JP2007158760A - Telephone system having phonebook data sharing function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone system having a phonebook data sharing function without the need of having the plurality of telephone systems update a shared phonebook for each telephone system. <P>SOLUTION: The telephone system having a phonebook data base for storing the telephone number or address of a transmission destination comprises: a shared phonebook data storage means for sharing the phonebook data with other telephone systems; a phonebook data transmission/reception means for transmitting and receiving the phonebook data stored in the shared phonebook data storage means to/from the other telephone system; a data updating detection means for detecting the presence/absence of the updating of the phonebook data stored in the shared phonebook data storage means; and a phonebook data updating means for automatically updating the phonebook data of the present telephone system and the other telephone system to latest data when the data updating detection means detects the presence of data updating. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to updating a common telephone directory of a telephone device.

  In order to update the telephone directory, it is necessary to update each telephone device.

  Or it is necessary to take in the telephone directory of another telephone apparatus to a self-telephone apparatus by manual operation (for example, refer patent document 1).

  Alternatively, the telephone book registered in the telephone device is read into a personal computer, and the telephone book data read into another corresponding telephone device is written.

JP 2002-44223 A

  In order to update the shared phone book, the shared phone book data that one phone device updates is automatically updated on the other phone device, so the other phone device will not update the shared phone book data It is convenient.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone apparatus having a telephone directory data sharing function, in which a plurality of telephone apparatuses need not update a shared telephone directory for each telephone apparatus.

  The present invention provides a telephone apparatus having a telephone directory database for storing telephone numbers or addresses of destinations, a shared telephone directory data storage means for sharing telephone directory data with other telephone apparatuses, and the shared telephone directory data storage means. Phone book data transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving the stored phone book data to / from another telephone device; data update detection means for detecting whether or not the phone book data stored in the shared telephone book data storage means is updated; A telephone having a telephone book data updating means for automatically updating the telephone book data of the own telephone device and the other telephone device to the latest data when the data update detecting means detects the presence of data update. A telephone device having a book data sharing function.

  In the above description, when updating the data stored in the shared telephone directory data storage means, the present invention notifies the other telephone devices sharing the shared telephone directory data of the shared telephone directory data update. This is a telephone device having a telephone directory data sharing function.

  According to the present invention, in the above description, when the local telephone device is updating the data stored in the shared telephone directory data storage unit and the other telephone apparatus is notified that the shared telephone directory data is being updated, A telephone device having a telephone directory data sharing function, wherein the updating of the telephone device is interrupted and the operator is notified of the interruption.

  In the above description, when transmitting the updated shared telephone directory data to the other telephone apparatus, if the other telephone apparatus is unable to receive or has a reception error, the present invention stores the updated shared telephone directory data The telephone apparatus having a telephone directory data sharing function, wherein the updated shared telephone directory data is retransmitted only to another telephone apparatus that has not completed transmission.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a telephone apparatus having a telephone directory data sharing function, in which a plurality of telephone apparatuses need not update the shared telephone directory for each telephone apparatus.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The embodiment will be described with an IP telephone connected to a local area network having an IP (Internet protocol) protocol as an example.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an IP telephone system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a local area network (LAN), 2 is a gateway and a router, and is connected to a local area network (1) and a wide area network (WAN). 3-1, 3-2, 3-3,..., 3-N are IP telephones having a telephone directory data sharing function according to the present invention, and are connected to the local area network (1).

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an IP telephone (3-1, 3-2, 3-3,..., 3-N) having a telephone directory data sharing function according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a main control unit that detects whether the shared phone book is updated, sends and receives update notifications, sends and receives shared phone book data, edits the shared phone book, and notifies the operator of editing the shared phone book. The processing block which controls re-transmission of a shared telephone directory by software is shown.

  Reference numeral 21 denotes a shared telephone directory transmission destination memory which is connected to the main control unit (20) and stores a memory for storing and storing an IP address of a transmission destination IP telephone that transmits the shared telephone directory data.

  Reference numeral 22 denotes an updating memory, which is connected to the main control unit (20) and stores the shared telephone directory that other IP telephones are updating.

  Reference numeral 23 denotes a shared telephone directory memory, which is connected to the main control unit (20) and indicates a memory for storing and storing a telephone directory shared with other destination IP telephones.

  Reference numeral 24 denotes a shared telephone book editing memory which is connected to the main control unit (20) and indicates a memory used when editing the shared telephone book.

  An individual telephone directory memory 25 is connected to the main control unit (20) and indicates a storage device for telephone directory data that is used only by its own IP telephone without being shared with other IP telephones.

  Reference numeral 26 denotes an IP control unit which is connected to the main control unit 20 and shows a block for processing IP communication with other telephones by software.

  Reference numeral 27 denotes an LCD which is connected to the main control unit (20) and indicates a character display device such as a liquid crystal.

  Reference numeral 28 denotes an IP network, which is connected to the IP control unit 26 and indicates an IP communication network such as a LAN or a WAN.

  3A, 3B, and 3C are diagrams showing an operation sequence for automatically updating a shared telephone directory of a plurality of IP telephones according to the present invention.

  IP phone No. 1 (3-1) in FIG. 1 starts a telephone book update operation (S101).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 1 (3-1) in FIG. 2 determines whether the update of the phone book is a shared phone book or an individual phone book (S102).

  If it is not the shared telephone directory, the individual telephone directory memory (25) in FIG. 2 is updated (S103).

  If the shared phone book is to be updated, the main control unit (20) refers to the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) in FIG. 2 and another IP telephone is updating the shared phone book. It is determined whether or not (S104).

  If the updating flag is ON, other IP telephones are updating the shared telephone book, and IP telephone NO.1 (3-1) interrupts the updating of the shared telephone book.

  If the update flag is OFF, the shared telephone directory editing memory (24) in FIG. 2 is updated (S105).

  Update declarations (1101) are sequentially sent to all IP telephones registered in the shared telephone directory transmission destination memory (21) of FIG. 2, and the IP network (28) is sent from the IP control unit (26) of FIG. To notify all IP phones that the update of the shared phone book is to be started.

  The main control unit (20) of the IP phone NO.2 (3-2) in FIG. 1 that has received the update declaration has already started updating the shared phone book even in its own IP phone, and stores it in the updating memory (22). It is determined whether the shared telephone directory is being updated with reference to the stored update flag (S106).

  If the main control unit (20) of the IP phone NO.2 (3-2) is updating the shared phone book, the IP phone NO.2 (3-2) interrupts the update of the shared phone book, The operator is notified of the interruption by the display on the LCD (2) of 2 or the like. The interruption sequence will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B.

  If the shared telephone directory is not being updated, the main control unit (20) of IP phone NO.2 (3-2) turns on the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) (S107), and thereafter The update operation of the shared telephone directory on the own IP phone is prohibited.

  The main control unit (20) of IP phone NO.2 (3-2) returns ACK (1102) to IP phone NO.1 (3-1) to permit transmission of shared phonebook data. .

  The main control unit (20) of IP telephone NO.1 (3-1) determines whether or not ACK (1102) has been received (S108). IP phone NO.1 (3-1) determines that a phone book update conflict has occurred, interrupts the update of the shared phone book, and prompts the operator by displaying the LCD (27) in FIG. Notify interruption. The interruption sequence will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B.

  When receiving the ACK (1102), the main control unit (20) of the IP telephone NO.1 (3-1) reads the shared telephone directory transmission destination memory (21) and issues an update declaration to the next IP telephone. Send.

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 1 (3-1) sequentially transmits the update declaration to all the IP telephones of the transmission destination in the shared telephone directory transmission destination memory (21), and the final IP telephone NO. Send up to N (3-N).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP phone NO.1 (3-1) transmits an update declaration (1103) to the final IP phone NO.N (3-N).

  Whether the main control unit (20) of the last IP phone NO.N (3-N) that received the update declaration is also updating the shared phone book with reference to the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) (S109), if not updating, the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) is turned ON (S110). Then, ACK (1104) is returned to IP telephone No. 1 (3-1).

  If the shared telephone book is being updated, the IP telephone NO.N (3-N) interrupts the updating of the shared telephone book and notifies the operator of the interruption by displaying the LCD (27) in FIG. The interruption sequence will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B.

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 1 (3-1) determines whether or not the ASK (1104) is received (S111), and if the ACK (1104) is received, the common telephone directory memory (23 ) Is updated (S112).

  In this way, if the main control unit (20) of the IP telephone NO.1 transmits all update declarations to the transmission destination of the shared telephone directory transmission destination memory (21) and receives ACK from all transmission destinations. For example, the shared telephone directory memory (23) is updated, and transmission of the contents of the shared telephone directory memory (23), that is, shared telephone directory data (1105) is started from the IP telephone No. 2 (3-2).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP phone NO.2 (3-2) that has received the shared phone book data (1105) returns an ACK (1106) to the source IP phone NO.1 (3-1), The own shared telephone directory memory (23) is updated (S113).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 1 (3-1) determines whether or not the ASK (1106) has been received (S114), and if the ACK (1106) is not returned, the specification of the shared telephone directory data It retransmits the number of times (1107) and waits for a reply of ACK (1108) from IP telephone No. 2 (3-2).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 1 (3-1), the contents of the shared phone book memory (23), that is, the shared phone book data (1107) sequentially, the shared phone book destination memory (21) Are transmitted to all IP telephones of the destination of storage, and transmitted to the final IP telephone NO.N (3-N) (1109).

  The main control unit (20) of the final IP phone NO.N (3-N) that received the shared phone book data (1109) returns an ACK (1110) to the source IP phone NO.1 (3-1). The own shared telephone directory memory (23) is updated (S115).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone NO.1 (3-1) determines whether or not the ACK (1110) has been received (S116), and if the ACK (1110) is not returned, the specification of the shared telephone directory data It retransmits the number of times (1111) and waits for a reply of ACK (1112) from the final IP telephone NO.N (3-N).

  When the transmission of the shared phone book data to all the IP phones stored in the shared phone book destination memory (21) is completed, the main control unit (20) of the IP phone NO.1 (3-1) completes the shared phone book. The update is completed (S117), the operator is notified that the update is complete, and the IP phone NO.2 (3-2) cancels the update declaration (1113) so that other IP phones can update the shared phone book. Send.

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 2 (3-2) returns ACK (1114) and turns off the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) (S118).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 1 (3-1) sequentially transmits update declaration cancellation (1115) to the final IP telephone No. N (3-N).

  The main control unit (20) of the final IP telephone NO.N (3-N) returns ACK (1116) and turns off the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) (S119).

  4A and 4B are diagrams showing an operation sequence when a plurality of IP telephones start updating at the same time and compete with each other in the plurality of IP telephones according to the present invention.

  IP phone No. 1 (3-1) starts a phone book update operation (S201).

  Thereafter, S202 to S205 perform the same processing as S102 to S105 of FIG. 3, and sequentially update declarations (for all IP telephones registered in the shared telephone directory transmission destination memory (21) of FIG. 2101) is transmitted from the IP control unit (26) of FIG. 2 via the IP network (28), and all IP telephones are notified that the update of the shared telephone directory is to be started.

  Upon receiving the update declaration (2101), the main control unit (20) of IP telephone No. 2 (3-2) refers to the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) in FIG. It is determined whether or not the IP telephone has started updating the shared telephone book and the shared telephone book is being updated (S206).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 2 (3-2) updates the description in FIGS. 3A to 3C if the shared phone book is not being updated, and if the shared phone book is being updated, NAK (2102), which is not permitted to transmit shared telephone directory data, is returned to the transmitted IP telephone NO.1 (3-1).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 1 (3-1) determines whether or not an ACK has been received (S207), and if an ACK is received, updates the description in FIGS. 3A to 3C, If NAK (2102) is received, a shared phone book conflict has occurred, and the operator is informed that the “editing is suspended” on the LCD (27) of the IP phone NO.1 (3-1). (S207) Thereafter, the update declaration transmission process to the IP telephone is interrupted.

  If the main control unit (20) of IP phone No. 2 (3-2) has already sent the update declaration to IP phone No. 3 (3-3), it cancels the update declaration (2103) The IP phone No. 3 (3-3) transmits an ACK (2104) and the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) in FIG. Set to OFF (S209).

  When the shared phone book is being updated, the main control unit (20) of IP phone NO.2 (3-2) displays a message to the operator that “suspend editing” because the shared phone book conflict has occurred. Is performed on the LCD 27 of the IP telephone No. 2 (3-2) (S210), and thereafter, the update declaration transmission process to the IP telephone is interrupted.

  5A and 5B are diagrams showing another operation sequence when a plurality of IP telephones start updating simultaneously and compete with each other in the plurality of IP telephones according to the present invention.

  IP phone No. 1 (3-1) starts a phone book update operation (S301).

  Thereafter, S302 to S307 and 3102 perform the same processing as S102 to S107 and 1102 in FIG. 3A, and the main control unit (20) of the IP telephone NO.1 (3-1) sends the update declaration (3103) to the IP. Notify phone No. 3 (3-3).

  Upon receiving the update declaration (3103), the main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 3 (3-3) determines whether it is a shared telephone directory update (S308). If the explanation is updated in 3C and the shared phone book is being updated, NAK (3104) responds to IP phone NO.1 (3-1) and a conflict in the shared phone book has occurred. A message “suspend editing” is displayed on the LCD (27) of the IP telephone No. 3 (3-3) (S309).

  The main control unit (20) of the IP telephone No. 1 (3-1) determines whether or not an ACK has been received (S310). If the ACK is received, the explanation is updated in FIG. 3B and FIG. If it is (3104), the shared telephone book conflict has occurred, so the interruption process is performed.

  Since the main control unit (20) of IP phone NO.1 (3-1) has already sent an update declaration to IP phone NO.2 (3-2), IP phone NO.2 (3-2) Send update declaration release (3105).

  IP phone NO.2 (3-2) that received the update declaration cancellation (3105) returns ACK (3106) to IP phone NO.1 (3-1) and stores it in the updating memory (22). The update flag is turned off (S311).

  If an update declaration has already been sent to another telephone, an update declaration cancellation is sent to the IP telephone that has already been sent, and the update flag stored in the updating memory (22) of the IP telephone that has already received the update declaration is turned OFF. .

  If an update declaration cancellation is sent to all IP phones that have already sent an update declaration, the operator is displayed on the LCD (27) of the IP phone NO.1 (3-1) to display “suspend editing” (S312 ), Suspend shared phone book processing.

  Although the above-described embodiment is an IP telephone, it can be applied to a telephone apparatus having a communication means.

  According to the present invention, when the shared telephone book is updated by one telephone device, the shared telephone book is automatically distributed and updated to a plurality of telephone devices set as registration destinations of the shared telephone book. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a telephone apparatus having a telephone directory telephone book data sharing function, in which a plurality of telephone apparatuses need not update the shared telephone book for each telephone apparatus.

  According to the present invention, when the shared telephone book is updated by one telephone device, the shared telephone book transmission destination is notified to the shared telephone book transmission destination telephone device, so that the shared telephone book transmission destination is updated. The update of the shared phone book on the telephone device can be restricted to prevent the conflict of the shared phone book update.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the shared telephone book is being updated by one telephone device, the update of the own telephone device is notified when the other telephone device notifies the updating of the shared telephone book by the other telephone device. Is interrupted and the operator is notified of the interruption, so that the operator can recognize that the common phone book could not be updated.

  According to the present invention, when the updated shared phone book data is transmitted to another telephone device, the updated shared phone book data is stored even if the other phone device cannot receive or receives a communication error due to a communication error or the like. Since the updated shared telephone directory data is retransmitted only to other telephone devices that have not completed transmission, the reliability of the update can be improved.

1 is a configuration diagram of an IP telephone system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of an IP telephone having a telephone directory data sharing function according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement sequence which updates the shared telephone directory of the some IP telephone by this invention automatically. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement sequence which updates the shared telephone directory of the some IP telephone by this invention automatically. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement sequence which updates the shared telephone directory of the some IP telephone by this invention automatically. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation sequence when a plurality of IP telephones simultaneously start updating and compete in a plurality of IP telephones according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation sequence when a plurality of IP telephones simultaneously start updating and compete in a plurality of IP telephones according to the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another operation sequence when a plurality of IP telephones start updating simultaneously and compete with each other in the plurality of IP telephones according to the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another operation sequence when a plurality of IP telephones start updating simultaneously and compete with each other in the plurality of IP telephones according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1: Local area network, 2: Gateway and router, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, ..., 3-N: IP phone, 20: Main control unit, 21: Shared phonebook destination memory, 22: Updating memory, 23: Shared phone book memory, 24: Shared phone book editing memory, 25: Individual phone book memory, 26: IP control unit, 27: LCD, 28: IP network.

Claims (4)

  In a telephone apparatus having a telephone directory database for storing telephone numbers or addresses of destinations, shared telephone directory data storage means for sharing telephone directory data with other telephone apparatuses, and stored in the shared telephone directory data storage means Phonebook data transmission / reception means for sending / receiving phonebook data to / from other telephone devices, data update detection means for detecting presence / absence of update of phonebook data stored in the shared telephone book data storage means, and data update detection A telephone directory data sharing function comprising telephone directory data updating means for automatically updating the telephone directory data of the own telephone apparatus and the other telephone apparatus to the latest data when the means detects data update existence A telephone device having:   2. The update of the shared telephone directory data storage means according to claim 1, wherein when updating the data stored in the shared telephone directory data storage means, the other telephone apparatus sharing the shared telephone directory data is notified of the update of the shared telephone directory data. A telephone device having a telephone directory data sharing function.   3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the own telephone device is updating the data stored in the shared telephone book data storage means and the other telephone device notifies the updating of the shared telephone book data, A telephone device having a telephone directory data sharing function, wherein updating of the telephone device is interrupted and the operator is notified of the interruption. 3. When the updated shared telephone directory data is transmitted to the other telephone apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, when the other telephone apparatus is unable to receive or has a reception error, the updated shared telephone directory data is A telephone apparatus having a telephone directory data sharing function, wherein the updated shared telephone directory data is retransmitted only to another telephone apparatus that has not completed transmission.

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