JP2002291046A - Mobile internet phone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use the conventional wired phone line type internet phone system by using a mobile phone terminal, instead of using a phone or a personal computer at home. SOLUTION: The mobile internet phone system has a step of accessing an internet home page of a company (provider) operating an internet phone system from a mobile phone terminal, a step of entering a personal user authentication number and a destination telephone number to the internet home page, a step of transmitting data entered from the mobile phone as a packet for use with an IP, a step of authenticating the personal user authentication number and the telephone number of the mobile phone, a step of calling a caller requester mobile phone terminal from the mobile phone terminal, a step of conducting a destination IP access from a call tone requester, a step of calculating a speech charge while receiving a signal indicating channel interruption after the end of the speech, and a step of informing about the speech charge by means of electronic mail.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone communication system using the Internet, and more particularly to an Internet telephone using a portable telephone terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of personal computers and the development of communication service networks, the Internet that allows individual users to easily access the Web around the world has become widespread. The Internet is a network formed by connecting a large number of communication service networks to each other, and is a global computer communication service network that connects computer communication networks of many companies and universities via wide area lines.

In the Internet network, many companies called Network Service Providers (NSPs) or Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide organizations and individual end users with a connection to the Internet. A host connected to the Internet packetizes digital data for transmission and reception. Packets are sent to the destination via many routers and networks. At this time, routers exchange information on destinations using a routing protocol, and all hosts connected to the Internet receive data directly on an equal basis. It is possible to send and receive.

In the Internet, basically, TCP / I
The P protocol is used, and various applications are used, such as an information search and provision system such as WWW and electronic mail for transmitting and receiving various multimedia contents, through various media from an optical fiber to an analog public line.

[0005] In recent years, the development of Internet telephones for making telephone calls using the Internet has been promoted. Internet telephony, which makes real-time digital voice calls over the Internet, can basically be made using only the charges incurred by contracting with an Internet service provider (ISP), telephone charges to the ISP, and ISDN usage charges. In addition, long-distance and international calls can be made at low cost.

The mechanism of this wired Internet telephone is as follows. ISP connected to the Internet
The gateway server (GWS) owned by the (Internet service provider) is a public telephone line to which a subscriber telephone is connected and a user network interface (UNI).
(User Network Interface). Similarly, the gateway server is connected by a UNI to a public telephone line to which a subscriber telephone is connected. In the Internet, these gateway servers connect to each other.

[0007] The analog voice signal of the subscriber telephone is digitized and compressed by the gateway server. When this is transmitted to the access point of the other party through the Internet, the other party performs the reverse process of the same gateway server, converts the digitized / compressed audio signal into the original analog signal (decoding), and returns to the public telephone. Calls can be made by sending to the line. An individual user dials a telephone number of an access point (AP) of an Internet service provider (ISP) contracted by himself from a telephone through a public telephone line. Thereby, the telephone of the individual user and the access point are connected.
After connection PPP (Point to Ponit Pro
A connection procedure for data communication is performed according to a communication protocol called “tocol”.

Next, voice guidance is played, and when a personal user authentication number (ID number) and a password are input using a push button, authentication as to whether or not the user has subscribed to the Internet telephone service is performed. If this authentication is passed and the telephone number of the other party is dialed, the telephone can be connected to the other party's telephone via the other party's access point on the Internet and a call can be made. The Internet telephone call does not use a general public telephone line as a communication line on the way, but uses an Internet communication service network. Therefore, there is an advantage that a user can receive a low-cost service regardless of distance.

[0009] In addition, the service provider that provides the Internet telephone service has advantages such as lower initial investment compared to the conventional network service.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

[0010] As described above, conventionally, there has been a wired telephone line type Internet telephone system using a telephone or a personal computer at home, and there has been no system using this in a mobile telephone terminal. For this reason, the mobile phone terminal only uses the World Call System (WCS) and cannot receive services such as a wired Internet phone.

[0011] Further, even in the case of a wired Internet telephone, the usage fee is basically a fee generated by a contract with an Internet service provider (ISP), and a telephone fee to the ISP and an ISDN usage fee are separately generated. The payment must be made separately,
It was extremely inconvenient.

When the individual user dials the telephone number of the access point of the contracted Internet service provider (ISP) from the telephone, a voice guidance is played and each operation is performed in accordance with the guidance. In some cases, depending on the surrounding noise and the environment, the contents may be overlooked, or the sound may be poor and difficult to hear, so that the input operation may be mistaken.

[0013] In addition, in authentication, a push button must be used to input a user authentication number (ID number) and a password every time a call is made, which may be troublesome. Also, in the case of an input error, if an input error is made, the input must be performed again in accordance with the voice guidance, which is extremely inconvenient.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has been developed to construct an Internet telephone system for a portable telephone, to secure performance higher than that of a conventional wired Internet telephone, to have excellent portability, It is an object of the present invention to provide an Internet telephone system using a mobile phone which can reduce the financial burden on the user and improve operability.

Means and action for solving the problem

In order to achieve this object, the present invention relates to an Internet telephone system for a mobile telephone, which connects a mobile telephone terminal (mobile device) to the Internet via a wireless base station and an access point device, Accessing an Internet homepage of a company that operates the Internet telephone system; inputting a personal user authentication number and a destination telephone number to the Internet homepage; and transmitting data input from the mobile phone as a packet using IP. Authenticating the personal user authentication number transmitted by the server provided in the access point and the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal, and calling the outgoing caller mobile phone terminal from the mobile phone terminal provided in the access point Step And a step of receiving the signal of the line disconnection after terminating the call, calculating a call charge, and notifying the calculated call charge by e-mail. The conventional problem has been solved by adopting a portable Internet telephone system.

A second aspect of the present invention is an internet telephone system for a mobile phone for connecting a mobile phone terminal (mobile device) to the Internet via a wireless base station and an access point device. Accessing an Internet homepage of a company that operates the system, inputting a personal user authentication number and a destination telephone number to the Internet homepage, and transmitting data input from the mobile phone as a packet using IP. Authenticating the personal user authentication number and the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal transmitted by a point server, and calling from a mobile phone terminal provided in an access point for calling the caller mobile phone terminal And dial tone A step of making a requester IP connection, a step of receiving a signal of line disconnection after a call is completed, a step of adding a call charge to a provider contract charge, and a step of notifying the calculated result by e-mail. The conventional disadvantages have been solved by adopting a portable Internet telephone system.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an Internet telephone device for a mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone terminal (mobile device) is connected to the Internet via a wireless base station and an access point device. Means for accessing an Internet homepage of a company operating the Internet, input means for inputting a personal user authentication number and a destination telephone number in the Internet homepage input form, and transmitting data input from the mobile phone as a packet using the Internet protocol. Transmitting means, an access point server provided in an access point, an authentication means for authenticating the personal user authentication number transmitted by the access point server and a telephone number of the mobile telephone terminal, and a call requester mobile telephone terminal Access point for making a call to the telephone, connection means for making an IP connection with the party requesting the dial tone, connection means for connecting to the provider, and a call charge for calculating a call charge upon receiving a signal of line disconnection after the call is over The present invention solves the conventional disadvantage by providing a portable Internet telephone device having a calculating means and a notifying means for notifying the calculated result by e-mail.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an Internet telephone system using a mobile telephone terminal according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a mobile phone terminal, which includes a plurality of mobile phone terminals, and is a normal mobile phone, a PHS, or a notebook-type mobile computer. 2 is a wireless base station, 5 is an access point (AP) possessed by a provider, and the inside thereof is an access point server group 5 as an access point device
a gateway server (GWS), which is a server for interfacing between three network segments, and 11 world wide webs (W).
A server for fulfilling a function of operating an old Wide Web homepage, a WWW server having a function of responding to an external HTTP request, and a billing database (BD) for counting charges (charging) of four.
B). These exchange data with each other.

The WWW server includes a mail server 14 for sending electronic mail. Reference numeral 6 denotes an Internet network, which is connected to an access point device of a provider 5 through a communication line via an provider 8. 1
The mobile phone terminal and the two radio base stations communicate with each other through a mobile communication network. 5b includes a wireless base station 2, an access point mobile phone terminal 7 provided in the access point 5, and an adapter 12. The access point mobile phone 7 is connected to the gateway server via the adapter 12. Connected to 3. 9 is the telephone company of each country,
Reference numeral 13 denotes a partner contract provider. Reference numeral 10 denotes a telephone terminal or a mobile telephone terminal of a communication partner.

FIG. 2 shows the steps of the communication connection of the present invention. First, the connection will be described. The individual user dials the telephone number of the access point 5 of the company (provider) 8 operating the Internet telephone system from his / her own mobile telephone terminal 1 and accesses the Internet homepage operated by the provider 8 (S1). Next, an input form for Internet telephone is displayed in the accessed homepage. Here, the individual user inputs his or her personal user identification number (personal ID number) and the telephone number of the other party to be called (S
2).

When the input is completed, the user sends the data to the provider by packet communication using IP (Internet Protocol) (S3). Here, the communication is temporarily terminated. Access Point 5 of Provider 8
Then, the packet data transmitted using the internal device via the radio base station 2 and the telephone number and personal ID number of the mobile phone terminal 1 to be used are obtained, and collated with the personal information data in the database, It is confirmed whether the person is the person or the person owns (S4, T1).

If the personal information is correct, then the provider 8
Individual user (call requester) from the access point mobile phone terminal 7 provided in the equipment of the access point 5
Is made to the mobile phone terminal 1 owned by the user. (S5) Here, the destination telephone number entered in the form on the homepage is connected to the provider 13 to which the destination is subscribed by IP (Internet Protocol), and the destination telephone terminal is connected via a communication line. 10 (S6).

When the connection with the other party is made, an incoming signal for notifying that the connection has been made to the portable telephone terminal 1 owned by the individual user is sent (S7), and the provider 8 with which the user has contracted Is established (S9, S1
0). Here, when making a call, guidance information in characters is sent from the provider 8 to the mobile telephone terminal 1 of the individual user, and a call with the other party is made based on the information. When the call is ended, the call is ended by a normal operation (call end button) of the mobile phone terminal 1 (T3). Thereby, the communication line is disconnected (S11).

In response to the signal of the line disconnection, the WWW server calculates the access fee, and the calculated result is notified to the user by e-mail via the mail server 14 (S12).

FIG. 3 shows the steps in the present invention for making it possible to collectively charge a fee. The individual user accesses the Internet homepage of the company (provider) 8 that operates the Internet telephone system from his / her mobile phone terminal 1. (S20)

Next, an input form for Internet telephone is displayed in the accessed home page. Here, the individual user inputs his or her personal user identification number (personal ID number) and the telephone number of the other party to be called (S
21). When the input is completed, the user transmits the data to the provider by packet communication using IP (Internet Protocol) (S22), where the operation is temporarily terminated.

The access point 5 of the provider acquires the packet data sent using the internal device, the telephone number and the personal ID number of the portable telephone terminal 1 to be used, and compares them with the personal information data in the database. It is confirmed whether the person is the person or the person himself / herself (T20).

If the personal information is correct, then a call is made from the access point portable telephone terminal 7 provided in the access point facility to the portable telephone terminal 1 owned by the caller (S24). Here, the destination telephone number entered in the form on the homepage is connected by IP (Internet Protocol) to the provider 13 to which the destination subscribes, and then to the destination telephone terminal 10 ( S25).

When the connection with the other party is established, an incoming signal for notifying that the connection has been made to the portable telephone terminal 1 owned by the user is sent, the connection with the provider 8 is established, and the connection with the provider 8 is established. For accounting according to the contract (eg, accounting based on usage time). (S2
7) Here, when making a call, guidance information in characters is sent from the provider to the mobile phone terminal 1, and a call with the other party is made based on the information.

The call is made in the same manner as a mobile phone at a common place, and when the business is completed, the call ends (T22). Here, the line is disconnected by pressing the call end button mounted on the mobile phone (S30). When the signal of the line disconnection is received, a signal is sent to the billing database 4 in the access point, and the Internet usage fee (contract fee) with the provider 8 and the Internet access fee (call charge from the user's mobile phone to the access point). ) Is calculated (S32), and the sum of these is notified to the individual user by e-mail via the mail server 14 (S33).

Here, an example is shown in which the billing database 4 is arranged in the access point, but the billing information (the billing between the individual user and the provider) is stored in the database of the operation company having the database having the billing information. It is also possible to access and calculate based on the information.

[0032]

As described above, in the portable Internet telephone system according to the present invention, the user simply accesses the Internet homepage of the company (provider) operating the Internet telephone system from his / her own portable telephone terminal. Internet terminals can now be used with telephone terminals, and call charges have become cheaper.
In addition, the call fee and the Internet usage fee can be billed collectively, so that the payment which was troublesome twice can be performed once. In addition, for the authentication at the time of using a telephone, the conventional complexity is eliminated, and usability is improved. Further, voice guidance is made unnecessary, and when necessary, guidance is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone terminal, so that mistaken input due to missed voice or the like is released. In addition, operability is improved because authentication is performed based on the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal and the personal ID identification number, and work such as re-entering a password is omitted, thereby reducing the complexity. It became.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the relationship between communication connections according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a lump sum billing of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 mobile phone terminal 2 wireless base station 3 adapter 4 database device 5 access point 6 Internet network 7 access point mobile phone device 8, 13 provider 10 destination phone device 11 WWW server 12 adapter 13 gateway server 14 mail server

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A system for making an Internet telephone call for a mobile phone that connects a mobile phone terminal (mobile device) to the Internet via a wireless base station and an access point device, wherein the company operates the Internet phone system from the mobile phone terminal. Accessing the Internet homepage, inputting a personal user authentication number and a destination telephone number to the Internet homepage, transmitting the data input from the mobile phone as a packet using IP, and transmitting the data by the access point server. Authenticating the personal user authentication number and the telephone number of the portable telephone terminal, calling the call requesting portable telephone terminal from the portable telephone terminal provided in the access point, and calling party I
A portable Internet telephone system comprising: a step of making a P connection; a step of calculating a call charge in response to a signal of a line disconnection after the end of the call; and a step of notifying the calculated call charge by e-mail. 2. A system for making an Internet telephone call for a mobile phone which connects a mobile phone terminal (mobile device) to the Internet via a wireless base station and an access point device, wherein the company operates the Internet phone system from the mobile phone terminal. Accessing the Internet homepage, inputting a personal user authentication number and a destination telephone number to the Internet homepage, transmitting the data input from the mobile phone as a packet using IP, and transmitting the data by the access point server. Authenticating the personal user authentication number and the telephone number of the portable telephone terminal, calling from an access point portable telephone terminal for making a call to the portable telephone terminal of the call requester, and connecting to the destination of the call sound requester. Do After flop and call termination in response to a signal line disconnection, portable internet telephone system comprising the step of notifying at the result of the addition step for adding the call charges to a provider contract fee email. 3. A system for making an Internet telephone call for a mobile phone that connects a mobile phone terminal (mobile device) to the Internet via a wireless base station and an access point device, wherein the company operates the mobile phone terminal and the Internet phone system. Access means for accessing an Internet homepage, input means for inputting a personal user authentication number and a destination telephone number in the Internet homepage input form, and transmission means for transmitting data input from the mobile phone as a packet using the Internet protocol. An access point server, an authentication unit for authenticating the personal user authentication number transmitted by the access point server and a telephone number of the mobile phone terminal, and an access point mobile phone device for calling the caller mobile phone terminal A call charge calculating means for calculating a call charge upon receiving a signal of a line disconnection after the call is terminated, and a call charge calculating means for receiving the call disconnection signal and e-mailing the calculated call charge. A portable internet telephone device, comprising: