JP2005086786A - Voip unit and voip communication terminal apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a VoIP unit performing VoIP call in which a caller notification number for notification to a called party when originating a call is changed into an arbitrary number and set through simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: When originating a VoIP call from a computer 301, a caller number that is changed into an arbitrary number and set, is inputted to a control part 110 together with a telephone number indicating the called party, the inputted caller number is used as the caller notification number by a caller number change means 112a of a ROM 112, and the VoIP call is originated to the called party that is designated by the inputted telephone number, via a network 501. Whichever of the caller number or a VoIP number can be inputted first, and whichever of hooking, "*" and "#" is available as a partition symbol for partitioning the caller number and the VoIP number. Furthermore, the caller notification number can also be preset and registered in the RAM 111 together with a calling number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a VoIP unit and a VoIP communication terminal, and when a call for a VoIP call is made from a communication terminal internally connected to the VoIP unit, a caller notification number to be notified to a call partner is changed to an arbitrary number The present invention relates to a VoIP unit that can be used and a VoIP communication terminal device including the VoIP unit.

There are conventional examples of VoIP systems connected to a network via a broadband subscriber line as follows.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-101198 “Internet telephone system” disclosed in Patent Document 1 describes a technology related to a VoIP system including a server that manages telephone numbers and IP addresses and a communication terminal to which a telephone is connected. ing. In the VoIP system, the server has a function of registering a telephone number and an IP address corresponding to the telephone number in association with each other. The communication terminal automatically transmits a telephone number and an IP address corresponding to the telephone number to the server when the IP address is assigned, and registers the telephone number. A function of obtaining an IP address corresponding to the telephone number of the call partner from the server and performing a connection operation when the number is input.

  With this configuration, when making a VoIP call, the telephone number of the other party can be input without checking the other party's IP address or manually registering the IP address. It is possible to make a VoIP call with the other party of the call simply by doing.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-77509 “Internet Facsimile Device” disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes a parent device and a child device capable of transmitting and receiving a facsimile image instead of voice via the Internet. In an Internet facsimile machine in which one or a plurality of Internet addresses and / or e-mail addresses can be specified for each slave unit, and for each combination of each accessible address, the master unit, and each slave unit Thus, a technique is described in which an ID code is assigned, and transmission / reception data corresponding to each address is read and transmitted by the ID code.

JP 2002-101198 A JP 2002-77509 A

  One of the features of the conventional VoIP system represented by the device described in Patent Document 1 described above is that a computer running a VoIP application can be applied as a VoIP call terminal. is there. Here, in the case of a VoIP call, once the telephone number assigned to the computer, that is, the VoIP number is notified to the call partner as a caller notification number, the caller notification number is used thereafter. Thus, it is expected that an incoming call from the other party who has received the notification will be addressed to the computer.

  However, a state in which the VoIP call is impossible occurs, for example, the computer is not turned on or the VoIP application is not activated. Generally, the state is not set so that the VoIP call is always possible. Thus, in the case of a communication terminal in which VoIP calls are not always possible, even when performing a VoIP call, the VoIP number of the communication terminal is notified as it is to the calling party as a caller notification number. Could cause inconvenience. Further, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 has the same problem, and there may be a case where a facsimile image transmitted from the destination designated in advance cannot be received via the Internet. .

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and in a VoIP call system configured by internally connecting a communication terminal that handles VoIP calls to a VoIP unit connected to a network via a broadband subscriber line. The caller notification number to be notified to the other party at the time of a call for VoIP call is intended to be changed to an arbitrary number by a simple operation, and specifically, Is intended to enable the following operations.

  First, even when a VoIP call is made with a call partner using a communication terminal that is not always capable of making a VoIP call, a communication terminal that can reliably receive subsequent calls from the call partner It is an object to make it possible to notify the other party of the call as a caller notification number by appropriately changing the telephone number.

  Secondly, a caller notification number candidate that is changed to a telephone number that can be surely received after that and notified to the other party of the call is set and registered in advance, so that the call number is used from among the candidates. It is an object to select an appropriate candidate and make the selected caller notification number usable simply and safely.

  Thirdly, the VoIP unit according to the present invention is provided inside a VoIP communication terminal device capable of VoIP calls, and the object is to simplify installation operation and improve operability when a user installs the VoIP unit.

  The present invention provides means for solving these problems, and each invention includes the following technical means.

  The first technical means is connected to a network via a broadband subscriber line including a digital subscriber line, and internally connects a plurality of communication terminals including a communication terminal that handles a VoIP call that is a packet-based voice call. The VoIP unit is provided with a caller number changing means that can change and set a caller notification number to be notified to the other party of the call when making a call for a VoIP call. It is characterized by.

  According to a second technical means, in the VoIP unit described in the first technical means, the caller number changing means changes the caller notification number to an arbitrary number when making a call for a VoIP call. In the case of setting, the caller notification number changed and set is input before the telephone number indicating the other party of the call.

  According to a third technical means, in the VoIP unit according to the first technical means, the caller number changing means changes the caller notification number to an arbitrary number when making a call for VoIP call. In the case of setting, the caller notification number changed and set is input after the telephone number indicating the other party of the call.

  In a VoIP unit according to the second or third technical means, a fourth technical means is a delimiter signal between the caller notification number that is changed and set and a telephone number that indicates a call destination. It is characterized by using hooking.

  In the VoIP unit described in the second or third technical means, a fifth technical means is a delimiter signal between the caller notification number that is changed and set and a telephone number that indicates a call destination. , “*” Or “#” is used.

  A sixth technical means is the VoIP unit according to any one of the second to fifth technical means, wherein the caller notification number is not changed and set by the caller number changing means to an arbitrary number. Is characterized in that only the telephone number indicating the other party is input without inputting the caller notification number.

  A seventh technical means is connected to the network through a broadband subscriber line including a digital subscriber line, and internally connects a plurality of communication terminals including a communication terminal that handles a VoIP call that is a packet-based voice call. The VoIP unit accepts one or a plurality of caller number change candidates that can be changed to any number and set as a caller notification number for notifying the other party of the call when making a call for VoIP call. , Together with a call number for designating and calling each of the caller number change candidates, caller number change candidate accepting means set and registered in advance in the caller number change candidate storage means, and input at the time of calling for VoIP call The caller number change candidate designated by the called call number is called from the caller number change candidate storage means, Characterized in that a VoIP unit; and a caller ID call changing means for setting a caller notification number to be notified to the other party.

  As an eighth technical means, in the VoIP unit described in the seventh technical means, the caller number change candidate accepting means is set as the caller number change candidate set and registered in advance in the caller number change candidate storage means. The caller number non-notification that the caller notification number is not notified to the call partner can be preset and registered together with the call number.

  Ninth technical means is the VoIP unit described in the seventh or eighth technical means, wherein the caller number change candidate accepting means is set and registered in advance in the caller number change candidate storage means. Only a telephone number of a communication terminal for VoIP call internally connected to the VoIP unit as a change candidate can be set and registered in advance together with the call number.

  According to a tenth technical means, in the VoIP unit according to any one of the sixth to eighth technical means, the caller number call changing means is designated by the call number inputted at the time of calling for VoIP call. When the caller number change candidate is called from the caller number change candidate storage means and the caller notification number is changed and set to an arbitrary number, the call number indicates a telephone number that indicates the other party of the call It is input before the number.

  An eleventh technical means is the VoIP unit according to any one of the sixth to eighth technical means, wherein the caller number call changing means is designated by the call number inputted at the time of calling for VoIP call. When the caller number change candidate is called from the caller number change candidate storage means and the caller notification number is changed and set to an arbitrary number, the call number indicates a telephone number that indicates the other party of the call It is input after the number.

  A twelfth technical means is characterized in that, in the VoIP unit according to the tenth or eleventh technical means, hooking is used as a separation signal between the calling number and a telephone number indicating a call partner.

  In a VoIP unit according to the tenth or eleventh technical means, a thirteenth technical means uses a sign “*” or a sign “*” as a delimiter signal between the caller notification number and the telephone number indicating the telephone call destination It is characterized by using '#'.

  In a VoIP unit according to any one of the ninth to thirteenth technical means, the fourteenth technical means does not set the caller notification number by changing the caller notification number to an arbitrary number by the caller number calling change means. In this case, only the telephone number indicating the other party is input without inputting the call number.

  According to a fifteenth technical means, in the VoIP communication terminal device comprising an analog telephone unit for controlling analog calls and a VoIP call unit for controlling VoIP calls, the first to fourteenth technical means are used as the VoIP call units. The VoIP unit according to any one of the above is provided.

According to the VoIP unit and the VoIP communication terminal device according to the present invention provided with the respective technical means as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, even when a VoIP call is made with a communication partner using a communication terminal that is not always in a VoIP call, it can be reliably received when a subsequent call from the call partner occurs. As described above, when a VoIP call is made, it is possible to make a call by changing the caller notification number to be notified to the other party to an arbitrary number indicating the telephone number of a communication terminal that can always receive a call. is there.

  Also, when making a call with a caller notification number set by changing to the telephone number of a communication terminal that can reliably receive a call by setting and registering a change candidate to be changed and set as a caller notification number in advance In addition, it is possible to call and use a desired telephone number from among the change candidates set and registered in advance, using the calling number, and the caller notification number to be notified to the other party can be easily and safely Can be set.

  Furthermore, by providing the VoIP unit according to the present invention inside a VoIP communication terminal device capable of both analog calls and VoIP calls, the operability is improved and the parts and the board can be shared, thereby reducing the cost. In addition to making it possible, it is possible to simplify the installation by eliminating the wiring work when the user arranges the VoIP means.

  The VoIP unit according to the present invention and a VoIP communication terminal device equipped with the VoIP unit are connected to a network via a broadband subscriber line including a digital subscriber line, and receive a VoIP call that is a packet-based voice call. A VoIP unit in which a plurality of communication terminals including a communication terminal to be handled are internally connected and a VoIP communication terminal device including the VoIP unit, and a caller notification number to be notified to a call partner at the time of a call for VoIP call is arbitrary. Caller number changing means that can be set by changing the number to any number, regardless of the communication terminal used for the VoIP call, an arbitrary number input from the communication terminal is used as a caller notification number. It is possible to notify the call partner.

  In addition, the VoIP unit according to the present invention and the VoIP communication terminal device equipped with the VoIP unit are changed and set as an arbitrary number as a caller notification number for notifying a call partner when a call for VoIP call is made. A caller who receives one or more caller number change candidates that can be sent and sets and registers in advance in the caller number change candidate storage means together with a call number for specifying and calling each of the caller number change candidates Caller number change candidate accepting means and caller number change candidate designated by call number input at the time of calling for VoIP call are called from the caller number change candidate storage means and sent to the call destination Caller number calling change means for setting as a caller notification number, and from among the caller number change candidates set and registered in advance, VoI Regardless of the communication terminal used for the call, the caller number change candidate designated by the call number input from the communication terminal can be notified to the call partner as a caller notification number. is there.

  An example of an embodiment of a VoIP unit and a VoIP communication terminal device including the VoIP unit according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the VoIP unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The VoIP unit 100 shown in FIG. 1 shows a case where an ADSL line 904 which is one of digital subscriber lines is used as an example of a broadband subscriber line used for a public line (station line) from the network 501. The ADSL line 904 connected to the network 501 can superimpose a packet-based data signal (including a VoIP call signal) on a voice signal that is a circuit-switched telephone call.

  The VoIP unit 100 makes a circuit-switching-based call with the telephone 201 internally connected to the telephone port 154 via the voice port 153 with the ADSL line 904 used for connection with the network 501, A terminal communication function for performing a packet-based VoIP call via the data communication port 151 is provided, and connected to the LAN cable 901 via, for example, the data communication port 151 (that is, the LAN cable 901 is connected to the VoIP unit 100). It also has a relay communication function capable of performing packet-based data transmission / reception (including VoIP call data) by the computer 301 (internally connected through the network).

  That is, in the VoIP unit 100 shown in FIG. 1, the voice signal and the data signal (including the VoIP call signal) are separated by the splitter 192 connected to the ADSL line 904, and the separated circuit-switched voice signal is A packet-based data signal and a VoIP call signal are modulated / demodulated by the ADSL modem 191 to be a digital signal, which is input / output from / to the voice port 153 of the VoIP unit 100 connected via the voice signal line 903. In this example, input / output is performed with respect to the digital communication port 152 of the VoIP unit 100 connected via the digital signal line 902.

  Here, the VoIP unit 100 shown in FIG. 1 has a control unit 110 that controls the operation of the entire VoIP unit 100, a RAM 111 and a ROM 112 used by the control unit 110, and a conversion process between a voice signal and a digital signal during a VoIP call. The voice-digital signal processing unit 120 to be performed, the RAM 121 used by the voice-digital signal processing unit 120, and the connection state between the telephone 201 connected to the telephone port 154, the voice-digital signal processing unit 120, and the voice signal line 903 It is comprised by the switching part 130 which switches. Furthermore, the VoIP unit 100 includes a data communication port 151 for connection with the LAN cable 901, and transmits / receives data information including VoIP call data to / from the computer 301 connected to the LAN cable 901. Is possible.

  In addition to the main program, the ROM 112 used by the control unit 110 that controls the VoIP unit 100 as a whole includes a communication terminal internally connected to the VoIP unit 100, for example, a VoIP outgoing call sent by the telephone 201 to a call partner. Stored is a caller number changing unit 112a that can change and set a caller notification number to be notified to an arbitrary number. The RAM 111 used by the control unit 110 is used for storing various data related to the control of the control unit 110.

  The voice-digital signal processing unit 120 performs a conversion process between a voice signal and a digital signal at the time of a VoIP call. For example, the voice-digital signal processing unit 120 converts a circuit-switched voice signal via the voice signal line 903 into a VoIP unit 100. When a VoIP call is handled with a computer 301 which is a communication terminal internally connected via a LAN cable 901, or a packet-based VoIP call signal via a digital signal line 902 is used as a telephone of the VoIP unit 100. When a voice signal is handled with the telephone 201 internally connected via the port 154, a conversion process between a circuit-switched voice signal and a packet-based VoIP call signal, that is, a digital signal is performed. The RAM 121 used by the audio-digital signal processing unit 120 is used for temporarily storing data for conversion processing.

  The switching unit 130 switches the connection state of the telephone 201, the audio-digital signal processing unit 120, and the audio signal line 903 according to a voice signal call and a VoIP call.

  Here, the telephone 201 internally connected to the telephone port 154 of the VoIP unit 100 is assigned, for example, “1111-1111” as a telephone number for VoIP calling, that is, a VoIP number by the IP telephone service provider. Similarly, the computer 301 internally connected to the data communication port 151 via the LAN cable 901 is assigned, for example, '1111-1112' as a VoIP telephone number, that is, a VoIP number, It is registered in the VoIP unit 100.

  Further, the network 501 is connected with a telephone 202 as a communication terminal capable of making a VoIP call with a telephone 201 internally connected to the VoIP unit 100 via the network 501, and a telephone number for VoIP call, that is, It is assumed that “9999-1111” is assigned as the VoIP number.

  Next, using a computer 301 (VoIP number '1111-1112') internally connected to the VoIP unit 100, a VoIP call is made with the telephone 202 (VoIP number '9999-1111') connected to the network 501. When performing the call, the caller notification number to be notified to the other party's telephone 202 is set to the VoIP number '1111-1111' of the telephone 201 internally connected to the VoIP unit 100 from the original VoIP number '1111-1112'. The operation of making a call after changing to the above will be described with reference to the processing flowchart shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a process flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of changing the caller notification number of the VoIP unit 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. When a call is made from a communication terminal that cannot be used, the VoIP number of the communication terminal that can always be connected is set instead of the VoIP number of the communication terminal as the caller notification number to be notified to the other party. The operation to call is described.

  Here, the VoIP unit 100 treats hooking as a separator signal between a caller notification number for notifying the call partner and the VoIP number of the call partner, and uses the number input before detecting hooking as the call partner. It is assumed that the caller notification number to be notified to the phone number and the number input after detecting hooking are handled as the VoIP number of the other party. As described above, by making it possible to input an arbitrary number as the caller notification number, the caller notification number to be notified to the other party of the call can be set to any telephone number that can be always connected from the original VoIP number. It becomes possible to change and set.

  First, the computer 301 internally connected to the VoIP unit 100 changes the caller notification number to be notified to the telephone 202 that is the other party of the call to the VoIP number '1111-1111' of the telephone 201 to make a call. The VoIP number of the telephone 201 is dialed as the caller notification number, followed by hooking, and then the VoIP number '9999-1111' of the telephone 202 that is the other party of the call. That is, the computer 301 dials '11111111 (Hooking) 99991111'.

  When dial input is started in the processing flowchart of FIG. 2, first, the VoIP unit 100 is connected to the audio-digital signal processing unit 120 with the number “11111111” dialed before detection of hooking as the temporary storage number 1. The data are sequentially stored in the RAM 121 (step S101).

  Next, when the VoIP unit 100 detects the reception of the hooking signal from the computer 301 (YES in step S102), the number '99991111' dialed after the hooking signal is sequentially stored in the RAM 121 as the temporary storage number 2 (step S102). S103).

  Next, the control unit 110 of the VoIP unit 100 activates the caller number changing unit 112a stored in the ROM 112 to thereby store the temporary storage number 1 ('11111111') stored in the RAM 121 and the temporary storage number 2 ( '99991111') is set, '11111111' of the temporary storage number 1 is set as the caller notification number to notify the call partner, and '99991111' of the temporary storage number 2 is set as the VoIP number of the call partner Then, the calling process is started (step S104).

  On the other hand, if hooking is not detected as a dial from the computer 301 in step S102 (NO in step S102), the control unit 110 reads only the temporary storage number 1 from the RAM 121 (step S105) and notifies the call partner. The VoIP number '11111112' of the computer 301 that made the call is set as the caller notification number to be sent, and the temporary storage number 1 that has been read is set as the VoIP number of the other party of the call, and the calling process is started. That is, when the hooking is not dialed, the computer 301 immediately dials the VoIP number “99991111” of the other party as in the normal dial input.

  As a result of the above operation, when detecting a hooking, the VoIP unit 100 uses the VoIP number of the communication terminal actually used as the caller notification number to be notified to the other party of the call when a VoIP call is made. Regardless of the phone number), if you make a call to the specified number by dialing in any number before hooking and make a call, if no hooking is detected, the caller notification number is Without changing, the VoIP number (telephone number) of the communication terminal actually used is set and a call is made.

  In other words, in the above-described example, even if the call originates from the computer 301, the caller notification number notified to the telephone 202 of the other party is the VoIP number '1111- of the telephone 201 dialed before hooking. Since the call is changed to 1111 ′, the telephone 202 stores the VoIP number “1111-1111” of the telephone 201, not the computer 301 that is actually calling, as the VoIP number of the caller. It will be. Thus, even if it is expected that the telephone 202 receives the VoIP unit 100, the destination is not the computer 301 but the telephone 201 that has been notified as the caller notification number. Will receive an incoming call.

  Therefore, in the VoIP unit 100, even if a call originates from the computer 301, the computer 301 is always operated in preparation for an incoming call that may newly occur in response to such a call. Even if the VoIP application is always activated on the computer 301 and the VoIP call is not always possible, the telephone 201 that has been notified as the caller notification number misses the incoming VoIP call. It is possible to make a call with the other party.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the number input by dialing before hooking is used as a caller notification number for notifying a call partner, and the number input by dialing after hooking is used as a VoIP number indicating the call partner is shown. Although the present invention is not limited to this case, the dial input order is reversed, the number input by dialing before hooking is set as the VoIP number indicating the other party of the call, and the number input by dialing after hooking is It is good also as a caller notification number notified to the other party.

  In addition, when there is no need to change the caller notification number as in the case of communication terminals that are always set to be able to receive incoming calls, dialing with the normal dialing method without using hooking It is possible to make a call using the VoIP number of the communication terminal used for the caller as the caller notification number.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where hooking is used as a separator signal between the caller notification number to be notified to the call partner and the VoIP number of the call partner is shown. There are many VoIP applications that do not support the hooking operation. In preparation for such a case, even when calling from a VoIP application on the computer 301 by using a special code such as “#” or “*” instead of using hooking as a delimiter signal, the caller It is also possible to make a call by designating a notification number, and it is possible to change the caller notification number as necessary by using any of such separation signals.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, as a second embodiment of the VoIP unit according to the present invention, a caller notification number to be notified to a call partner and a call number for calling the caller notification number are registered in the VoIP unit in advance. When a VoIP call is started, an arbitrary call number is input regardless of the actual communication terminal, and a caller notification number to be notified to the call destination is registered using the input call number. A description will be given of an embodiment in which it is possible to call, set and make a call from the beginning.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the VoIP unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the VoIP unit 100A shown in FIG. 3, the same circuit units as those in the VoIP unit 100 shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1, and the control unit 110A, RAM 111A, and ROM 112A are shown in FIG. It is configured differently.

  That is, in the ROM 112A, in addition to the main program used by the control unit 110A, one or a plurality of caller notification numbers that the control unit 110A notifies the call partner can be changed to any number. The caller number change candidate is received by the caller number change candidate accepting means 112Aa which is set and registered in advance, and designated by the call number input at the time of VoIP call regardless of the communication terminal used for the VoIP call Caller number call change means 112Ab for calling the caller number change candidate and setting it as a caller notification number for notifying the other party of the call is stored.

  In addition, the RAM 111A used by the control unit 110A is used for storing various data related to the control of the control unit 110A, and one or more caller number change accepted by the caller number change candidate accepting unit 112Aa Candidates are also used as caller number change candidate storage means 111Aa, which is a storage area for presetting and registering together with call numbers for calling each caller number change candidate.

  Next, using the computer 301 internally connected to the VoIP unit 100A, a setting related to a change candidate for the caller notification number to be notified to the other party during a VoIP call is made for the caller number change candidate accepting means 112Aa of the VoIP unit 100A. The operation of setting and registering in advance will be described.

  First, the control unit 110A of the VoIP unit 100A is activated by accessing the VoIP unit 100A from the computer 301 via the LAN cable 901 using, for example, a WEB browser operating on the computer 301, and the VoIP unit Caller number change candidate accepting means 112Aa stored in 100A ROM 112A is sequentially read and executed by control unit 110A.

  According to the execution result of the caller number change candidate accepting unit 112Aa, a setting registration WEB screen for setting and registering a caller notification number change candidate is displayed on the monitor of the computer 301 of the activation source via the LAN cable 901. . When a caller notification number change candidate and a call number for calling the change candidate are input in accordance with the setting registration WEB screen displayed on the monitor of the computer 301, the call input input to the WEB browser of the computer 301. A call number for calling the change candidate together with the change candidate number is transferred from the WEB browser of the computer 301 to the control unit 110A via the LAN cable 901.

  Based on the operation of the caller number change candidate accepting unit 112Aa, the control unit 110A sets and registers the transferred caller number change candidate and the call number in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the RAM 111A. End the operation. As such, the setting registration of the caller number change candidate and the call number in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the RAM 111A by the caller number change candidate accepting unit 112Aa is performed in advance prior to the actual VoIP call. .

  Next, using the computer 301 (VoIP number '1111-1112') internally connected to the VoIP unit 100A, a VoIP call is made to the telephone 202 (VoIP number '9999-1111') connected to the network 501. At this time, the caller number change candidate is called using the call number preset and registered in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the VoIP unit 100A, and the called caller number change candidate is notified to the calling party. An operation for setting a caller notification number for making a call and making a call will be described.

  In the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the RAM 111A, as described above, by the operation of the caller number change candidate accepting unit 112Aa, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a call number and a call corresponding to the call number are sent. User number change candidates are set and registered. FIG. 4 is a memory configuration diagram showing an example of caller number change candidates preset and registered in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the VoIP unit 100A in the second embodiment according to the present invention. . In the example of setting and registering the caller number change candidate shown in FIG. 4, the VoIP number “1111-1111” of the telephone 201 corresponds to the call number “2” as the caller number change candidate corresponding to the call number “1”. The VoIP number “1111-1112” of the computer 301 is set and registered in advance as a caller number change candidate, and the VoIP number “1111-1113” of another communication terminal is set and registered as a caller number change candidate corresponding to the calling number “3”. Has been.

  In the following, a caller notification for notifying the other party of the call by calling the caller number change candidate '1111-1111', which is the VoIP number of the telephone 201 associated with the call number “1”, using the computer 301 The processing flowchart shown in FIG. 5 shows the operation of calling the telephone 202 by changing the communication number and setting the VoIP number of the telephone 201 instead of the VoIP number of the computer 301 that is the actual caller. It explains using. FIG. 5 is a process flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of changing the caller notification number of the VoIP unit 100A in the second embodiment according to the present invention.

  Here, the VoIP unit 100A treats the code “*” as a delimiter between the VoIP number of the call partner and the call number for the number input at the start of the VoIP call from the computer 301, and detects the code “*”. It is assumed that the number input before the call is handled as the VoIP number of the call partner, and the number input after detecting the symbol “*” as the calling number. That is, in this embodiment, the call number for calling the VoIP number “1111-1111” of the telephone 201 as the caller notification number to be notified to the telephone 202 (VoIP number “9999-1111”) of the call partner. “1” is designated, and “99991111 * 1” is input from the computer 301.

  In other words, when the computer 301 internally connected to the VoIP unit 100A inputs the call number “1”, the caller number change candidate receiving means 112Aa causes the caller number change candidate storage means 111Aa to store the call number “1”. ”And the caller number change candidate“ 1111-1111 ”previously set and registered, and the VoIP number“ 1111-1112 ”of the computer 301 is changed to change the VoIP number“ 1111-1111 ”of the telephone 201 to The caller notification number to be notified to the telephone 202 is set and an instruction to call the telephone 202 is given. Therefore, the computer 301 dials the VoIP number “99991111” of the telephone 202 as the other party of the call, then dials “*”, and then dials the call number “1”.

  When dial input from the computer 301 is started in the processing flowchart of FIG. 5, first, the VoIP unit 100A uses the number “99991111” dialed before detection of “*” as a temporary storage number 1 to perform audio-digital signal processing. The data are sequentially stored in the RAM 121 connected to the unit 120 (step S201).

  Next, when the VoIP unit 100A detects reception of the code “*” from the computer 301 (YES in step S202), the number “1” dialed after the detected “*” is stored in the RAM 121 as the temporary storage number 2. (Step S203).

  Next, the control unit 110A of the VoIP unit 100A reads the temporary storage number 1 ('99991111') and the temporary storage number 2 ("1") stored in the RAM 121 as caller numbers, “99991111” of temporary storage number 1 is set as the VoIP number, and the calling number for calling the caller notification number to be notified to the call partner is set to “1” of temporary storage number 2 (step S204).

  The control unit 110A activates the caller number call change unit 112Ab stored in the ROM 112A, and is preset and registered in association with the call number “1” from the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the RAM 111A. The caller number change candidate '1111-1111' is acquired, and the acquired caller number change candidate '1111-1111' is set as a caller notification number for notifying the call partner '99991111'. Start (step S205).

  On the other hand, when the sign “*” is not detected as a dial from the computer 301 in step S202 (NO in step S202), the control unit 110A reads only the temporary storage number 1 and reads the temporary storage number 1 ( '99991111') is set as the VoIP number of the call partner, and the VoIP number '11111112' of the calling computer 301 is set as the caller notification number to be notified to the call partner, and the calling process is started ( Step S206).

  With the above operation, when the VoIP unit 100A detects the code “*”, the VoIP unit 100A uses the communication terminal actually used as the caller notification number to be notified to the other party of the call when the VoIP call is made. Regardless of the VoIP number, a call is made by changing to a caller number change candidate previously set and registered in association with the designated call number by dialing after the sign “*”. If * 'is not detected, the VoIP number of the communication terminal actually used is set and the call is made without changing the caller notification number.

  In other words, in the above-described example, even if the call is made from the computer 301, the caller notification number notified to the telephone 202 of the call partner is stored in advance in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the VoIP unit 100A. Since the caller number change candidate set and registered is changed to the VoIP number '1111-1111' associated with the dialed call number “1”, the telephone set 202 is As the VoIP number of the caller, the VoIP number '1111-1111' of the telephone 201 is stored instead of the computer 301 that is actually calling. Thus, even if it is expected that the telephone 202 will receive the VoIP unit 100A, the destination is not the computer 301 but the telephone 201 that has been notified as the caller notification number. Will receive an incoming call.

  Accordingly, in the VoIP unit 100A, as in the first embodiment described above, even if a call is made from the computer 301, there is a possibility that a new call will be generated for such a call. In preparation for incoming calls, the computer 301 is always operated, and the VoIP application is always started on the computer 301 to notify the caller notification number even if the VoIP call is not always possible. The telephone 201 can receive the incoming VoIP call without missing it, and can make a call with the other party.

  Furthermore, a caller notification number frequently used as a change candidate for changing a caller notification number to be notified to a call partner when making a call from the VoIP unit 100A corresponds to a call corresponding to the caller number change candidate. By setting and registering in advance in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa together with the number, it is possible to easily change the caller notification number without making a mistake in specifying the caller notification number.

  In the above-described embodiment, the number input before the symbol “*” is the VoIP number indicating the other party of the call, and the caller notification that notifies the other party of the number input after the symbol “*”. In the above example, the caller number change candidate to be used as a call number is called as a call number. However, the present invention is not limited to such a case. The input order is reversed and the number entered before the sign “*”. May be used as a call number for calling a caller number change candidate to be a caller notification number to be notified to the call partner, and the number entered after the sign “*” may be a VoIP number indicating the call partner.

  In addition, when there is no need to change the caller notification number as in the case of communication terminals that are always set to receive incoming calls, dial using the normal dialing method without using the symbol “*”. Thus, it is possible to make a call using the VoIP number of the communication terminal actually used as the caller notification number.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the code “*” is used as the delimiter signal between the VoIP number and the call number of the call partner is shown, but the code “#” is used instead of the code “*” as the delimiter signal. It is also possible to use 'or hooking, and it is possible to change the caller notification number as necessary by using any of such separation signals.

  Further, the caller number change candidate accepting unit 112Aa sets the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa in advance as a caller number change candidate to be registered in advance. It is also possible to set a notification to be made together with the calling number, and it is possible to make a call without notifying the calling party of the VoIP number on the caller side.

  The caller number change candidate accepting unit 112Aa sets and registers in advance in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa as a caller number change candidate, which is a VoIP call communication terminal internally connected to the VoIP unit 100A. By limiting to only numbers (telephone numbers), when a caller number change candidate is pre-set and registered by the caller number change candidate accepting means 112Aa, an erroneous specification of a registered VoIP number is prevented. It is also possible to prevent a VoIP number that does not exist intentionally from being used as a so-called “mischievous call” by registering it as a caller number change candidate.

(Third embodiment)
Next, as a third embodiment of the VoIP unit according to the present invention, in a VoIP communication terminal device including an analog telephone unit that controls analog calls and a VoIP call unit that controls VoIP calls, A VoIP communication terminal device having the VoIP unit 100 or 100A as shown in FIG. 1 or 3 inside will be described. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the VoIP communication terminal device according to the present invention, and shows a configuration example when the VoIP unit 100A shown in FIG. 3 is incorporated.
A VoIP communication terminal device 400 shown in FIG. 6 includes a telephone unit 400A having the same function as that of an existing telephone, and a VoIP unit 100A shown in FIG. In this example, a base unit capable of wireless communication with 451 and 452 is configured.

  The telephone unit 400A includes a telephone control unit 410 that controls the overall operation of the telephone unit 400A, a RAM 411 and a ROM 412 used by the telephone control unit 410, a voice processing unit 420 that performs processing related to voice input / output during a call, and a VoIP unit 100A. A line control unit 430 that transmits and receives audio signals to and from the switching unit 130, and a wireless control unit 440 that performs processing related to wireless communication with the slave units 451 and 452 via the antenna 441. It shows an example and has the same function as an existing telephone.

  Here, as described above, the telephone unit 400A of the VoIP communication terminal device 400 corresponds to a base unit in an existing telephone, and is set to, for example, '1111-1111' as a telephone number for a VoIP call, that is, a VoIP number by an IP telephone service provider The telephone number (VoIP number) '1111-1111' is preset and registered as a caller number change candidate together with the call number “1” in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the VoIP unit 100A. Similarly, the slave units 451 and 452 correspond to the slave units in the existing telephone set. Similarly to the telephone unit 400A, the IP phone service provider sets a telephone number for a VoIP call, that is, a VoIP number, for example, '1111- 9001 'and' 1111-9002 'are assigned and the assigned power The numbers (VoIP numbers) '1111-9001' and '1111-9002' are set in advance as caller number change candidates together with the call numbers "3" and "4" in the caller number change candidate storage means 111Aa of the VoIP unit 100A, respectively. It is registered.

  Further, the computer 301 internally connected to the data communication port 151 of the VoIP unit unit 100A via the LAN cable 901 is assigned, for example, “1111-1112” as a telephone number for VoIP call, that is, VoIP number. (VoIP number) '1111-1112' is preset and registered as a caller number change candidate together with the call number “2” in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the VoIP unit 100A.

  Next, when a VoIP call is made to the telephone set 202 (VoIP number '9999-1111') connected to the network 501 using the handset 452 (VoIP number '1111-9002'), it is shown in FIG. Using the registered contents of the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa, the caller notification number to be notified to the telephone 202 is changed from the original VoIP number '1111-9002' to the VoIP number '1111-9001 of the slave unit 451. The operation of making a call with the change set to 'will be described. FIG. 7 is a memory configuration diagram showing an example of a caller number change candidate preset and registered in the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa of the VoIP communication terminal device 400 according to the present invention.

  That is, in the example of setting and registering the caller number change candidate shown in FIG. 7, the VoIP number '1111-1111' of the telephone unit 400A is the call number “2” as the caller number change candidate corresponding to the call number “1”. VoIP number '1111-1112' of the computer 301 as a caller number change candidate corresponding to, and VoIP number '1111-9001' of the handset 451 as a caller number change candidate corresponding to the calling number "3" VoIP number '1111-9002' of handset 452 is set and registered in advance as a caller number change candidate corresponding to call number “4”. Furthermore, a case where a call is made as a caller number non-notification that does not notify the call partner of the caller notification number is registered as the call number “0”.

  Also, the VoIP unit 100A in the present embodiment, in exactly the same way as in the description of the second embodiment, for the number input at the start of the VoIP call, the symbol “*” is the VoIP number and call number of the call partner. It is assumed that the number input before detecting the code '*' is treated as the VoIP number of the call partner and the number input after detecting the code '*' as the calling number. That is, instead of the original VoIP number '1111-9002' of the handset 452, as the caller notification number that the handset 452 notifies the destination telephone 202 (VoIP number '9999-1111'), In the case of this embodiment in which the VoIP number '1111-9001' of the slave unit 451 is set to make a call, “3” is designated as the call number for calling the caller number change candidate from the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa Then, '99991111 * 3' is input from the slave unit 452.

  In other words, the slave unit 452 changes the caller notification number to the slave unit 451 and makes a call to the telephone 202, so that the caller number change candidate storage unit 111Aa has the call number “3” as the caller number change candidate. In addition, in order to call the VoIP number “1111-9001” relating to the slave unit 451 set and registered in advance, “*” is added after the VoIP number “99991111” of the telephone 202 that is the communication partner, and then the call number Dial “3”.

  Here, handset 452 communicates with antenna 441 of telephone unit 400A constituting the base unit by wireless communication, and the number “99991111 * 3” dialed in handset 452 is wireless control unit 440, telephone. The data is input to the line control unit 430 via the control unit 410. When the line control unit 430 transmits the dialed number '99991111 * 3' to the switching unit 130 of the VoIP unit 100A, the VoIP unit 100A has the processing flowchart shown in FIG. 5 as described in the second embodiment. The same processing as in the operation example is performed.

  With the above operation, the VoIP communication terminal device 400 treats the telephone unit 400A, the slave units 451 and 452, and the computer 301, to which VoIP telephone numbers (VoIP numbers) are individually assigned, as individual communication terminals. During a VoIP call, it is possible to make a call by changing the caller notification number to be notified to the other party of call to a caller number change candidate designated as a call number by a simple operation. That is, in the above-described embodiment, even when a call is made from the handset 452, the VoIP number of the handset 451 is used as the caller notification number to be notified to the telephone 202 that is the other party. The call is changed to 1111-9001 ′.

  Therefore, for example, when the slave unit 451 and the slave unit 452 are installed in different rooms, and only the VoIP number of the slave unit 451 is known in advance to the telephone 202 of the other party to be called. Even if only the handset 452 is at hand, the other party can be called by changing the caller notification number to the handset 451 using the handset 452 and making a call. In this case, it is possible to make a call connection without causing the possibility of the incoming call being rejected or feeling uneasy that the caller may be different.

  Further, in the VoIP communication terminal device 400 in which the VoIP unit 100A and the telephone unit 400A are integrated, the operability can be improved and the parts used in the telephone unit 400A and the VoIP unit unit 100A respectively. It is possible to reduce the cost and to reduce the wiring work between devices such as a telephone and a VoIP adapter, which has been troublesome and complicated for the user.

It is a block block diagram which shows an example of a structure in 1st Embodiment of the VoIP unit which concerns on this invention. It is a process flowchart explaining an example of the change operation | movement of the caller notification number in 1st Embodiment of the VoIP unit which concerns on this invention. It is a block block diagram which shows an example of a structure in 2nd Embodiment of the VoIP unit which concerns on this invention. It is a memory block diagram which shows an example of the sender number change candidate preset-registered in the sender number change candidate memory | storage means in 2nd Embodiment of the VoIP unit which concerns on this invention. It is a process flowchart explaining an example of the change operation | movement of the caller notification number in 2nd Embodiment of the VoIP unit which concerns on this invention. It is a block block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the VoIP communication terminal device which concerns on this invention. It is a memory block diagram which shows an example of the caller number change candidate preset and registered in the caller number change candidate memory | storage means of the VoIP communication terminal device which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

100, 100A ... VoIP unit, 110, 110A ... control unit, 111, 111A ... RAM, 111Aa ... sender number change candidate storage means, 112, 112A ... ROM, 112a ... sender number change means, 112Aa ... sender number change Candidate receiving means, 112 Ab ... Caller number call changing means, 120 ... Voice-digital signal processing section, 121 ... RAM, 130 ... Switching section, 151 ... Data communication port, 152 ... Digital communication port, 153 ... Voice port, 154 ... Telephone port, 191 ... ADSL modem, 192 ... splitter, 201,202 ... telephone, 301 ... computer, 400 ... VoIP communication terminal equipment, 400A ... telephone unit, 410 ... phone control unit, 411 ... RAM, 412 ... ROM, 420 ... Voice processing unit, 430 ... line control unit, 440 ... wireless control Department, 441 ... antenna, 451 ... handset, 501 ... network, 901 ... LAN cable, 902 ... digital signal line, 903 ... audio signal line, 904 ... ADSL line.

Claims (15)

  In a VoIP unit that is connected to a network via a broadband subscriber line including a digital subscriber line and internally connects a plurality of communication terminals including a communication terminal that handles VoIP call calls that are packet-based voice calls. A VoIP unit comprising caller number changing means capable of changing and setting a caller notification number to be notified to a call partner when an outgoing call is made.   The VoIP unit according to claim 1, wherein when the caller number changing means changes and sets the caller notification number to an arbitrary number when making a call for VoIP call, it is changed and set. The VoIP unit, wherein the caller notification number is input before a telephone number indicating a call partner.   The VoIP unit according to claim 1, wherein when the caller number changing means changes and sets the caller notification number to an arbitrary number when making a call for VoIP call, it is changed and set. The VoIP unit, wherein the caller notification number is input after a telephone number indicating a call partner.   4. The VoIP unit according to claim 2, wherein hooking is used as a delimiter signal between the caller notification number changed and set and a telephone number indicating a call destination.   The VoIP unit according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a code '*' or '#' is used as a delimiter signal between the caller notification number changed and set and a telephone number indicating a call destination. A VoIP unit characterized by that.   6. The VoIP unit according to claim 2, wherein the caller notification number is entered when the caller notification number is not changed and set by the caller number changing means. The VoIP unit is characterized in that only the telephone number indicating the other party of the call is input without doing so.   In a VoIP unit that is connected to a network via a broadband subscriber line including a digital subscriber line and internally connects a plurality of communication terminals including a communication terminal that handles VoIP call calls that are packet-based voice calls. One or more caller number change candidates that can be changed and set as an arbitrary number as a caller notification number for notifying the other party of the call at the time of outgoing call are received, and the caller number change candidate A caller number change candidate accepting unit that is preset and registered in the caller number change candidate storage unit, together with a call number for designating each of the caller, and the call number that is input at the time of calling for VoIP call The caller number change candidate that has been made is called from the caller number change candidate storage means and notified to the call partner VoIP unit, characterized by comprising a caller ID call changing means for setting the followers notification number.   8. The VoIP unit according to claim 7, wherein the caller number change candidate accepting unit sets the caller number change candidate storing unit in advance in the caller number change candidate storage unit as the caller number change candidate for the caller. A VoIP unit characterized in that a caller number non-notification that does not notify a notification number can be preset and registered together with the calling number.   The VoIP unit according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the caller number change candidate accepting unit is internally connected to the VoIP unit as the caller number change candidate set and registered in advance in the caller number change candidate storing unit. A VoIP unit characterized in that only the telephone number of a communication terminal for VoIP calling can be set and registered in advance together with the calling number.   The VoIP unit according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the caller number call change means sets the caller number change candidate designated by the call number input at the time of a call for a VoIP call as the caller number change candidate. When calling from the caller number change candidate storage means and changing the caller notification number to an arbitrary number and setting it, the call number is input before the phone number indicating the other party of call VoIP unit.   The VoIP unit according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the caller number call change means sets the caller number change candidate designated by the call number input at the time of a call for a VoIP call as the caller number change candidate. When calling from the caller number change candidate storage means and changing and setting the caller notification number to an arbitrary number, the call number is input after the phone number indicating the other party of the call VoIP unit.   12. The VoIP unit according to claim 10 or 11, wherein hooking is used as a delimiter signal between the call number and a telephone number indicating a call partner.   12. The VoIP unit according to claim 10, wherein a code “*” or “#” is used as a delimiter signal between the caller notification number and a telephone number indicating a call destination. .   The VoIP unit according to any one of claims 9 to 13, wherein the caller number call change means inputs the call number when the caller notification number is not changed and set to an arbitrary number. The VoIP unit is characterized in that only the telephone number indicating the other party is input.   15. The VoIP communication terminal device comprising an analog telephone unit that controls analog calls and a VoIP call unit that controls VoIP calls, wherein the VoIP unit according to any one of claims 1 to 14 is used as the VoIP call unit. A VoIP communication terminal device comprising the VoIP communication terminal device.

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