JP2003046678A - Data informing method and communication interface device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication interface device which can display previously registered telephone book data to a telephone set corresponding to busy information notice service connected to an analog port and can retrieve and display telephone book data with an operation from the telephone set. SOLUTION: An ISDN terminal adapter is provided with the analog port corresponding to pre-communication information notice service and busy information notice service and is provided with a function for writing telephone book data registered and edited by a computer through a data port to which the computer is connected and a function for reading data. In a data informing method, specified dial information transmitted from the telephone set connected to the analog port is detected and a data area which is previously written as telephone book data is retrieved. Telephone book data applied to specified dial information is noticed to an analog communication terminal connected to the analog port by busy information notice service.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to ISDN (Int
integrated Services Digital
The present invention relates to a communication interface device such as a terminal adapter that accommodates a network).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A function to write telephone book data registered / edited by a computer or the like through a data port such as RS-232C, and conversely a function to read data written from a PC or the like, and an analog port 2 from the connected phone
A communication interface device such as an ISDN terminal adapter that has a function of automatically searching a data area written as phone book data by detecting a specific dial of up to 4 digits and making a call to a corresponding telephone number has already been used. Has been realized.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned communication interface device in the prior art, it is not possible to notify and display the data written in advance as the telephone directory data to the telephone connected to the analog port. could not. Therefore, when making a call from such a telephone to a telephone number registered in advance in the communication interface device, the operability is such that the user cannot confirm the telephone number before making the call or the user cannot retrieve the data. There was the above problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to display pre-registered telephone directory data or the like on a telephone which is connected to an analog port and is compatible with an in-call information notification service. Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication interface device capable of searching and displaying telephone directory data by operating a telephone.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises an analog port corresponding to a pre-communication information notification service and a busy information notification service, and a data port to which a computer is connected. , Function to write phonebook data registered / edited on the computer,
And conversely, a data notification method in an ISDN terminal adapter having a function of reading the written data from a computer, which detects specific dial information transmitted from an analog communication terminal connected to the analog port. , After detecting the specific dial information,
It is characterized in that a data area previously written as phone book data is searched and the phone book data corresponding to the specific dial information is notified to the analog communication terminal by a call information notification service.

Further, the present invention is provided with an analog port corresponding to the pre-communication information notification service and the call information notification service, and the telephone directory data registered / edited by the computer through the data port to which the computer is connected. In the communication interface device used for the ISDN terminal adapter having the function of writing the written data, and conversely, the function of reading the written data from the computer, which is transmitted from the analog communication terminal connected to the analog port. And a search means for detecting dial information, a search means for searching a data area previously written as telephone directory data when the specific dial information is detected by the detecting means, and a search result searched by the search means. The phone book data corresponding to the specific dial information is stored in the A notification unit for notifying the grayed communication terminal,
It is characterized by having.

According to the above configuration, the telephone book data or the like registered in advance is retrieved and displayed by the operation from the analog communication terminal connected to the analog port of the communication interface device and supporting the pre-communication information notification service. It becomes possible.

Further, in the communication interface device of the present invention, after the telephone directory data is notified by the in-call information notification service, a specific signal such as a hooking signal or specific dial information is detected from the analog communication terminal. It is characterized by comprising a signal detecting means and a transmitting means for automatically transmitting a telephone number included in the notified telephone directory data when the specific signal is detected by the specific signal detecting means.

According to the above configuration, by operation from the analog communication terminal corresponding to the pre-communication information notification service connected to the analog port of the communication interface device,
It is possible to automatically make a call to the telephone number included in the notification data after the phonebook data or the like registered in advance is detected and displayed.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned communication interface device, the notifying means notifies by telephone information notification service when notifying telephone directory data.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A communication interface device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a communication interface device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The description of the data port generally provided in this communication interface device and the method of writing the telephone directory data through the data port are omitted here because they are simplified and unrelated to the present invention.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an electrical interface with the ISDN network, and an ISDN network interface section for transmitting / receiving call control information. Reference numeral 14 denotes a phonebook data storage unit that stores and manages phonebook data including a name, a telephone number, etc. registered via a data port such as RS-232C.

The control unit 13 refers to the information element such as the caller number of the call control information received from the ISDN network interface unit 11 to notify the analog port unit 12 and, according to the received signal, the ISDN network interface. It exchanges call control information with the unit 11 and control information with the analog port unit 12. In addition, the control unit 1
3 also controls the entire other communication interface device.

Further, the control unit 13 includes an analog port unit 1
When the notification signal requesting the phone book data is received from 2,
The telephone book data corresponding to the telephone book data request is searched from the telephone book data stored in the telephone book data storage unit 14, and the telephone book data as the search result is instructed to activate the call information notification service. At the same time, control is performed to notify the analog port 12. This control unit 13 corresponds to the above-mentioned search means.

Reference numeral 12 denotes an analog port section for providing an electrical interface with an analog communication terminal, a signal interface, and a pre-communication information notification service and a call information notification service to the analog communication terminal. The pre-communication information notification service here is, for example, a service of notifying the telephone number of the caller to the analog communication terminal of the callee when a call is received. The call information notification service is, for example, a service for notifying the analog communication terminal of an incoming call when the analog communication terminal during the call has another incoming call.

Further, the analog port unit 12 includes the control unit 1
Based on the instruction from 3, the pre-communication information notification or in-call information notification sequence is activated. Further, the analog port unit 12 has a function of notifying the control unit 13 of the detected dial information, hooking signal, etc. when the dial information, hooking signal, etc. are detected from the analog port.
The analog port unit 12 corresponds to the above-mentioned detecting means and specific signal detecting means. The dial information corresponds to the above-mentioned specific dial information. Also, the analog port unit 12
Has a function of notifying the analog communication terminal of the telephone directory data corresponding to the specific dial information which is the search result searched by the control unit 13. The function of the analog port unit 12 corresponds to the notification means described above. The dial information corresponds to the above-mentioned specific dial information.

Next, regarding the signal sequence at the time of automatic setting of the communication interface device in FIG.
The operation of the analog port section 12 will be mainly described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a signal sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the communication interface device in FIG. First, the analog port unit 12 of the communication interface device 1 detects the dial information after the loop is closed, and dial information for requesting the telephone directory data (for example, ## 001).
Etc. Here, ## is dial information indicating that the phonebook data is requested, and 001 indicates that the requested phonebook data is the 001th registered phonebook data. ) Is detected (step S21)
Up to step S23), the control unit 13 is notified of the request for telephone directory data (step S24).

When the control unit 13 detects the notification of the telephone directory data request from the analog port unit 12, the telephone directory data storage unit 14 causes the telephone directory number of the telephone directory data corresponding to the telephone directory data request (here, 001). Second phonebook data) (step S25), the phonebook data including the searched name and phone number, and the instruction to activate the call information notification service for the corresponding analog port are combined together. Notify the department 12 (step S
26).

When the analog port unit 12 receives an instruction to activate the in-call information notification service from the control unit 13, it activates the signal sequence of the in-call information notification service to the analog communication terminal connected to the analog port ( In step S27, the telephone directory data including the name and the telephone number is notified to the analog communication terminal (step S2).
8) Then, by sending the hooking signal, the second dial tone for notifying that it is possible to make a call to the corresponding telephone number is continuously sent (step S29).

After the hooking signal is sent from the analog communication terminal (step S29), when the analog port section 12 detects the hooking signal during sending of the second caller (step S31), the corresponding telephone directory data is stored. A notification to the effect that a call is requested to the telephone directory number (001 in this case) is sent to the control unit 13 (step S32).

When the control unit 13 detects the notification of the call request, it sends the call control information having the corresponding telephone number as the called number to the ISDN interface unit 11 (step S33).

If the analog port section 12 detects dial information (eg, ## 002) instead of a hooking signal during the sending of the second caller in step S30, the process proceeds to step S24. The telephone directory data request corresponding to the corresponding number is again made to the control unit 13, the notification from the control unit 13 is received, and the signal sequence from step S25 to step S29 is repeated.

The analog port section 12 also activates a timer when the second dial tone is transmitted. That is, if none of the dial information or hooking information can be detected before the expiration of this timer, the busy tone is sent to the analog communication terminal connected to the analog port to enable this function. Is notified that it cannot continue to be used (step S34).

The time until the timer activated by the analog port unit 12 expires may be, for example, the same as the hooking waiting time of the exchange, which is defined by the call information notification service in the analog network.

Further, the analog port unit 1 in FIG.
2. A program for realizing the function of the control unit 13 is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in this recording medium is read into a computer system and executed to perform data notification management. Good. The “computer system” mentioned here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

The "computer system" is WW.
If the W system is used, the homepage providing environment (or display environment) is also included. The "computer-readable recording medium" means a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a CD-
A portable medium such as a ROM or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" means to hold a program dynamically for a short time like a communication line when transmitting the program through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory inside a computer system that serves as a server or a client in that case holds a program for a certain period of time. Also, the program above
It may be for realizing some of the above-mentioned functions, or may be for realizing the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific structure is not limited to this embodiment, and includes a design etc. within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Be done.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the telephone directory data or the like registered in advance in the communication interface device is displayed by the operation from the telephone corresponding to the in-call information notification service connected to the analog port. Also, the telephone directory data can be searched and displayed by an operation from the telephone and the telephone number can be continuously called. As a result, it is possible to improve the operability when making a call to the telephone directory data registered in advance in the communication interface device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a communication interface device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a signal sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the communication interface device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Communication interface device 11 ISDN network interface section 12 Analog port section 13 Control unit 14 Phonebook data storage

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takanori Ritsunori             3-19-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Tohnichi             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Seiji Matsunami             3-15 Babacho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Toru Kawaguchi             3-15 Babacho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation F term (reference) 5K036 BB01 CC01 DD01 DD25 DD32                       DD46 JJ02 JJ12 KK09                 5K101 KK16 LL03 MM05 MM06 NN02                       NN18 NN21 PP02 PP03 RR12                       UU16

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A function for writing telephone directory data registered / edited by a computer through a data port to which a computer is connected, which has an analog port corresponding to a pre-communication information notification service and a call information notification service. ,
And conversely, a data notification method in an ISDN terminal adapter having a function of reading the written data from a computer, which detects specific dial information transmitted from an analog communication terminal connected to the analog port. After detecting the specific dial information, a data area previously written as phone book data is searched, and the phone book data corresponding to the specific dial information is notified to the analog communication terminal by a call information notification service. A data notification method characterized by. 2. A function for writing telephone directory data registered / edited by a computer through a data port to which the computer is provided, which has an analog port corresponding to a pre-communication information notification service and a call information notification service. , And conversely, in a communication interface device used for an ISDN terminal adapter having a function of reading the written data from a computer, detecting specific dial information transmitted from an analog communication terminal connected to the analog port. Detecting means for searching, a searching means for searching a data area previously written as telephone directory data when the specific dial information is detected by the detecting means, and the specific dial information as a search result searched by the searching means. To the analog communication terminal A communication interface device comprising: a notifying unit for notifying. 3. A specific signal detecting means for detecting a specific signal such as a hooking signal or specific dial information from the analog communication terminal after notifying the telephone directory data by a call information notification service, and the specific signal detecting means. 3. The communication interface device according to claim 2, further comprising: a transmission unit that automatically transmits a telephone number included in the notified telephone directory data when a specific signal is detected. 4. The communication interface device according to claim 2, wherein the notifying unit notifies the phonebook data by a call information notification service.