JP2006050266A - Telephone directory preparation apparatus, system for calculating charge for call, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To classify a called party or a communication party with a method simpler than conventional methods; and to decide a responsible person for a charge for a call or communication by referring to its classification. <P>SOLUTION: A cellular telephone terminal 2 is provided with: an official or private call determination section 201 determining an official or a private call on the basis of a call log table storing call information indicative of the date and time of the call and the called party when the call is made by the user of the cellular telephone terminal 2, a schedule master storing schedule information indicative of the schedule of the user, and the telephone call made by the user during a specified period based on the date and time indicated on the call information on the call and the schedule indicated on the schedule information; and a telephone directory preparation section 203 preparing a telephone directory by grouping the telephone numbers of the called parties determined that the telephone call is official. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a device for calculating a call charge such as a mobile phone.

  In recent years, with the miniaturization of mobile phone terminals and the reduction in call charges, mobile phones have come to be widely used for both work and private use.

  For example, mobile phone terminals can be easily carried anywhere by downsizing. For this reason, there is no restriction that it is possible to make a call only at home or a public telephone as in the past, and it is now possible to easily make a call to the other party who wants to make a call anytime and anywhere.

  Along with this, the number of other parties who call on the mobile phone terminal also increases, and the user of the mobile phone terminal carries the attributes of the other party (for example, attributes such as “work relation” or “private”) and the telephone number. Many phone numbers are managed by managing the phone book in the phone terminal. Some telephone books have a function of storing telephone numbers grouped according to attributes.

  Small portable terminals including portable personal computers are also becoming popular. Such a small mobile terminal has the ease of being able to send an e-mail to the other party anytime and anywhere, like the mobile phone terminal. Therefore, the number of communication partners increases, and managing the communication partner's e-mail address in the address book reduces the labor of inputting the e-mail address and prevents forgetting of the e-mail address. Many e-mail systems (for example, e-mail software) have a function of storing e-mail addresses by grouping them according to attributes of communication partners.

  Also, even though the call charge has been reduced, the call charge (or communication charge) used for work purposes is distinguished from the call charge used for private purposes. The work of the user of the mobile phone terminal should make it, and the latter payment should be made by the user of the mobile phone terminal itself.

  Therefore, a company, a government office, etc. may lend a work mobile phone terminal to an employee. Then, the employee has one mobile phone terminal for work and one mobile phone terminal for private use. However, although it is downsized, it is very troublesome to have two mobile phone terminals.

  In order to solve such problems, methods as described in Patent Documents 1 to 4 have been proposed.

  According to the method described in Patent Document 1, the telephone number of the other party whose communication fee is the public expense is registered, and the communication fee is divided into the public expense and the private expense depending on whether the other party is the telephone number. . According to the method described in Patent Document 2, a mobile station (mobile phone terminal) determines a payer of a mobile station fee based on a fixed station used during a call. As a result, calls made from a fixed station installed near the company can be charged to the company, and calls made from other fixed stations can be charged to the owner of the mobile station.

According to the method described in Patent Document 3, a call history is recorded and the call history is displayed. Then, based on the displayed call history, the company distributes billing destinations. According to the method described in Patent Document 4, a predetermined number of telephone numbers are registered in a mobile phone device, and outgoing calls are restricted when a call is made to other than the telephone numbers.
JP 2002-354158 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-203084 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-46330 JP 2002-190880 A

  As described above, according to the methods described in Patent Documents 1 and 4, it is possible to perform control such as determining a person who bears a call charge based on the telephone number of the other party. However, it is necessary for an administrator or the like to set who will bear the call charge when calling to which telephone number. Also in the method described in Patent Document 3, an administrator or the like must determine who bears the call charge.

  Further, according to the method described in Patent Document 2, it is not necessary for an administrator or the like to set a person who bears a call charge unlike the methods described in Patent Documents 1 and 4. However, when the owner of the mobile phone terminal makes a call at a business trip destination or the like, the person who bears the call charge cannot be identified well.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and it is an object of the present invention to be able to determine a person who bears a call charge for each call more easily than in the past.

  The telephone directory generation device according to the present invention includes call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of a call and a destination when a call is made from a user, and activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs. Activity information storage means for storing activity information to indicate, call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information, and the attribute Phone book generation means for generating a telephone book in which telephone numbers related to the telephone number are collected by grouping the telephone numbers of the other party of the call determined to have the attribute by the call attribute determination means; It is characterized by having.

  A call charge calculation system according to the present invention is a call charge calculation system for calculating a call charge of a call when a call is made from a user, and is a call information storage for storing call information indicating a date and time of the call and a destination Means, activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs, and the call attributes are indicated in the date and time and the activity information indicated in the call information of the call. Call attribute determining means for determining based on the content of activity, and call charge calculating means for collectively calculating the call charges of the call determined by the call attribute determining means for each attribute. It is characterized by having.

  In the present invention, “activity content” means a schedule or past activity results. For example, the “activity content” of a user who is a company employee includes a schedule such as a future business trip, acquisition of paid leave, or overtime. Or the past results such as business trips, acquisition of paid leave, or overtime work are included. In the case of the “activity content” of the company, a schedule such as a future holiday or business date is included. Or, a past record such as a holiday or business date is included.

  According to the present invention, a telephone call partner or an e-mail communication partner can be automatically distributed according to a common attribute and managed in a telephone book or an address book. Therefore, it is possible to determine a person who bears a charge for each call or communication more easily than in the past.

  In the present embodiment, a mechanism of automatic creation of a telephone directory used for a mobile phone and automatic distribution of call charge billing will be described. Needless to say, it can also be applied to the telephone directory of fixed telephones installed at home or in the organization. Of course, it can also be applied to the use of an e-mail system, and management of e-mail address book and automatic distribution of communication charges. Can also be realized.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a call charge distribution system 100, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the call charge distribution server 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a telephone terminal 2. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a call charge distribution system 100 according to the present invention includes a call charge distribution server 1 and one or a plurality of mobile phone terminals 2. The mobile phone terminal 2 can connect to the call charge distribution server 1 by sending a call request to a telephone number given to the call charge distribution server 1. On the other hand, the call charge distribution server 1 can connect to the mobile phone terminal 2 by sending a call request to the telephone number given to the mobile phone terminal 2. Alternatively, the call charge distribution server 1 and the mobile phone terminal 2 may be connected to each other via the Internet.

  The call charge distribution server 1 provides a call charge when a call is made from the mobile phone terminal 2 to another telephone (mobile phone terminal, fixed telephone, public telephone, communication device such as a computer having a call function). This is a device that distributes charges to a plurality of billing destinations in accordance with the attributes of the other party (hereinafter simply referred to as “attributes”). Hereinafter, among the call charges incurred to the mobile phone terminals 2 of members (hereinafter referred to as “users”) belonging to organizations such as a company or a government office, the charges for calls for work purposes are charged. A case will be described as an example in which the members are allocated to the group to which the member belongs, and the charges for private (private) calls are distributed to the members themselves. In addition, a call charge for a call for business purposes may be described as “public call charge Rk”, and a call charge for a private call may be described as “private call charge Rs”.

  The call charge distribution server 1 is operated by a provider that provides a service (hereinafter referred to as “distribution service”) that distributes the charge of the call charge of the mobile phone terminal 2 to an organization such as a company or a government office. The The call charge distribution server 1 can be connected to a telephone company system 3 of each telephone company and a group terminal device 4 of each group that receives the distribution service via a communication line 5. As the communication line 5, the Internet, a dedicated line, a public line, or the like is used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the call charge distribution server 1 includes a CPU 1a, a RAM 1b, a ROM 1c, a magnetic storage device 1d, and various interfaces. The magnetic storage device 1d includes a data transmission unit 101, a data reception unit 102, a fee distribution unit 103, a fee aggregation unit 104, a charge processing request unit 105, a schedule database 61, a group database 62, as shown in FIG. Programs and data for realizing functions such as a user database 63, a call log database 64, and a telephone directory database 65 are installed. These programs and data are loaded into the RAM 1b as necessary, and the programs are executed by the CPU 1a.

  As the mobile phone terminal 2, a cellular phone or a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) phone is used. The memory (such as a built-in nonvolatile memory or a memory card) of the mobile phone terminal 2 includes a call public / private discrimination unit 201, a call totaling unit 202, a phone book generation unit 203, a data reception unit 204, data, etc. Programs and data for realizing functions such as the transmission unit 205 are installed. These programs and data may be installed in advance when the mobile phone terminal 2 is shipped, may be acquired from a personal computer or the like via an interface such as Bluetooth, You may download from a program provision server via a communication line. The program may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and installed from the storage medium.

  Hereinafter, each part of the call charge distribution server 1, the mobile phone terminal 2, the telephone company system 3, and the group when the call charge of the mobile phone terminal 2 is divided into the public call charge Rk and the private call charge Rs. The processing contents of the terminal device 4 will be described.

  4 is a diagram showing an example of the schedule master TL1, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the group information master TL2, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the user information master TL3, and FIG. 7 is managed by the call charge distribution server 1. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a call log table TL4, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a call log table TL4k managed by the mobile phone terminal 2, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a work telephone book table TL5, and FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a function F (Tα), FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of purpose determination processing, and FIG. 13 is a call charge distribution. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a process.

  The schedule database 61 in FIG. 3 stores and manages a schedule master TL1 for each group that receives the distribution service. The schedule master TL1 is associated with information (group ID or group name) for identifying the group. As shown in FIG. 4, the schedule master TL1 stores information related to the daily business schedule of the organization. According to the schedule master TL1 in FIG. 4, for example, the company (organization) “XX product” is open from 8:30 to 22:00 on March 15 and 16, 2004, and is closed all day on 17th. It shows that.

  Information of the schedule master TL1 of each group is transmitted to the call charge distribution server 1 as follows. The person in charge of each group operates the group terminal device 4 and inputs a schedule (plan) for the future of the group. Then, the group terminal device 4 transmits the input content to the call charge distribution server 1 as schedule information 81 in association with the group ID or group name of the own group. This is preferably entered in units such as every year. Alternatively, it is possible to simply input that Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays are closed days, and business hours are from what time to what time on weekdays.

  In the call charge distribution server 1, when the schedule information 81 is received, the schedule database 61 stores the contents of the schedule information 81 in the schedule master TL 1 of the organization corresponding to the schedule information 81. When the schedule information 81 is transmitted from an organization that does not yet have the schedule master TL1, a schedule master TL1 for the organization is newly generated, and the contents of the received schedule information 81 are stored therein. Therefore, the schedule database 61 stores schedule information 81 for one or more organizations.

  The data transmission unit 101 transmits a schedule master TL1 indicating the future schedule of each group to the mobile phone terminal 2 of each user who works (belongs to) each group receiving provision of the distribution service. For example, the schedule master TL1 of “XX product” is transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 2 of the user belonging to “XX product”. The transmission of the schedule master TL1 is performed periodically (for example, every month), but if the contents of the transmitted schedule master TL1 are changed, the changed schedule master TL1 is immediately retransmitted.

  When receiving the transmitted schedule master TL 1, the data receiving unit 204 of the mobile phone terminal 2 stores it in the memory in the mobile phone terminal 2.

  The data receiving unit 102 performs processing for receiving each table or information described later from an external device.

  The organization database 62 stores and manages an organization information master TL2 as shown in FIG. The group information master TL2 stores information such as the group ID, name (group name), and payment telephone number of the group receiving the distribution service.

  The “payment telephone number” is a telephone number for charging a call charge (public call charge Rk) for a call used by a member (user) working for the group for work purposes. The telephone company charges the group for payment of the public call charge Rk of each user of the group together with a call charge for a normal call using the paying telephone number. However, the paying telephone number must be unique to the organization.

The record of the organization information master TL2 is newly added every time there is an application from the organization to the effect that the distribution service is to be provided. In addition, the existing record is updated or deleted in response to an application indicating that the registered contents are to be changed or deleted from the organization related to the record.

  The user database 63 in FIG. 3 stores and manages one or more user information masters TL3 for each organization that receives the distribution service. The user information master TL3 is associated with a group ID or the like in order to identify which group it belongs to. Further, in the user information master TL3, as shown in FIG. 6, the name (user name) of the user belonging to the organization, the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 2 owned by the user, and the user information master TL3 are registered. The date of registration (date of registration), the date of update of registration contents (update date), and private call charge billing information are stored.

  The “private call charge billing destination” is the telephone number of the billing destination of the charge for the private call charge Rs of the mobile phone terminal 2 of the user. When a telephone number is set in the private call charge billing party, the telephone company uses the private call charge Rs as the private call charge instead of the owner of the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 2 (that is, the user). A request is made to pay the private call charge Rs to the owner of the telephone number of the billing destination. If a telephone number is not set in the private call charge request destination, the user is charged for payment of the private call charge Rs. The telephone number of the user's family (parent, sibling, etc.) or another telephone number owned by the user can be set as the private call charge billing destination.

  Information of each user information master TL3 is transmitted to the call charge distribution server 1 as follows. The person in charge of each group operates the group terminal device 4 to input the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 2 of the user belonging to the group, the user name, and the private call charge billing address as necessary. Then, the group terminal device 4 transmits the input contents to the call charge distribution server 1 as user information 83 in association with the group ID of the group.

  In the call charge distribution server 1, when the user information 83 is received by the data receiving unit 102, the user database 63 stores the contents of the user information 83 in the user information master TL 3 of the organization corresponding to the user information 83. To do. When the user information 83 is transmitted from an organization that does not yet have the user information master TL3, a user information master TL3 for the organization is newly generated, and the contents of the user information 83 are stored therein.

  The call log database 64 of FIG. 3 stores and manages a call log table TL4 for each group that receives the distribution service. The call log table TL4 is associated with a group ID or the like in order to identify which group it belongs to. In the call log table TL4, as shown in FIG. 7, information related to calls of users belonging to the organization is stored. Such information is transmitted to the call charge distribution server 1 and stored in the call log table TL4 as follows.

  Each time the mobile phone terminal 2 makes a call to another telephone, the mobile phone terminal 2 records information related to the telephone (call). For example, information such as the date of the call (call date), the time when the call was started (call start time), the other party's phone number (call destination phone number), and the call time are recorded. The data transmission unit 205 associates these pieces of information with the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 2 and transmits the information as call record information 84 to the call charge distribution server 1.

  In the call charge distribution server 1, when the call record information 84 is received, the call log database 64 indicates to which organization the owner of the mobile phone terminal 2 that is the transmission source of the call record information 84 belongs. Is determined based on the user information master TL3 (see FIG. 6) of each organization. That is, the user information master TL3 in which the telephone number associated with the call record information 84 is registered is searched. Then, the organization related to the found user information master TL3 is determined as the organization to which the owner of the mobile phone terminal 2 belongs.

  A new record is created in the call log table TL4 of the group, and information on the call date, call start time, call destination telephone number, and call time shown in the call log database 64 is stored in each record. Further, the telephone number (phone number of the mobile phone terminal 2) associated with the call record information 84 is stored in the “user telephone number” field. In this way, information is stored in the call log table TL4. The “fee” and “public / private flag” will be described later.

  Note that the mobile phone terminal 2 has a call log table TL4k as shown in FIG. 8 in its own memory, and stores information related to a call when a call is made from the mobile phone terminal 2 in the call log table TL4k. To do.

  The phone book database 65 stores and manages a work phone book table TL5 for each user belonging to an organization that receives the distribution service. In the work phone book table TL5, as shown in FIG. 9, the list information of the telephone numbers of the other parties that the user needs to contact for work (business) is stored. The work phone book table TL5 is generated and stored in the phone book database 65 by the processing of the procedure as shown in FIG.

  If the work phone book table TL5 is not stored in the memory of the mobile phone terminal 2, the phone book generating unit 203 generates a new work phone book table TL5 and stores it in the memory (# 101).

  The call public / private discrimination unit 201 has a high probability that a call (call) made from the mobile phone terminal 2 to another telephone during a predetermined period (hereinafter referred to as “period Tα”) is for business purposes. Whether or not it is likely to be a private purpose is determined. That is, first, attention is focused on a record related to a call made during the period Tα from the call log table TL4k (see FIG. 8) stored in the memory (# 102). Based on the schedule master TL1 (see FIG. 4) of the organization to which the user of the mobile phone terminal 2 belongs, it is confirmed whether or not the organization was in operation at the date and time when each noticed call was made (# 103). .

  For calls made during business (Yes in # 104), it is determined that there is a high probability of being a work objective (# 105). On the other hand, when the call is not open, that is, on a closed day or outside business hours (No in # 104), it is determined that there is a high probability that it is a private purpose (# 106).

  The period Tα is set according to each request by the administrator of the call charge distribution server 1 for each group or user who receives the distribution service. For example, the period Tα may be set as “for the past three months from today”, or may be set as “from the distribution service provision date to today”.

  Based on the determination result of the call public / private determination unit 201, the call totaling unit 202 totals the number of calls made from the mobile phone terminal 2 during business for each party who made a call (# 107).

  The phone book generation unit 203 stores in the work phone book table TL5 the phone number of the other party whose counting result by the call counting unit 202 is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of times (hereinafter referred to as “number of times Cα”) (# 108). Yes, # 109). That is, a partner whose number of calls during the business is equal to or greater than the number of times Cα is determined, and the telephone number of the person is registered.

  Further, the name of the other party of the telephone number is also registered in the work telephone book table TL5. For example, if the phone number and the name are registered in the personal phone book of the mobile phone terminal 2, the name may be registered in the work phone book table TL5 with reference to this. Alternatively, the user may be asked to input a name. Note that the number of times Cα can also be arbitrarily set according to the circumstances of the user or group, as in the period Tα. The process of FIG. 10 is executed periodically (for example, every few days to several months).

  In this way, the work telephone directory table TL5 is generated by collecting and grouping telephone numbers whose number of calls having a high probability of being a work purpose is a certain number or more in a certain period.

  In this embodiment, only attributes such as “work” and “private” are used, but it goes without saying that the attributes are not limited to those related to these attributes. For example, it may be an attribute relating to various clubs, recreational activities, sports, or hobbies. Of course, it is also possible to simultaneously manage a telephone directory for a plurality of attributes with a single mobile phone terminal or the like.

  By the way, the frequency of phone calls for work purposes depends on the timing (for example, the end of the fiscal year, the beginning of the fiscal year, the end of the quarter, the campaign period of the company's products, etc.) It depends on the customer development), and the other party's circumstances (for example, considering replacement of a product, a failure in the installed system often occurs). However, if the average is taken over a long period, the frequency becomes almost constant. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 11, the function F (Tα) is such that the number of times Cα per unit period is smaller as the period Tα is shorter and the number of times Cα per unit period is constant as the number is longer. You may make it ask | require by. This function F (Tα) can be changed according to the work characteristics of the organization or the user.

  Of course, the function F (Tα) may be a direct proportional function, and may be registered in the work phone book table TL5 when the number of calls made during business per unit period is a certain value or more.

  The data etc. transmitting unit 205 in FIG. 3 associates the work telephone book table TL5 generated by the procedure shown in FIG. 10 with the data with the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 2 and makes a call charge distribution server 1 to send. The phone book database 65 stores and manages the work phone book table TL5. If there is already a work phone book table TL5 for the mobile phone terminal 2, the work phone book table TL5 is deleted and a new work phone book table TL5 is stored. Alternatively, a new phone number or the like is additionally registered in the old work phone book table TL5.

  The charge distribution unit 103 performs a process as shown in FIG. 12 for allocating a call charge for a predetermined period (for example, one month) of the mobile phone terminal 2 to a public call charge Rk and a private call charge Rs. To do.

  When the information of the telephone (call) made by the mobile phone terminal 2 is stored in the call log table TL4 (see FIG. 7), the charge distribution unit 103 sets the telephone number of the other party to the mobile phone terminal 2. It is checked whether or not it is registered (stored) in the corresponding work telephone directory table TL5 (see FIG. 9) (# 111). If the telephone number is registered (Yes in # 112), the call is considered for work purposes (# 113). It should be noted that immediately after step # 112, the same processing as in step # 104 is added, and it is regarded as a business purpose if the callee group is in business hours, otherwise it is regarded as private. good.

  If the number is not registered in the work phonebook table TL5 (No in # 112), it is considered for private purposes (# 114). Based on the determination results of steps # 113 and # 114, the value of “public” or “I” is stored in the “public / private flag” field of the call log table TL4. “Public” means that the call is for a business purpose, and “I” means that the call is for a private purpose.

  The call charge for the call is calculated before or after or in parallel with the processes of steps # 111 to # 114 (# 115). The call charge may be calculated in accordance with the charge rules of the telephone company to which the mobile phone terminal 2 that made the call joins. The calculated call charge is stored in the “charge” field.

  However, there is a case where the work phone book table TL5 is not generated at a time when the provision of the distribution service is just started. In this case, in steps # 111 to # 114, the purpose of the call is determined as follows based on the schedule master TL1 instead of the work phonebook table TL5. That is, if the date and time of the call is within the business hours of the organization to which the user of the mobile phone terminal 2 belongs, it is determined that the call is for work purposes (# 113). Otherwise, it is determined that it is for a private purpose (# 114).

  The charge totaling unit 104 in FIG. 3 periodically sums up the charge for calls made during a predetermined period. For example, at the beginning of each month, the call charges for the previous month's call are tabulated. The aggregation process is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG.

  Of the records in the call log table TL4, a record related to the previous month's call is extracted (# 121). The extracted records are divided into those having the same user telephone number (# 122). That is, the records of calls (calls) made by the same mobile phone terminal 2 are grouped. The grouped records are further divided into those for which the public / private flag is “public” and “I”, and are grouped (# 123). Then, the public call charge Rk is calculated by totaling the amounts indicated in the “charge” of the “public” group record, and the amount indicated in the “charge” of the “me” group record is totaled. To calculate a private call charge Rs (# 124). In this way, the public call charges Rk and private call charges Rs for calls made by each mobile phone terminal 2 over a predetermined period are calculated.

  The billing process request unit 105 in FIG. 3 asks each telephone company to perform processing for charging the public call charge Rk and private call charge Rs of the mobile phone terminal 2 calculated by the charge totaling unit 104. To request. Such a request is made as follows.

  The public call charge Rk is requested to be charged to the organization (that is, work place) to which the user of the mobile phone terminal 2 belongs, and the private call charge Rs is charged to the user of the mobile phone terminal 2 in principle. Request to do.

  That is, the billing processing request unit 105 retrieves the pay phone number of the group from the group information master TL2 (see FIG. 5), and the telephone company system 3 of the telephone company to which the group is subscribed together with the public call charge Rk. Notify Then, the telephone company performs billing processing so that the public call charge Rk is added to the call charge of the paying telephone number. In parallel with this, the accounting processing request unit 105 retrieves the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 2 from the user information master TL3 (see FIG. 6) and notifies the telephone company of the mobile phone terminal 2 together with the public call charge Rk. To do. Then, the telephone company performs billing processing so as not to collect the public call charge Rk of the call charge of the mobile phone terminal 2 (that is, collect only the private call charge Rs). .

  However, when a private call charge billing destination is set in the mobile phone terminal 2, the billing processing requesting unit 105 collects the private call charge Rs of the mobile phone terminal 2 from the private call charge billing destination. To request. For example, in the case of FIG. 6, the mobile phone terminal 2 with the telephone number “090-2222-xxxx” is set with a telephone number “078-111-xxxx” as a private call charge request destination. In this case, the billing processing request unit 105 requests each telephone company not to charge not only the public call charge Rk but also the private call charge Rs for the mobile phone terminal 2. Instead, a request is made to the telephone company to which the telephone number “078-111-xxxx” is subscribed to add the private call charge Rs to the call charge of the telephone number. Each telephone company performs billing processing based on these requests.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the overall processing flow of the mobile phone terminal 2, and FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the overall processing flow of the call charge distribution server 1. Next, the flow of processing for charging a call charge for the mobile phone terminal 2 will be described with reference to a flowchart.

  In FIG. 14, when the mobile phone terminal 2 makes a collect call to another telephone (Yes in # 11 and # 12), the user (partner) on the other telephone side accepts the collect call (# 13). Yes), the call is started. The call charge for this call is charged to the other party (# 14). If not accepted (No in # 13), the current call is canceled.

  If the call is not a collect call (No in # 11 and # 12), the call is started when the other party answers the call. After the end of the call, the mobile phone terminal 2 transmits a log related to the current call (call record information 84) to the call charge distribution server 1 and stores it in the call log table TL4k (see FIG. 8) (# 15). , # 16).

  When the schedule master TL1 is transmitted from the call charge distribution server 1 in parallel with the processing of steps # 11 to # 16, it is received (# 17).

  When a specific day comes (Yes in # 18), a work phone book table TL5 is generated based on a log of calls made during the period Tα, or a new phone number is recorded in the work phone book table TL5. Thus, a process for additional registration is performed (# 19). That is, a process of registering the telephone number of the other party who needs to be contacted for work in the work telephone book table TL5 is performed. The detailed contents of the processing are as described above with reference to FIG. Then, the work telephone directory table TL5 is transmitted to the call charge distribution server 1 (# 20).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15, the call charge distribution server 1 receives the call record information 84 every time the mobile phone terminal 2 makes a call (# 31), and the purpose of the current call (call) is work. It is discriminated whether it is the above or private (# 32). The procedure of the determination process is as described above with reference to FIG.

  In parallel with the processing of steps # 31 and # 32, when the schedule master TL1 of the organization receiving the distribution service is newly registered or changed, the mobile phone terminal 2 of each user belonging to the organization The schedule master TL1 is transmitted and distributed (# 33). When the work phone book table TL5 is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 2, it is received (# 34).

  When a specific day (for example, the first day of the month) comes (Yes in # 35), the call charge of each mobile phone terminal 2 for a predetermined period (for example, one month in the previous month) is set as the public call charge Rk and private call charge A process of distributing to the call charge Rs is performed (# 36). The processing procedure is as described above with reference to FIG.

  Then, each telephone company is charged such that the public call charge Rk is charged to the organization and the private call charge Rs is charged to the owner of the mobile phone terminal 2 or the private call charge request destination (see FIG. 6). (# 37).

  If the mobile phone terminal 2 is not owned by the user but rented by an organization, the call charge distribution server 1 does not make a request for billing processing to each telephone company, and makes a private call charge. A bill that states that Rs should be paid to the organization may be issued to the user. Or, if the user is subscribed to a telephone of a general telephone line or another mobile phone, the telephone company is requested to charge the private call charge Rs as the call charge of the telephone number of the telephone. Also good.

  According to this embodiment, the call charge to be borne by the user's office can be determined more easily than in the past based on the work phonebook table TL5. As a result, the user who uses the personal mobile phone terminal 2 can easily have the office bear the call charge for the call related to the work purpose. In addition, for an organization (such as a company or a government office) that lends the mobile phone terminal 2 to a user (employee), the person can easily be charged for a private call charge.

  In this embodiment, the call charge distribution server 1 acquires call record information 84 each time a call placed from the mobile phone terminal 2 to another telephone is completed, and the call is for work purposes. However, it may be determined collectively for calls made during a predetermined period. For example, the mobile phone terminal 2 collects call record information 84 related to a call for a predetermined period (for example, one month in the previous month) accumulated in the call log table TL4k periodically (for example, at the beginning of each month). It is transmitted to the call charge distribution server 1. The charge distribution unit 103 of the call charge distribution server 1 determines the purpose of the calls in the call record information 84 collectively.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile phone terminal 2 performs the processing of FIG. 10, that is, the processing of generating the work phone book table TL5 and registering the telephone number in the work phone book table TL5. You may make it perform. In this case, the call charge distribution server 1 may be provided with functions corresponding to the call public / private discrimination unit 201, the call counting unit 202, and the phone book generation unit 203 of the mobile phone terminal 2 shown in FIG. Then, the work phone book table TL5 generated or added with the telephone number may be transmitted from the call charge distribution server 1 to the mobile phone terminal 2.

  When the call charge distribution server 1 executes the processing of FIG. 10, not only the work phone book table TL5 for each user, but also the common work phone book table for the whole group or group (such as department, section, and staff). TL5 may be generated. In this case, the process shown in FIG. 10 may be executed on the call logs of the mobile phone terminals 2 of all or some users belonging to the organization or group.

  If it is determined in step # 108 in FIG. 10 that the number of calls having a high probability of work purpose to the telephone number registered in the work telephone book table TL5 is less than the number Cα, the telephone number May be deleted. Alternatively, the reference number of times Cβ to be deleted (however, the number of times Cβ <number of times Cα) may be determined, and the telephone number may be deleted when the number of times becomes equal to or less than the number of times Cβ.

  In the case where the private call charge Rs is charged to the private call charge billing destination, the mobile phone terminal 2 is used to prevent the private call charge Rs from being unexpectedly charged at the private call charge billing destination. May be configured as follows.

  Cumulative charge storage area for storing the total call charges for private-purpose calls and the limit for storing the usage limit per predetermined period (for example, one month) in the memory of the mobile phone terminal 2 A storage area is provided. In the limit amount storage area, a usage limit amount per predetermined period is determined in advance by, for example, discussion between the user of the mobile phone terminal 2 and the person to whom the private call charge is charged, and this is stored in the limit amount storage area. Set it.

  When the telephone number of the other party to be called is designated, the mobile phone terminal 2 determines whether or not the telephone number is registered in the work telephone book table TL5. If registered, the charge for the call is borne by the organization to which the user belongs, so the processing as described in this embodiment will be executed.

  If it is not registered, it is determined whether or not the amount stored in the accumulated charge storage area is equal to or greater than the amount stored in the limit storage area. If it is more than that amount, the current call is canceled. Otherwise, the use of the cellular phone terminal 2 is permitted and the designated telephone number is dialed. After the call is finished, the current call charge is calculated, and the current call charge is added to the amount stored in the accumulated charge storage area. In parallel with this, as described in the present embodiment, the call record information 84 of the current call is transmitted to the call charge distribution server 1, and the call charge of the current call is charged to the private call charge billing destination. Is done.

  The usage limit may be set for a call for work purposes. As a result, the organization at which the user works can easily make a plan for keeping the communication fee within the budget, and can operate in terms of cost. In addition, savings can be promoted for the user.

  When it is not possible to request each telephone company for processing related to charging of the call charge, the charge processing requesting unit 105 sends the public call charge Rk and private call charge Rs of each user to the group terminal device 4 of each group. May be notified. Each notified organization may return (cash back) the public call charge Rk to each user.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a user's personal schedule master TL1k, FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of an attendance / leaving history master TLR, and FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of an address book table TLM.

  In the present embodiment, in steps # 104 to # 106 in FIG. 10, it is determined based on the group schedule master TL1 (see FIG. 4) whether there is a high probability that the purpose of the call is work. It may be determined based on the user's individual schedule master TL1k as shown in FIG. Or you may discriminate | determine based on both schedule master TL1 and TL1k.

  For example, in the schedule master TL1k, as shown in bold letters in FIG. 16, a special schedule such as a schedule for working (time difference work, business trip, etc.) or a schedule for taking a vacation that is different from the business day or business hours of the group is registered. Keep it like that. In principle, the determination is made based on the schedule master TL1 of the organization. However, the day on which a special schedule is registered in the schedule master TL1k may be determined based on the schedule master TL1k. Alternatively, in the case of a user whose working day or working time is determined regardless of the business day or business hours of the group (that is, a shift user or the like), the schedule master TL1 of the group is not referred to, and the user's schedule master The determination may be made based on TL1k.

  The user's schedule master TL1k may be automatically automatically transmitted from the group terminal device 4 of each group to the user's mobile phone terminal 2 or input by the user operating the mobile phone terminal 2. You may make it do.

  Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 17, an attendance / leaving history master TLR describing the work results of individual users may be prepared, and based on this, it may be determined whether the call is for work or private. That is, if the date and time of the call belongs to the time zone from the work date and time to the work date and time shown in the attendance / employment history master TLR, it is determined that the call is for work, otherwise it is a private call. May be determined.

  The contents of the work phone book table TL5 may be displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone terminal 2. The work phone book table TL5 of a certain mobile phone terminal 2 may be transferred to another mobile phone terminal 2. For example, the work phone book table TL5 generated by the mobile phone terminal 2 of another employee may be transferred to the mobile phone terminal 2 of the new employee. In the process of FIG. 10, a private telephone directory may be generated by collecting call partners with a high probability of private purpose calls.

  When the scale of a company or a government office is large, a small group such as a department or section may be used as one group.

  In the present embodiment, a case where a cellular or PHS telephone is used as the mobile phone terminal 2 has been described as an example, but a telephone having a general telephone line capable of executing a program can also be used.

  The present embodiment can also be applied to an e-mail address book. Thereby, for example, it is possible to create an address book table TLM as shown in FIG. 18 corresponding to the work telephone book table TL5.

  In addition, the configuration of the entire or each part of the call charge distribution system 100, the call charge distribution server 1, and the mobile phone terminal 2, the processing contents, the processing order, the configuration of the database, and the like may be appropriately changed in accordance with the spirit of the present invention. Can do.

The following additional notes are disclosed with respect to the embodiment described above.
(Supplementary Note 1) Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of a call when the user makes a call and the other party,
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
A phone book generation unit that generates a telephone book in which telephone numbers related to the attribute are collected by grouping the telephone numbers of the other party of the call determined to have the attribute by the call attribute determination unit; ,
A telephone directory generation device characterized by comprising:
(Supplementary Note 2) Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of a call when the user makes a call and the other party;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
Counting means for counting the total number of calls having the attribute determined by the call attribute determining means for each of the other parties based on the call information;
Phone book generation means for generating a phone book by grouping the telephone numbers of the other party whose total number counted by the call attribute determination means is a predetermined number or more;
A telephone directory generation device characterized by comprising:
(Additional remark 3) It has the other party activity information storage means which memorize | stores the other party activity information which shows the activity content of the said other party,
The call attribute determining means determines the attribute of the call based on the activity content indicated in the destination activity information of the destination of the call.
The telephone directory creation device according to Supplementary Note 1 or Supplementary Note 2.
(Appendix 4) Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of a call when the user makes a call and the other party;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user's work;
When the activity content indicated in the activity information at the date and time indicated in the call information of the call is related to work, it is determined that the call is related to work, and the activity content relates to work. If not, call attribute determination means for determining that the call is not work,
Counting means for counting the total number of calls determined by the call attribute determination means among the calls for each destination;
Group a telephone directory in which telephone numbers of other parties who are involved in work are collected, and group the telephone numbers of the other party whose total number of calls which are business numbers counted by the call attribute determining means is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. Phone book generation means for generating by converting to,
A telephone directory generation device characterized by comprising:
(Supplementary note 5) A call charge calculation system for calculating a call charge of a call when a call is made from a user,
Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of the call and the destination;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
For each attribute, a call charge calculating means for collectively calculating the call charges of the call determined by the call attribute determining means as having the attribute;
A call charge calculation system characterized by comprising:
(Appendix 6) A call charge calculation system for calculating a call charge of a call when a user makes a call,
Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of the call and the destination;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
Counting means for counting the total number of calls having the attribute determined by the call attribute determining means for each of the other parties based on the call information;
Call charge calculation means for collectively calculating call charges to the other party whose total number counted by the counting means is a predetermined number or more, for each attribute;
A call charge calculation system characterized by comprising:
(Supplementary note 7) A call charge calculation system for calculating a call charge of a call when a call is made from a user,
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user's work;
Call information acquisition means for acquiring call information indicating the date and time of the call and the other party from the terminal device of the user;
Call attribute determination means for determining whether or not the call is highly probable based on the activity content indicated in the activity information at the date and time indicated in the call information of the call;
A counting means for counting the total number of the calls determined by the call attribute determination means as having a high probability of being on the job for each destination;
A telephone directory in which the telephone numbers of the other parties involved in the work are collected, and the telephone number of the other party in which the total number of the calls that are highly likely to be counted by the call attribute determining means is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. Phone book generation means for generating numbers by grouping;
A burden destination determination means for determining whether or not the user's work place should bear the call charge of the call, depending on whether or not the call is for the other party indicated in the telephone book;
A call charge calculating means for calculating a call charge to be borne by the user's work place or a call charge to be borne by the user;
A call charge calculation system characterized by comprising:
(Supplementary note 8) Communication information storage means for storing communication information indicating the date and time of communication and the other party when an e-mail is transmitted from the user;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Communication attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the communication based on the date and time indicated in the communication information of the communication and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
Address book generation for generating an address book in which e-mail addresses related to the attribute are collected by grouping the e-mail addresses of the communication counterparts determined to have the attribute by the communication attribute determining means Means,
A telephone directory generation device characterized by comprising:
(Supplementary note 9) Communication information storage means for storing communication information indicating the date and time of communication and the other party when an e-mail is transmitted from the user;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Communication attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the communication based on the date and time indicated in the communication information of the communication and the activity content at the date and time indicated in the activity information;
Counting means for counting the total number of the communication having the attribute determined by the communication attribute determining means for each of the counterparts based on the communication information;
An address book generating means for generating an address book by grouping the destination e-mail addresses whose total number counted by the communication attribute determining means is a predetermined number or more;
A telephone directory generation device characterized by comprising:
(Additional remark 10) The step of memorize | storing in the memory | storage means the telephone call information which shows the date and time of a telephone call at the time of a telephone call from a user, and an other party,
Storing in the storage means activity information indicating the activity content of the user or the organization to which the user belongs;
Determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
Generating a telephone directory in which telephone numbers related to the attribute are collected by grouping telephone numbers of the other parties of the call determined to have the attribute;
A telephone directory generation method characterized by comprising:
(Supplementary note 11) A computer program used in a computer for generating a telephone directory,
A process of storing in the storage means call information indicating the date and time of the call when the user makes a call and the other party;
Processing for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs in a storage means;
Processing for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
A process for generating a telephone directory in which telephone numbers related to the attribute are collected by grouping telephone numbers of the other parties of the call determined to have the attribute;
A computer program for causing a computer to execute.
(Appendix 12)
A storage medium storing the computer program according to attachment 11.

  The present invention is suitably used in an individual or organization that wants to automatically assign a telephone number to be recorded in the telephone directory for each call purpose attribute. Further, when managing e-mail addresses using an address book, it is preferably used by individuals or organizations that want to distribute e-mail addresses for each communication purpose. In addition, mobile phone users who want to distribute call charges for mobile phone terminals 2, organizations such as companies or government offices, or service companies that are entrusted to perform distribution processing on behalf of these users or organizations Therefore, it is preferably used.

It is a figure which shows the example of the whole structure of a call charge distribution system. It is a figure which shows the example of the hardware constitutions of a call charge distribution server. It is a figure which shows the example of a functional structure of a call charge distribution server and a mobile telephone terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a schedule master. It is a figure which shows the example of a group information master. It is a figure which shows the example of a user information master. It is a figure which shows the example of the call log table managed by the call charge distribution server. It is a figure which shows the example of the call log table managed with a mobile telephone terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a work telephone directory table. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a telephone directory registration process. It is a figure which shows the example of the function F (T (alpha)). It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of an objective determination process. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a call charge distribution process. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of the whole process of a mobile telephone terminal. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of the whole process of a call charge distribution server. It is a figure which shows the example of a user's individual schedule master. It is a figure which shows the example of a time attendance history master. It is a figure which shows the example of an address book table.

Explanation of symbols

100 Call charge distribution system (call charge calculation system)
2 Mobile phone terminal (phone book generation device)
81 Schedule information 84 Call record information (call information)
104 Charge summary section (call charge calculation means)
201 Call public / private discrimination section (call attribute discrimination means)
202 Call total (counting means)
203 Phonebook generation unit (phonebook generation means)
TL1 schedule master (activity information storage means)
TLR attendance history master (activity information storage means)
TL4k call log table (call information storage means)
TL5 Work phone book table (phone book)

Claims (5)

Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of a call when the user makes a call and the other party;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
A phone book generation unit that generates a telephone book in which telephone numbers related to the attribute are collected by grouping the telephone numbers of the other party of the call determined to have the attribute by the call attribute determination unit; ,
A telephone directory generation device characterized by comprising: Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of a call when the user makes a call and the other party;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
Counting means for counting the total number of calls having the attribute determined by the call attribute determining means for each of the other parties based on the call information;
Phone book generation means for generating a phone book by grouping the telephone numbers of the other party whose total number counted by the call attribute determination means is a predetermined number or more;
A telephone directory generation device characterized by comprising: A call charge calculation system for calculating a call charge for a call when a user makes a call,
Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of the call and the destination;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
For each attribute, a call charge calculating means for collectively calculating the call charges of the call determined by the call attribute determining means as having the attribute;
A call charge calculation system characterized by comprising: A call charge calculation system for calculating a call charge for a call when a user makes a call,
Call information storage means for storing call information indicating the date and time of the call and the destination;
Activity information storage means for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs;
Call attribute determination means for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
Counting means for counting the total number of calls having the attribute determined by the call attribute determining means for each of the other parties based on the call information;
A call charge calculating means for collectively calculating call charges to the other party whose total number counted by the counting means is a predetermined number or more, for each attribute;
A call charge calculation system characterized by comprising: A computer program used for a computer that generates a telephone directory,
A process of storing in the storage means call information indicating the date and time of the call when the user makes a call and the other party;
Processing for storing activity information indicating activity contents of the user or an organization to which the user belongs in a storage means;
Processing for determining the attribute of the call based on the date and time indicated in the call information of the call and the activity content indicated in the activity information;
A process for generating a telephone directory in which telephone numbers related to the attribute are collected by grouping telephone numbers of the other parties of the call determined to have the attribute;
A computer program for causing a computer to execute.

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