concentrator unit, while controlling the line switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line according to the embodiment. A medium for recording a program for recording, wherein the line management device monitors a free communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line based on the determined number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, respectively, If the terminal has made a call to establish a communication line, identifying whether the terminal is requesting the establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, the requested communication form and Permitting the establishment of a communication line in the communication mode requested based on the number of usable lines.

According to a forty-ninth aspect of the present invention, one terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m terminals (2 ≦ 2).
m <n) in a line management device that is connected to an external device via a network communication line of m <n) and establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device by each of the communication lines. Some of the communication lines are temporarily assigned to Internet communication lines used for Internet communication, and the other is temporarily assigned to other general communication lines used for other general communication. A recording medium for recording a program for controlling a line management device that sets one of the communication lines as a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication form, the line management device comprising: Monitoring a free communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and monitoring the monitored Internet. Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line based on the number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, respectively, A step of identifying whether the terminal has requested establishment of a communication line by Internet communication or general communication when the terminal has made a call to establish the communication line; Permitting the establishment of a communication line in the communication mode requested based on the number.

According to the invention described in claim 41, one is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines and the other is connected to m (2 ≦
m <n) are connected to the network-side communication line, and a concentrator for selectively connecting the terminal-side communication line and the network-side communication line; one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other; An external device is connected through a network, and a line switching unit that establishes a communication line between the terminal and the external device; and a part of the m network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication. The communication line for the Internet is temporarily allocated, and another part is temporarily allocated to a general communication line used for another general communication, and one of the Internet communication line and the general communication line is used for the other communication line. And a control unit that controls the connection of the communication line in the concentrator and controls the connection of the communication line in the concentrator. A medium for recording a program for recording, wherein a line management device monitors a free communication line for which a communication line has not been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line based on the determined number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, respectively, When making a call to establish a communication line, identifying whether the terminal is requesting the establishment of a communication line in any communication form of Internet communication or general communication,
Permitting the establishment of a communication line in the requested communication mode based on the requested communication mode and the number of usable lines.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A: First Embodiment A1: Configuration of First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a line management system 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The present system 100 is managed by user terminals 10A, 10B, 10C ... (collectively, "user terminals 10") such as telephones and personal computers arranged in a company, office, etc., a PBX 20, and a telecommunications carrier. And a telecommunications business 50. Here, the telecommunications business 50 is a business that manages ISPs and establishes communication lines with various servers via the Internet network to perform Internet communication, or communicates with other telephones via the public telephone network. There are businesses that establish general communication lines by establishing communication lines between them. These telecommunications businesses are managed by telecommunications carriers.

The PBX 20 includes the concentrators 21A, 21B, 2
1C (collectively referred to as a “concentration unit 21”), a user line input / output unit 22..., A line switching unit 23, a telephone line input / output unit 24, and a control unit 30. Concentrator 21A
The user terminal 10A is connected to the input side via the user line input / output unit 22 via the terminal side communication line 25 (for example, 10), and the output side is connected to a smaller number (for example, 10) than the terminal side communication line 25. The circuit switching unit 23 is connected via (five) network-side communication lines 26. Then, based on the command signal from the control unit 30, the concentrator 21
And the network side communication line 26 are selectively connected. The line concentrator 21B, like the line concentrator 21A, connects the user terminal 10B and the circuit switching unit 23, and the line concentrator 21C
Connects the user terminal 10C and the circuit switching unit 23, similarly to the line concentrator 21A. These concentrators 21B, 2
Also in 1C, it is assumed that ten terminal-side communication lines 25 and five network-side communication lines 26 are provided. The circuit switching unit 23 has a network side communication line 26 connected to the input side and a telephone line input / output unit 24 to the output side.
Is connected to the telecommunications business 50 via. Circuit switching unit 2
3 establishes a communication line between the user terminal 10 and a terminal (including a server) of the telecommunications business 50 based on a command signal from the control unit 30. In the system 100 according to the present embodiment, the case where the number of concentrators is three has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be one, two, or four or more.

The control unit 30 includes a control device 31 and a storage device 3
2 and a control terminal 33. In the storage device 32, various application programs for executing the present system 100 are installed in advance, and a data format described later is stored. In addition, the storage device 32 stores a dial signal transmitted from the user line input / output unit 22 through the control device 31 based on a dial signal.
A function for identifying whether the user terminal as the transmission source requests the establishment of a communication line by Internet communication or the communication terminal by general communication, the number of available communication lines to be described later, the communication for the Internet. It has a function to check the number of free lines. The control device 31 controls the PBX 20 based on the program stored in the storage device 32.
It is responsible for the control of each unit. The control terminal 33 includes an external input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, a monitor, and the like, and inputs parameters and the like for controlling various operations of the PBX.

A2: Operation of the present system A2-1: Basic operation of the present system A line management system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, only a portion corresponding to the concentrator 21A is shown. In the system shown in FIG.
It is assumed that management is performed in which one of the network-side communication lines 26 is assigned as a general communication line and the other is assigned as an Internet communication line. Here, the general communication line is a communication line dedicated to general communication, and the Internet communication line is a communication line dedicated to Internet communication. In the case shown in the figure, the user of the telephone 12A is
6, the user establishes a communication line via the general communication line to make a call, and the user of the personal computer 13A establishes a communication line via the Internet communication line out of the network-side communication lines 26 to perform the Internet. Shall be.

In this state, when the user of the telephone 11A operates and dials the telephone 11A to establish a communication line for general communication, a dial signal is input to the user line input / output unit 22. The control unit 30 detects a dial signal from the user line input / output unit 22 and refers to a database in the storage device 32 for a connection destination number obtained based on the dial signal, so that the user can request general communication. And requesting Internet communication. Then, since the user of telephone 11A has requested general communication, control unit 30 determines whether there is a free communication line for general use. In the case of FIG. 2, the control unit 30 prohibits the establishment of a communication line by a new general communication because the communication line has already been established with the general communication line and there is no available space.

On the other hand, when the user of the personal computer 14A performs Internet communication, a dial signal indicating an Internet connection number is input from the personal computer 14A to the user line input / output unit 22. The control unit 30 detects a dial signal from the user line input / output unit 22, and identifies whether the user requests general communication or Internet communication based on the dial signal. Then, since the user of the personal computer 14A has requested the Internet communication, the control unit 30 determines whether there is a free space in the Internet communication line. In the case of FIG.
0 prohibits the establishment of a communication line by new Internet communication because the communication line has already been established with the Internet communication line and there is no available space. Details will be described in a specific example described later.

As described above, in the present system 100, the plurality of network-side communication lines 26 connected to the output side of the line concentrator 21A.
Is fixedly assigned in advance to the general communication line and the Internet communication line, thereby preventing all network-side communication lines 26 from being occupied by only one of the Internet communication and the general communication. Thus, it is possible to make each communication compatible.

A2-2: Specific Processing Operation Next, a specific processing operation of the system 100 will be described. A2-2-1: Specific Example 1 A specific example 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition,
The feature of this specific example is that the user line (terminal side communication line 25)
The point is that an Internet number corresponding to each is stored in the storage device 32 in advance. First, a data format stored in the storage device 32 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the Internet number (provider telephone number) for the user line
Are stored in advance, and the number of usable communication lines (the free network side communication line 2
6) are stored separately for the general communication line and the Internet communication line. The number of usable lines is determined by the control unit 30 by the concentrators 21A to 21C and the
3 monitors the line in which the communication line is established, and stores and updates the line based on the result obtained from this monitoring. In this example, the Internet connection numbers corresponding to the user line a are “123-4567” and “245-6”.
789 "and the Internet connection number corresponding to the user b is" 234-5678 ". Here, five network-side communication lines 26 are assigned to each of the concentrators 21A to 21C, and these network-side communication lines 26 are assigned as three Internet communication lines and two general communication lines. As a result, in the concentrator 21A, the general communication line is vacant “1”, the Internet communication line is “0”, and in the concentrator 21B, the general communication line is “2”, and the Internet communication line is vacant. Is “3”, and in the concentrator 21C, the available communication line is “2”, and the available Internet communication line is “2”. In other words, in the concentrator 21A, one of the general communication lines is used.
It can be seen that the book and the three Internet communication lines establish a communication line, and that at the concentrator 21C, one of the Internet communication lines establishes a communication line.

Next, a specific operation will be described in detail with reference to a sequence chart shown in FIG. First, an operator (a manager in charge of communication at a company, office, or the like) performs a preliminary preparation process (step Sa1). The preparatory processing includes, as described above, processing for fixedly assigning each network side communication line 26 to the Internet communication line and general communication line, registration processing of the Internet connection number for the user line shown in FIG. 3, and the like. There is. When registering an Internet connection number for a user line, a user number and an Internet connection destination number may be sequentially registered for each user based on a screen as shown in FIG. Then, the data as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the storage device 32 by this processing. In addition,
In the PBX 20, when a communication line is not established,
The number of usable lines for each communication line with respect to the concentrator is “2” for the communication line for general communication and “3” for the communication line for Internet communication.

Next, when the user operates the user terminal 10A to establish a communication line (that is, a connection request), a dial signal is transmitted through the user line input / output unit 22 to the control unit 3.
1 (step Sa2). The control device 31
The received dial signal is translated, converted into a data format stored in the storage device 32, and transmitted to the storage device 32 (step Sa3). In the storage device 32, the user is specified using the database from the user line input / output unit 22 used for the transmission, and the user requests the communication via the terminal communication line of the Internet communication or the general communication. By this, it is identified which communication mode is a request for establishing a communication line. Then, the identification result is notified to the control device 31 (step Sa4).

For example, if the number represented by the dial signal transmitted to the storage device 32 is "123-4567", the number matches the Internet connection number stored in the storage device 32, and the storage device 32 , User is terminal 1
It is determined that Internet communication using a personal computer of 0A is requested. On the other hand, when the number represented by the dial signal transmitted to the storage device 32 does not match the Internet connection number stored in the storage device 32, the storage device 32 performs general communication using the telephone of the terminal 10A. Is identified as requesting.

Next, the control device 31 transmits a signal for confirming the availability of the communication line to the storage device 32 based on the identification result (step Sa5). The storage device 32 receives this signal, refers to the number of available lines for each communication line with respect to the concentrator, and notifies the control device 31 of communication line availability information (step Sa6). For example, in the concentrator 21A, FIG.
, That is, data in which the available communication line is “1” and the available Internet communication line is “0”. In this case, the following information is transmitted to the control device 31. Assuming that the user has made a request for Internet communication, information indicating that the vacancy of the Internet communication line has become “0” is transmitted. Assuming that the user has made a request for general communication, information indicating that the available communication line is “1” is transmitted.

In this case, the user terminal 10A is notified that a communication line cannot be established by Internet communication because the Internet communication line is empty (step Sa7). .

On the other hand, in this case, since the general communication line is empty, the communication line can be established by general communication. Thereby, the control device 31 transmits a signal to the telecommunications business 50 (connection destination) to confirm whether a communication line is free (step Sa).
8). Then, the control device 31 receives the notification of the free space information from the telecommunications business 50 (step Sa9). Then, when the received free information is a signal indicating that the general communication line is free, the control device 31 transmits the user terminal 1
A communication line for general communication is established between the terminal 0A and the terminal of the telecommunications business 50 (step Sa10), and a communication state is established.

As described above, in the specific example 1, by storing the data format as shown in FIG. 3 in the storage device 32, the signal transmitted from the user can be transmitted by any one of the general communication and the Internet communication. It is possible to identify whether a form is required.

A2-2-2: Specific Example 2 A specific example 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition,
The feature of this specific example is that the communication mode is determined for each user line,
That information is stored in the storage device 32. First, a data format stored in the storage device 32 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, the communication mode for the user line (terminal-side communication line 25) is stored in advance, and the number of available communication lines (the number of free communication lines) of the network-side communication line 26 for each concentrator 21 is generally shown. It is stored separately for the line communication line and the Internet communication line. In this example, the user line a has general communication, the user line b has Internet communication, and so on. Note that the communication mode may be stored not only for each user line but also for each telephone or personal computer constituting the user terminal. Further, the number of usable lines for each communication line with respect to the concentrator is the same as that in the above-described specific example 1, and the description thereof is omitted.

Next, a specific operation will be described in detail with reference to a sequence chart shown in FIG. First, an operator (a manager in charge of communication at a company, office, or the like) performs preparatory processing (step Sb1). As described above, the preparatory process includes, as described above, a process of fixedly assigning each network side communication line 26 to the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and a process of registering a communication mode for the user line shown in FIG. is there. When the registration processing of the communication mode for the user line is performed, general communication or Internet communication is selected by radio buttons together with the user number based on the screen as shown in FIG. 8 and registered sequentially for each user. Then, the data as shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the storage device 32 by this processing.

Next, when the user operates the user terminal 10 A to establish a communication line (that is, a connection request), a dial signal is transmitted via the user line input / output unit 22 to the control unit 3.
1 (step Sb2). The control device 31
The received dial signal is translated, converted into the data format stored in the storage device 32, and transmitted to the storage device 32 (step Sb3). In the storage device 32, the user is specified using the database from the user line input / output unit 22 used for transmission, and the communication mode requested by the user is identified from the communication mode for the user line stored in advance. Then, the identification result is notified to the control device 31 (step Sb4).

For example, if the user who made the connection request is “a”
If it is, it is determined that the general communication is requested.
On the other hand, if the user who has made the connection request is “b”, it is identified that Internet communication is requested.

Hereinafter, steps Sb5 to Sb10 are the same as steps Sa5 to Sa10 in the above-described specific example 1, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, in the specific example 2, by storing the data format as shown in FIG. 6 in the storage device 32, the user who has made the connection request can perform any one of the general communication and the Internet communication. It is possible to identify whether a form is required.

A2-2-3: Specific Example 3 A specific example 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. The specific example is characterized in that the Internet number acquired by the PBX 20 is stored in the storage device 32 in advance.
First, the data format stored in the storage device 32 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 9, the Internet connection number acquired by the PBX 20 is stored in advance, and each line concentrator 21
The number of usable communication lines (the number of free communication lines) in each network-side communication line 26 is stored separately for general line communication lines and Internet communication lines. In this example, “12
3-4567 "," 345-6789 "," 234-5 "
678 "is the storage device 3
2 is stored. Further, the number of usable lines for each communication line with respect to the concentrator is the same as that in the above-described specific example 1, and the description thereof is omitted.

Next, a specific operation will be described in detail with reference to a sequence chart shown in FIG. First, an operator (a manager in charge of communication at a company, office, or the like) performs a preliminary preparation process (step Sc1). As described above, the preparatory process includes a process of fixedly assigning each network side communication line 26 to the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and a process of registering the Internet number of the PBX 20 shown in FIG. . When performing registration processing of an Internet number, general communication or Internet communication is selected and sequentially registered with radio buttons together with a connection destination number based on a screen as shown in FIG. Then, the data as shown in FIG. 9 is stored in the storage device 32 by this processing.

Next, when the user operates the user terminal 10A to establish a communication line (that is, a connection request), a dial signal is transmitted via the user line input / output unit 22 to the control unit 3.
1 (Step Sc2). The control device 31
The received dial signal is translated, converted into a data format stored in the storage device 32, and transmitted to the storage device 32 (step Sa3). In the storage device 32, the user is specified using the database from the user line input / output unit 22 used for the transmission, and the communication type of the specified user is requested from the Internet communication or the general communication. I do. Then, the identification result is stored in the control device 3
1 (step Sc4).

For example, when the number represented by the dial signal transmitted to the storage device 32 is “123-4567”, the number matches the Internet connection number stored in the storage device 32, and the storage device 32 , User is terminal 1
Identify that Internet communication has been requested using a 0A personal computer. On the other hand, if the number represented by the dial signal transmitted to the storage device 32 does not match the Internet connection number stored in the storage device 32, the storage device 32 allows the user to use the telephone of the terminal 10A for general communication. Identify that you are requesting communication.

Hereinafter, steps Sc5 to Sc10 are the same as steps Sa5 to Sa10 of the above-described specific example 1, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, in the specific example 3, by storing the data format as shown in FIG. 9 in the storage device 32, the user who has made the connection request can perform any one of the general communication and the Internet communication. It is possible to identify whether a form is required.

A1-3: Effect of First Embodiment In the line management system 100 according to the first embodiment, a plurality of network-side communication lines 26 connected to the output side of the line concentrator 21A.
Is fixedly assigned in advance to the general communication line and the Internet communication line. As a result, it is possible to prevent the entire network-side communication line 26 from being occupied by only one of the Internet communication and the general communication, and to make each communication compatible.

B: Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the above-described first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. The feature of this embodiment is that each of the network communication lines 26 is partially allocated to a general communication line, and the other is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line. The point is that when the line is blocked and the Internet communication line is vacant, the Internet communication line is an arbitrary communication line used as a general communication line. In the system shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 30 allocates one of the two network-side communication lines 26 of the concentrator 21A as a general communication line and the other as an Internet communication line, and assigns the Internet communication line. The communication line is managed as a communication line for arbitrarily performing communication. here,
The general communication line is a communication line dedicated to general communication.
The communication line for the Internet is a communication line dedicated to Internet communication. The communication line for the Internet in this embodiment has no free space in the general communication line,
If the Internet communication line has a free space, it is an arbitrary communication line for performing general communication via the Internet communication line. In the case shown in the figure, the user of the telephone set 11A establishes a communication line via the general communication line among the network side communication lines 26 to make a call, and the user of the telephone set 12A
6, a communication line is established via the Internet communication line to make a call.

In this state, when the user of the personal computer 13A operates the personal computer 13A to establish a communication line by Internet communication, a dial signal indicating an Internet connection number is input to the user line input / output unit 22.
The control unit 30 detects a dial signal from the user line input / output unit 22, and identifies whether the user requests general communication or Internet communication based on the dial signal. Since the user of the personal computer 14A has requested Internet communication, the control unit 3
0 determines whether there is a free space in the Internet communication line. However, in the case of FIG. 12, since the communication line for general communication has already been established using the communication line for Internet and the communication line for Internet has no free space, the control unit 30 establishes the communication line for new Internet communication. Ban.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the concentrator 2
A plurality of network side communication lines 26 connected to the output side of 1A are allocated in advance to a general communication line and an Internet communication line, and when the Internet communication line is free,
It manages to give priority to general communication. As a result, it is possible to ensure both communications while ensuring general communications. In the second embodiment, the Internet communication line is preferentially used as the general communication line. However, the general communication line may be preferentially used as the Internet communication line. Good.

C: Third Embodiment C1: Features of Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the above-described first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. A feature of this embodiment is that each network-side communication line 26 is partially allocated to a general communication line, and the other is provisionally allocated to an Internet communication line. In this case, the Internet communication line is used as the general communication line regardless of the established state of the Internet communication line. In the system shown in FIG. 13, the control unit 30 allocates one of the two network-side communication lines 26 of the concentrator 21A as a general communication line and the other as an Internet communication line, and assigns the Internet communication line. General communication is preferentially performed as a general communication line. Here, the general communication line is a communication line dedicated to general communication, and the Internet communication line is a communication line dedicated to Internet communication. In the present embodiment, when there is no free space in the general communication line, even if the Internet communication is performed through the Internet communication line, the Internet communication line is interrupted to the general communication line. The communication is performed. In the case shown in the figure, the user of the telephone 11A establishes a communication line via the general communication line among the network side communication lines 26 to make a call, and the user of the personal computer 13A connects the Internet communication line among the network side communication lines 26. Internet communication is established by establishing a communication line via the Internet.

In this state, when the user of the telephone 12A operates the push button of the telephone 12A to dial to establish a communication line for general communication, a dial signal (P
B signal) is input to the user line input / output unit 22. The control unit 30 detects a dial signal from the user line input / output unit 22, and identifies whether the user requests general communication or Internet communication based on the dial signal. Then, since the user of telephone 12A has requested general communication, control unit 30 determines whether there is a free communication line for general use. In the case of FIG.
Cuts off the fact that the personal computer 13A is already performing Internet communication via the Internet communication line because the communication line has already been established with the general communication line and there is no available space.
A communication line is established via the Internet communication line, and a telephone call by the telephone 12A is started.

As described above, in the third embodiment, the concentrator 2
A plurality of network-side communication lines 26 connected to the output side of 1A are allocated in advance to a general communication line and an Internet communication line, and the Internet communication line is managed so that general communication has priority. As a result, it is possible to ensure both communications while ensuring general communications. In addition,
In the second embodiment, the Internet communication line is preferentially used as the general communication line. Conversely, the general communication line may be preferentially used as the Internet communication line.

C2: Disconnection of Communication Line In the third embodiment described above, if the Internet communication by the personal computer 13A is suddenly disconnected, the personal computer 13
The user who uses A cannot perform calm work. Therefore, before disconnecting, as a predetermined interrupt signal, a method of listening to a message such as "I will disconnect the Internet connection soon." For example, display is possible. For example, it is conceivable to send a message such as "soon to disconnect the Internet connection" from a speaker provided in the personal computer 13A. On the other hand, when it is not necessary for the user of the personal computer 13A to cut off the Internet communication, it is also possible to postpone the communication by transmitting the fact. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, the user terminals 10A, 10B and 10C and the control unit 30 are
This can be realized by connecting with N. In this case, a LAN connection unit 34 may be added to the control unit 30, and an application program for operating the LAN may be stored in the storage device 32.

The processing at this time is as follows. First, special software is installed on the user terminal. → Make a dial-up connection to the Internet. →
An IP address assigned when the user connects to the Internet through dial-up connection is stored in the storage device 32 by dedicated software. → When disconnecting the Internet connection, an instruction to perform disconnection display is issued to the IP address. → On the personal computer, a screen is displayed on the monitor to support the disconnection. → After a certain period of time, disconnect the Internet communication line. Here, the instruction to the personal computer is given via the LAN, but the disconnection display instruction can be given via the Internet by replacing the LAN connection unit 34 with the Internet connection unit. Although the IP address is notified, the user line input / output unit 22 detects the notification of the IP address from the Internet network to the personal computer by the TCP / IP protocol, and stores it in the storage device 32. It is also possible.

D: Fourth Embodiment Next, a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the above-described first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. A feature of the present embodiment is that a communication line is managed between the circuit switching unit 23 and the telecommunications business 50. In the system according to this embodiment, the communication line on the output side of the circuit switching unit 23 is managed by assigning it to an Internet communication line and a general communication line. Even in such a configuration, as in the above-described embodiments, an effect of achieving compatibility between Internet communication and general communication is achieved. Also,
The management of the communication line may be a case where any one of the communication forms is prioritized as in the second and third embodiments.

E: Fifth Embodiment Next, a fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The same components as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.
In each of the embodiments described above, the line management processing is performed in the PBX. However, this embodiment is an example in which the line management system is used in a telecommunications business. In this case, the telecommunications business 50 described in each of the above embodiments is replaced with a plurality of line management systems 100B and 100C. At this time, information corresponding to the Internet connection number is stored in the user of the own line management system 100A or the users of the other line management systems 100B and 100C. This makes it possible to establish a communication line by Internet communication when it is determined that there is an incoming call from the user.

Hereinafter, the storage device 32 of each line management system will be described.
FIG. 17 shows the data format stored in. Figure 1
In No. 7, the communication form for the user and the number of usable communication lines (the number of available communication lines) in the network-side communication line 26 for each concentrator 21 are stored separately for general communication lines and Internet communication lines. Together with the incoming / outgoing line units 27A-27
The number of usable lines in Z is stored separately for general line communication lines and Internet communication lines. In this example,
User a is general communication, user b is Internet communication,
The user c is in general communication. Also,
Network-side communication lines 26 are five for each of the concentrators 21A to 21C,
It is assumed that three communication lines for the Internet and two communication lines for the general use are used. As a result, in the concentrator 21A, the vacancy of the general communication line is “1”, the vacancy of the Internet communication line is “0”,
In the concentrator 21B, the general communication line is “2” and the Internet communication line is “3”. In the concentrator 21C, the general communication line is “2” and the Internet communication line is “2”. ".

Next, a specific operation will be described in detail with reference to the sequence chart of FIG. First, an operator (telecommunications carrier) performs preparatory processing (step Sd1). As the preparation process, as described above,
There are a process of fixedly assigning each network side communication line 26 to the Internet communication line and the general communication line, a process of registering a communication mode for the user shown in FIG. 17, and the like. By this processing, data as shown in FIG. 17 is stored in the storage device 32 of each system.
In the line management system 100, when a communication line is not established, the number of available lines for each communication line with respect to the concentrator is “2” when the communication line for general communication is available and the communication line for Internet communication is used. The vacant line is “3”.

Next, when the user operates the user terminal 10 to establish a communication line (that is, a connection request), a dial signal is transmitted via the user line input / output unit 22 to the control unit 31.
(Step Sd2). The control device 31 translates the received dial signal, converts it into a data format stored in the storage device 32, and transmits the data format to the storage device 32 (step Sd3). In the storage device 32, the user line input / output unit 22 used for transmission is specified using a database, and a communication mode requested by the user is identified from communication modes for the user stored in advance. Then, the identification result is notified to the control device 31 (step Sd4).

Next, the control device 31 transmits a signal for confirming the availability of the communication line to the storage device 32 based on the identification result (step Sd5). The storage device 32 receives this signal, refers to the number of usable lines for each communication line with respect to the line concentrator, and notifies the control device 31 of the communication line availability information (step Sd6). For example, in the concentrator 21A, FIG.
7, that is, data in which the available communication line is “1” and the available Internet communication line is “0”. In this case, the following information is transmitted to the control device 31. Assuming that the user has made a request for Internet communication, information indicating that the vacancy of the Internet communication line has become “0” is transmitted. Assuming that the user has made a request for general communication, information indicating that the available communication line is “1” is transmitted.

In this case, the user is notified that a communication line cannot be established by Internet communication because the vacant communication line for the Internet is "0" (step Sd7).

On the other hand, in case (1), the available communication line is "1", so that the communication line can be established by the general communication. As a result, the control device 31 transmits a signal for confirming the communication mode and whether the communication line is free to another line management system (step Sd8). Generally, as shown in FIG. 19, this is performed by a method using an SS # 7 signal network.

The control device 31 of the other line management system comprises:
In response to this signal, a confirmation is transmitted to the storage device 32 as to whether the communication mode and the communication line are free (step Sd).
9). Then, the control device 31 of another line management system
Receives the received communication mode and free space information (step Sd10), and notifies the control device 31 of the own line management system (step Sd11). Then, when the signal indicating that the general communication line is vacant, the control device 31 of the own line management system sends a general signal between the user terminal 10 of the own line management system and the user terminal 10 of another line management system. Establish a communication line by communication (step Sd1)
2) Put it in a call state.

As described above, in the present embodiment, by sharing the same data, it is possible to establish a communication line by another line management system. In this case, the following operation is performed in the own line management system and other line management systems. The own line management system informs other line management systems that the communication form to be connected is general communication, Internet communication, or any communication form that cannot be specified by the own line management system. Notice. At this time, the connection destination telephone number is also notified. In other line management systems, when a notification that the communication mode is the general communication or the Internet communication is received, the connection is determined based on the connection destination telephone number, the idle state on the path to the user line input / output unit 22 and the idle state of the user. Is returned. On the other hand, when the other line management system receives a notification that does not specify which communication mode is used, the connection destination telephone number is used for general communication using the database of the connection destination telephone number and the other line management system. It is determined whether the connection is for Internet communication or not, and based on this determination, whether or not the connection is possible is returned based on the line availability of the connection route and the availability of the user. The own line management system receives this reply, and if there is a free connection route in another line management system and connection to the user is possible, the connection route in the own line management system is determined according to the specified communication mode. It is determined whether or not there is a vacancy, and if there is a vacancy, connection is made. In the above steps (1) to (4), it is assumed that each line management system has a database. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a database including a table of the Internet line corresponding to the connection destination telephone number is provided in a server or the like. By
It is possible to connect to all line management systems using SS # 7. In this case, in the own line management system, whether the connection destination telephone number is for general communication or for Internet communication can be specified based on the information in the database,
The above processes may be performed.

F: Modifications Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this embodiment is merely an example, and any modification can be made. Hereinafter, modified examples will be described.

(1) Modification 1 In each of the above embodiments, the communication line for the Internet and the communication line for the general purpose are assigned by the number, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the assignment is made by the ratio (%). You may. In this case, the screen displayed on the monitor of the control terminal 33 in the preparation stage may be as shown in FIG. In FIG. 20, when the communication line for general use is 100% and the communication line for Internet is 20% in the concentrator 21A, and when the communication line for general use and the communication line for Internet are each 50% in the concentrator 21B, the concentrator is used. 2
1C shows a case where the general communication line is 30% and the Internet communication line is 100%. In the line concentrator 21B, no priority is given to any communication mode, and in the line concentrators 21A and 21C, any communication mode is prioritized. That is, the concentrator 2
In 1A, the general communication line is prioritized, and the use of the Internet communication line is restricted up to 20%.
In C, the communication line for the Internet is prioritized, and the communication line for general use is set to 30% at the maximum.

(2) Modification 2 In each of the above embodiments, a case has been exemplified in which five communication lines are allocated to the Internet communication line and the general communication line. However, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to assign finely as ten. That is, in FIG.
When six communication lines for general use and four communication lines for Internet are used in the concentrator 21A, when seven communication lines for general use and three communication lines for Internet are used in the concentrator 21B, the concentrator 21C is used. 2 general communication lines,
This is a case where the number of communication lines for the Internet is eight.

(3) Modified Example 3 In each of the above embodiments, a case has been exemplified in which communication lines are individually allocated to the Internet connection lines and the general communication line for each line collection unit. If that is the case, the preparation process becomes cumbersome. In order to prevent this, as shown in FIG. 22, a communication line may be allocated at a ratio (%) to the entire concentrator.

(4) Modification 4 When installing this system in a place where the frequency of use of general communication and the Internet communication is different depending on the season, time, etc., for example, in an inn town, as shown in FIG. The division may be different. As a result, during times when reservations by telephone will be concentrated, congestion may occur unless internet communication lines are regulated.
Therefore, the season and the time may be designated, and the ratio of the Internet communication line may be reduced only during that period.

(5) Modification 5 In the second and third embodiments, two network-side communication lines 26 are used and assigned to a general-purpose communication line and an Internet-use communication line. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. If there are three or more network-side communication lines 26, a general-purpose communication line, an Internet communication line, and a communication line using any communication form May be allocated to a communication line that establishes a communication line for general use, a communication line for the Internet, and a communication line that establishes a communication line in any communication form with priority.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
By allocating the communication line connecting the terminals to the Internet communication line or the general communication line, it is possible to secure each communication mode and achieve compatibility of the communication in each communication mode.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a line management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing peripheral components of a PBX used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data format in a storage device used in a specific example 1.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart for explaining an operation according to the specific example.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a monitor used for advance preparation according to the specific example.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data format in a storage device used in a specific example 2.

FIG. 7 is a sequence chart for explaining an operation according to the specific example.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a monitor used for advance preparation according to the specific example.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data format in a storage device used in a specific example 3;

FIG. 10 is a sequence chart for explaining an operation according to the specific example.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a monitor used for advance preparation according to the specific example.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing peripheral components of a PBX according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing peripheral components of a PBX according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a line management system for performing line disconnection according to the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing peripheral components of a PBX according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing peripheral components of a PBX according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a data format in a storage device used in the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a sequence chart for explaining an operation according to the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing circuit switching used in the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a monitor according to a first modification of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a monitor according to a second modification of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a monitor according to a third modification of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a monitor according to Modification 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a line management system using a PBX according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10A, 10B, 10C: User terminal 20: PBX 21, 21A, 21B, 21C: Concentrator 22: User line input / output unit 23: Circuit switching unit 24: Telephone line input / output unit 25: Terminal side communication line 26 ... Network-side communication lines 27A to 27Z Incoming / outgoing line unit 30 Control unit 31 Control unit 32 Storage unit 33 Control terminal 50 Telecommunication business 100, 100A, 100B Line management system

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[Claims] 1. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. A line management device for establishing a communication line between the external device and each of the communication lines, wherein at least one of the m network-side communication lines is used as an Internet communication line used for Internet communication. A line management apparatus, wherein the line management device is fixedly assigned and at least one other line is fixedly assigned to a general communication line used for another general communication. 2. One of the terminals is connected to the terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. A line concentrator for selectively connecting the communication line to the communication side, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and at least one of the m network-side communication lines is fixedly assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and at least one other is allocated to another general communication. A line management device, comprising: a control unit that controls the line switching unit so as to be fixedly assigned to a general communication line to be used and controls connection of a communication line in the line concentrator. 3. The line management device according to claim 1, wherein a communication line not assigned to the Internet communication line and the general communication line among the network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication or general communication. A line management device characterized in that the communication line is a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line in any one of communication modes. 4. The line management device according to claim 3, wherein the communication line to be arbitrarily performed is in an idle state where a communication line is not established via the communication line, and a communication line is established from the terminal. A line management device for establishing a communication line regardless of a communication mode when a request is made. 5. The line management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a communication line not assigned to the Internet communication line and the general communication line among the network-side communication lines is used for Internet communication or general communication. A line management device characterized in that the line is a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in one of communication modes. 6. The line management device according to claim 5, wherein the communication line to be preferentially established establishes a communication line by giving priority to one communication mode, and has already established a communication line using the other communication mode. Is established, and when the terminal requests to establish a communication line in one communication mode, the communication line in the other communication mode is cut off to establish a communication line in one communication mode. Line management device. 7. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. A line management device for establishing a communication line between the external device and each of the communication lines, wherein a part of the m network-side communication lines is temporarily set to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication. Allocate, temporarily allocate another part to a general communication line used for another general communication, and establish one of the Internet communication line or the general communication line as a communication line in the other communication mode. A line management device for arbitrarily performing a communication line. 8. One terminal is connected to terminals via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network are connected to each other. A line concentrator for selectively connecting the communication line to the outside, one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit that establishes a communication line, and a part of the m network-side communication lines is temporarily assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and another part is used for another general communication. Tentatively assigning a communication line, and allocating any one of the Internet communication line and the general communication line as a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line in the other communication mode. Control and said Line management apparatus characterized by comprising a control unit for controlling connection of the communication line in the line portion. 9. The line management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the communication line to be arbitrarily performed is in an idle state where no communication line is established via the communication line, and the communication line from the terminal is not provided. A line management device that establishes a communication line regardless of the communication mode when an establishment request is made. 10. One terminal is connected to the terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. A line management device for establishing a communication line between the external device and each of the communication lines, wherein a part of the m network-side communication lines is temporarily set to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication. Allocate, temporarily allocate another part to a general communication line used for another general communication, and establish one of the Internet communication line or the general communication line as a communication line in the other communication mode. A line management apparatus characterized in that a line is assigned as a communication line for giving priority to the communication line. 11. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network A line concentrator for selectively connecting the communication line to the outside, one of the network-side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit that establishes a communication line, and a part of the m network-side communication lines is temporarily assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and another part is used for another general communication. The line switching unit for temporarily allocating the communication line to the communication line, and allocating any one of the Internet communication line and the general communication line as a communication line for preferentially establishing a communication line in the other communication mode. Control and Line management apparatus characterized by comprising a control unit for controlling connection of the communication line in serial concentrator unit. 12. The line management apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the communication line to be preferentially established establishes a communication line by giving priority to one communication mode, and the communication line has already been established by the other communication mode. When a communication line is established and a request for establishing a communication line in one communication mode is issued from the terminal, the communication line in the other communication mode is cut off to establish a communication line in one communication mode. A line management device characterized by the above-mentioned. 13. The line management device according to claim 1, wherein an Internet connection number corresponding to each of said terminal-side communication lines is stored in advance, and said terminal establishes a communication line. If you make a call,
A line management device for identifying, based on a transmitted dial number and the Internet connection number, whether the terminal has requested establishment of a communication line in Internet communication or general communication. 14. The line management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said terminal side communication lines is separately stored for Internet communication and for general communication, and said terminal is connected to a communication line. If you make a call to establish
A line management device for identifying which communication mode is requested depending on which terminal side communication line the terminal uses for Internet communication or general communication. 15. The line management device according to claim 1, wherein an Internet connection number for the line management device is stored in advance, and the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line. To
A line management device for identifying, based on a transmitted dial number and the Internet connection number, which terminal is requesting a communication form of Internet communication or general communication. 16. The line management apparatus according to claim 13, wherein a free communication line for which a communication line is not established is separately monitored for each of said Internet communication line and said general communication line. Then, the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line are stored, respectively, and a communication line is established in a communication mode requested according to the number of usable lines. A line management device for determining whether or not to permit. 17. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
A method for controlling a line management device, wherein at least one line is fixedly assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and at least another is preferentially assigned to another general communication line used for another general communication. Monitoring a free communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and monitoring the number of vacant monitored Internet communication lines and the general communication line. Based on the number of available, the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, respectively, and, when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. Permitting the establishment of a communication line. 18. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and at least one of the m network-side communication lines fixedly assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and at least one other
A control unit that controls the circuit switching unit to fixedly assign the book to a general communication line used for another general communication, and a control unit that controls connection of the communication line in the concentrator. A control method, wherein a free communication line for which a communication line is not established in the circuit switching unit is separately monitored for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and the monitored Internet communication is monitored. Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line based on the number of free lines and the number of free general communication lines, respectively, and the terminal establishes a communication line. If you make a call to
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. Permitting the establishment of a communication line. 19. The control method for a line management device according to claim 17, wherein, of the network-side communication lines, a communication line not assigned to the Internet communication line and the general communication line is set to the Internet. A method for controlling a line management device, wherein the communication line is a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line in one of a communication mode and a communication mode. 20. The control method for a line management device according to claim 19, wherein the communication line to be arbitrarily performed is in an idle state where a communication line is not established via the communication line, and communication from the terminal is performed. A control method for a line management device, wherein a communication line is established regardless of a communication mode when a line establishment request is made. 21. The method for controlling a line management device according to claim 17, wherein, of the network-side communication lines, a communication line not assigned to the Internet communication line and the general communication line is set to the Internet. A method for controlling a line management device, wherein the communication line is a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in one of a communication mode and a communication mode. 22. The control method of a line management device according to claim 21, wherein the communication line to be preferentially established establishes a communication line by giving priority to one communication mode, and the other communication mode has already been established. Is established, and when the terminal requests to establish a communication line in one communication mode, the communication line in the other communication mode is cut off to establish a communication line in one communication mode. A method for controlling a line management device, comprising: 23. One terminal is connected to the terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line according to the other communication mode, wherein said communication line is a communication line for the Internet. And monitoring separately for each of the general communication lines, based on the monitored number of available Internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, Storing each of the number of available communication lines, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. Permitting the establishment of a communication line. 24. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network are connected to each other. A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A control unit that controls the circuit switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line that arbitrarily establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, and controls connection of the communication line in the concentrator. Monitoring a free communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and monitoring the monitored Internet communication. Based on the number of free lines and the number of free general communication lines, the number of usable Internet communication lines and the number of general communication lines And storing use enables line number, respectively, when the terminal performs a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. Permitting the establishment of a communication line. 25. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A method of controlling a line management apparatus, wherein the communication line is a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line according to the other communication mode, wherein an unoccupied communication line for which no communication line has been established is transmitted to the Internet communication. And monitoring for each of the communication line for general use and the number of available communication lines for Internet based on the monitored number of available communication lines for Internet and the number of available general communication lines. Storing the number of available communication lines for each, and when the terminal has made a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. Permitting the establishment of a communication line. 26. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A control unit that controls the circuit switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, and a control unit that controls connection of the communication line in the concentrator. A method for controlling the line management device provided, wherein the method comprises the steps of separately monitoring a free communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; Based on the number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, the number of usable Internet communication lines and the number of general communication lines are used. And storing usable line number, respectively, when the terminal performs a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. Permitting the establishment of a communication line. 27. The method of claim 17, 18, 23, 24, 2.
27. The method of controlling a line management device according to any one of claims 5 and 26, wherein the step of identifying a communication mode transmitted from the terminal includes: the transmitted dial number; and the terminal-side communication line stored in advance. A method for controlling a line management device, characterized in that identification is performed by collating with a corresponding Internet connection number. 28. The method of claim 17, 18, 23, 24, 2
In the method of controlling a line management device according to any one of claims 5 and 26, the step of identifying a communication mode transmitted from the terminal includes using the terminal-side communication line of either Internet communication or general communication. A method for controlling a line management device, characterized in that the line management device is identified based on whether it has been done. 29. The method according to claim 17,18,23,24,2.
In the method of controlling a line management device according to any one of Claims 5 and 26, the step of identifying a communication mode transmitted from the terminal includes: transmitting the dialed number; A method for controlling a line management device, wherein identification is performed by collating with a connection number. 30. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
A program for controlling a line management device that fixedly assigns at least one line to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication and preferentially assigns at least one other line to a general communication line used for another general communication. Wherein the line management device monitors a free communication line for which a communication line has not been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line, and monitoring the monitored Internet communication line. Storing the number of available lines of the Internet communication line and the number of available lines of the general communication line based on the number of available lines and the number of available general communication lines, respectively; If you do
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A program for allowing a communication line to be established and for functioning. 31. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network are connected to each other. A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and at least one of the m network-side communication lines fixedly assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and at least one other
A control unit for controlling the circuit switching unit so as to fixedly assign a book to a general communication line used for another general communication, and a control unit for controlling connection of a communication line in the concentrator unit. A program for controlling, wherein the line management device monitors a free communication line for which a communication line is not established in the line switching unit for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line. Storing the number of available lines of the Internet communication line and the number of available lines of the general communication line based on the monitored number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, respectively, When the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A program for allowing a communication line to be established and for functioning. 32. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A program for controlling a line management device that sets one of the communication lines as a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line in the other communication mode, wherein the line management device is used for an idle communication in which a communication line is not established. Monitoring the line separately for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and based on the monitored number of available Internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, Storing the number of usable lines and the number of usable general communication lines, respectively, wherein the terminal issues a call to establish a communication line. When performing,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A program for allowing a communication line to be established and for functioning. 33. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network are connected to each other. A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A control unit that controls the circuit switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line that arbitrarily establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, and controls connection of the communication line in the concentrator. A program for controlling the line management device, wherein the line management device monitors a free communication line for which a communication line has not been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line. Based on the monitored number of vacant internet communication lines and the number of vacant general communication lines, And storing use enables line number and common communication line usable line number, respectively, when the terminal performs a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A program for allowing a communication line to be established and for functioning. 34. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A program for controlling a line management device that sets one of the communication lines as a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, wherein the line management device is set to an idle state where a communication line is not established. Monitoring the communication line separately for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and for the Internet communication based on the monitored number of available Internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines. Storing the number of usable lines and the number of usable general communication lines, respectively, in order for the terminal to establish a communication line. In case of performing the signal,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A program for allowing a communication line to be established and for functioning. 35. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A control unit that controls the circuit switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, and a control unit that controls connection of the communication line in the concentrator. A program for controlling a line management device provided, wherein the line management device monitors a free communication line with no established communication line for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line. Based on the monitored number of available communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, When performing the steps of: storing usable line number and common communication line usable line number, respectively, the terminal calling to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A program for allowing a communication line to be established and for functioning. 36. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
A program for controlling a line management device that fixedly assigns at least one line to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication and preferentially assigns at least one other line to a general communication line used for another general communication. A step of monitoring a line management device by dividing an empty communication line for which no communication line has been established for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and Storing the number of available communication lines for the Internet and the number of usable lines for the general communication line based on the number of available communication lines and the number of available communication lines, respectively, If you make a call to establish
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A recording medium on which is recorded a program for allowing a communication line to be established and for causing the communication line to function. 37. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network are connected to each other. A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and at least one of the m network-side communication lines fixedly assigned to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and at least one other
A control unit for controlling the circuit switching unit so as to fixedly assign a book to a general communication line used for another general communication, and a control unit for controlling connection of a communication line in the concentrator unit. A recording medium on which a program for controlling is recorded, wherein a line management device is configured to divide an empty communication line for which a communication line is not established in the line switching unit into the Internet communication line and the general communication line. And monitoring the number of available lines of the Internet communication line and the number of available lines of the general communication line based on the monitored number of available Internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines, respectively. Storing, and when the terminal makes a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A recording medium on which is recorded a program for allowing a communication line to be established and for causing the communication line to function. 38. One terminal is connected to the terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A recording medium for recording a program for controlling a line management device, wherein the communication line is a communication line for arbitrarily establishing a communication line in the other communication mode, wherein the communication line is established. Monitoring the unused communication lines separately for each of the Internet communication lines and the general communication lines, based on the monitored number of available Internet communication lines and the number of available general communication lines. Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, respectively, In the case where a call was made to establish the line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A recording medium on which is recorded a program for allowing a communication line to be established and for causing the communication line to function. 39. One terminal is connected to the terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network are connected to each other. A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A control unit that controls the circuit switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line that arbitrarily establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, and controls connection of the communication line in the concentrator. A recording medium recording a program for controlling the line management device, wherein the line management device is configured to divide an empty communication line for which a communication line has not been established into the Internet communication line and the general communication line. Monitoring based on the monitored number of vacant communication lines for the Internet and the number of vacant communication lines for general use. Storing a number of available lines of available line number and common communication line network communication line, respectively, when the terminal performs a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A recording medium on which is recorded a program for allowing a communication line to be established and for causing the communication line to function. 40. One terminal is connected to the terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other is connected to an external device via m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines. In a line management device that establishes a communication line with each of the communication lines with the external device, among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A recording medium for recording a program for controlling a line management device that sets one of the communication lines as a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication mode. Monitoring the unestablished vacant communication lines separately for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line; and monitoring the vacant number of the monitored Internet communication lines and the vacant number of the general communication lines. Storing the number of usable lines of the Internet communication line and the number of usable lines of the general communication line, respectively, If we make a call to establish a line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A recording medium on which is recorded a program for allowing a communication line to be established and for causing the communication line to function. 41. One terminal is connected to a terminal via n terminal-side communication lines, and the other terminal is connected to m (2 ≦ m <n) network-side communication lines, and the terminal-side communication line and the network A line concentrator for selectively connecting the side communication lines, one of the network side communication lines is connected to the other, an external device is connected to the other via an external network, between the terminal and the external device A circuit switching unit for establishing a communication line, and among the m network-side communication lines,
One part is temporarily allocated to an Internet communication line used for Internet communication, and the other part is temporarily allocated to another general communication line used for another general communication, either of the Internet communication line or the general communication line. A control unit that controls the circuit switching unit to allocate the communication line as a communication line that preferentially establishes a communication line in the other communication mode, and a control unit that controls connection of the communication line in the concentrator. What is claimed is: 1. A recording medium recording a program for controlling a line management device provided, wherein the line management device is provided with a free communication line for which no communication line is established, for each of the Internet communication line and the general communication line. Monitoring separately, and based on the monitored number of free internet communication lines and the number of free general communication lines monitored, A step of storing Netto for communication lines available line number and common communication line usable line number, respectively, when the terminal performs a call to establish a communication line,
A step of identifying whether the terminal is requesting establishment of a communication line in any of Internet communication or general communication, and a communication form requested based on the requested communication form and the number of usable lines. A recording medium on which is recorded a program for allowing a communication line to be established and for causing the communication line to function.