JP2004056519A - Communication system and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contribute to the reduction of the charge for communications from a portable telephone terminal to a fixed telephone terminal and avoid such restriction that the communication from the portable terminal to a specified fixed telephone terminal is disabled. <P>SOLUTION: The communication system is composed of a gateway apparatus 20, a communication connection apparatus 30 and a voice portal unit 40. The portal unit 40 has a function for showing the contents of communication services provided by the unit 40 for a portable telephone terminal 10, using voice signals, thereby making it select a specified communication service. The unit 40 has a function for registering specified information or communicably connecting the portable telephone terminal 10 to fixed telephone terminals 50, 50<SB>1</SB>according to the communication service selected by the terminal 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a communication system and a communication method for providing communication using a mobile phone terminal.
[0002]
[Prior art]
If the calling and called party's telephone terminals are different in the telecommunications carrier that provides the subscribed telephone service, the calling and called party's telephone terminals are connected via the telephone network established by each telecommunications carrier. You.
[0003]
For example, when communication is performed between a mobile phone terminal and a fixed telephone terminal installed and used at a predetermined place, a mobile phone network established by a mobile phone operator and a telephone service for the fixed telephone terminal are provided. Via a fixed telephone network established by a telecommunications carrier. The mobile telephone network and the fixed telephone network are connected to each other via a communication facility such as a gateway based on an agreement between the communication carriers.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when the calling terminal and the called terminal communicate with each other via a plurality of telephone networks of different carriers, compared with the case where communication is performed only via the telephone network of one carrier. In general, communication fees are high. In particular, when a mobile phone terminal and a fixed telephone terminal communicate with each other, the communication fee from the mobile phone terminal itself may be high, and the communication fee tends to be higher.
[0005]
In addition, the mobile telephone network and a new fixed telephone network such as an IP telephone service network using VoIP (Voice over IP) technology may not be connected to each other due to differences in management strategies and the like of communication carriers. However, there has been a problem that communication between a mobile phone terminal and a telephone terminal that subscribes to an IP telephone service cannot be performed.
[0006]
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and contributes to a reduction in a fee required for communication from a mobile phone terminal to a fixed phone terminal, and a communication between the mobile phone terminal and a specific fixed phone terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication system and a communication method capable of avoiding a restriction that communication cannot be performed.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a first feature of the present invention is that a user makes a call to a communication system using a mobile phone terminal, and the communication system is included in a call setting signal from the mobile phone terminal. The communication system detects the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal and, based on the detected telephone number, communicates with the mobile phone terminal via mobile phone network connection means that connects to a mobile phone network that provides communication to the mobile phone terminal. The communication side obtains the destination telephone number through the communication path, and the communication system establishes the mobile phone terminal and the obtained destination telephone number. The gist of the invention is to communicably connect to a telephone terminal to which a number is assigned.
[0008]
According to the first feature of the present invention, the communication system connects the mobile phone terminal and the destination telephone terminal so as to be able to communicate with each other using the communication path set by transmitting to the mobile phone terminal. Even when a call is made from a telephone terminal to a destination telephone terminal, the communication system can be an outgoing call from the communication system to the portable telephone terminal. The communication fee associated with the use of the mobile phone network from the communication system is lower than the unit price of the communication fee applied to outgoing calls from general mobile phone terminals because discounts are applied according to the outgoing call volume. By charging the user of the mobile phone terminal based on the unit price of the discounted communication fee, the communication fee can be reduced.
[0009]
Further, according to the first feature of the present invention, since a telephone network (IP telephone network) constructed using an IP telephone based on VoIP (Voice over IP) technology can be used, a communication fee is further increased. Can be reduced.
[0010]
Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone networks to which the respective telephone terminals belong are mutually connected in order to communicably connect the mobile telephone terminal and the destination fixed telephone terminal via the communication system. If not, communication between the telephone terminals can be provided.
[0011]
Further, a second feature of the present invention is that the telephone number of the destination is recognized from the voice signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal to obtain the telephone number of the destination.
[0012]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the user uses a push button mounted on the mobile phone terminal to recognize a voice signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal and obtain a destination telephone number. This eliminates the need for an input operation, so that even a user who cannot operate the push buttons freely can easily specify the destination telephone number.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
(Overall configuration of communication system)
A communication system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a communication system according to the present embodiment.
[0014]
In FIG. 1, the communication system includes a gateway device 20, a communication connection device 30, and a voice portal device 40. Further, the gateway device 20, the communication connection device 30, and the voice portal device 40 are connected to the fixed telephone network 1, respectively.
[0015]
The fixed telephone network 1 includes fixed telephone terminals 50, 50 installed and used at predetermined locations. ₁ Is a telephone network for providing telephone services to the Internet. The fixed telephone network 1 is not a conventional telephone network of a circuit switching system using a telephone exchange, but a telephone network that provides an IP telephone service using VoIP (Voice over IP) technology. The fixed telephone network 1 has a simplified configuration of communication facilities as compared with a conventional telephone network using a circuit switching system, and thus can provide telephone services at a generally low communication fee.
[0016]
The mobile telephone network 2 is a telephone network for providing a mobile telephone service to the mobile telephone terminals 10 and 11 via a base station 3 that performs communication by a wireless method. The mobile phone network 2 is a digital mobile phone system using, for example, a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) system or a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system.
[0017]
Further, the fixed telephone network 1 and the mobile telephone network 2 are connected via a gateway device 20, and the mobile telephone terminal 10, the mobile communication terminal 11 and the fixed telephone terminals 50, 50 are connected. ₁ Communication with the server.
[0018]
The data communication network 4 is a communication network for providing data communication via the base station 3 to a mobile communication terminal 11 which is a mobile phone terminal capable of performing data communication. The data communication network 4 is connected to the fixed telephone network 1 via the gateway device 20.
[0019]
The mobile communication terminal 11 can transmit / receive an e-mail via the data communication network 4 and display a Web page created in a predetermined content description language.
[0020]
Next, the configurations of the gateway device 20, the communication connection device 30, and the voice portal device 40 that configure the communication system according to the present embodiment will be described.
[0021]
In the present embodiment, the gateway device 20 constitutes a telephone number detecting means for detecting a telephone number of the mobile telephone terminal 10 included in a call setting signal generated in response to a call from the mobile telephone terminal 10.
[0022]
Specifically, the gateway device 20 detects the telephone number of the mobile telephone terminal 10 included in the call setting signal generated in response to the call from the mobile telephone terminal 10 to the gateway device 20, and converts the telephone number to the voice portal. Transfer to device 40.
[0023]
As a method of detecting the telephone number included in the call setting signal, for example, ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunication Standardization Division) Recommendation I.T. 251 can use a calling line identification presentation (CLIP).
[0024]
According to the operation based on the recommendation, the gateway device 20 can acquire the telephone number included in the call setting signal at the stage during the call before responding to the call from the mobile phone terminal 10. For this reason, the mobile phone terminal 10 cancels the call setting before the gateway device 20 answers the call, that is, hangs up the telephone. The telephone number of the telephone terminal 10 can also be obtained.
[0025]
The gateway device 20 acquires the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 11 included in the e-mail transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 11. In the present embodiment, for example, the mobile communication terminal 11 uses the “Subject” part, the body part (body part) in the header (header part) of the e-mail compliant with IETF RFC822, or the user part part of the mail address (xxx @ domain). The telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 11 can be included in any part of the (xxxx part).
[0026]
When the mobile communication terminal 11 transmits an e-mail including the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 11 to the gateway device 20, the gateway device 20 transmits the e-mail including the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 11 included in the e-mail. The number is detected, and the telephone number is transferred to the voice portal device 40.
[0027]
In the present embodiment, the communication connection device 30 is connected to a mobile phone network connection unit that connects to the mobile phone network 2 that provides communication with the mobile phone terminal 10, and is connected to the mobile phone terminal 10 based on the phone number detected by the gateway device 20. And communication path setting means for setting the communication path.
[0028]
Specifically, the communication connection device 30 is connected to the voice portal device 40, and based on the telephone number received from the voice portal device 40, the telephone number is transmitted through the wireless communication line with the base station 3 and the mobile phone network 2. The mobile phone terminal 10 is connected so that communication can be performed with the mobile phone terminal 10.
[0029]
In addition, even when a plurality of telephone numbers are received from the voice portal device 40 at the same time, the communication connection device 30 includes, for example, a plurality of mobile phone terminals to simultaneously connect with the plurality of mobile phone terminals 10, respectively, A plurality of wireless communication lines for the base station 3 can be secured.
[0030]
The voice portal device 40 has a function of providing guidance to the mobile phone terminal 10 about the content of the communication service provided by the voice portal device 40 using a voice signal, and selecting a specific communication service. In addition, the voice portal device 40 registers predetermined information and registers the mobile phone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminals 50 and 50 in accordance with the communication service selected by the mobile phone terminal 10. ₁ And has a function of communicably connecting
[0031]
The voice portal device 40 according to the present embodiment 1) obtains a telephone number of a destination to make a call from the mobile telephone terminal 10 and connects to the fixed telephone terminal 50 to which the telephone number is assigned. 2) a plurality of fixed telephone terminals 50, 50 ₁ Alternatively, a “telephone conference service” that connects the mobile phone terminal 10 so that simultaneous telephone calls can be made, 3) the destination telephone number is registered in association with a registration identifier or the like for identifying the telephone number, and the registered telephone is registered. It is possible to provide a "phone book service" for making a call by referring to a number.
[0032]
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the voice portal device 40 includes a menu providing unit 41, an information acquiring unit 42, a voice recognizing unit 43, a database 44, a communication control unit 45, a connection unit 46, And a call content recording unit 47.
[0033]
The menu providing unit 41 includes a menu corresponding to each communication service provided by the voice portal apparatus 40, and guides the contents of the communication service to the mobile phone terminal 10 via the information acquisition unit 42 by a voice signal. Things.
[0034]
Specifically, the menu providing unit 41 sends the contents of the menu corresponding to each communication service of 1) a call connection service, 2) a telephone conference service, and 3) a telephone directory service to the mobile phone terminal 10 by an audio signal. , The user can be sequentially guided in an interactive manner to select a specific communication service and input a telephone number or the like.
[0035]
The information acquisition unit 42 acquires a telephone number and a registration identifier input from the mobile phone terminal 10 in cooperation with the menu providing unit 41.
[0036]
In the present embodiment, the information acquisition unit 42 constitutes a destination telephone number acquisition unit that acquires the destination telephone number from the mobile phone terminal 10 through the communication path set by the communication connection device 30.
[0037]
Specifically, the information acquisition unit 42 determines whether the mobile phone terminal 10 selects “call connection service” in the menu guided by the menu providing unit 41 to the mobile phone terminal 10, Get the phone number of the destination to be sent.
[0038]
Further, the information acquisition unit 42 is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10 when the mobile phone terminal 10 selects “telephone conference service” in the menu guided by the menu providing unit 41 to the mobile phone terminal 10. Get the registration identifier.
[0039]
Further, the information acquisition unit 42 is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10 when the mobile phone terminal 10 selects “phone book service” in the menu guided by the menu providing unit 41 to the mobile phone terminal 10. The telephone number of the destination and the registration identifier associated with the telephone number of the destination are acquired.
[0040]
Note that the registration identifier is an identifier that can be given by a user of the communication service, and is, for example, any character within a predetermined number of characters, such as the name of a user or a company name corresponding to a destination telephone number. -A combination of numbers can be used.
[0041]
The information acquisition unit 42 acquires the above-mentioned destination telephone number or registered identifier as numeric or character information based on the push button (PB) signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10, and uses that information as the selected communication service. Is transferred to the communication control unit 45 in accordance with the contents of
[0042]
Further, the information acquisition unit 42 is configured to transfer the voice signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10 to the voice recognition unit 43.
[0043]
In the present embodiment, the voice recognition unit 43 recognizes and acquires a destination telephone number from a voice signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10. In addition, the voice recognition unit 43 acquires a specific part of the voice signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10 as a registration identifier, and determines that the voice signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10 has a voice corresponding to the registered registration identifier. This is to check whether the signal matches the signal.
[0044]
Specifically, the voice recognition unit 43 recognizes the telephone number of the destination from the voice signal transferred from the information acquisition unit 42, and transmits a numeric string representing the telephone number of the destination to the communication control unit 45. In addition, the voice recognition unit 43 obtains a specific part of the voice signal transferred from the information obtaining unit 42 as a registration identifier, and transmits the obtained voice signal to the communication control unit 45. Further, the voice recognition unit 43 checks whether or not the voice signal transferred from the information acquisition unit 42 matches the registered identifier stored in the database 44, and transmits the result to the communication control unit 45.
[0045]
In the present embodiment, the database 44 stores the telephone number of the mobile telephone terminal 10 detected by the gateway device 20, the telephone number of the destination acquired by the information acquisition unit 42, and the registration identifier.
[0046]
Specifically, the database 44 includes a telephone number table 44a and a telephone conference table 44b, and communicates the telephone number of the mobile telephone terminal 10 detected by the gateway device 20 based on the control from the communication control unit 45. As the user ID of the service, the user ID is stored in association with the telephone number and the registration identifier of the destination acquired by the information acquisition unit 42 or the voice recognition unit 43.
[0047]
The telephone number table 44a stores, as one record, the telephone number of the mobile telephone terminal 10 detected by the gateway device 20, and the telephone number and registration identifier of the destination acquired by the information acquisition unit 42 or the voice recognition unit 43. It has become.
[0048]
The telephone conference table 44b stores the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10 acquired by the gateway device 20, the telephone number of the destination acquired by the information acquisition unit 42 or the speech identification unit 43, and a registration identifier as one record. It has become.
[0049]
The telephone number and registration identifier of the destination required when using the “telephone conference service” can be obtained by using the “phone directory service”, and a plurality of the phone numbers and registration identifiers obtained by the “phone directory service” can be obtained. The destination telephone number and the registered identifier are stored in the telephone conference table 44b. Further, the voice portal device 40 acquires the date and time of the telephone conference, so that the mobile telephone terminal 10 of the user who has applied for the telephone conference and the plurality of fixed telephone terminals 50 to which the acquired destination telephone numbers are assigned. , 50 ₁ May be connected so that simultaneous calls can be automatically made at the date and time of the event.
[0050]
In the present embodiment, the communication control unit 45 has a function of registering, in the database 44, the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10 detected by the gateway device 20, the destination telephone number received from the information acquisition unit 42, a registration identifier, and the like. are doing. Further, the communication control unit 45 refers to the information of the communication service received from the information acquisition unit 42 and the information stored in the database 44 to connect the mobile phone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50 so that they can communicate with each other. Has the function of controlling
[0051]
Specifically, the communication control unit 45 associates the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10 detected by the gateway device 20, the telephone number of the destination received from the information acquisition unit 42 with the registration identifier, and stores one record. Is registered in the database 44.
[0052]
Further, based on the information received from the information acquisition unit 42, the communication control unit 45 refers to a corresponding record stored in the database 44, and obtains information on the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10 or the telephone number of the destination. It is transmitted to the connection unit 46.
[0053]
In the present embodiment, the connection unit 46 constitutes a connection unit that communicably connects the mobile telephone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50 to which the destination telephone number is assigned.
[0054]
The connection unit 46 connects the mobile telephone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50 to which the destination telephone number is assigned based on the information of the telephone number of the mobile telephone terminal 10 or the telephone number of the destination received from the communication control unit 45. Connect to enable communication. The connection unit 46 is connected to the fixed telephone network 1 and has a communication interface with the gateway device 20 and the communication connection device 30.
[0055]
Specifically, based on the telephone number of mobile phone terminal 10 received from communication control unit 45, connection unit 46 transmits the telephone number to communication connection device 30 and sets a communication path with mobile phone terminal 10. To do so. Further, based on the telephone number of the destination received from the communication control unit 45, the connection unit 46 makes a call to the fixed telephone terminal 50 to which the telephone number of the destination is given, and establishes a communication path with the fixed telephone terminal 50. Set. Further, the connection unit 46 connects the communication path with the mobile phone terminal 10 to which the communication connection device 30 is connected, and the communication path with the fixed telephone terminal 50, thereby connecting the mobile phone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50. Communication can be provided.
[0056]
The call content recording unit 47 records the content of a simultaneous call between the mobile phone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50 connected to enable simultaneous calls when providing the “teleconference service”.
[0057]
Specifically, the call content recording unit 47 records the content of the telephone conference from the time when the mobile phone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50 are connected to enable simultaneous communication until the connection is released. be able to. Further, the call content recording unit 47 can register the recorded content in the database 44 as an audio file.
[0058]
The audio file may be registered on a server open to the Internet with authentication such as a password. Thus, the parties involved in the conference call can easily listen to the contents even after the termination of the conference call. Further, the call content recording unit 47 can cancel the recording of the content of the telephone conference based on a request from the user.
[0059]
In the present embodiment, the gateway device 20, the communication connection device 30, and the voice portal device 40 are separate devices, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the gateway device 20, the communication connection device The voice portal device 40 and the voice portal device 40 can be integrated, and the functions of the gateway device 20, the communication connection device 30, and the voice portal device 40 in this embodiment are different from those of the other devices. It can also be provided in the device.
[0060]
(Communication method using communication system)
A communication method using the communication system according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described below.
[0061]
As shown in FIG. 3, when making a call to the fixed telephone terminal 50, the user of the mobile phone terminal 10 first makes a call to the gateway device 20 using the mobile phone terminal 10 (S301).
[0062]
The gateway device 20 detects the telephone number (for example, 090-xxxx-yyy) of the mobile phone terminal 10 included in the call setting signal generated by the mobile phone terminal 10 transmitting to the gateway device 20 (S303).
[0063]
In step S301, the user of the mobile phone terminal 10 may hang up after confirming the ringing tone on the mobile phone terminal 10 and before the gateway device 20 answers. Also, in step S303, when the call from the mobile phone terminal 10 is continued for a predetermined time, the call from the mobile phone terminal 10 is transferred to the voice portal device 40, and the communication system sends the call to the mobile phone terminal 10. A voice signal indicating that the call is to be made again (callback) is sent from the voice portal device 40 to the mobile phone terminal 10. Note that the voice portal device 40 may guide the communication service provided by the voice portal device 40 from the menu providing unit 41 instead of the voice signal to the effect that the callback is performed.
[0064]
Next, the gateway device 20 transfers the telephone number (090-xxxx-yyy) of the mobile phone terminal 10 detected in Step S303 to the voice portal device 40 (S305).
[0065]
The voice portal device 40 obtains the telephone number (090-xxxx-yyy) of the mobile telephone terminal 10 transferred from the gateway device 20 (S307), transmits the telephone number to the communication connection device 30, and transmits the mobile telephone terminal. 10 is instructed to be connected (S309).
[0066]
The communication connection device 30 makes a call to the mobile phone terminal 10 based on the telephone number (090-xxxx-yyy) received from the voice portal device 40 (S311). When the mobile phone terminal 10 is busy or does not respond to a call from the communication connection device 30, the communication connection device 30 makes a call to the mobile phone terminal 10 again after a predetermined time has elapsed. .
[0067]
When the user of the mobile phone terminal 10 answers a call generated in response to a call from the communication connection device 30 to the mobile phone terminal 10, the voice portal device 40 sets a communication path with the mobile phone terminal 10 and performs communication. It starts (S313).
[0068]
As described above, the voice portal apparatus 40 calls back the mobile phone terminal 10 through the communication connection apparatus 30 based on the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10 detected by the gateway apparatus 20 in step S303, so that the voice portal An outgoing call can be made from the device 40, and the communication fee associated with the use of the mobile phone network 2 is charged to the voice portal device 40.
[0069]
The outgoing call volume from the voice portal device 40 to the mobile phone terminal 10 through the communication connection device 30 may use the above-described callback, and is usually significantly larger than the outgoing call volume from the mobile phone terminal 10. . For this reason, in the communication method according to the present embodiment, the unit price of the communication fee associated with the use of the mobile phone network 2 is significantly reduced from the unit price of the communication fee applied to the transmission from the mobile phone terminal 10. It can be.
[0070]
Next, the voice portal device 40 provides the mobile phone terminal 10 connected in step S313 with a desired one of 1) “call connection service”, 2) “telephone conference service”, and 3) “phone directory service”. The user is guided by a voice signal to select a communication service (S315).
[0071]
The user of the mobile phone terminal 10 1) inputs the corresponding number “1” using the push button (PB) provided on the mobile phone terminal 10 to select the call connection service (S317).
[0072]
The voice portal device 40 acquires the PB signal input from the mobile phone terminal 10 and recognizes that the “call connection service” has been selected, and sends the destination phone number to the mobile phone terminal 10 using PB or voice. (S319).
[0073]
The user of the mobile phone terminal 10 inputs the destination telephone number (for example, 030-aaaa-bbbb) using PB, or the user utters “030-aaaa-bbbb” to make the destination telephone number. Is input (S321).
[0074]
The voice portal device 40 acquires the telephone number (030-aaa-bbbb) of the destination input from the mobile telephone terminal 10, and makes a call to the fixed telephone terminal 50 to which the telephone number of the destination is given (S323). . In addition, when the fixed telephone terminal 50 is not in a call or does not answer the call from the voice portal device 40, the mobile phone terminal 10 can be notified of the fact.
[0075]
The user of the fixed telephone terminal 50 responds to the call generated when the voice portal device 40 calls the fixed telephone terminal 50 (S325).
[0076]
Next, the voice portal device 40 connects the mobile telephone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50 using the communication path set for the mobile telephone terminal 10 in step S313 (S327).
[0077]
After acquiring the destination telephone number (030-aaaa-bbbb) from the mobile phone terminal 10 in step S321, the voice portal device 40 releases the communication path set with the mobile phone terminal 10 in step S313 ( A so-called call is cut off), and in step S323, the call may be transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50, respectively, to connect the mobile phone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50. By adopting such a method, in the communication method according to the present embodiment, when the fixed telephone terminal 50 is busy during a call or does not answer the call from the voice portal device 40 in step S323, the voice portal device in step S313 It is possible to avoid the time in which the communication path set by 40 is unnecessarily held.
[0078]
(Operations and effects of communication system and communication method)
According to the communication system and the communication method according to the present embodiment described above, even when the mobile phone terminal 10 makes a call to the fixed phone terminal 50, the voice portal device 40 detects the call by the gateway device 20. Based on the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10, the mobile phone terminal 10 calls back the mobile phone terminal 10 through the communication connection device 30. Therefore, the outgoing call can be made from the voice portal apparatus 40 to the mobile phone terminal 10, and communication can be performed at a unit price of the communication fee discounted according to the outgoing call volume from the voice portal apparatus 40.
[0079]
In addition, according to the present embodiment, the fixed telephone network 1 is an IP telephone network using VoIP (Voice over IP) technology, so that the telephone service provided by the line-switched telephone network using a telephone exchange can be used. In comparison, the communication equipment configuration can be simplified, and the communication fee to be provided can be set at a low price.
[0080]
Therefore, the mobile telephone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminals 50, 50, which tend to have a particularly high communication fee, are particularly expensive. ₁ Communication fee required for communication with the server can be significantly reduced.
[0081]
According to the present embodiment, since the voice portal device 40 connects to the mobile phone terminal 10 through the communication connection device 30, even when the fixed telephone network 1 and the mobile phone network 2 are not connected by the gateway device 20, The mobile telephone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50 can be communicably connected to each other, and the mobile telephone terminal 10 and the fixed telephone terminal 50 cannot communicate because the fixed telephone network 1 and the mobile telephone network 2 are not connected. Restrictions can be bypassed.
[0082]
Further, according to the present embodiment, since the voice portal apparatus 40 recognizes the voice of the user of the mobile phone terminal 10 transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10 and obtains the destination telephone number, The input operation using the button is not required, and even a user who cannot operate the push button freely can easily specify the telephone number of the destination.
[0083]
(Example of change)
Note that, in the above-described embodiment, the fixed telephone terminals 50, 50 ₁ Although the case where the present invention is applied to communication with the user has been described, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to this. ₁ Therefore, the present invention can be applied to communication with the mobile phone terminal 10 or the mobile communication terminal 11 and communication between the mobile phone terminal 10 and the mobile communication terminal 11.
[0084]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce a charge required for communication from a mobile phone terminal to a fixed telephone terminal, and to limit a restriction that communication cannot be performed between the mobile phone terminal and a specific fixed telephone terminal. Can be avoided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a voice portal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a communication method according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Fixed telephone network, 2 ... Mobile telephone network, 3 ... Base station, 4 ... Data communication network, 10 ... Mobile telephone terminal, 11 ... Mobile communication terminal, 20 ... Gateway device, 30 ... Communication connection device, 40 ... Voice portal Equipment, 50, 50 ₁ … Landline terminals

Claims (4)

Telephone number detecting means for detecting a telephone number of the mobile phone terminal included in a call setting signal generated in response to a call from the mobile phone terminal;
Mobile phone network connection means for connecting to a mobile phone network that provides communication with the mobile phone terminal;
Communication path setting means for setting a communication path with the mobile telephone terminal through the mobile telephone network connection means based on the telephone number detected by the telephone number detection means;
A destination telephone number acquisition unit that acquires a destination telephone number from the mobile phone terminal through the communication path;
A communication system comprising: a connection unit that communicably connects the mobile phone terminal and a telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number is assigned. 2. The communication according to claim 1, wherein the destination telephone number acquiring unit recognizes the destination telephone number from a voice signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal and acquires the destination telephone number. system. A step (1) in which a user makes a call to a communication system using a mobile phone terminal;
(2) the communication system detecting a telephone number of the mobile phone terminal included in the call setting signal generated in accordance with the call from the mobile phone terminal;
Based on the telephone number detected in the step (2), the communication system establishes a communication path with the mobile phone terminal through mobile phone network connection means for connecting to a mobile phone network that provides communication with the mobile phone terminal. Setting step (3),
(4) the user inputting a destination telephone number;
(5) the communication system acquiring the destination telephone number through the communication path;
The communication system includes a step (6) of communicatively connecting the mobile phone terminal and the telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number obtained in the step (5) is assigned. Communication method. 4. The communication method according to claim 3, wherein in the step (5), the telephone number of the destination is obtained by recognizing the telephone number of the destination from an audio signal transmitted from the mobile phone terminal. .

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