JP2002344615A - Telephone number identification system and its operation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to utilize a telephone company or a network system providing a cheaper telephone charge rate for saving the speech charge, and to prevent an electromagnetic wave generated from a mobile telephone from giving a damage to a human body by replacing a wireless communication with a wired phone. SOLUTION: The telephone number identification system and its operation method identify telephone numbers from telephone systems of a plurality of telephone companies or network systems of network phones and include a step of dialing a telephone number, a step of identifying a telephone system or a network system to which the telephone number belongs, and a step of selecting the telephone system or the network system to be connected to the telephone number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone number identification system and an operation method thereof, and more particularly, to a system capable of automatically identifying a system having the lowest call rate and an operation method thereof.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION With the constant development of the telecommunications field, via wired or wireless telephones and network telephones,
Anytime, anywhere communication is possible, and connection time has been greatly reduced. Since the telephone system was opened to the public, wireless telephone companies have been established one after another, and users can select a wired or wireless telephone system as a communication medium depending on factors such as a call rate.

[0003]

The use of mobile phones is very widespread, and users are demanding low call rates. Recently, a network telephone has been developed as another communication means. However,
At present, both wireless and wireline telephone rates are still very high. In particular, when calling a mobile phone from a wired phone at work or at home, no call rate discount is applied. Furthermore, in medical research, it has been reported that electromagnetic waves generated by a mobile phone have a bad effect on the human body in the long term. And as more wired telephone companies are established in the future, they will have to face the same problems as wireless telephone networks, i.e., differences in call rates due to the use of different wired telephone systems.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is applicable to both commercial and home telephones, and dials a number using a wired telephone system or a wireless telephone system or a network system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone number identification system and a method of operating the telephone number identification system which can automatically determine whether the telephone number is low and use a low call rate as a result. A second object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number identification system and a method of operating the same, which can replace a wireless communication with a wired telephone and prevent a human body from being damaged by an electromagnetic wave generated by a mobile telephone.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems and achieve a desired object, a telephone number identification system and a method of operating the same according to the present invention are provided by a telephone system of a plurality of telephone companies or a network of network telephones. Identifying the telephone number from the system, dialing the telephone number, identifying the telephone system or network system to which the telephone number belongs, selecting the telephone system or network system and connecting to the telephone number Performing the steps of:

A telephone number identification system according to the present invention is connected to a plurality of extension telephones to identify a telephone system of a plurality of telephone companies or a network system of a network telephone, and is connected to the extension telephone. A plurality of receivers for converting the function selection analog signal and the telephone number analog signal output from the extension telephone into the function selection digital signal and the telephone number digital signal, and connected to the receiver to receive and specify the function selection digital signal A telephone dial processor that receives the telephone number digital signal, selects the telephone system or network system with the lowest call rate according to the look-up table, and outputs a selection signal. To receive the selection signal and respond to the selection signal. A plurality of selection switches connected to the channel and transmitting a communication analog signal output from the extension telephone; and a communication connection module connected to the selection switch and transmitting the communication analog signal to a telephone system or a network system corresponding to the channel. Consists of

A telephone number identification system according to the present invention is connected to a telephone to identify a telephone system of a plurality of telephone companies or a network system of a network telephone. A receiver for converting an analog signal to a telephone number digital signal, coupled to the receiver for receiving the telephone number digital signal, and selecting a telephone system or a network system having the lowest call rate according to a look-up table; A telephone dial processor for generating a signal;
Connected to a telephone dial processor to receive a selection signal and connect to a channel corresponding to the selection signal,
A selection switch for transmitting a communication analog signal output from a telephone, and a communication connector connected to the selection switch and transmitting the communication analog signal to a telephone system or a network system of a telephone company corresponding to the channel.

Further, a telephone number identification system according to the present invention is connected to a telephone to identify a telephone system of a plurality of telephone companies or a network system of a network telephone. A receiver for converting the output function selection analog signal and telephone number analog signal into a function selection digital signal and telephone number digital signal, and connected to the receiver to receive the function selection digital signal and execute the designated function Along with receiving a telephone number digital signal, selecting a wired telephone system or a network system with the lowest call rate according to a look-up table, and connecting to a telephone dial processor and a telephone dial processor for outputting a selection signal, While receiving the selection signal and connecting to the channel corresponding to the selection signal, Composed of a selection switch for transmitting a communication analog signals story is output, it is connected to the selection switch, a communication connector for transmitting communications analog signal to a wired telephone system or network system corresponding to the channel.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a telephone number identification method according to the present invention.
In FIG. 1, when using the telephone number identification system in the telephone network in the company, the user is required to execute step S102.
In this case, an extension can be selected by dialing an extension number, or an outside line can be selected by selecting a function key of the telephone. For example, when performing a call between extensions at a company, the user picks up the handset and dials the extension number directly to make a call. When making an outside line call, an outside line function key (for example, number key 0 or number key 9) is pressed for selection. In the case of a general home telephone, the equipment and steps involved in the extension exchange are not essential, and usually the outside line is directly accessed.

In step S103, when an extension is selected and a telephone connection is made within the company, the extension number of the receiving party is dialed. When an outside line is selected in step S104, the telephone number of the receiving party is dialed. At this time,
A telephone number identification system identifies the telephone system of the telephone number. That is, it is determined whether the telephone number belongs to the mobile telephone of the wired telephone system or the wireless telephone system, or whether the telephone number belongs to the network telephone. As a result, if the telephone number belongs to a wireless telephone, the wireless telephone company of this telephone number must be identified in step S106, so that a cheaper network telephone or system can be used for this communication.

In step S108, the telephone number identification system checks whether the telephone system of the received telephone number is in use. If this telephone line is not in use, in step S110, the telephone number identification system selects this telephone system, dials this telephone number, and makes a call with the receiving party. If the telephone line is busy, in step S112, the telephone number identification system checks the telephone rates of a number of telephone companies, selects the telephone system with the lowest telephone rate, and
Dial the telephone number of the telephone company and make a call with the receiving party.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a telephone number identification system according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, a telephone number identification system 200 includes a plurality of extension telephones (in this embodiment, two extension telephones are used as an example). Use), which is used to identify the telephone system of a number of telephone companies or the network system of a network telephone. The power supply (not shown) of the telephone network system supplies power to the telephone number identification system 200. The outside line is an extension, for example, extension telephone 20
2, the system exchange 224 connects to the extension telephone 20.
Connect directly to 2. FIG. 2 illustrates a system configuration in which the telephone number identification system 200 connects an extension phone and an outside line.

Referring to FIG. 2, receiver 206 and receiver 20
8 is connected to the extension telephone 202 and the extension telephone 204, respectively, and the function selection analog signal and the telephone number analog signal output from the receiver 206 and the receiver 208 are converted into the function selection digital signal and the telephone number digital signal, respectively. Is converted.

The telephone dial processor 210 is connected to the receiver 20
6 and a receiver 208 for receiving a digital signal of function selection and performing a designated function, such as, for example, the extension 202
Or selecting an external line connection. When the extension connection is selected, the telephone dial processor 210 transmits the telephone number dialed by the extension telephone 202 to the system exchange 224. In this way, extension 202 can be connected to another extension via system switch 224. When an external line is connected, the telephone dial processor 210 receives a digital signal of the telephone number of the external line, and obtains a look-up table of a call rate for a number of wired telephone companies 238 or wireless communication companies or network systems of the network telephone 240. , The telephone system or the network system with the lowest call rate is selected. And the telephone dial processor 21
0 is a selection signal corresponding to the telephone system or the network system.
14 and output. The look-up table of call rates stored in the telephone dial processor 210 stores the call rates in different time zones for different wired telephone companies 238 or wireless telephone companies or network systems 240. Since the call rates of different wired telephone companies 238 or wireless telephone companies or the network system 240 fluctuate irregularly, the data of the call rates in the look-up table can be updated. (Universal Asynch)
RONous Receiver / Transmitter: UART). One method of updating the data includes downloading the latest call rate data from a number of wireline telephone companies 238 or wireless telephone companies or network systems 240 so that computer 222 can call the updated data via RS-232 on a personal computer. Some telephone dial processors 210 automatically update the call rate in a look-up table after transmitting the data to the UART port of the dial processor 210 and receiving the updated data. Further, a display 216 is added to the master unit, and the telephone dial processor 210
Is transmitted to the display 216, and the call time and the charge can be displayed on the display 216.

Selection switch 212 and selection switch 214
Is connected to the telephone dial processor 210. When the extension telephone 202 is connected to an outside line, the selection switch 212 receives a selection signal output from the telephone dial processor 210, and the selection switch 212 is connected to a channel corresponding to the selection signal. The telephone system or network system connected to this channel is the telephone system or network system 240 with the lowest call rate selected by the telephone dial processor 210. This channel transmits the analog signal of the call output from the extension telephone 202 to the communication connection module 232. Communication connection module 23
2 includes a GSM modem module 218, a wired telephone exchange 220, and a network telephone device 234. When the extension telephone 202 is not connected, the selection switch 212 sets the channel of the call to the position of the disconnected terminal according to the selection signal,
When the extension telephone 202 connects, it is possible to avoid selecting the wrong telephone system or network system 240, thereby preventing an increase in the call charge. Select switch 2
The function of 14 is similar to the function of the selection switch 212.

GSM modem 226 and wired telephone exchange 220
A communication connection module 232 having a network telephone device 234 is connected to the selection switch 212 and the selection switch 214. According to the channel of the selection switch 212 or the selection switch 214, the GSM modem 226 and the wired telephone exchange 220 and the network telephone device 234 connect to the corresponding telephone company telephone system or network system 240. For example, when a call is made to a wireless communication system of a wireless telephone company corresponding to the GSM modem 226, a telephone number belonging to the GSM modem 226 is dialed and connected to a receiving party via signal transmission by the antenna 228. When making a call to the wired communication system of the wired telephone company 238, the telephone number of the wired telephone exchange 220 is dialed, and a signal is transmitted or received via a cable. When making a network call using the network system 240, a connection is made to the dial of the network telephone device 234, and a signal is transmitted to or received from the network system 240 via the cable 236. The number of GSM modems in the GSM modem module 232 can be adjusted according to the number of telephone numbers used.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another telephone number identification system according to the present invention. Since mobile phones are commonly used, a simple modification of a telephone number identification system used in a company can be applied to a home telephone system. As shown in FIG. 3, a telephone number identification system 300 is coupled to a telephone 302,
The system is used to identify a number of wired telephone companies 324 or wireless telephone companies 328 or network telephone company telephone or network systems 326, and power is supplied to a telephone number identification system 300 by a power supply (not shown). .

Referring to FIG. 3, receiver 304 has telephone 302
And converts a telephone number analog signal output from the telephone 302 into a telephone number digital signal. When telephone dial processor 306 is connected to receiver 304 and telephone dial processor 306 receives the telephone number digital signal, it looks up the telephone company or network system 326 call rate stored in the look-up table,
The telephone system with the lowest call rate is selected. Then, the telephone dial processor 306 outputs a selection signal corresponding to the selected telephone system or network system 326 to the selection switch 308. The look-up table of the telephone dial processor 306 indicates that a number of wired telephone companies 3
24 or the telephone rate of the wireless telephone company or the network system 326. Because call rates fluctuate randomly, the data in the lookup table
Updating is possible, and the data in the lookup table can be updated by using a universal asynchronous receiver / trunk (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Trunk).
ansmitter: UART). As one of the updating methods, the computer 310 downloads the latest call rate from a number of wired telephone companies 324 or wireless telephone companies or network systems 326, and the computer 310 sends the personal computer RS-232.
Update data via the UART of the telephone dial processor 306
In some cases, the telephone dial processor 306 automatically updates the call rate in the lookup table after transmitting to the port and receiving the update data.

The selection switch 308 is connected to the telephone dial processor 306. When the telephone 302 connects to an outside line, the selection switch 308 is turned on by the telephone dial processor 3.
In addition to receiving the selection signal output from the channel 06 and connecting to the channel corresponding to the selection signal, the telephone system or the network system 326 connected to this channel transmits the telephone having the lowest call rate selected by the telephone dial processor 306. System or network system 326 through which the telephone 302
Is transmitted to the communication connector 312. If the telephone 302 is not connected, the selection switch 308 switches the channel of the call to the wired telephone connector 314.
When the outside line calls the telephone 302,
An outside line can be connected in the normal wired telephone communication mode.

The communication connector 312 includes a selection switch 308
The communication connector 312 includes a mobile phone connector 316, a wired phone connector 314, and a network phone device 320. When a mobile phone (not shown) is plugged into mobile phone connector 316, phone 302 is connected to an outside line via the mobile phone. Selection switch 3
According to the channel 08, the communication connector 312 connects to the corresponding telephone company telephone system or network system 326. For example, when connected to a wireless communication system of a wireless telephone company, the mobile phone is connected to a mobile phone inserted into the mobile phone connector 316, and is connected to a receiving party via a signal transmitted and received by the mobile phone. When making a call to the wired communication system of the wired telephone company 324, the wired telephone connector 314 is connected, and a signal is transmitted and received via the cable 318 to connect to a receiving party. When using the network system 326 of the network telephone, the user dials the telephone number of the network telephone device 320 and transmits a signal via the cable 322 to connect to the network system 326.

[0021] As the total number of home telephone numbers increases, the number of receivers and selection switches increases accordingly. As a result, the number of mobile phones used for home use also increases, and the number of mobile phone connectors 316 that plug into the communication connector 312 also increases. Thus, the extension of the telephone number identification system can be performed very flexibly. That is, the system can be expanded as needed by the user.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of another telephone number identification system according to the present invention. Since many telephone companies have been established since the telephone system was opened to the public, and since these companies have many call rates, telephone number identification systems have been developed by many telephone companies and network telephone companies. Must be suitable for discrimination from the network system 432. In FIG. 4, taking a company telephone network as an example, a telephone number identification system 400 is connected to a plurality of extension telephones (in this embodiment, two extension telephones are taken as an example). 424 telephone system and different network telephone network system 432
A power supply (not shown) is used to supply power to the telephone number identification system 400.
When a call is made from an outside line to an extension in the company (for example, extension telephone 402), the system exchange 406 causes the extension telephone 402 to make a call.
Connect directly to FIG. 4 illustrates only the system configuration of the telephone number identification system 400 and the external connection of the extension telephone.

Referring to FIG. 4, receiver 408 and receiver 41
0 is connected to the extension telephone 402 and the extension telephone 404, respectively.
And converts the function selection analog signal and the telephone number analog signal into a function selection digital signal and a telephone number digital signal, respectively.

The telephone dial processor 412 is connected to the receiver 40
8 and a receiver 410 for receiving the function selection digital signal and performing a specified function, such as selecting an internal connection extension or selecting an external connection. including. When the extension connection is selected, the telephone dial processor 412 transmits the telephone number dialed by the extension telephone 402 to the receiver 408, and
08 transmits the dialed number to system switch 406. In this way, the extension telephone 402 can be connected to another extension via the system switch 406. When connecting to an outside line, the telephone dial processor 412 receives the digital signal of the outside line's telephone number and, according to a look-up table for the call rate of many wired or wireless telephone companies or network systems of network telephones 432, most often. Select the cheaper rate telephone system or network system 432. Telephone dial processor 4
Reference numeral 12 outputs a selection signal corresponding to the telephone system or the network system to the selection switch 414 and the selection switch 416. The look-up table stored in telephone dial processor 412 may be different from a wired or wireless telephone company or network system 432.
Are stored for different time periods.
Since the call rates of different wired or wireless telephone companies or network systems 432 fluctuate irregularly, the data of the call rates in the look-up table can be updated, and the data in the look-up table can be updated by general-purpose asynchronous transmission / reception. Can be done via the UART. One of the data updating methods is to download the latest call rate data from a number of wireline or wireless telephone companies or network systems 432,
18 transmits the update data to the UART port of the telephone dial processor 412 via the RS-232, and after receiving the update data, the telephone dial processor 412 automatically updates the call rate in the lookup table. is there. The display 420 is added to the parent device, and the call data output from the telephone dial processor 412 is transmitted to the display 420,
Talk time and charges can also be displayed on display 420.

Selection switch 414 and selection switch 4
Reference numeral 16 is connected to the telephone dial processor 412.
When the extension telephone 402 connects to an outside line, the selection switch 4
14 is connected to the selection signal output from the telephone dial processor 412. The selection switch 414 is connected to the channel corresponding to the selection signal, and the telephone system or network system connected to this channel is the telephone system or network system 432 with the lowest call rate, and the extension telephone 402 is connected to this channel. Is transmitted to the communication connection module 422. When the extension telephone 402 is hung up, the selection switch 414 is set to the disconnection contact position according to the selection signal to prevent the extension telephone 402 from selecting the wrong telephone system or network system at the time of a telephone call, and the telephone charge is reduced. Prevent it from growing. The function of the selection switch 416 is the same as the function of the selection switch 414.

A communication connection module 422 including a plurality of wired telephone exchanges (for example, a wired telephone exchange 426) and a network telephone device 430 is connected to the selection switch 414 and the selection switch 416, and is connected to the selection switch 41.
4 or according to the channel of the selection switch 416,
It is connected to the telephone system or network system 432 of the corresponding wired telephone company. For example, when dialing the wired telephone company 424, the wired telephone connection module 42
2 and connected to a receiving party by receiving or transmitting a signal via a cable 428. Network system 432
Is connected to the network telephone device 430 of the wired telephone connection module 422 and receives or transmits a signal via the cable 434 to connect to a receiving party. Wired telephone connection module 42
The wired telephone exchange in 2 can be arbitrarily expanded,
The number of wired telephone exchanges can be increased according to the number of wired telephones used.

The telephone number identification system 400 of FIG. 4 can also be applied to a general home telephone, and the number of receivers and selection switches matches the number of telephone numbers of the home telephone. The wired telephone exchange 426 of the wired telephone connection module is replaced with a wired telephone connection device, and the number of the wired telephone connection devices is also the same as the number of the telephone numbers. The telephone number identification system 400 can be expanded.

As described above, the present invention has been disclosed by the preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not intended to limit the present invention, and the technical concept of the present invention can be easily understood by those skilled in the art. Since appropriate changes and modifications can naturally be made within the scope, the scope of patent protection must be determined based on the claims and equivalents thereof.

[0029]

With the above configuration, the telephone number identification system and the operation method according to the present invention automatically determine which telephone system or network system to use for dialing in both the office and the home telephone. By making a decision, the user can be made to use a cheap call rate. Another advantage of the present invention is that it can be extended very flexibly as needed by the user. A further advantage of the present invention is that by replacing a mobile phone with a wired phone, it is possible to prevent electromagnetic waves generated by the mobile phone from harming the human body. Therefore, the industrial use value is high.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a method for operating telephone number identification according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a telephone number identification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another telephone number identification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of yet another telephone number identification system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 200 telephone number identification system 202 extension telephone 204 extension telephone 206 receiver 208 receiver 210 telephone dial processor 212 selection switch 214 selection switch 216 display 218 GSM modem module 220 wired telephone exchange 222 computer 224 system exchange 226 GSM modem 228 antenna 230 cable 232 communication connection module 234 network telephone device 236 cable 238 wired telephone company 240 network system 300 telephone number identification system 302 telephone 304 receiver 306 telephone dial processor 308 selection switch 310 computer 312 communication connector 314 wired telephone connector 316 mobile telephone connection 318 Cable 320 Network telephone 322 Cable 324 Wired Talk company 326 Network system 400 Telephone number identification system 402 Extension phone 404 Extension phone 406 System switch 408 Receiver 410 Receiver 412 Phone dial processor 414 Select switch 416 Select switch 418 Computer 420 Display 422 Communication connection module 424 Wire telephone company 426 Wired Telephone switch 428 Cable 430 Network telephone 432 Network system 434 Cable

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method for identifying a telephone number from a telephone system of a plurality of telephone companies or a network system of network telephones, wherein the step of dialing a telephone number includes the step of dialing the telephone number and the telephone system or the network system to which the telephone number belongs. Identifying the telephone system or the network system and connecting to the telephone number. 2. A function to be connected to a plurality of extension telephones to identify a telephone system of a plurality of telephone companies or a network system of a network telephone, and to be connected to the extension telephone and output from the extension telephone. A plurality of receivers for converting the selected analog signal and the telephone number analog signal into a function selection digital signal and a telephone number digital signal; and being coupled to the receiver, receiving the function selection digital signal and executing a designated function A telephone dial processor that receives the telephone number digital signal, selects the telephone system or the network system having the lowest call rate according to a lookup table, and outputs a selection signal; and And receives the selection signal and corresponds to the selection signal. A plurality of selection switches connected to a channel for transmitting a communication analog signal output from the extension telephone; and a plurality of selection switches connected to the selection switch for transmitting a communication analog signal to the telephone system or the network system corresponding to the channel. A telephone number identification system comprising a communication connection module. 3. A telephone system for identifying a telephone system of a plurality of telephone companies or a network system of a network telephone, wherein said telephone system is connected to said telephone,
A receiver for converting a telephone number analog signal into a telephone number digital signal; and a receiver coupled to the receiver for receiving the telephone number digital signal and selecting a telephone system or a network system having the lowest call rate according to a look-up table. A telephone dial processor for generating a selection signal; and a communication connected to the telephone dial processor for receiving the selection signal and connecting to a channel corresponding to the selection signal to output the telephone. A selection switch for transmitting an analog signal, and a communication connector connected to the selection switch for transmitting the communication analog signal to the telephone system or the network system of the telephone company corresponding to the channel. Become a phone number identification system. 4. A telephone connected to the telephone to identify a telephone system of a plurality of telephone companies or a network system of a network telephone. A receiver that converts a number analog signal into a function selection digital signal and a telephone number digital signal, and is connected to the receiver to receive the function selection digital signal and execute a designated function; And a telephone dial processor for selecting a wired telephone system or a network system having the lowest call rate according to the look-up table and outputting a selection signal. The telephone dial processor is connected to the telephone dial processor to receive the selection signal. Connected to the channel corresponding to the selection signal and output by the telephone. And a communication connector coupled to the selection switch for transmitting the communication analog signal to the wired telephone system or the network system corresponding to the channel. Number identification system.