JP2005130267A - Mobile terminal and telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal capable of receiving an incoming call even during restriction of call origination and replying a caller after the restriction is released. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile terminal capable of receiving an incoming call during restriction of call origination is provided with: an identification means for identifying the received incoming call during the restriction of call origination; a storage means for storing the incoming call identified by the identification means as an incoming call received during restriction of call origination; and an incoming call history display means for identifying and displaying the incoming call received during the restriction of call origination on the basis of the stored information of the storage means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal and a telephone system that can perform incoming call processing during outgoing call restriction.

Conventionally, when a wide-area disaster such as an earthquake occurs, there is an adverse effect such as a demand for communication such as a telephone and a mobile phone is increased and it is difficult to connect a line. For this reason, in mobile phones, transmission restriction information is transmitted from the base station device to the terminal device through a broadcast channel to control the transmission of the terminal device to prevent communication line congestion. On the other hand, public telephones and the like in wired telephones are preferred terminals, and even when communication is congested, priority is given to outgoing calls to the police and fire departments. With the recent spread of mobile phones, the removal of public telephones has progressed, and as a result, calls from mobile phones to the police and fire departments can be made even during regulation. For example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 is known as a restriction on outgoing calls of mobile phone terminals.
JP 2002-290540 A

By the way, with the widespread use of mobile phones, the proportion of calls to mobile phone lines is increasing instead of conventional calls to fixed lines when a disaster occurs in a wide area. On the other hand, for the above reasons, mobile phone outgoing calls are more frequently regulated in order to secure emergency call lines to police and fire departments in the affected areas. Since calls to mobile phones to areas where mobile phone calls are restricted do not occur frequently, calls from fixed phones or mobile phones further occur, and communication congestion continues over a wide area for a long time. This is a problem.
As described above, in wide area wireless communication such as mobile wireless communication, control by a notification message for restricting transmission from a mobile station device is performed for the purpose of preventing congestion of a communication network. In principle, the received mobile station apparatus cannot perform a transmission operation. For this reason, in the event of a wide-area disaster such as an earthquake, there are many cases where outgoing calls are restricted because communication for safety confirmation is concentrated, so it is not possible to perform safety confirmation, and communication concentration and congestion are reduced. There is a problem of enlargement over a wide range.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a mobile terminal and a telephone system that can receive a call even while outgoing calls are being restricted, and can send a reply to the caller after the restriction is released. For the purpose.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a portable terminal capable of receiving an incoming call during call restriction, an identification means for identifying an incoming call received during the call restriction, and an incoming call identified by the identification means. Storage means for storing incoming calls received during outgoing call restriction, and incoming call history display means for identifying and displaying incoming calls received during outgoing call restriction based on the stored information of the storage means.

  The invention according to claim 2 is a portable terminal capable of receiving an incoming call during outgoing call restriction, an identification means for identifying an incoming call received during the outgoing call restriction, and an incoming call identified by the identification means. A storage means for storing the incoming call received during the outgoing call restriction, and a reply to the incoming call received during the outgoing call restriction based on the stored information of the storage means by a predetermined operation after the outgoing call restriction is canceled. And a communication means for performing the operation.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the reply is any one of a voice call, a mail transmission by a fixed sentence, and a voice message recorded in advance.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing an identification number of a terminal subject to outgoing call restrictions in a telephone system in which a calling terminal and a called terminal communicate via a mobile phone communication network. Detecting means for detecting an identification number of the called terminal from a signal included in the call when a call is made from the calling terminal to the called terminal; Determining means for determining whether or not the called terminal is subject to outgoing restrictions based on the called party identification number and the storage means identification number; and the called terminal is subject to outgoing restrictions. And a notification means for notifying the calling terminal to that effect.

  The invention according to claim 5 is provided with an incoming call notification means for making an incoming call notification to the called terminal when a call is made from the calling terminal to the called terminal. When there is no response from the terminal on the called side, the determining means determines whether or not the terminal on the called side is subject to outgoing restrictions.

  According to the present invention, since an incoming call received during outgoing call restriction can be identified, it is possible to easily return a reply after the restriction is released. In addition, since the announcement that the caller ID is transmitted to the terminal on the receiving side is announced, it is also possible to prevent the congestion of the network.

  Hereinafter, a telephone system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a portable terminal (hereinafter simply referred to as a terminal) that can receive an incoming call during outgoing call restriction. Reference numerals 21, 22, and 23 are base stations that have a predetermined communication area (cell) and establish wireless communication with the terminal 1, and here, three base stations are illustrated. Reference numeral 3 denotes a mobile switching center (hereinafter referred to as MSC) that performs switching of base station switching. Reference numeral 4 denotes a public line network to which the MSC 3 is connected. Reference numeral 5 denotes a subscriber line switch (hereinafter referred to as an exchange) of the subscriber telephones 61 to 63.

  Next, the configuration of the terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 11 denotes a communication unit that establishes wireless communication with a base station. Reference numeral 12 denotes a signal process for processing a signal received by the communication unit 11 and passing it to each internal process, and processing information received from each internal process to generate a signal that can be transmitted from the communication unit 11 Part. Reference numeral 13 denotes a control channel processing unit that processes information received via the control channel. Reference numeral 14 denotes an incoming call processing unit that processes information when an incoming call is received through the control channel during outgoing call restriction. Reference numeral 15 denotes a memory for storing incoming call history information for which outgoing calls are restricted. Reference numeral 16 denotes an incoming call history processing unit that reads and displays incoming call history information stored in the memory 15. Reference numeral 17 denotes a display unit composed of a liquid crystal display or the like in order to display incoming call history information. Reference numeral 18 denotes a transmission control unit that restricts the transmission operation based on the transmission restriction information broadcast on the control channel and transmits a reply based on the incoming call history information when the transmission restriction is canceled. Reference numeral 19 denotes an input unit composed of dial buttons and the like.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the operation of outgoing call restriction in the telephone system shown in FIG. 1 will be described. First, when the MSC 3 detects congestion or receives an instruction from a worker, the base station 22 (in this case, the cell to be restricted) controls the transmission to all terminals existing in the specific cell. To the base station 22) (step S1). Receiving this, the base station 22 broadcasts the call restriction information to the inside of the cell using the control channel (step S2). This transmission restriction information is received by the control channel processing unit 13 via the communication unit 11 and the signal processing unit 12. In response to this, the control channel processing unit 13 notifies the transmission control unit 18 that the transmission is being restricted. Upon receiving this notification, the transmission control unit 18 prevents the transmission operation from the input unit 19 from being accepted, and displays the characters “calling restricted” on the display unit 17. This transmission restriction is continued until a notification of release restriction is received or a handover is performed. However, if the call restriction is performed in the destination cell after the handover, the call is restricted again, which is equivalent to the case where the call restriction continues.

  Next, an operation of making a call from the subscriber telephone 61 to the terminal 1 whose call is being restricted will be described. First, the subscriber telephone 61 dials the telephone number of the terminal 1 to make a call (step S5). In response to this, the exchange 5 notifies the public line network 4 of the telephone number of the terminal 1 and requests connection to the mobile telephone network (step S6). The public line network 4 sends a connection request including the telephone number of the terminal 1 to the MSC 3 (step S7).

  Next, the MSC 3 sends the identification information of the destination base station by inquiring of the destination of the terminal having the telephone number included in the connection request to the HLR (Home Location Register) and VLR (Visitor Location Register). Obtain (step S8). Then, the MSC 3 instructs a call to the base station (in this case, the base station 22) having the acquired base station identification information (step S9). In response, the base station 22 performs a call using the outgoing paging channel (control channel) to the terminal (step S10). This calling signal includes the telephone number of the subscriber telephone 61 that has made the call.

  This call signal is received by the control channel processing unit 13 via the signal processing unit 12. Then, the control channel processing unit 13 identifies that the received signal is a paging signal, and outputs this paging signal to the incoming call processing unit 14. In response to this, the incoming call processing unit 14 obtains the time at which this signal was received from an internal timer and extracts the calling telephone number included in the calling signal. Then, incoming call type identification information that can identify the incoming call whose call is being restricted is given to the reception time and the outgoing telephone number, and stored in the memory 15.

  On the other hand, since the terminal 1 is under call restriction and cannot respond to the call from the base station 22, the base station 22 cannot receive a response from the calling terminal 1, and a timeout occurs. When this timeout occurs, the base station 22 notifies the MSC 3 that a timeout has occurred (step S11). In response, the MSC 3 cannot respond because the other party's terminal is an area where the call is restricted only when there is an area where the call is restricted in the base station group that has called the terminal, An announcement that the terminal 1 has been notified of the transmission is transmitted to the subscriber telephone 61 via the public network 4 and the switching center 5 (steps S12, S13, S14). By this announcement, a person who has made a call from the subscriber telephone 61 to the terminal 1 knows that the terminal having the dialed telephone number is being restricted and that the terminal has been notified that the call has been sent to the terminal. it can.

  Next, only the operation of the terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the control channel processing unit 13 receives the transmission restriction information via the control channel (step S21), the control channel processing unit 13 instructs the transmission control unit 18 to prohibit the transmission operation (step S22). In response to this, the transmission control unit 18 prohibits the transmission operation.

  Next, the control channel processing unit 13 monitors the contents of the information transmitted via the control channel (step S23). Then, the control channel processing unit 13 determines whether or not the information is restriction release information (step S24). If it is not restriction release information, it is determined whether or not it is a call (step S25). If it is not a call, the process returns to step S23 to repeat the process.

  On the other hand, when there is a call through the control channel, the control channel processing unit 13 outputs this call signal to the incoming call processing unit 14. In response to this, the incoming call processor 14 obtains the date and time when this signal was received from an internal timer and extracts the calling telephone number included in the calling signal. Then, the reception date and time and the outgoing telephone number are given incoming call type identification information that can identify that the incoming call is being restricted, and stored in the memory 15 (step S26), and the process returns to step S23 to repeat the process.

  Next, when the restriction is released, the control channel processing unit 13 notifies the call control unit 18 of the release of the call restriction. In response to this, the call control unit 18 displays a message asking whether to reply to an incoming call whose call is being restricted on the display unit 17. In response to this message, the owner of the terminal 1 inputs either a reply or a reply from the input unit 19. If this answer does not reply, the process ends without doing anything.

  On the other hand, if the reply is a reply, the outgoing call control unit 18 instructs the incoming call history processing unit 16 to display the incoming call history. In response to this, the incoming call history processing unit 16 reads the incoming call history stored in the memory 15 and displays this incoming call history information on the display unit 17 as a caller list (step S28). FIG. 5 shows an example in which an incoming call history (sender list) is displayed on the display unit 17. In FIG. 5, symbol a is a field for displaying a caller number. Reference symbol b is a field for displaying the incoming date and time. Symbol c is a field for displaying the type of incoming call, and the incoming call history displayed as “restricted” is the incoming call history during outgoing call restriction.

Next, the call control unit 18 displays a message on the display unit 17 so as to select a caller to reply from the displayed incoming call history. In response to this, the owner operates the input unit 19 to select a caller to reply. Subsequently, the transmission control unit 18 displays a message on the display unit 17 so as to select a reply content. The choice of reply content is one of a call made by a normal voice call, an email transmission by a fixed sentence, and a pre-recorded voice message, and the owner selects the reply content by operating the input unit 19 ( Step S29).
In the case of e-mail or the like, the fixed form can be transmitted more easily, but may be input each time. The mail address is extracted from the internal memory based on the telephone number.

  Next, the transmission control unit 18 returns the selected reply content to the selected caller's telephone number (step S30). However, if the selected reply content is a normal voice call, a call is made to the selected calling number.

  As described above, the call information made to the terminal during outgoing call restriction is stored in the terminal and can be identified after the restriction is released, so that a reply can be easily made. Also, since the caller is notified that the caller number is transmitted to the terminal, useless calls can be reduced and network congestion can be prevented.

  Note that a program for realizing the function of the processing unit in FIG. 2 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed to execute incoming / outgoing processing. May be performed. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those holding programs for a certain period of time are also included.

  The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  In the present embodiment, the calling party has been described by taking a general subscriber phone as an example, but it may be a mobile phone. The mobile terminal includes a terminal that can receive an incoming call from a network such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA), a terminal equipped with a wireless card, a terminal equipped with a wireless module, and the like.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal 1 shown in FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of each apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the terminal 1 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of an incoming call history.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Terminal (MS), 11 ... Communication part,
12 ... Signal processing unit, 13 ... Unused channel processing unit,
14 .. Incoming call processing unit, 15 ... Memory,
16 ... incoming call history processing unit, 17 ... display unit,
18 ... transmission control unit, 19 ... input unit,
21-23 ... Base station (BS), 3 ... Mobile switching center (MSC),
4 ... Public network (PSTN), 5 ... Switching office (RC, DC, TC, EO),
61-63 ... Subscription telephone (SUB)

Claims (5)

A mobile device that can receive incoming calls while restricting outgoing calls,
Identifying means for identifying incoming calls received during the outgoing call restriction;
Storage means for storing an incoming call identified by the identification means as an incoming call received during the outgoing call restriction;
Incoming call history display means for identifying and displaying incoming calls received during the outgoing call restriction based on the stored information of the storage means;
A portable terminal characterized by comprising: A mobile device that can receive incoming calls while restricting outgoing calls,
Identifying means for identifying incoming calls received during the outgoing call restriction;
Storage means for storing an incoming call identified by the identification means as an incoming call received during the outgoing call restriction;
Communication means for replying to an incoming call received during the call restriction based on the stored information of the storage means by a predetermined operation after the call restriction is released;
A portable terminal characterized by comprising:   3. The portable terminal according to claim 2, wherein the reply is one of a voice call, a mail transmission by a fixed sentence, and a voice message recorded in advance. In a telephone system in which a calling terminal and a called terminal communicate via a mobile phone communication network,
Storage means for storing an identification number of a terminal subject to outgoing restrictions;
Detecting means for detecting an identification number of the called terminal from a signal included in the call when a call is made from the calling terminal to the called terminal;
Discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the terminal on the called side is subject to outgoing restriction based on the detected identification number of the called side and the identification number of the storage means;
A notification means for notifying the calling terminal when the called terminal is subject to outgoing restrictions;
A telephone system characterized by comprising: When an incoming call is made from the calling terminal to the called terminal, an incoming call notification means for performing an incoming call notification to the called terminal is provided,
5. The determination unit determines whether or not the called terminal is subject to outgoing restriction when there is no response from the called terminal to the incoming call notification. Phone system.

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