JP2002354548A - Call originating proxy device and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a call originating proxy device and method capable of connecting promptly an originator's telephone set with a call terminating mobile telephone set. SOLUTION: An originator interface (terminal device) 20 connected to an originator's fixed telephone set 10 transmits to a process device 40 a call signal containing a telephone number (0120-123456) of a receiving fixed telephone set 41, a telephone set (052-987-6543) of the originator's fixed telephone set 10, and an originator's telephone number obtained by inserting a telephone number (090-1234-5678) of a recipient's mobile telephone set 50 into a sub- address. The process device 40 determines data inserted into the sub-address of the call signal as the telephone number of the call terminating mobile telephone set 50, and transmits the call signal containing the telephone number of the mobile telephone set 50 from a call originating proxy mobile telephone set 43f.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for making a call from a caller telephone to a receiver telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a telephone number of a called mobile phone is transmitted from a fixed telephone of a calling party, the called mobile phone is called. There is an outgoing call proxy device that connects a fixed telephone with a destination mobile telephone. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a description will be given of a case of a transmission proxy device having a transmission source interface (terminal device) 120 and a processing device 140 for performing transmission from a fixed telephone 110 as a transmission source to a mobile phone 150 as a reception destination. . First, the fixed telephone 110 (telephone number 052-987-6543) of the caller transmits the telephone number (090-1234) of the portable telephone 150 of the destination.
5678) to the transmission source interface 120 ((11) in FIG. 2). Source interface 120
Is a fixed telephone 141 for reception provided in the processing unit 140 of the nearest transmission agency via the telephone network 130.
(For example, telephone number 0120-123456), the telephone number (052-987-6) of the fixed telephone 110 of the caller.
543) (see (1 in FIG. 2).
2)). The calling proxy means 142 of the processing device 140 is connected to the receiving fixed telephone 141 via the receiving fixed telephone 141.
When the telephone number (052-987-6543) is received, authentication is performed based on the telephone number of the fixed telephone 110 of the caller. When the authentication is completed, the telephone responds to the call and transmits a destination telephone number request signal to the transmission source interface 120 via the fixed telephone 141 for reception and the telephone network 130 ((13) in FIG. 2). Source interface 1
Reference numeral 20 denotes the telephone number (090) of the called mobile phone 150 via the telephone network 130 and the fixed telephone 141 for reception.
-1234-5678) ((1 in FIG. 2).
5)). The outgoing call agent means 142 is an outgoing call agent mobile phone 1
A calling signal is transmitted to the destination mobile phone 150 via the communication terminal 43. If there is a response from the called mobile phone 150,
Fixed telephone 110 as a caller and portable telephone 150 as a receiver
Connect and make calls possible.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional calling proxy device, when the calling source interface 120 receives the telephone number of the called portable telephone 150 from the calling fixed telephone 110, the processing device 140 first receives the telephone number. The receiving fixed telephone 141 provided in the mobile phone 1 is called, and after the receiving fixed telephone 141 answers the call,
50 telephone numbers (090-1234-5678) are transmitted ((15) in FIG. 2). Therefore, transmission and reception of the telephone number of the fixed telephone 141 for reception and transmission and reception of the mobile phone 150 of the called party are required between the transmission source interface 120 and the processing device 140, and connection with the mobile phone 150 of the called party is required. Is established, and it takes time until the communication is enabled, and an extra communication fee is charged accordingly. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a call originating device and a method capable of quickly connecting a caller telephone and a receiver telephone.

[0004] A first invention of the present invention for achieving the above object is a transmission proxy device as described in claim 1. In the transmission proxy device according to claim 1, a processing device,
A processing device, comprising: an originating mobile phone; a processing device configured to connect the originating telephone to the destination mobile phone via the originating mobile phone; When the received call signal is received, the telephone number of the destination mobile phone included in the call signal is determined, and a call signal including the determined telephone number of the destination mobile phone is transmitted from the calling proxy mobile phone. When the called mobile phone responds to the call signal transmitted from the calling proxy mobile phone, the calling phone and the called mobile phone are connected via the calling proxy mobile phone. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a calling proxy device as described in claim 2. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an outgoing call proxy device, comprising: a terminal device connected to a caller's telephone; and a processing device, wherein the processing device is provided with an outgoing call mobile phone, and the processing device includes the terminal device and the outgoing call agent. A calling proxy device for connecting a calling telephone and a called mobile phone via a mobile phone, wherein the terminal device includes a telephone number of the processing device, and a telephone number and a sub-address of the called phone of the called party. The processing device transmits a call signal including the caller's telephone number in which the telephone number of the mobile phone is inserted, and when the processor receives the call signal transmitted from the terminal device, the processing device transmits the caller's telephone number included in the call signal. The data inserted in the sub-address is determined as the telephone number of the destination mobile phone, and a call signal including the determined telephone number of the destination mobile phone is transmitted from the calling proxy mobile phone, and the destination If the band phone answers the call signal transmitted from the originating proxy mobile telephone, originating proxy mobile telephone the mobile phone destination and the caller phone, connected via a terminal device. By using the call originating device according to the first and second aspects, the processing device can receive at once the telephone number of the processing device of the call originating device and the telephone number of the destination mobile phone. As a result, it is possible to quickly connect the source telephone and the destination mobile telephone. Further, a third invention of the present invention is a calling proxy method as described in claim 3. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an outgoing call proxy method in which an outgoing call from a caller telephone to a destination mobile phone is performed using a caller device. Transmitting a call signal including the telephone number of the processing device, the telephone number of the caller's telephone, and the telephone number of the called mobile phone; and, when the processor receives a call signal from the caller's telephone, the call signal Determining the telephone number of the destination mobile phone included in the mobile phone, and transmitting a call signal including the determined telephone number of the destination mobile phone from the calling proxy mobile phone of the processing device; and Connecting the originating telephone and the destination mobile phone via the originating proxy mobile phone of the originating proxy device when the telephone responds to the call signal transmitted from the originating proxy mobile phone. That. Further, a fourth invention of the present invention is an outgoing call agency method as described in claim 4. 5. The outgoing call proxy method according to claim 4, wherein the outgoing call from the source telephone to the destination mobile phone is performed using a call originating device, wherein the terminal device connected to the source telephone is used. Transmitting a call signal including the telephone number of the processing device of the calling proxy device, and the caller's telephone number in which the telephone number of the callee's telephone is inserted into the telephone number and subaddress of the caller's telephone; When the device receives the calling signal transmitted from the terminal device, the data inserted in the subaddress of the source telephone number included in the calling signal is determined as the telephone number of the destination mobile phone, and the determined incoming call is received. Transmitting a call signal including the telephone number of the destination mobile phone from the calling proxy mobile phone of the processing device; and receiving the called mobile phone from the calling proxy mobile phone. If in response to the output signal, the originating telephone and the destination outgoing proxy mobile telephone the mobile phone, and a step of connecting via a terminal device. According to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the terminal device can transmit the telephone number of the processing device of the transmitting agent device and the telephone number of the destination telephone at a time. As a result, the caller telephone and the receiver telephone can be quickly connected.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a call originating device having a source interface (terminal device) 20 and a processing device 40. In the present embodiment, transmission and reception of data such as telephone numbers between the fixed telephone 10 and the processing device 40, and transmission and reception of voice data and the like after a connection is established between the two, are performed by the ISDN network. The case of using 30 will be described. First, with reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of the transmission proxy device will be described. For example, a source interface 20 that determines whether or not the call is to a mobile phone is connected to the fixed telephone 10 that is the source. The source interface 20 is provided with a connection port for an analog telephone, converts data between the telephone and the ISDN network 30, and controls the transmission and reception of the telephone by a TA (terminal adapter) 21; A DSU (Digital) which is necessary when connecting to the ISDN network 30 which is a line and which performs transmission / reception of each signal to / from the ISDN network 30 and timing adjustment of transmission / reception.
(Service Unit) 23 and the telephone number (090-
(1234-5678), the transmission proxy adapter 22 for transmitting a calling signal to the fixed telephone 41 for reception of the processing device 40 is provided. The originating fixed telephone 10 has T
It is connected to the connection port for analog telephone A21. Further, the TA 21 is connected to the DSU 23.
Further, the DSU 23 is connected to the transmission agency adapter 22. The outgoing call proxy adapter 22 has an ISDN
A network 30 is connected. For example, if the destination of the source fixed telephone 10 is a fixed telephone (not shown), the source interface 20
A call signal of a fixed telephone (not shown) at the destination is directly transmitted via the N-line network 30.

[0006] The processor 40 is an ISDN network 30.
It is connected to the. The processing device 40 is provided with a fixed telephone 41 for reception. Also, for example, an interface for exchanging information with the ISDN line network 30, for example, a fixed telephone 10 of a caller or a portable telephone 50 of a callee
Storage device (not shown) for storing the telephone number, call origination / reception history, and the like, and a CPU (not shown) for transmitting and receiving information between the processing device 40 and the outside and controlling the internal operation of the processing device 40 The transmission proxy means 42 having the same is provided. Also, a plurality of outgoing call substitute mobile phones 43a to 43f for transmitting a call to the destination mobile phone 50 are provided. The outgoing call substitute portable telephones 43a to 43f act, for example, on behalf of the outgoing fixed telephone 10 to the incoming call destination portable telephone 50 based on the control of the outgoing call substitute means 42. Although only one fixed telephone 10 is shown in FIG. 1, an appropriate number of fixed telephones 10 are provided. Although FIG. 1 shows only one fixed telephone for reception 41, a plurality of fixed telephones 41 may be provided.

Here, the data transmission system of the ISDN network 30 will be described. For example, in INS (registered trademark) 64 in which NTT provides services for domestic use, two B channels and one D channel can be used. These are called ISDN basic interfaces, and 2B + D
Is written. The B channel is an information channel for transmitting and receiving information, and the D channel is a signal channel for transmitting and receiving a signal for controlling the B channel. In the processing device 40 according to the present embodiment, the B channel includes, for example, the fixed telephone 10 of the caller and the
After the connection of No. 0 is established, it is used as a channel for transmitting and receiving data such as received voice and transmitted voice. The D channel is a channel for transmitting and receiving data such as a call signal of the fixed telephone 41 for reception of the processing device 40, the telephone number of the fixed telephone 10 of the transmission source, and the telephone number of the mobile telephone 50 of the destination. Used.

[0008] Further, in the ISDN, a sub-address notification service can be used. In general, for example, when a plurality of communication devices such as a telephone, a facsimile, and a data terminal are connected to a line having the same telephone number as a destination, a sub-address is assigned to each communication device. Then, when calling the destination telephone A from the source, for example, [(destination telephone number) * (sub-address of telephone A) #] is transmitted as a call signal. A call signal including such a subaddress is also transmitted on the D channel. In the present invention, when the user of the source fixed telephone 10 inputs the telephone number of the destination mobile phone 50, the source interface 20
A call signal in which the sub-address includes the telephone number of the destination mobile phone 50 is transmitted to the receiving fixed telephone 41. The detailed procedure will be described later.

Next, the operation of the processing device 40 will be described. For example, when the telephone number (for example, 090-1234-5678) of the destination mobile phone 50 is input using a dial key provided on the fixed telephone 10, the source fixed telephone 10 is The telephone number (090-1234-5678) of the mobile phone 50 is transmitted to the transmission source interface 20 ((1) in FIG. 1). When the caller interface 20 determines that the call is a call to the mobile phone (for example, the first three digits of the telephone number are “090”), the processing device of the nearest caller company through the ISDN network 30 A call signal (transmission agency request signal) is transmitted to 40 ((2) in FIG. 1). The call signal includes the telephone number (for example, 0120-123456) of the fixed telephone 41 for reception of the processing device 40 and the telephone number (for example, 052-987-65) of the fixed telephone 10 of the caller.
43), and the telephone number of the destination mobile phone 50 (for example, 090-1234-5678). Specifically, [(Phone number 0120-12 of fixed telephone 41 for reception) is added to fixed telephone 41 for reception.
3456) * (Phone number 09 of mobile phone 50 of destination)
0-1234-5678) #], and the telephone number of the fixed telephone 10 (for example, 05
2-987-6543). That is, the mobile phone 50 of the called party is stored in the area for specifying the sub-address.
Insert your phone number and send. This process, for example,
This is performed by a program set in the call proxy adapter 22 provided in the caller interface 20.

When the receiving fixed telephone 41 receives a calling signal from the transmission source interface 20 via the ISDN network 30, the transmission proxy means 42 replaces the data inserted in the area for specifying the sub-address with the destination address. It is recognized as the telephone number of the mobile phone 50. Then, the following processing is performed. First, an outgoing call substitute mobile phone to be used for the outgoing call substitute is selected from the outgoing call substitute mobile phones 43a to 43f. For example, the outgoing call substitute mobile phone 43f is selected. Then, the telephone number (090-1234-567) of the destination mobile phone 50 is input to the calling agency mobile phone 43f.
8) is transmitted ((3) in FIG. 1). Upon receiving the telephone number of the destination mobile phone 50, the outgoing call proxy mobile phone 43f transmits a call signal ((4) in FIG. 1). This process is performed by a program set in the transmission proxy means 42.

When receiving the call signal, the called portable telephone 50 notifies the user of the portable telephone 50 of the incoming call with a ring tone, for example. When the user of the mobile phone 50 operates, for example, a call key (not shown) of the mobile phone 50, the destination mobile phone 50 is fixed to the destination mobile phone 50 via the call originating mobile phone 43 f and the fixed reception phone 41. The telephone 10 is connected to make a telephone call possible. In this way, the user of the source fixed telephone 10 can send the source interface 20, the ISDN network 30,
0, it is possible to talk with the user of the destination mobile phone 50 via the call originating mobile phone 43f. The processing device 40 performs a predetermined billing process, and the transmitting agency company
For example, a bill of a fee is issued to the user of the fixed telephone 10 of the transmission source at predetermined intervals.

The configuration and operation of the present invention are not limited to the present embodiment. Also, the calling signal transmitted from the transmission source interface to the receiving fixed telephone 41 includes:
In the present embodiment, the telephone number of the destination mobile phone 50 and the telephone number of the fixed telephone 10 of the calling party are included and transmitted. However, instead of the telephone number of the fixed telephone 10 of the calling party, the ID number of the calling party is used. May be transmitted. In addition, both may be transmitted. In addition, the source fixed telephone 10
Various methods can be considered as a method of determining that the user has called the mobile phone. Further, the caller's telephone need not be a fixed telephone. Further, the destination telephone need not be a mobile telephone. Processing device 4
The transmission and reception of data and the like between 0 and the source interface 20 may not be performed by the ISDN network 30. Further, in the transmission source interface 20, the connection order of the transmission proxy adapter 22 is not limited to the present embodiment. If the data stored in the sub-address may not be the telephone number of the destination mobile phone 50 (for example, the type of the destination terminal may be specified), the transmission proxy unit 42 When the fixed telephone 41 receives the calling signal, it is determined whether or not there is data stored in the sub-address, and if there is data stored in the sub-address, whether the data is the telephone number of the destination mobile phone 50. It is necessary to determine whether or not. For example, if the data stored in the subaddress starts with 090, it is determined that the data is the telephone number of the mobile phone 50 of the destination. Further, in the present embodiment, the fixed telephone 41 for reception is provided in the processing device 40, and data is transmitted and received to and from the transmission source interface 20 via the ISDN line.
The transmission and reception of data with the transmission source interface 20 need not be performed by the telephone. For example, TA may be used.

[0013]

As described above, according to the call originating device according to the first and second aspects and the call originating method according to the third and fourth aspects, the source telephone and the destination telephone can be quickly connected. Can be connected to

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a transmission agency device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Fixed telephone 20 Source interface (terminal device) 21 TA 22 Transmission agency adapter 23 DSU 30 ISDN network 40 Processing device 41 Reception fixed telephone 42 Transmission agency 50 Mobile phone

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A processing device, comprising: a calling proxy mobile phone, wherein the processing device is a calling proxy device for connecting a calling telephone and a called mobile phone via the calling proxy mobile phone; When receiving the call signal transmitted from the calling telephone, the device determines the telephone number of the destination mobile phone included in the call signal, and determines the call including the telephone number of the determined destination mobile phone. When a signal is transmitted from the calling proxy mobile phone and the called mobile phone responds to the call signal transmitted from the calling proxy mobile phone, the calling phone and the called mobile phone are connected via the calling proxy mobile phone. , Outgoing agency. 2. A calling device, comprising: a terminal device connected to a caller's telephone; and a processing device, wherein the processing device is provided with a caller's agent mobile phone, and the processor's device makes a call via the terminal device and the caller's agent mobile phone. A calling proxy device for connecting an original telephone and a destination mobile phone, wherein the terminal device stores the telephone number of the destination mobile phone in the telephone number of the processing device and the telephone number and subaddress of the source telephone. When the processing device receives the call signal transmitted from the terminal device, the call signal including the inserted caller telephone number is transmitted, and the processing device is inserted in the subaddress of the caller telephone number included in the call signal. The data is identified as the telephone number of the destination mobile phone, and a call signal including the determined telephone number of the destination mobile phone is transmitted from the calling proxy mobile phone, and the destination mobile phone performs the calling proxy. If in response to a call signal transmitted from the band phone, the originating telephone and the destination outgoing proxy mobile telephone the mobile phone is connected via a terminal device, transmitting proxy device. 3. An outgoing call method in which an outgoing call from a caller's telephone to a callee's mobile phone is performed using a caller's proxy device. Sending a call signal including the telephone number of the caller's telephone and the telephone number of the called mobile phone; and receiving the call signal from the caller's telephone in the processing device, the incoming call included in the call signal. Discriminating the telephone number of the destination mobile phone, and transmitting a call signal including the determined telephone number of the destination mobile phone from the calling proxy mobile phone of the processing device; and receiving the destination mobile phone from the calling proxy mobile phone. A step of connecting the calling telephone and the called mobile phone via the calling proxy mobile phone of the processing device when responding to the transmitted call signal. 4. A method for proxying a call from a caller's telephone to a receiver's mobile phone using a caller's substitute device, wherein the terminal device connected to the caller's telephone transmits the caller's Transmitting a call signal including the telephone number of the processing device, and the source telephone number in which the telephone number of the destination telephone is inserted into the telephone number and sub-address of the source telephone; and transmitting from the terminal device by the processing device When the received call signal is received, the data inserted in the subaddress of the source telephone number included in the call signal is determined as the telephone number of the destination mobile phone, and the telephone of the determined destination mobile phone is determined. Transmitting a call signal including a number from the calling proxy mobile phone of the processing device; and responding to the calling signal transmitted from the calling proxy mobile phone by the called mobile phone. Connecting the caller's telephone and the receiver's mobile phone via a caller's mobile phone and a terminal device.