JP2003244772A - Transfer call relay system and mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer call relay system whereby a possessor of a mobile phone can receive an incoming call without the need for a person receiving the phone call at a transfer destination to pass the phone call and revise a phone terminal of a transfer destination without the need for the possessor itself of the mobile phone to revise the transfer destination to a nearby phone terminal for every movement in the case that the possessor of the mobile phone is resident in an area at the outside of a radio wave zone of the mobile phone such as an underground town and outside of mobile phone service area. <P>SOLUTION: A relay terminal receives an incoming call notice to a mobile phone received from a service center of a mobile phone network from a relay management apparatus and informs the mobile phone about the notice via a near distance wireless communication so as to allow the mobile phone to make a speech. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer telephone relay system for relaying an incoming call to a mobile telephone transferred from a transfer telephone service center of a mobile telephone network, and a portable telephone capable of short-distance wireless communication with this transfer telephone relay system. Regarding the phone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a mobile phone is in an out-of-range area or is turned off and cannot receive an incoming call, the incoming call from the mobile phone is transferred to a telephone terminal at the office or home. There is a transfer telephone service as a service to be performed. This call forwarding service is provided when the owner of the mobile phone registers the callee's telephone number from the mobile phone or landline at the call forwarding service center of the mobile phone network and starts the call forwarding service. When the network accepts an incoming call to a mobile phone, the call is automatically transferred to a transfer destination in which a phone number is registered in advance.

For example, if the telephone number of a telephone terminal installed in the office is registered as a transfer destination when the office is out of the radio wave range, when an incoming call arrives at the own mobile telephone, the mobile telephone network The transfer telephone service center automatically transfers to the preset transfer destination telephone terminal, and the person who receives the transfer destination telephone transfers it to the owner of the mobile phone,
The mobile phone owner can talk to the caller at the office telephone terminal.

Next, another conventional technique will be described.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of the wide area mobile phone system disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-81352, where 111 is a wired public telephone network, 112a and 112b are service areas A and B, and service areas, respectively. Exchanges 113a, 113b, 113c for accommodating C and D in the subscription area,
And 113d are wired telephone subscriber lines connected from the exchanges 112a and 112b to the service areas A, B, C, and D, respectively, and 114a, 114b, 114c, and 114d are the wired telephone subscriber lines 113a, 1d, respectively.
The exchange 1 through 13b, 113c, and 113d
Base station wireless device connected to 12a or 112b, 11
5a, 115b, 115c, and 115d are mobile phones 116a, 116b, 116c, and 116d whose service areas A, B, C, and D are subscription areas, respectively.
Are wireless communication lines 117 of the base station wireless device 114 and the mobile phone 115 in the service areas A, B, C, and D.
Is a wide area call wireless device for making a wide area call, 11
Reference numeral 8 denotes a wide area call wireless line for calling the mobile phone 115.

Next, a wide area mobile phone system in the case where an incoming call is received while the mobile phone 115a having the service area A as a subscription area is moving to the service area D will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, when an incoming call arrives at the mobile phone 115a,
The exchange 112a, which accommodates the service area A in which the mobile phone 115a is a subscriber, requests the wide area call wireless device 117 to send an incoming call notification signal.
The wide area call wireless device 117, which has received the incoming call notification signal, transmits the wide area call wireless line 1 to the mobile phone 115a in the calling area.
An incoming call notification signal is sent via 18. Mobile phone 115
When a receives an incoming call notification signal for itself, it sets up a wireless communication line 116d with a nearby base station wireless device 114d and sends an incoming call transfer request to the base station wireless device 114d. Base station wireless device 1 that received the call transfer request
14d is a wire telephone subscriber line 113d and an exchange 112.
b, and the exchange 112a through the wired public telephone network 111.
Send a call transfer request to. The exchange 112a, which has received the incoming call transfer request, transfers the incoming call to the mobile phone 115a to the base station wireless device 114d via the wired public telephone network 111, the exchange 112b, and the wired telephone subscriber line 113d. The base station wireless device 114d that has received the transfer is line-connected to the mobile phone 115a in advance by the wireless communication line 116d, so that the owner of the mobile phone 115a can talk with the caller using the mobile phone 115a.

[0007]

In the conventional transfer telephone service, it is possible to transfer to a designated telephone terminal even in an area out of the radio range such as an underground shopping area. However, the telephone designated by the owner of the mobile telephone is required. There is a problem in that if the user moves away from the side of the terminal, the incoming call cannot be relayed even if the call is automatically transferred. In addition, in order to receive the transfer telephone service, the owner of the mobile phone needs to change the transfer destination to a nearby telephone terminal each time he / she moves, which is a troublesome operation.

Further, in the conventional wide area mobile phone system, since the wide area wireless call is made, when the owner of the mobile phone moves to an area outside the radio wave coverage area of the wide area calling radio such as an underground mall, the mobile phone notifies the incoming call signal. There was a problem that you could not receive.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and when the owner of the mobile phone is in an area outside the radio wave range of the mobile phone, such as an underground mall or outside the mobile phone service area, the transfer destination is set. The person who receives the call can receive the call on the mobile phone without intervening, and the mobile phone owner does not have to change the transfer destination to a nearby phone terminal each time he or she moves. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transfer telephone relay system capable of changing a telephone terminal. Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone capable of receiving a transfer call from a transfer call service while moving.

[0010]

A transfer telephone relay system according to claim 1 of the present invention is a relay management device capable of communicating with a mobile telephone network that provides a transfer telephone service, and is outside the radio range of the mobile telephone network. A plurality of relay terminals are installed in the area and are connected to the relay management device via a network, and are capable of short-range wireless communication with mobile phones existing in the area. The mobile phone has a transmission / reception means for inquiring about a transfer telephone relay service setting by the short-distance wireless communication, and transmitting the result to the relay management apparatus via the network, wherein the relay management apparatus is the relay terminal. Storage means for storing the transfer call relay service setting information of each mobile phone received from the mobile phone and the transfer destination of the mobile phone requiring the transfer call relay service. Means for registering its own terminal number in the service center of the mobile phone network, and the relay management device, when receiving the incoming call notification of the mobile phone from the service center, the mobile phone included in the incoming call notification. The telephone ID and the ID in the transfer telephone relay service setting information stored in the storage means are compared to notify the relay terminal in the area where the mobile phone exists of the incoming call via the network, and the relay terminal When an incoming call notification is received from the relay management device, a line connection is made by the short-range wireless communication to notify the mobile phone of the incoming call so that a call can be made.

The transfer telephone relay system according to claim 2 of the present invention is the transfer telephone relay system according to claim 1, wherein when the relay terminal receives an incoming call notification from the relay management device, When the mobile phone does not exist, the relay management device transmits an incoming call notification to a relay terminal adjacent to the relay terminal.

The transfer telephone relay system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the transfer telephone relay system according to claim 1, wherein the relay management device stores the transfer telephone relay service setting information already received from the relay terminal. In the case where the transfer telephone relay service setting information of the mobile phone is stored in, the data is rewritten to the received transfer telephone relay service setting information.

A transfer telephone relay system according to claim 4 of the present invention is the transfer telephone relay system according to claim 3, wherein the relay management device stores the transfer telephone relay service setting information stored in the storage means for a predetermined time or more. If it is not rewritten, the transfer telephone relay service setting information is deleted.

A mobile phone according to claim 5 of the present invention is a mobile phone capable of communicating via a short-range wireless communication with a relay terminal installed in an area outside the radio wave range of a mobile phone network,
In response to a transfer telephone relay service setting inquiry transmitted from the relay terminal via the short-distance wireless communication, a transfer telephone relay service setting information including necessity of the service, own telephone number and personal identification number is a response signal. In addition, when the incoming notification is received from the relay terminal, the short-distance wireless communication is performed to connect the line to the sender so that the call can be made.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire transfer telephone relay system. Reference numeral 1 denotes a mobile phone 2a, 2b, which is capable of performing near field communication in a narrow range such as Bluetooth with a radius of 10 m or less. The relay service terminals 2 and 2c are located in the out-of-range area of the mobile phone network 7 such as an underground mall, and perform short-range wireless communication capable of communicating with the mobile phone 1, and 3 operates as a phone terminal belonging to the wired phone network 5, A relay management device 4 that connects the relay service terminals 2a, 2b, and 2c as extension telephone terminals is a transfer telephone relay system network that connects the relay service terminals 2a, 2b, and 2c to the relay management device 3. Reference numeral 6 denotes a mobile phone network service center that performs a service of the mobile phone network 7 that automatically transfers an incoming call to the mobile phone 1 to a preset telephone terminal. The setting of the transfer telephone service to the mobile phone network service center 6 is It is also possible to perform remote operation from a fixed telephone other than the mobile telephone 1 or a public telephone.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the relay management device 3, 8 is a LAN communication means for communicating with the relay service terminals 2a, 2b and 2c connected by the transfer telephone relay system network 4, 9 Is an information analysis means for extracting and analyzing data such as a telephone number from the incoming call notification received from the mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone network service center 6, and 10 is information on the mobile phone 1 capable of communicating with the relay service terminal 2. The stored mobile phone record database, 11 is a search of the mobile phone record database 10,
Database management means for editing, 12 is timer means for counting every fixed time, 13 is automatic transfer telephone setting means for requesting transfer telephone service setting to the mobile telephone network service center 6, and 14 is mobile telephone network service center 6.
Wired telephone communication means for communicating with the mobile telephone 1, reference numeral 15 is a telephone exchange means for allocating a transfer telephone call to the mobile telephone 1 to the relay service terminals 2a, 2b, or 2c, and 16 is a service area storing arrangement information of the relay service terminal 2. It is an information storage means.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of a mobile phone information packet 17 transmitted from the relay service terminal 2 to the relay management device 3, and 18 is a relay service which is data extracted from a packet received from the mobile phone 1. Setting response,
Reference numeral 19 is a relay service terminal ID number assigned to each relay service terminal 2 communicable with the mobile phone 1 indicated by the relay service setting response 18. The relay service setting response 18 includes a relay service request flag 20, a telephone number 21 of the mobile phone 1, a personal identification number 22 for setting a transfer telephone service of the mobile phone 1, and a relay service duration time 23. The personal identification number 22 is used by the mobile phone network service center 6 to identify the owner of the mobile phone 1 when setting a transfer telephone service from a telephone terminal other than the mobile phone 1. In the relay service duration 23, the power of the mobile phone 1 is turned off in the relay service area of the transfer telephone, the mobile phone 1 is moved to the outside of the transfer service relay service area, or the mobile phone 1 is relayed for some reason. The time from when the relay management device 3 cannot recognize the location of the mobile phone 1 until the relay service of the transfer telephone is canceled is stored.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the mobile phone record 24. The transfer phone setting flag 25, the phone number 26 of the mobile phone 1, the personal identification number 27 for setting the transfer phone service of the mobile phone 1, and the relay service continuation. It consists of time 28, relay service terminal ID number 29, and timer value 30. The transfer telephone setting flag 25 stores the setting state of the transfer telephone service set in the mobile phone network service center 6.
The timer value 30 stores the time from when the relay management device 3 finally recognizes the location of the mobile phone 1 to when the relay service of the transfer telephone is released.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a table structure of the mobile phone record database 10 in which the mobile phone records 24 are collected.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart for registering the mobile phone 1 receiving the relay service of the transfer telephone in the relay management device 3, and FIG. 7 is a mobile telephone information packet 17
Shows a processing flow for automatically setting the transfer telephone service to the mobile telephone network service center 6 by analyzing the above, updating the mobile telephone record 24. Further, FIG. 8 shows a timing chart from when the relay management device 3 receives an incoming call notification from the mobile phone network service center 6 to the mobile phone 1 until the owner of the mobile phone 1 talks with the caller. .

FIG. 9 is a relay service area map of a transfer telephone showing an arrangement image of the relay service terminal 2 installed in an area providing a relay service of the transfer telephone. The relay service terminals 2 are independent short distances. In an area that controls a wireless communication area and provides a relay service for a transfer telephone, the mobile phone 1 is arranged so as to be able to communicate with any of the relay service terminals 2 via short-range wireless communication. The information is stored in the service area information storage means 16.

FIG. 10 shows a processing flow for deleting the mobile phone record 24 from the table of the mobile phone record database 10.

Next, the automatic transfer of an incoming call to the mobile phone 1 in the out-of-range area of the mobile phone network 7 will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 6, the relay service terminal 2a first searches for the mobile phone 1 existing in the relay service area of the transfer telephone via the short-distance wireless communication line every minute (S6-1). When the relay service terminal 2a recognizes that the mobile phone 1 is within the relay service area of the transfer telephone of the relay service terminal 2a, the relay service terminal 2a establishes a connection line for short-distance wireless communication with the mobile phone 1 (S6-2). An inquiry as to whether or not to set the relay service of the transfer telephone is transmitted to the telephone 1 S6-3.

When the mobile phone 1 receives a transfer service relay service setting inquiry from the relay service terminal 2a via the short-distance wireless communication line, the mobile phone 1 relays based on whether or not a preset transfer service relay service setting request is made. A service setting response 18 packet is created and transmitted to the relay service terminal 2a via the near field communication S6-4.

When the relay service terminal 2a receives the relay service setting response 18 packet from the mobile phone 1, the relay service terminal ID number 19 of the relay service terminal 2a is added to the relay service setting response 18 and the mobile phone shown in FIG. A telephone information packet 17 is created and transmitted to the relay management device 3 via the transfer telephone relay system network S6-
5.

The relay management device 3 stores the mobile phone record 24 relating to the mobile phone 1 in the mobile phone record database 1
Search from 0 and set in the mobile phone network service center 6 if necessary S6-6.

The operation of searching the mobile phone record 24 and setting the mobile phone network service center 6 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. First, the LAN communication means 8 of the relay management device 3 will be described.
When receiving the mobile phone information packet 17, the mobile phone information packet 17 is transferred to the information analysis means 9. The information analysis means 9 delivered with the mobile phone information packet 17
The relay service request flag 20 is extracted from the mobile phone information packet 17, and the value of the relay service request flag 20 is determined S7-1.

As a result of this judgment, when the value of the relay service request flag 20 is 1, that is, when the mobile phone 1 desires the relay service of the transfer telephone, the information analysis means 9 extracts the telephone number 21 from the mobile telephone information packet 17. The telephone number 21 is extracted and passed to the database management means 11. The database management means 11 searches the mobile phone record database 10 for the mobile phone record 24 including the telephone number 26 that matches the delivered telephone number 21 and returns the result to the information analysis means 9 (S7-2).

As a result of this search, if the mobile phone record database 10 has a mobile phone record 24 including a phone number 26 that matches the phone number 21, the information analysis means 9
The relay service terminal ID number 19 of the mobile phone information packet 17 is passed to the database management means 11, and the database management means 11 receives the mobile phone record database 10.
In step S7-3, the relay service terminal ID number 29 of the mobile phone record 24 corresponding to the mobile phone 1 is overwritten.

Next, the information analysis means 9 extracts the transfer telephone setting flag 25 from the portable telephone record 24 and judges the value of the transfer telephone setting flag 25 S7-4.

As a result of this judgment, the transfer telephone setting flag 25
Is 1, that is, when the telephone number of the relay management device 3 is already registered in the transfer telephone service of the mobile telephone network service center 6 and the transfer telephone service is started, the information analysis means 9 causes the mobile telephone The relay service duration 23 of the telephone information packet 17 is stored in the database management means 11
Then, the database management means 11 is caused to overwrite the relay service continuation time 28 and the timer value 30 of the mobile phone record 24 corresponding to the mobile phone 1 in the mobile phone record database 10 (S7-5). As a result, the relay service duration time 28 and the timer value 30 are initialized.

As a result of the search in S7-4, the value of the transfer telephone setting flag 25 is 0, that is, the mobile telephone network service center 6
When the telephone number of the relay management device 3 is not registered in the transfer telephone service of No. 2, the information analysis unit 9 uses the relay service request flag 2 included in the mobile telephone information packet 17.
0, the telephone number 21, and the personal identification number 22 are delivered to the automatic transfer telephone setting means 13. The automatic transfer telephone setting means 13
After confirming that the relay service request flag 20 is 1, a signal including the telephone number 21, the personal identification number 22 and the telephone number of the relay management device 3 is sent to the mobile telephone network service center 6 via the wired telephone communication means 14. It sends out and requests transfer telephone service start setting, and proceeds to S7-7 and S7-5.

As a result of the search in S7-2, the telephone number 2 that matches the telephone number 21 is stored in the mobile telephone record database 10.
If there is no mobile phone record 24 containing 6 then the information analysis means 9 passes the mobile phone information packet 17 to the database management means 11 and the database management means 11 receives the mobile phone record 24 of the mobile phone record database 10.
Is newly created and the process proceeds to S7-6 and S7-7.

Next, as a result of the determination in S7-1, when the value of the relay service request flag 20 is 0, that is, when the mobile phone 1 does not desire the relay service of the transfer telephone, the information analysis means 9 causes the mobile telephone information packet. The telephone number 21 is extracted from 17, and the telephone number 21 is delivered to the database management means 11. The database management means 11 searches the mobile phone record database 10 for a mobile phone record 24 including a telephone number 26 that matches the delivered telephone number 21,
S7-8 for returning the result to the information analysis means 9.

As a result of this search, if there is a mobile phone record 24 including a phone number 26 that matches the phone number 21 in the mobile phone record database 10, the information analysis means 9 will
The relay service terminal ID number 19 of the mobile phone information packet 17 is passed to the database management means 11, and the database management means 11 receives the mobile phone record database 10.
In step S7-9, the relay service terminal ID number 29 of the mobile phone record 24 corresponding to the mobile phone 1 is overwritten.

Next, the information analysis means 9 extracts the transfer telephone setting flag 25 from the portable telephone record 24 and judges the value of the transfer telephone setting flag 25 (S7-10).

As a result of this judgment, the transfer telephone setting flag 25
Is 1, that is, the telephone number of the relay management device 3 is registered in the transfer telephone service of the mobile telephone network service center 6,
When the transfer telephone service is started, the information analysis unit 9 transfers the relay service request flag 20, the telephone number 21, and the personal identification number 22 included in the mobile telephone information packet 17 to the automatic transfer telephone setting unit 13. . The automatic transfer telephone setting means 13 sets the relay service request flag 20 to 0.
After confirming that, the signal including the telephone number 21, the personal identification number 22 and the telephone number of the relay management device 3 is transmitted to the mobile telephone network service center 6 via the wired telephone communication means 14 to stop the transfer telephone service. Request settings, S7-11,
Proceed to S7-5.

If the result of the search in S7-10 is that the value of the transfer telephone setting flag 25 is 0, that is, the telephone number of the relay management device 3 is not registered in the transfer telephone service of the mobile telephone network service center 6, S7 is set. Go to -5.

As a result of the search in S7-8, the telephone number 2 that matches the telephone number 21 is stored in the mobile telephone record database 10.
If there is no mobile phone record 24 containing 6 then the information analysis means 9 passes the mobile phone information packet 17 to the database management means 11 and the database management means 11 receives the mobile phone record 24 of the mobile phone record database 10.
Is newly created and the process proceeds to S7-12 and S7-5.

Next, the mobile phone network service center 6
The transfer telephone service setting is changed based on a request from the relay management device 3, and a transfer service setting completion notification is transmitted to the relay management device 3 via the wired telephone network 5 (S6-7) (see FIG. 6).

Wired telephone communication means 14 of the relay management device 3
When receiving the transfer service setting completion notification from the mobile phone network service center 6, the information is passed to the information analysis means 9. The information analysis means 9 is the database management means 1 if the transferred transfer service setting completion notification is a start notification.
1 is a transfer telephone setting flag 2 of the mobile phone record 24 corresponding to the mobile phone 1 of the mobile phone record database 10.
5 is overwritten with 1, and if the delivered transfer service setting completion notification is a stop notification, the database management means 11
The transfer telephone setting flag 25 of the mobile telephone record 24 corresponding to the mobile telephone 1 in the mobile telephone record database 10
Is overwritten with 0 (see FIG. 6). As described above, the relay management device 3 can update the table of the mobile phone record database 10 of the mobile phone 1 which provides the relay service of the transfer telephone at the predetermined interval to the latest state. You can always know if you are in the service area.

Next, the processing of the transfer telephone relay system when automatic transfer to the mobile phone 1 occurs will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the mobile phone network service center 6 receives an incoming call to the mobile phone 1, the incoming call notification is transmitted via the wired telephone network 5 to the relay management device 3 registered in advance as a transfer destination (S8-1).

Wired telephone communication means 14 of the relay management device 3
When receiving the incoming call notification from the mobile phone network service center 6, the information is passed to the information analysis means 9. Information analysis means 9
Extracts the telephone number of the destination mobile phone 1 included in the delivered notification of the incoming call, S8-2, and delivers this telephone number to the database management means 11. The database management means 11 searches the mobile phone record database 10 for the mobile phone record 24 including the telephone number 26 that matches the delivered telephone number, and delivers it to the information analysis means 9. The information analysis means 9 identifies the relay service terminal 2a that last communicated with the mobile phone 1 by the relay service terminal ID number 29 included in the mobile phone record 24 S8-3. The information analysis means 9 causes the LAN communication means 8 to transmit the incoming call notification to the telephone number 26 to the relay service terminal 2a specified through the transfer telephone relay system network 4.
8-4.

The relay service terminal 2a is a relay management device 3
When the incoming call notification is received from the mobile phone 1, the incoming call notification is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 corresponding to the telephone number 26 through the short-range wireless communication (S8-9).

When the mobile phone 1 receives the incoming call notification, the owner of the mobile phone 1 is notified of the incoming call by the display of the mobile phone 1, a ring tone, or the like (S8-10). When the owner of the mobile phone 1 performs an operation for answering the call by pressing the start button of the mobile phone 1 or the like, the mobile phone 1 transmits a middle succession acceptance notification to the relay service terminal 2a via the short-range wireless communication S8. -11.

When the relay service terminal 2a receives the middle succession acceptance notification from the mobile phone 1, it transmits a call start request to the relay management device 3 via the transfer telephone relay system network 4 (S8-12).

The LAN communication means 8 of the relay management device 3 receives the call start request from the relay service terminal 2a and transfers it to the information analysis means 9. The information analysis means 9 instructs the telephone exchange means 15 to allocate the incoming call to the relay service terminal 2a, establishes an extension telephone connection, and transfers the call from the caller to the relay service terminal 2a by extension. Call voice can be transmitted and received between the mobile phone 1 and the relay service terminal 2a via short-range wireless communication, and the caller and the owner of the mobile phone 1 can talk.

When the mobile phone 1 is moving from the service area of the relay service terminal 2a in S8-4, when the relay service terminal 2a receives the incoming call notification from the relay management device 3, the relay service terminal 2a transmits the short-range wireless communication. However, the mobile phone 1 corresponding to the telephone number 26 cannot be recognized, and the absence notification of the mobile phone 1 is transmitted to the relay management device 3 via the transfer telephone relay system network 4.
8-5.

The LAN communication means 8 of the relay management device 3 receives the absence notification of the mobile phone 1 from the relay service terminal 2a and transfers it to the information analysis means 9. The information analysis means 9 is based on the arrangement information of the relay service terminal 2 stored in the service area information storage means 16 and the relay service terminal 2a.
S8-6 for specifying the relay service terminal 2b adjacent to the service area of S8-6.

The information analysis means 9 causes the LAN communication means 8 to transmit an incoming call notification to the telephone number 26 to the relay service terminal 2b via the transfer telephone relay system network 4 (S8-7). When the relay service terminal 2b receives the incoming call notification from the relay management device 3 and can recognize the mobile phone 1 in the service area, the relay service terminal 2b proceeds to S8-9.

The relay management device 3 repeatedly identifies the relay service terminal 2 until the mobile phone 1 is found within a predetermined time. If the mobile phone 1 is not found within the predetermined time, a transfer refusal notification is transmitted to the mobile phone network service center 6 via the wired telephone network 5 S8-8. In this way, the relay management device 3 relays the automatic transfer of the incoming call to the mobile phone 1 that provides the relay service of the transfer telephone.

Next, the case where the mobile phone 1 is separated from the relay service area of the transfer telephone of the relay management device 3 is shown in FIG.
A description will be given based on 0. First, the timer means 12 periodically counts and passes the count information to the database management means 11. Database management means 11
When the counter information is passed, the timer value 30 of all the tables of the mobile phone record database 10 is subtracted and S10-1, and the mobile phone record 24 with the timer value 30 of 0 is searched for S10-2.

As a result of this search, if there is a mobile telephone record 24 with a timer value 30 of 0, the database management means 11
Extracts the transfer telephone setting flag 25 from the corresponding mobile phone record 24 and determines the value of the transfer telephone setting flag 25 S10-3. If the result of this determination is that the transfer telephone setting flag 25 is 1, the mobile phone record 24 is passed to the information analysis means 9 and a request is made to stop the transfer telephone service.
When receiving the request for stopping the transfer telephone service, the information analysis means 9 receives the telephone number 26 included in the mobile telephone record 24.
And the personal identification number 27 are passed to the automatic transfer telephone setting means 13, and the mobile telephone network service center 6 is set to stop the transfer telephone service of the mobile telephone 1 (S10-4). As a result, the relay management device 3 cannot confirm the whereabouts of the mobile phone 1, and the relay service duration time 23 designated by the mobile phone 1 has elapsed, and the mobile phone 1 is no longer provided with the relay service of the transfer telephone. It will be.

If the timer value 30 is not 0 as a result of the search in S10-2, or if the transfer telephone setting flag 25 is 0 as a result of the determination in S10-3, no processing is performed.

[0055]

As described above, according to claim 1 of the present invention.
In the transfer telephone relay system according to, the relay terminal receives an incoming call notification to the mobile phone received from the service center of the mobile phone network from the relay management device, connects the line by short-distance wireless communication, and notifies the mobile phone of the incoming call. However, since it is possible to make a call, there is an effect that a call can be received by making a call to a mobile phone in an area outside the radio wave range.

Further, in the transfer telephone relay system according to claim 2 of the present invention, when the relay terminal receives the incoming call notification from the relay management device, the mobile phone does not exist in the area of the relay terminal. Since the relay management device transmits the incoming call notification to the relay terminal adjacent to the relay terminal, it is possible to receive the call to the mobile phone even if the mobile phone does not exist in the area of the relay terminal. effective.

In the transfer telephone relay system according to claim 3 of the present invention, the relay management device has the transfer telephone relay service setting information of the portable telephone whose transfer telephone relay service setting information received from the relay terminal is already stored in the storage means. If it is the setting information, the data is rewritten to the received forwarding call relay service setting information, so even if the mobile phone moves between relay terminals in the area outside the radio wave range, the relay terminal where the mobile phone exists There is an effect that can be tracked and can be reliably received to the mobile phone.

Further, in the transfer telephone relay system according to claim 4 of the present invention, when the transfer telephone relay service setting information stored in the storage unit has not been rewritten for a predetermined time or longer, the transfer telephone relay system sets the transfer telephone. Since the relay service setting information is deleted, there is an effect that the transfer telephone relay service setting can be canceled when the mobile phone moves from the out-of-range area to the in-range area.

When the mobile phone according to claim 5 of the present invention receives an incoming call notification from a relay terminal installed in an area outside the radio wave range of the mobile phone network, it connects to the caller by short-distance wireless communication to make a call. Since it is possible to make a call, there is an effect that a call can be received and a call can be made even in a region outside the radio wave range.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entire transfer telephone relay system for relaying a transfer telephone call from a transfer telephone service according to the present invention to a mobile phone.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a relay management device 3 according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram of a mobile phone information packet 17 according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a mobile phone record 24 according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a table configuration diagram of a mobile phone record database 10 according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart for registering the mobile telephone 1 receiving the relay service of the transfer telephone according to the present invention in the relay management device 3.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process of analyzing a mobile phone information packet 17 according to the present invention, updating a mobile phone record 24, and automatically setting a transfer phone service to the mobile phone network service center 6.

FIG. 8 is a timing chart from when the relay management device 3 according to the present invention receives an incoming call notification from the mobile phone network service center 6 to the mobile phone 1 until the owner of the mobile phone 1 talks with the caller. .

9 is a relay service area map of a transfer telephone showing an image of a relay service terminal 2 installed in an area providing a relay service of the transfer telephone according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process of deleting a mobile phone record 24 from the table of the mobile phone record database 10 according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional wide area mobile phone system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 mobile phone 2 Relay service terminal 3 Relay management device 6 Mobile phone network service center 7 Mobile phone network 8 LAN communication means 9 Information analysis means 10 Mobile phone record database 11 Database management means 12 Timer means 13 Automatic transfer telephone setting means 14 Wired telephone communication means 15 Telephone exchange means 17 Cellular phone information packet 19 Relay service terminal ID number 20 Relay service request flag 21 phone number 23 Relay service duration 24 mobile phone records 25 Call forwarding setting flag 26 phone numbers 28 Relay service duration 29 Relay service terminal ID number 30 timer value 111 Wired public telephone network 112 exchange 113 Wired telephone subscriber line 114 base station wireless device 115 mobile phone 116 wireless communication line 117 Wide-area calling wireless device 118 wide area wireless line

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A relay management device capable of communicating with a mobile phone network that provides a transfer telephone service, and a plurality of relay management devices installed in an area outside the radio wave range of the mobile phone network and connected to the relay management device via a network. At the same time, it comprises a relay terminal capable of short-distance wireless communication with a mobile phone existing in its own area. And a transmission / reception means for transmitting the result to the relay management apparatus via the network, wherein the relay management apparatus stores the transfer telephone relay service setting information of each mobile phone received from the relay terminal. And means for registering its own terminal number in the service center of the mobile phone network as a transfer destination of the mobile phone requiring the transfer telephone relay service. And the relay management device, when receiving an incoming call notification of the mobile phone from the service center, sets the transfer telephone relay service setting stored in the storage unit and the ID of the mobile phone included in the incoming call notification. By comparing the ID in the information with the incoming call notification via the network to the relay terminal in the area where the mobile phone is present, and when the relay terminal receives the incoming call notification from the relay management device, the short-range wireless communication is performed. A transfer telephone relay system characterized by making a line connection by communication to notify the mobile phone of an incoming call and enabling a call. 2. When the mobile terminal does not exist in the area of the relay terminal when the relay terminal receives the incoming call notification from the relay management apparatus, the relay management apparatus determines that the relay terminal adjacent to the relay terminal. 2. The transfer telephone relay system according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call notification is transmitted to. 3. The relay management device, when the transfer telephone relay service setting information received from the relay terminal is the transfer telephone relay service setting information of the mobile phone already stored in the storage means, the received transfer telephone relay service setting information. The transfer telephone relay system according to claim 1, wherein data is rewritten to the service setting information. 4. The relay management device deletes the transfer telephone relay service setting information when the transfer telephone relay service setting information stored in the storage means has not been rewritten for a predetermined time or longer. The transfer telephone relay system described in 3. 5. A mobile phone capable of communicating via a short-range wireless communication with a relay terminal installed in an area outside the radio wave range of a mobile phone network, and transmitted from the relay terminal via the short-range wireless communication. In response to a call forwarding relay service setting inquiry, forwarding telephone relay service setting information including the necessity of the service, own telephone number and personal identification number is transmitted as a response signal, and when an incoming call notification is received from the relay terminal, the above A mobile phone characterized by being able to connect to the caller by short-distance wireless communication.