JP2004056523A - Server for communication, communication system, and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a telephone terminal register its address telephone number over a communication network and communicably connect this telephone terminal to a telephone terminal having the registered telephone number, based on a request from the telephone terminal. <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 to 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 server, a communication system, and a communication method for registering a telephone number and an identifier in association with each other and providing communication with the registered telephone number based on the identifier.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A so-called telephone directory that can be registered by associating a destination telephone number, a registration identifier for identifying the telephone number, and a predetermined group, and making a call by referring to the registered telephone number. The function is generally built in the telephone terminal.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, as described above, when the telephone terminal has the function of the telephone directory, when the telephone terminal is replaced, it is necessary to register the destination telephone number again. In addition, the phone book function built into the mobile phone terminal can refer to the registered phone number if you do not have a mobile phone terminal or the battery of the mobile phone terminal is not charged. There was also a problem that it was not possible.
[0004]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has a telephone terminal register a telephone number of a destination via a communication network and, based on a request from the telephone terminal, register with the telephone terminal. It is an object to provide a communication server, a communication system, and a communication method for communicably connecting a telephone terminal to which a given telephone number is assigned.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a first feature of the present invention is to associate a telephone number of a user's telephone terminal, a telephone number of a destination for communicating with the user's telephone terminal, and a registration identifier. A telephone number detecting means for detecting a telephone number of the user's telephone terminal included in a call setting signal generated in connection with a call from the user's telephone terminal; On the other hand, a menu providing means for providing a menu for selecting either registration of a destination telephone number or communication with a telephone terminal provided with the destination telephone number, and a destination telephone number in accordance with a menu provided by the menu providing means. When the item for registering the number is selected, the telephone number of the destination and the registration identifier are acquired from the telephone terminal of the user, and the telephone number of the destination, the registration identifier, and the detected user are obtained. When an item for communicating with a destination telephone number is selected according to a menu provided by an information acquisition / registration unit that registers a telephone number of a telephone terminal in a storage unit and a menu provided by a menu providing unit, from a user's telephone terminal, Identifier acquisition means for acquiring the registered registration identifier, based on the acquired registration identifier and the telephone number of the destination stored in the storage means in association with the telephone number of the detected user's telephone terminal. The gist of the present invention is to have a connection means for communicably connecting the telephone terminal of the user and the telephone terminal to which the telephone number of the destination is given.
[0006]
According to the first feature of the present invention, in response to a request from the user's telephone terminal, the user's telephone terminal and the destination telephone number are assigned based on the registration identifier stored in the storage means. Since the telephone terminal is communicably connected, it is not necessary to store the telephone number in the user's telephone terminal, and it is possible to avoid re-registering the telephone number in the telephone directory when the telephone terminal is replaced. .
[0007]
Further, in the first feature of the present invention, the information acquisition and registration unit recognizes a specific portion of the audio signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user as a registration identifier and registers the specific portion in the storage unit. It is preferable to check whether the audio signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user matches the audio signal corresponding to the registered identifier registered in the storage means.
[0008]
Further, according to the first feature of the present invention, the information acquisition / registration unit recognizes a destination telephone number from a voice signal transmitted from the user's telephone terminal and acquires the destination telephone number. Is preferred.
[0009]
In such a case, since a voice signal can be used as the registration identifier and the telephone number of the destination, the user does not need to perform an input operation using the push button mounted on the telephone terminal. Even a user who cannot do so can easily specify a registration identifier and a destination telephone number.
[0010]
A second feature of the present invention is a storage means for storing a telephone number of a telephone terminal of a user, a telephone number of a destination performing communication with the telephone terminal of the user, and a registration identifier in association with each other; Telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal included in the call setting signal generated in response to the call from the user's telephone terminal, and based on the detected telephone number of the user's telephone terminal, Communication path setting means for setting a communication path with the user's telephone terminal; and communication between the user's telephone terminal and the registration of the destination telephone number or the communication with the telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number is assigned. A menu providing means for providing a menu for selecting the item through a communication path, and when an item for registering a destination telephone number is selected according to the menu provided by the menu providing means, the user's telephone terminal sends the destination to the destination. An information acquisition / registration unit that acquires a telephone number and a registration identifier through a communication path, and registers the destination telephone number, the registration identifier, and the detected telephone number of the portable communication terminal of the user in a storage unit; When an item for performing communication with the destination telephone number is selected according to the menu provided by the menu providing unit, an identifier obtaining unit that obtains the registered identifier from the user's telephone terminal through a communication path. Based on the acquired registration identifier and the telephone number of the destination stored in the storage means in association with the telephone number of the detected telephone terminal of the user, the telephone number of the user and the telephone number of the destination are stored. And a connecting means for communicably connecting the telephone terminal to the assigned telephone terminal.
[0011]
In a second aspect of the present invention, the telephone terminal of the user is a mobile telephone terminal, and comprises a mobile telephone network connection means for connecting to a mobile telephone network for providing communication with the mobile telephone terminal, Preferably, the means sets the communication path with the mobile phone terminal via the mobile phone network connection means.
[0012]
According to the second feature of the present invention, the communication system communicably connects the user's telephone terminal and the destination telephone terminal using the communication path set by calling the user's telephone terminal. Therefore, even if the call originates from the user's telephone terminal, the communication system can be an outgoing call from the communication system to the user's telephone terminal.
[0013]
Since the discount for communication from the communication system is applied according to the discount according to the outgoing call volume, the unit price of the communication fee applied to the call from the telephone terminal of the user with a smaller outgoing call volume than the communication system is applied The communication fee can be reduced by charging the user based on the unit price of the discounted communication fee.
[0014]
A third feature of the present invention is that storage means is provided for storing a telephone number of a telephone terminal of a user, a telephone number of a destination for performing communication with the telephone terminal of the user, and a registration identifier in association with each other. A communication method in a communication system in which a user makes a call to the communication system using a user's telephone terminal; and (2) detecting the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal included in the received call setting signal, and using the communication system based on the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal detected in step (2). Setting a communication path with the user's telephone terminal (3), and establishing a communication with the user's telephone terminal by registering the destination telephone number or by providing the destination telephone number to the user's telephone terminal. communication Step (4) of providing a menu through which the user can select one of them through the communication path, and in a case where the user selects an item for registering a destination telephone number in accordance with the menu, the user selects the telephone terminal of the user. And (5) inputting the telephone number of the destination and the registration identifier through the communication channel, and the communication system detects the telephone number of the input destination, the input registration identifier and the input in step (2). In step (6) of registering the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal and when the user selects an item for communicating with the destination telephone number according to the menu, the user's telephone A step (7) of inputting a registration identifier from a terminal through a communication path, a step (8) of the communication system acquiring the registration identifier, and a step (8) of the communication system. Of the user's telephone terminal and the destination based on the registered identifier acquired in step S2 and the telephone number of the destination registered in association with the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal detected in step (2). (9) communicatively connecting a telephone terminal to which a telephone number has been assigned.
[0015]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the user sends a call to the communication system using the user's telephone terminal, the communication system returns the call to the user's telephone terminal. A communication path is set, and the telephone terminal of the user and the telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number is assigned are communicably connected through the communication path. It can be an outgoing call from the communication system to the user's telephone terminal.
[0016]
The rate for communication from the communication system is discounted according to the outgoing call volume, so it is lower than the unit price of the communication fee applied to the call from the telephone terminal of the user with a smaller outgoing call volume than the communication system. It becomes inexpensive, and by charging the user based on the unit price of the discounted communication fee, the communication fee can be reduced.
[0017]
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.
[0018]
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.
[0019]
Fixed telephone network 1 is a telephone network for providing telephone services to the fixed telephone terminal 50, 50 ₁ which is used by installing in place. 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.
[0020]
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.
[0021]
Also, a fixed telephone network 1 and the mobile phone network 2 is connected via a gateway device 20, the portable telephone terminal 10, the mobile communication terminal 11, to enable communication between the fixed telephone terminal 50, 50 ₁ .
[0022]
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.
[0023]
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.
[0024]
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.
[0025]
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.
[0026]
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.
[0027]
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).
[0028]
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.
[0029]
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).
[0030]
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.
[0031]
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.
[0032]
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.
[0033]
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.
[0034]
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. The voice portal apparatus 40 is used, the number depending on the communication service selected by the mobile telephone terminal 10, the function of communicably connecting with registration and the portable telephone terminal 10 of the predetermined information and the fixed telephone terminal 50, 50 ₁ are doing.
[0035]
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 or the mobile telephone terminal 10" conference call services simultaneous calls can be connected to ", 3) and the telephone number of the destination, the registration identifier for identifying the telephone number A "phone book service" can be provided in which a call is registered by associating with a telephone number and the like and making a call with reference to the registered telephone number.
[0036]
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.
[0037]
In the present embodiment, the menu providing unit 41 causes the mobile phone terminal 10 to select either registration of a destination telephone number or communication with a telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number is assigned. Is composed.
[0038]
More specifically, a menu corresponding to each communication service provided by the voice portal device 40 is provided, and the content of the communication service is guided to the mobile phone terminal 10 by an audio signal via the information acquisition unit 42. It is.
[0039]
The menu providing unit 41 according to the present embodiment transmits the contents of the menu corresponding to each of the communication services 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.
[0040]
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.
[0041]
In the present embodiment, the information acquisition unit 42 communicates with the information acquisition / registration unit that acquires the telephone number of the destination, the registration identifier, and the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10 detected by the gateway device 20 from the mobile phone terminal 10. An identifier acquiring unit that acquires a registration identifier through a communication path set by the connection device 30 is configured.
[0042]
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.
[0043]
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.
[0044]
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.
[0045]
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.
[0046]
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
[0047]
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.
[0048]
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.
[0049]
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.
[0050]
In the present embodiment, the database 44 constitutes storage means for storing 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 acquiring unit 42, and the registration identifier.
[0051]
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, the telephone number of the destination acquired by the information acquisition unit 42 or the voice recognition unit 43, and the registration identifier are stored.
[0052]
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.
[0053]
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.
[0054]
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. , it may be automatically simultaneous calls to hold date and time and the 50 ₁ can be connected.
[0055]
In the present embodiment, the communication control unit 45 registers the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10 detected by the gateway device 20 and the destination telephone number and registration identifier received from the information obtaining unit 42 in the database 44. Configure means. 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
[0056]
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.
[0057]
Further, based on the information received from the information acquisition unit 42, the communication control unit 45 refers to the applicable record stored in the database 44 and refers to the information on the telephone number of the mobile telephone terminal 10 or the telephone number of the destination. Is transmitted to the connection unit 46.
[0058]
Connection 46, in this embodiment, constitutes the mobile telephone terminal 10, a connecting means for communicatively connecting the fixed telephone terminal 50, 50 ₁ the destination telephone number is assigned.
[0059]
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.
[0060]
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.
[0061]
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”.
[0062]
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.
[0063]
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.
[0064]
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.
[0065]
(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.
[0066]
First, a method of registering a destination telephone number from the mobile phone terminal 10 to the communication system will be described with reference to FIG.
[0067]
The user of the mobile phone terminal 10, when performing a conference call with the fixed telephone terminal 50, 50 _1, firstly, makes a telephone call to the gateway device 20 using the mobile phone terminal 10 (S301).
[0068]
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).
[0069]
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.
[0070]
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).
[0071]
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).
[0072]
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. .
[0073]
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).
[0074]
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.
[0075]
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.
[0076]
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).
[0077]
The user of the mobile phone terminal 10 inputs the corresponding number “3” using the push button (PB) provided on the mobile phone terminal 10 to select the 3) phone book service (S317).
[0078]
The voice portal device 40 acquires the PB signal input from the mobile phone terminal 10 and recognizes that the “phone directory service” has been selected, and instructs the mobile phone terminal 10 to 1) “general telephone number registration”. 2) “Telephone conference phone number registration” and 3) “Call connection with registered phone number” to guide the user to select a desired item by voice signal (S319).
[0079]
The user of the mobile phone terminal 10 1) uses the push button (PB) provided on the mobile phone terminal 10 to input a number “1” corresponding to the general phone number registration in order to select general phone number registration (S321). ).
[0080]
The voice portal device 40 acquires the PB signal input from the mobile phone terminal 10, recognizes that “regular telephone number registration” has been selected, and instructs the mobile phone terminal 10 to set the destination phone number to PB. Alternatively, guidance is provided by voice signal to input by voice (S323).
[0081]
The user of the mobile phone terminal 10 inputs the destination telephone number (for example, 030-aaaa-bbbb) using the PB, or the user utters “030-aaaa-bbbb” to make the destination telephone number. Is input (S325).
[0082]
The voice portal apparatus 40 acquires the destination telephone number (030-aaa-bbbb) input from the mobile phone terminal 10 and sends the registration identifier to the mobile phone terminal 10 by PB or voice. Guidance is provided by voice signal for input (S327).
[0083]
The user of the mobile phone terminal 10 inputs a registration identifier (for example, Marmartaro) using the PB, or the user utters “Marmartaro” and inputs the registration identifier (S329).
[0084]
The voice portal apparatus 40 obtains the registration identifier (Marmarutaro) input from the mobile phone terminal 10 and the registration identifier (Marmarutaro) and the telephone number (090-xxxx-) of the mobile phone terminal 10 obtained in step S307. yyyy) and the telephone number (030-aaa-bbbb) of the destination acquired in step S327 are registered in the database 44 in association with each other (S331).
[0085]
At this time, in step S321, if "regular telephone number registration" is selected, if "for telephone conference" is selected, "telephone telephone number registration" is selected in the telephone number table 44a. In such a case, it is registered in the telephone conference table 44b.
[0086]
Next, a method of making a call from the mobile telephone terminal 10 to a telephone terminal to which a telephone number of a destination registered in the communication system is given will be described with reference to FIG. Steps S401 to S419 in FIG. 4 are the same as steps S301 to S319 in FIG. 3, and therefore steps S421 and subsequent steps will be described.
[0087]
The user of the mobile phone terminal 10 inputs the corresponding number “3” using the push button (PB) provided in the mobile phone terminal 10 to select the call connection with the registered phone number. (S421).
[0088]
The voice portal device 40 acquires the PB signal input from the mobile phone terminal 10 and recognizes that “call connection with a registered phone number” has been selected, and sends a registration identifier to the mobile phone terminal 10. The user is guided to input by voice signal (S423).
[0089]
When the user of the mobile phone terminal 10 has input the registration identifier by PB in step S329, the user inputs the registration identifier (Malmartaro) by using the PB, and in step S327, the user changes the display to "Malmartaro". If the user has uttered and entered the registration identifier, the user utters "Marmartaro" and enters the registration identifier (S425).
[0090]
The voice portal device 40 acquires the registration identifier (Malmar Taro) input from the mobile phone terminal 10, and corresponds to the registration identifier and the telephone number (090-xxxx-yyy) of the mobile phone terminal 10 obtained in step S407. A call is made to the fixed telephone terminal 50 to which the destination telephone number (for example, 030-aaa-bbbb) assigned to the destination is stored (S427).
[0091]
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.
[0092]
In addition, the voice portal device 40 differs from the telephone number (090-xxxx-yyy) stored in the database 44 in association with the registration identifier (Malmar Taro) of the telephone terminal acquired in step S407. In this case, the user of the telephone terminal is required to input a telephone number (090-xxxx-yyyy) stored in the database 44 as the user ID of the user. As described above, by requesting the input of the stored telephone number (090-xxxx-yyy) even from a telephone terminal having a telephone number different from the telephone number (090-xxxx-yyy) stored in the database 44, It is possible to make a call to the registered destination telephone number (030-aaaa-bbbb) using the "phone directory service" provided by the voice portal apparatus 40.
[0093]
The user of the fixed telephone terminal 50 responds to the call generated in connection with the call from the voice portal device 40 to the fixed telephone terminal 50 (S429).
[0094]
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 S413 (S431).
[0095]
After acquiring the registration identifier (Malmar Taro) from the mobile phone terminal 10 in step S425, the voice portal device 40 releases the communication path set up with the mobile phone terminal 10 in step S413 (so-called disconnection). Then, in step S427, a call may be sent 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 S427, the voice portal device in step S413 It is possible to avoid the time in which the communication path set by 40 is unnecessarily held.
[0096]
(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, the voice portal device 40 is configured to perform the mobile communication based on the information stored in the database 44 in response to the request from the mobile phone terminal 10 of the user. Since the telephone terminal 10 and the telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number is assigned are communicably connected, the user does not need to store the destination telephone number in the mobile telephone terminal 10 and exchanges the mobile telephone terminal 10. In such a case, it is possible to avoid problems such as re-registering the destination telephone number in the telephone directory, and being unable to refer to the destination telephone number when the mobile phone terminal 10 cannot be used.
[0097]
Further, according to the present embodiment, even when the mobile phone terminal 10 makes a call to the fixed phone terminal 50, the voice portal device 40 uses the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 10 detected by the gateway device 20. Based on this, the mobile phone terminal 10 is called back via 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.
[0098]
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.
[0099]
Therefore, it is possible to significantly reduce the particular communication charge required for communication with the strong tendency mobile telephone terminal 10 the communication fee becomes expensive and the fixed telephone terminal 50, 50 _1.
[0100]
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.
[0101]
Further, according to the present embodiment, 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 acquires the destination telephone number and the registered identifier. The user does not need to perform an input operation using the push button. In particular, even a user who cannot freely operate the push button can easily specify the registration identifier.
[0102]
(Example of change)
In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which the present invention is applied to a communication with respect to the fixed telephone terminal 50, 50 ₁ from the mobile telephone terminal 10, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto , for example, communication from fixed telephone terminals 50 and 50 ₁ for the mobile phone terminal 10 or the mobile communication terminal 11, can also be applied to a communication, the mobile telephone terminal 10 and the mobile communication terminal 11.
[0103]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a telephone number of a destination is registered from a telephone terminal via a communication network, and based on a request from the telephone terminal, the telephone terminal and the registered telephone number are assigned. Communicable connection with the telephone terminal.
[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 illustrating a method of registering a destination telephone number and a registration identifier to a telephone directory function according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a communication method with a telephone terminal using a telephone directory function 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 ... fixed telephone terminal

Claims (11)

Storage means for storing the telephone number of the telephone terminal of the user, the telephone number of the destination performing communication with the telephone terminal of the user, and the registration identifier in association with each other;
Telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal included in the call setting signal generated in connection with the call from the user's telephone terminal;
Menu providing means for providing a menu for the user's telephone terminal to select either registration of the destination telephone number or communication with a telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number is assigned;
When an item for registering the telephone number of the destination is selected according to the menu by the menu providing unit, the telephone number of the destination and the registration identifier are obtained from the telephone terminal of the user; Information acquisition registration means for registering the telephone number of the destination, the registration identifier, and the telephone number of the detected telephone terminal of the user in the storage means;
When an item for performing communication with the destination telephone number is selected according to the menu provided by the menu providing unit, an identifier acquiring unit that acquires the registered identifier from the user's telephone terminal. ,
Based on the acquired registration identifier and the telephone number of the destination stored in the storage unit in association with the detected telephone number of the telephone terminal of the user, the telephone terminal of the user and the destination Connection means for communicably connecting the telephone terminal to which the telephone number is assigned. The information acquisition registration unit recognizes a specific part of a voice signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user as the registration identifier and registers the specific portion in the storage unit,
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifier acquisition unit checks whether an audio signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user matches an audio signal corresponding to the registered identifier registered in the storage unit. Server as described in. 2. The information acquisition and registration unit according to claim 1, wherein the information acquisition and registration unit recognizes the telephone number of the destination from a voice signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user and acquires the telephone number of the destination. server. Storage means for storing the telephone number of the telephone terminal of the user, the telephone number of the destination performing communication with the telephone terminal of the user, and the registration identifier in association with each other;
Telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal included in the call setting signal generated in connection with the call from the user's telephone terminal;
Communication path setting means for setting a communication path with the user's telephone terminal based on the detected telephone number of the user's telephone terminal;
A menu providing means for providing, through the communication path, a menu for allowing the user's telephone terminal to select either registration of the destination telephone number or communication with a telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number is assigned. When,
When an item for registering the telephone number of the destination according to the menu by the menu providing means is selected, the telephone number of the destination and the registration identifier are transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user through the communication path. Information acquisition and registration means for acquiring and registering the telephone number of the destination, the registration identifier, and the detected telephone number of the portable communication terminal of the user in the storage means;
When an item for performing communication with the destination telephone number is selected in accordance with the menu by the menu providing means, the registered identifier is obtained from the user's telephone terminal through the communication path. Identifier acquisition means for performing
Based on the acquired registration identifier and the telephone number of the destination stored in the storage unit in association with the detected telephone number of the telephone terminal of the user, the telephone terminal of the user and the destination Connection means for communicably connecting to a telephone terminal to which a telephone number is assigned. The user's telephone terminal is a mobile telephone terminal,
Mobile phone network connection means for connecting to a mobile phone network that provides communication to the mobile phone terminal,
The communication system according to claim 4, wherein the communication path setting means sets the communication path with the mobile phone terminal via the mobile phone network connection means. The information acquisition registration unit recognizes a specific part of a voice signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user as the registration identifier and registers the specific portion in the storage unit,
The identifier acquisition unit checks whether an audio signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user matches an audio signal corresponding to the registered identifier registered in the storage unit. The communication system according to claim 4. 6. The information acquisition and registration unit according to claim 4, wherein the information acquisition registration unit recognizes the telephone number of the destination from a voice signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user and acquires the telephone number of the destination. The communication system according to claim 1. A communication method in a communication system provided with a storage unit for storing a telephone number of a user's telephone terminal, a destination telephone number for performing communication with the user's telephone terminal, and a registration identifier in association with each other. ,
A step (1) in which the user makes a call to the communication system using the user's telephone terminal;
A step (2) of the communication system detecting a telephone number of the telephone terminal of the user included in a call setting signal generated in response to a call from the telephone terminal of the user; (3) setting a communication path with the user's telephone terminal based on the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal detected in (2);
The communication system, through the communication path, a menu for allowing the user's telephone terminal to select either registration of the destination telephone number or communication with a telephone terminal to which the destination telephone number is assigned. Providing (4);
When the user selects an item for registering the telephone number of the destination according to the menu, the user side transmits the telephone number of the destination and the registration identifier from the telephone terminal of the user. Inputting through the communication path (5);
(6) the communication system registering the input telephone number of the destination, the input registration identifier, and the telephone number of the telephone terminal of the user detected in the step (2);
When the user selects an item for performing communication with the destination telephone number according to the menu, the user inputs the registration identifier from the telephone terminal of the user through the communication path; (7)
(8) the communication system acquiring the input registration identifier;
The destination telephone number registered by the communication system in association with the registration identifier acquired in step (8) and the telephone number of the user's telephone terminal detected in step (2) (9) connecting the telephone terminal of the user and the telephone terminal to which the telephone number of the destination is communicable, based on the method (1). The user's telephone terminal is a mobile telephone terminal,
Mobile phone network connection means for connecting to a mobile phone network that provides communication to the mobile phone terminal,
The communication method according to claim 8, wherein the communication path setting means sets the communication path with the mobile phone terminal via the mobile phone network connection means. In the step (6), a specific part of the audio signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user is recognized and registered as the registration identifier,
In the step (8), it is checked whether an audio signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user matches an audio signal corresponding to the registered identifier registered. Item 10. The communication method according to any one of Items 8 and 9. 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the step (6), a telephone number of the destination is obtained by recognizing a telephone number of the destination from an audio signal transmitted from the telephone terminal of the user. The communication method according to claim 1.

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