JP2002271489A - Telephone system and communication apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To communicate by utilizing a plurality of telecommunication carriers, or apply correspondingly to a plurality of communication systems. SOLUTION: Any one of mobile communication devices 3 to 5 transmits a user identifier transferred from an IC card 2 to a server 10, and when authentication results of the user identifier received from any one of the mobile communication devices 3 to 5 are normal, the server 10 permits operations by a telephone such as transmission or reception of the mobile communication device which has transmitted the user identifier. A user which carried the IC card 2 selects any one of the mobile communication devices 3 to 5, and transfers the user identifier from the IC card 2, whereby the user can receive services provided by a carrier which is desired from a plurality of carrier, or can communicate in accordance with communication quality or a communication speed of a desired communication system out of a plurality of communication systems.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone system in which a communication device performs an operation related to a telephone call such as outgoing and incoming calls, and a communication device in the telephone system.

[0002]

In a conventional telephone system, a communication device and a telephone number basically correspond one-to-one, and a communication device and a communication carrier (communication company) or a communication system. Are basically one-to-one, there are the following problems. In other words, assuming that the communication device is a mobile phone, when purchasing a mobile phone, a user selects one of a plurality of communication carriers and uses a plurality of communication systems. (For example, a time division multiple access method or a code division multiple access method) is selected and a connection contract is concluded.

[0003] However, in other words,
For the user, it is to restrict the communication carrier and the communication system. That is, assuming that the user selects the communication carrier A, selects the communication method a, and concludes a connection contract, the user can receive the service provided by the communication carrier A, Cannot receive the service provided by the communication carrier B who has not concluded the communication method b, and can perform communication according to the communication quality and the communication speed of the communication method a, but the communication method b for which the connection contract has not been concluded. Communication cannot be performed according to communication quality or communication speed.

[0004] Therefore, when a user wants to receive a service provided by the communication carrier B or to perform communication in accordance with the communication quality and the communication speed of the communication system b, a new portable telephone is required. It is necessary to purchase and sign a new connection contract, so that there is a problem that the procedure is complicated and economically disadvantageous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to communicate with another communication device using a plurality of communication carriers or according to a plurality of communication systems. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone system and a communication device that can perform the operation and thereby enhance the usability.

[0006]

According to the telephone system of the present invention, each of a plurality of communication devices is provided with an identification number for identifying a communication network from the other, and a communication business different from the others. It is configured to be able to communicate with another communication device using a user or according to a communication method different from the others. The storage medium transfers the user identifier different from the telephone number to any of the plurality of communication devices, and any of the plurality of communication devices transmits the transferred user identifier to the server when the user identifier is transferred from the storage medium. Send to Then, when the server receives the user identifier from any of the plurality of communication devices, the server authenticates the received user identifier. If the authentication result is normal, the server transmits or receives a call from the communication device that transmitted the user identifier. Is permitted.

In other words, according to this, any one of the plurality of communication devices transmits the user identifier transferred from the storage medium to the server, and if the authentication result of the user identifier is normal in the server. Since the operation related to the telephone such as outgoing call or incoming call of the communication device that has transmitted the user identifier is permitted, the communication device to which the user identifier has been transferred from the storage medium can use the communication carrier A or perform communication. As long as the user communicates with another communication device according to the method a, the user receives a service provided by the communication carrier A or performs communication according to the communication quality and communication speed of the communication method a. It becomes possible. The communication device to which the user identifier has been transferred from the storage medium is a communication carrier B
If the user communicates with another communication device using the communication method b or according to the communication method b, the user can use the communication carrier B
It is possible to receive the service provided by the communication method or to perform communication according to the communication quality and communication speed of the communication method b.

[0008] Therefore, the user selects one of the plurality of communication devices, and transfers the user identifier from the storage medium to the selected communication device, so that the desired communication among the plurality of communication carriers is performed. Communication can be performed in accordance with the communication quality and communication speed of a desired communication method among a plurality of communication methods by receiving a service provided by the business operator, thereby improving usability.

According to the telephone system of the present invention, the storage medium is portable and the user identifier can be transferred by wireless communication. In addition, there are few restrictions on where the storage medium is used, and the usability can be further improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the communication device is provided with an identification number for identifying the communication network from the other, and uses a communication carrier different from the other or a communication different from the other. It is configured to be able to communicate with other communication devices according to the system, and when a user identifier different from the telephone number is transferred from the storage medium, the transferred user identifier is transmitted to the server, and the server If the authentication result of the authentication of the user identifier is normal, the operation related to the telephone such as the outgoing call and the incoming call is permitted.

Therefore, the same operation and effect as those described in claim 1 can be obtained, that is, the user selects one of the plurality of communication devices,
By transferring the user identifier from the storage medium to the selected communication device, a service provided by a desired one of the plurality of communication carriers can be received, or a desired communication among a plurality of communication methods can be received. Communication can be performed according to the communication quality and communication speed of the system.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, it is assumed that the communication device according to the present invention is applied to a portable communication device configured to be portable, and the storage medium is applied to an IC card.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the entire configuration of a telephone system. In the telephone system 1, an IC
The card 2 stores individual user identifiers different from each other, and transfers the user identifier to any of the portable communication devices 3 to 5 when a predetermined condition is satisfied. Portable communication device 3
When the user identifier is transferred from the IC card 2, the transferred user identifiers are transmitted to the wireless base stations 6 to 8, respectively.
And the wireless base stations 6 to 8
When a user identifier is received from 5, the received user identifier is transmitted to the server 10 through the communication network 9.

The IC card 11 stores an individual user identifier different from the others, similarly to the above-described IC card 2, and transfers the user identifier to the portable communication device 12 when a predetermined condition is satisfied. . When the user identifier is transferred from the IC card 11, the portable communication device 12 transmits the transferred user identifier to the wireless base station 13 in the same manner as the above-described portable communication devices 3 to 5, and the wireless base station 13 When the user identifier is received from the portable communication device 12, the received user identifier is transmitted to the server 10 through the communication network 9.

FIG. 2 shows the portable communication devices 3 to 5, 1 described above.
2, functional block diagrams of the IC cards 2 and 11 and the server 10 are shown. Note that the IC cards 2 and 11 will be described on behalf of the IC card 2, and the portable communication devices 3 to 5 and 12 will be described on behalf of the portable communication device 3.

The IC card 2 has a CPU 14 mainly composed of a microcomputer, and a Bl.
Bluetooth for wireless communication conforming to uetooth communication standard
Communication unit 15 and memory 16 for storing a user identifier
Are connected and configured. In this case, IC card 2
Operates using, for example, a secondary battery (not shown) as a driving power source.

The portable communication device 3 displays a telephone section 18 for performing telephone-related processing, a microphone 19 for inputting transmitted voice, a speaker 20 for outputting received voice, and various kinds of information on a CPU 17 mainly composed of a microcomputer. Display 21, a keyboard 22 in which various keys are arranged, a Bluetooth communication unit 23 for performing wireless communication with the IC card 2 in accordance with the Bluetooth communication standard, and an IC.
A memory 24 for temporarily storing the user identifier transferred from the card 2 is connected.

The server 10 is connected to a CPU 25 mainly composed of a microcomputer, a telephone unit 26 for performing telephone-related processing, and a user identifier database 27 for storing a user identifier received from the portable communication device 3 in a database. It is configured.

In such a configuration, for example, the IC card 2
When the user carrying the mobile phone approaches the mobile communication device 3 and the distance between the IC card 2 and the mobile communication device 3 becomes smaller than a predetermined distance (for example, several meters), the Bluetooth communication unit 15 of the IC card 2 and the mobile communication device 3 Bluetooth communication unit 23 automatically establishes a wireless link between the two. Then, in the IC card 2, the CPU 14
Detects that a wireless link has been established, the memory 16
Read the user identifier from
The data is transferred from the uetooth communication unit 15 to the Bluetooth communication unit 23 of the portable communication device 3.

In the portable communication device 3, the CPU 17 includes an IC
Upon detecting that the user identifier has been transferred from the card 2, the transferred user identifier is temporarily stored in the memory 24, and the call is transmitted from the IC card 2 by performing a calling operation with the server 10 as a destination. The identification number assigned to itself is transmitted from the telephone unit 18 to the telephone unit 26 of the server 10 through the wireless base station 6 together with the user identifier temporarily stored in the memory 24.

Then, in the server 10, the CPU 25
When detecting that the user identifier and the identification number have been received from the portable communication device 3 through the wireless base station 6, the received user identifier and the identification number are registered in the user identifier database 27 in association with each other. In this way, the server 10 associates the user identifier stored in the IC card 2 with the identification number assigned to the portable communication device 3 and registers the user identifier in the user identifier database 27.

Similarly, the user carrying the IC card 2 approaches the portable communication device 4, the user identifier is transferred from the IC card 2 to the portable communication device 4, and the user identifier and the portable communication device are transferred from the portable communication device 4. 4 is transmitted to the server 10 through the wireless base station 7, the server 10 determines the user identifier stored in the IC card 2 and the identification number assigned to the portable communication device 4. The number is registered in the user identifier database 27 in association with the number. Also, the user carrying the IC card 2 approaches the portable communication device 5, the user identifier is transferred from the IC card 2 to the portable communication device 5, and the user identifier and the identification assigned to the portable communication device 5 are transferred from the portable communication device 5. When the number is transmitted to the server 10 through the wireless base station 8, the server 10
Registers the user identifier stored in the IC card 2 in the user identifier database 27 in association with the identification number assigned to the portable communication device 5.

Further, the user carrying the IC card 11 approaches the portable communication device 12, the user identifier is transferred from the IC card 11 to the portable communication device 12, and the user identifier and the portable communication device 12 are assigned to the user identifier. When the identification number is transmitted to the server 10 through the wireless base station 13, the server 10 associates the user identifier stored in the IC card 11 with the identification number assigned to the portable communication device 12. User identifier database 27
Register with. In this case, the IC cards 2 and 11
Bluetoot of tooth communication unit 23 and portable communication devices 3-5, 12
Since the communication unit 23 has a one-to-one relationship with the communication unit 23, the server 10 does not register a plurality of identification numbers in association with one user identifier at the same time.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the user carrying the IC card 2 approaches the portable communication device 3 and makes a call using the portable communication device 3, and the user carrying the IC card 11 approaches the portable communication device 12 to perform the portable communication. The following description is based on the premise that a call is made using the device 12. Further, here, the IC card 2 stores, for example, a character string “suzuki” composed of English characters as a user identifier.
It is assumed that the C card 11 stores, for example, a character string “tanaka” composed of English characters as a user identifier.

The portable communication device 3 is provided with an identification number “10” and communicates with another communication device in accordance with the communication system a using the communication company A. The portable communication device 4 is provided with an identification number “20” and communicates with another communication device according to the communication method a using the communication carrier B. , An identification number of “30” is assigned, and communication is performed with another communication device according to the communication method b using the communication carrier B. The portable communication device 12 has an identification number of “30”. 99 "is given, and the description is made on the premise that the communication system C is configured to perform communication with another communication device according to the communication system c using the communication carrier C. In this case, the communication method refers to, for example, a time division multiple access method or a code division multiple access method.

First, as shown in FIG. 3A, in the portable communication device 3, the CPU 17 establishes a wireless link with the IC card 2 and sends the user identifier "su" from the IC card 2.
When it is detected that “zuki” has been transferred, the transferred user identifier “suzuki” is temporarily stored in the memory 24, and by performing a call operation with the server 10 as a call destination,
The identification number “10” assigned to itself is transmitted from the telephone unit 18 to the server 10 through the wireless base station 6 together with the user identifier “suzuki” transferred from the IC card 2. In the server 10, the CPU 25 includes the portable communication device 3
Detects that the user identifier “suzuki” and the identification number “10” have been received from the base station 6 through the wireless base station 6, the received user identifier “suzuki” and the identification number “10” are associated with each other and stored in the user identifier database 27. It is registered and recognizes that the user identifier “suzuki” and the portable communication device 3 to which the identification number “10” is assigned correspond.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3B, in the portable communication device 12, the CPU 17 establishes a wireless link with the IC card 11, and transfers the user identifier “tanaka” from the IC card 11. Upon detecting that the user identifier "tanaka" has been transferred, the user identifier "tanaka" transferred to the server 10 is temporarily stored in the memory 24, and a call is made to the server 10 as a destination.
"naka" and the identification number "99" assigned to the self
From the telephone unit 18 through the wireless base station 13 to the server 10
To be sent. In the server 10, when the CPU 25 detects that the user identifier “tanaka” and the identification number “99” have been received from the mobile communication device 12 through the wireless base station 13, the received user identifier “tanaka” and the identification number “ 99 ”and the user identifier database 2
7 and the user identifier “tanaka” and the identification number “9”
It recognizes that it is compatible with the portable communication device 12 to which "9" is assigned.

Now, in the portable communication device 3, C
It is assumed that the PU 17 performs a calling operation for making a call. The user carrying the IC card 2 uses the keyboard 22 of the portable communication device 3 to make “t”,
When "a", "n", "a", "k", and "a" are input, as shown in FIG.
7 transmits a request signal from the Bluetooth communication unit 23 to the IC
Transfer to card 2. In response to this, in the IC card 2, when detecting that the request signal has been transferred from the portable communication device 3, the CPU 14 reads the user identifier "suzuki" from the memory 16 and transmits the read user identifier "suzuki" to the Bluetooth communication. The data is transferred from the unit 15 to the portable communication device 3.

In the portable communication device 3, the CPU 17 includes an IC
When detecting that the user identifier has been transferred from the card 2, the transferred user identifier "suzuki" is used as the sender identifier, and the previously input "t", "a",
User identifiers “tanaka” corresponding to “n”, “a”, “k”, and “a” are set as destination identifiers, and these user identifiers are transmitted from the telephone unit 18 to the server 10 through the wireless base station 6.

In the server 10, when the CPU 25 detects that the user identifier “suzuki” as the source identifier and the user identifier “tanaka” as the destination identifier have been received from the portable communication device 3 through the radio base station 6. ,
The user identifier database 27 is searched, and first, it is determined whether or not the user identifier “suzuki” is registered as the sender identifier. Here, as described above, the CPU 25 sets the user identifier “suzuki” and the identification number “10”.
It is recognized that there is a portable communication device 3 having an identification number "10" assigned to the received user identifier "suzuki" as the source identifier. It is determined that the authentication result of the transmission source is normal.

Next, the CPU 25 determines whether or not the user identifier "tanaka" as the destination identifier is registered. Here, the CPU 25, as described above,
Since the user identifier “tanaka” and the identification number “99” are registered in association with each other, the identification number “9” is added to the received user identifier “tanaka” as the destination identifier.
It recognizes that there is a portable communication device 12 to which "9" is assigned, and determines that the authentication result of the destination is normal. When the CPU 25 determines that the authentication result of the caller is normal and the authentication result of the callee is normal in this way, the CPU 25 transmits a confirmation signal indicating that the authentication result is normal to the wireless. Let the base station 6 transmit.

When the radio base station 6 receives the confirmation signal from the server 10, it transmits a paging signal to the radio base station 13. When the radio base station 13 receives the paging signal from the radio base station 6, the paging signal is transmitted to the mobile base station 13. It transmits to the communication device 12. Then, in the portable communication device 12, the CPU 17
When it detects that a call signal has been received from, the terminal 20 performs an incoming call operation such as outputting a predetermined ring tone from the speaker 20 and notifies the user carrying the IC card 11 that the incoming call has been received.

Next, when the user carrying the IC card 11 operates a predetermined key for responding to an incoming call on the keyboard 22, for example, the CPU 17 in the portable communication device 12 transmits a response signal to the telephone unit. 18 to the wireless base station 13. The wireless base station 13 is a portable communication device 1
Receiving the response signal from the wireless base station 6
When the wireless base station 6 receives the response signal from the wireless base station 13, the wireless base station 6 transmits the response signal to the portable communication device 3, and thereafter, a call is made between the portable communication device 3 and the portable communication device 12. It is possible to do.

In this way, the user carrying the IC card 2 performs a calling operation using the portable communication device 3, and at this time, the portable communication device 3 switches to the communication system a using the communication carrier A. Since it is configured to perform communication with other communication devices in accordance with the above, the service provided by the communication carrier A will be received thereafter, or transmission will be performed according to the communication quality and communication speed of the communication system a. It is possible to do. Similarly, when the user carrying the IC card 2 performs a calling operation using the portable communication device 4, the communication method a using the communication company B
It is configured to communicate with other communication devices in accordance with the standards described above, so it is necessary to receive services provided by the communication carrier B or make outgoing calls according to the communication quality and communication speed of the communication system a. It is configured such that, when a calling operation is performed using the portable communication device 5, the portable communication device 5 performs communication with another communication device in accordance with the communication method b using the communication carrier B. Therefore, it is possible to receive the service provided by the communication carrier B or to make a call according to the communication quality and communication speed of the communication system b.

In the above description, a case is described in which the portable communication device of the user carrying the IC card 2 makes a call, but the portable communication device of the user carrying the IC card 2 receives a call. In this case, it is also possible to select a communication carrier and a communication method, receive a service provided by a desired communication service, or make an incoming call according to the communication quality and communication speed of the desired communication method. .

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
The IC card 2 transfers the user identifier to one of the portable communication devices 3 to 5, the portable communication device to which the user identifier has been transferred from the IC card 2 transmits the user identifier to the server 10,
If the authentication result of the user identifier is normal in the server 10, the mobile communication device that has transmitted the user identifier is permitted to perform a call-related operation, such as calling or receiving a call. By selecting one of the devices 3 to 5 and transferring the user identifier from the IC card 2 to the selected portable communication device, a service provided by a desired one of the plurality of carriers can be received. Alternatively, communication can be performed in accordance with the communication quality and communication speed of a desired communication method among a plurality of communication methods, thereby improving usability.

Also, the IC card 2 sets the user identifier to Blue.
Since the configuration is such that the transfer is performed by wireless communication conforming to the tooth communication standard, the use location of the IC card 2 is less restricted and the usability can be further improved as compared with the case where the user identifier is transferred by wire communication.

Further, since the operation related to the telephone is permitted based on the user identifier which is different from the telephone number and is composed of, for example, a character string composed of English characters, the number of digits in the telephone number is limited. In some cases (for example, 10 or 11 digits), the user identifier can be an arbitrary character string, so that the number of identifiable users can be extremely large, and the system scale can be increased. Can be flexibly dealt with in the case of expanding.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, but can be modified or expanded as follows. The storage medium is not limited to a card type such as an IC card, but may be a wristwatch type or a pendant type. In addition, communication devices are not limited to portable devices,
It may be a fixed type.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration in which the user identifier is transferred from the IC card to the portable communication device by wireless communication, but may be a configuration in which the user identifier is transferred by inserting the IC card into the portable communication device. A configuration may be used in which the user identifier is transferred by wired communication by using a dedicated cable. The user identifier is not limited to a character string composed of alphabetic characters, but may be a character string composed of a combination of alphabetic characters and numerals.

If the portable communication device is used exclusively for calling, before the portable communication device performs the calling operation,
It is not necessary for the server to associate and register the user identifier and the identification number, and the server may associate and register the user identifier and the identification number when the portable communication device performs the calling operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram

FIG. 4 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawings, 1 is a telephone system, 2 is an IC card (storage medium), 3 to 5 are portable communication devices (communication devices), 9 is a communication network,
Reference numeral 10 denotes a server, 11 denotes an IC card (storage medium), and 12 denotes a portable communication device (communication device).

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Claims (3)

[Claims] An identification number for identifying a communication network from another is assigned to each of the communication networks, and the communication network uses a communication carrier different from the other or communicates with another communication device according to a communication method different from the other. A plurality of communication devices capable of performing communication between each other, a storage medium storing a user identifier different from a telephone number, and a server for authenticating the user identifier, wherein the storage medium stores the user identifier in the plurality of Transfer to any of the communication devices, any of the plurality of communication devices transmitted the user identifier transferred from the storage medium to the server, the server received from any of the plurality of communication devices A telephone system which authenticates a user identifier and permits a telephone operation such as outgoing or incoming call of a communication device which has transmitted the user identifier, on condition that the authentication result is normal. Temu. 2. The telephone system according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is portable and can transfer a user identifier by wireless communication. 3. A communication network is provided with an identification number for identifying the communication device with another communication device, and the communication network uses a communication carrier different from the other communication device or communicates with another communication device according to a communication method different from the other communication device. A communication device capable of performing communication between devices, transmitting a user identifier different from the telephone number transferred from the storage medium to the server, and confirming that an authentication result obtained by authenticating the user identifier by the server is normal. A communication device characterized in that a condition relating to a telephone such as outgoing call or incoming call is permitted as a condition.