JP2010004268A - Switching system, terminating-side telephone communication terminal, telephone system, relay switching device, and terminating-side switching device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone system, which performs an operation based on a call originating source, to a call terminating side. <P>SOLUTION: The telephone system includes an originating-side telephone communication terminal, a terminating-side telephone communication terminal, and a switching system which connects a call originated from the originating-side telephone communication terminal to the terminating-side telephone communication terminal. The switching system includes: a means which registers identification information related to the originating-side telephone communication terminal, identification information related to the terminating-side telephone communication terminal, and originating-side attribute information in association with each other; and a means which, when connecting the call to the terminating-side telephone communication terminal, searches for originating-side attribute information based on the combination of identification information of the originating-side telephone communication terminal and identification information of the terminating-side telephone communication terminal, from registered information and performs an operation based on the obtained originating-side attribute information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a switching system, a receiving side telephone communication terminal, a telephone system, a relay switching apparatus, and a receiving side switching apparatus. For example, the present invention can be applied to a telephone system that notifies information on a calling side to a receiving side.

In the method described in Patent Document 1, when a call is transmitted from a calling-side telephone terminal to a receiving-side telephone terminal via a switching device, the calling-side telephone number is not notified to the called-side telephone. If (Caller ID non-notification) is set, the user of the receiving phone terminal is inconvenienced by playing a voice message (guidance) to notify the calling number without ringing at the receiving phone terminal. Reduced the burden of handling calls.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-68952

  However, in the method described in Patent Document 1, only the caller's number is not notified, and calls other than nuisance calls, such as customers whose caller is important, and the caller ID is not notified in the name of protecting personal information. There is a problem in that a call is not connected to a caller who wants a call by a user of a telephone terminal on the receiving side, such as a set person.

  For this reason, an exchange system, an incoming side telephone communication terminal, a telephone system, a relay exchange apparatus, and an incoming side exchange apparatus that can perform an operation corresponding to a caller on the incoming side of a call are desired.

The switching system according to the first aspect of the present invention is (1) an exchange system for connecting a call sent from a calling side telephone communication terminal to a receiving side telephone communication terminal, and (2) a calling side related to the calling side telephone communication terminal. Caller side attribute information registration means for registering the identification information, the callee side identification information related to the callee telephone communication terminal, and the caller attribute information indicating the attribute related to the caller telephone communication terminal in association with each other;
When a call is made from the calling side telephone communication terminal, the calling side attribute information corresponding to the combination of the calling side identification information and the receiving side identification information is registered in the calling side attribute information registration means. And corresponding operation means for performing an operation according to the detected sender attribute information.

  The incoming side telephone communication terminal of the second aspect of the present invention is (1) an incoming side telephone communication terminal for connecting a call made from an outgoing side telephone communication terminal via an exchange system; When the caller attribute information indicating the attribute relating to the caller telephone communication terminal is notified, the apparatus has a corresponding operation means for performing an operation according to the notified caller attribute information.

  The telephone system according to the third aspect of the present invention includes (1) a calling side telephone communication terminal, a receiving side telephone communication terminal, and an exchange for connecting a call originated from the calling side telephone communication terminal to the receiving side telephone communication terminal. And (2) applying the incoming side telephone communication terminal of the second aspect of the invention as the incoming side telephone communication terminal, and (3) switching system of the first aspect of the invention as the switching system. Is applied.

  The relay switching apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is (1) a relay for relaying communication between a calling side switching apparatus to which a calling side telephone communication terminal is connected and a receiving side switching apparatus to which a receiving side telephone communication terminal is connected. In the exchange apparatus, (2) calling-side identification information relating to the calling-side telephone communication terminal, calling-side identification information relating to the receiving-side telephone communication terminal, and calling-side attribute information indicating attributes relating to the calling-side telephone communication terminal (3) Corresponds to a combination of the caller side identification information and the callee side identification information when a call is made from the caller side telephone communication terminal. And information notifying means for notifying the called side switching device of the detected calling side attribute information, searching for the calling side attribute information to be searched from the information registered in the calling side attribute information registration means. To do.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving side switching apparatus for (1) a receiving side switching apparatus for connecting a call originating from a calling side telephone communication terminal and relaying through a relay switching apparatus to the receiving side telephone communication terminal. 2) When a call is made from the caller telephone communication terminal, caller attribute information indicating an attribute related to the caller telephone communication terminal is acquired from the exchange relay switching device, and the acquired caller attribute information is And an information acquisition / notification means for notifying the receiving side telephone communication terminal.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the telephone system which performs the operation | movement according to a transmission origin can be provided with respect to the incoming side of a call.

(A) Main Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of an exchange system, an incoming side telephone communication terminal, a telephone system, a relay exchange apparatus, and an incoming side exchange apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(A-1) Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a telephone system 1 of this embodiment.

  The telephone system 1 includes a calling side telephone communication terminal 2, an exchange system 10, and a receiving side telephone communication terminal 7.

  In FIG. 1, a call originated from the originating side telephone communication terminal 2 is connected to the terminating side telephone communication terminal 7 via the switching system 10.

  The switching system 10 connects the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7, and connects the call originated from the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 to the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7. A transmission side switching device 3, a relay switching device 5, and a receiving side switching device 6 connected to the network 4 are provided. The originating side switching device 3 can be a switching device applied to an existing public telephone network.

  In FIG. 1, the switching system 10 is described as a system for exchanging calls on a public telephone network, but it may be an IP network, for example, instead of a public telephone network, and the types of networks (networks) are limited. Is not. Further, when the switching system 10 is for exchanging calls in an IP network, for example, the originating side switching device 3, the relay switching device 5, and the receiving side switching device 6 are switching devices corresponding to the IP network. You may make it apply.

  In the following description, since the switching system 10 is a system for exchanging calls in the public telephone network, the identification information related to the originating side telephone communication terminal 2 and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 is the respective telephone communication terminals. However, the telephone number is not limited to a telephone number as long as it can be identified by the exchange system 10. For example, when the originating side telephone communication terminal 2 and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 are IP telephone terminals, identification information other than the telephone number such as an IP address, a domain name, and a user name in SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) May be set. In FIG. 1, the switching system 10 includes three switching devices, that is, a transmission-side switching device 3, a relay switching device 5, and a receiving-side switching device 6. The number is not limited. In the switching system 10, the number of switching devices that relay a call transmitted from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 until the call is connected to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 is not limited.

  Further, in FIG. 1, for the sake of simplicity, the telephone communication terminals arranged on the telephone system 1 are described as two units, that is, a transmission side telephone communication terminal 2 and a reception side telephone communication terminal 7. However, the number of telephone communication terminals arranged on the telephone system 1 and the call destination are not limited.

  The calling side switching device 3 is a switching device connected to the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 and the public telephone network 4. In FIG. 1, the originating side switching device 3 is connected to a terminating side switching device 6 via a relay switching device 5 for a call sent from the originating side telephone communication terminal 2 to the terminating side telephone communication terminal 7. The incoming call side telephone communication terminal 7 is connected.

  The relay switching device 5 relays communication between switching devices. In FIG. 1, the relay switching device 5 has a function of relaying communication between the originating side switching device 3 and the receiving side switching device 6.

  The receiving side switching device 6 is a switching device connected to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 and the public telephone network 4. In FIG. 1, a receiving side switching device 6 connects a call originating from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 and arriving via the relay switching device 5 to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7.

  The outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 is a telephone communication terminal connected to the outgoing side switching apparatus 3, and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 is a telephone communication terminal connected to the incoming side switching apparatus 6. In FIG. 1, it is assumed that the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 are telephone terminals (for example, a fixed telephone terminal, a mobile phone terminal, etc.) connected to the public telephone network 4. When connected to the IP network instead of the telephone network 4, the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 may apply an IP telephone terminal to the incoming side switching apparatus 6. In addition, the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 and the incoming side exchange device 6 may be applied to a soft phone that realizes call processing, voice signal processing, etc. by software on an information processing device such as a personal computer. In addition, the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 are terminals that communicate using the same communication path as the telephone, such as, for example, a FAX terminal or an information processing apparatus (for example, a personal computer) that communicates using a modem. It is also good. The incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 can be an existing telephone communication terminal. As described above, the types of the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 are not limited.

  It is assumed that the exchange system 10 has means for notifying identification information related to the caller side telephone communication terminal 2 when a call is connected to the callee side telephone communication terminal 7. In this embodiment, as an example, the exchange system 10 notifies the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 as the telephone number of the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 (hereinafter referred to as “the outgoing side number”). Further, in the exchange system 10, the receiving side telephone communication terminal is operated according to the operation (for example, operation of the push button) of the user (for example, the user of the calling side telephone communication terminal 2) or the registration information (for example, subscriber information). It is also possible to set so that the calling number is not notified to the terminal 7 (the calling party number is not notified). The configuration in which the switching system 10 notifies the called side telephone communication terminal 7 of the calling party number, the contents to be notified, the configuration of switching the setting of non-notification / notification of the calling party number, etc., to the switching system in the existing public telephone network The same means as used for realizing notification / non-notification of the caller ID can be used.

  Further, in the switching system 10, even when a call is sent from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 without calling party number notification, the calling party telephone communication is simply performed as non-calling party number notification. It is assumed that not only the terminal 7 is connected but also a predetermined operation according to the transmission source is performed.

  In the switching system 10, the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 is associated with the combination of the calling side number of the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 and the telephone number of the receiving side switching apparatus 6 (hereinafter referred to as “the called number”). Means (described later) for registering information indicating the attribute of the calling party number is provided. In the exchange system 10 of this embodiment, for example, a number indicating the attribute of the calling party number (hereinafter referred to as “transmitting attribute number”) is registered as the information indicating the attribute of the calling party number. When a call is sent from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 to the called side telephone communication terminal 7 without calling party number notification, the caller is simply connected to the called telephone communication terminal 7 as not calling party number notification. In addition, the above-mentioned sender attribute number is notified. Then, the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 performs an operation according to the notified outgoing side attribute number.

  In the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7, as an operation according to the notified outgoing side attribute number, for example, the incoming call is rejected, or a voice message (guidance) prompting the outgoing number to be notified without ringing is used. For example, connecting a call. In the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7, for example, when the notified calling side attribute number is “100”, the user of the call origination (calling side telephone communication terminal 2) is the user of the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7. If the notified sender attribute number is “200”, the user of the call originator (calling side telephone communication terminal 2) is a nuisance telephone company. If it is an important customer (caller attribute number = 100), the call is connected as it is, and if it is a nuisance telephone provider (caller attribute number = 200), the call is rejected. I do. The format of the information indicating the attribute of the calling party number described above may be a number or a character string, and the format is not limited. In addition, in the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7, when a call is received, the notified originator attribute number and information related to the originator attribute number (for example, “important customer”, “nuisance telephone operator”, etc.) are displayed. It is also possible to make the user recognize the origin of the incoming call. As a method of outputting the information on the calling side attribute number notified by the called side telephone communication terminal 7 or the calling side attribute number, it may be displayed on a display or may be displayed as a voice. The output method is not limited.

  In addition, when the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 is a terminal other than a call such as a FAX terminal, for example, reception of data (FAX) from a caller not required by the user of the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 It is also possible to perform an operation such as rejecting or not printing or storing even if received.

  Although not shown in FIG. 1, the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 is provided with means for registering the contents of the operation corresponding to each calling side attribute number, and the registered contents can be edited by the user's operation. It is good as a thing. The incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 is the same as the existing telephone communication terminal except that the contents of the corresponding operation are registered for each outgoing side attribute number and have means for operating based on the registered contents. .

  In the exchange system 10, the caller attribute number may be registered in advance, or may be set according to the operation of the user of the callee side telephone communication terminal 7, and the registration method is not limited. Is. For example, when a call is received from the caller side telephone communication terminal 2 and the callee side telephone communication terminal 7 does not notify the caller, the user of the callee side telephone communication terminal 7 performs, for example, an operation of a push button. When the caller attribute number is input to the exchange system 10, it may be registered as a caller attribute number corresponding to the combination of the caller telephone number of the call and the callee telephone number.

  In this embodiment, for example, when the caller telephone number is “04AB-J”, the callee telephone number is “03ABC-J”, and the input caller attribute number is “100”, “ It is assumed that information “04AB-J = 003ABC-J-100” is registered. Then, in the exchange system 10, when the caller telephone number is “04AB-J”, the callee telephone number is “03ABC-J”, and a call without calling party number is sent, the exchange system 10, registration information that includes information that matches “04AB-J = 003ABC-J” is searched. If “04AB-J = 003ABC-J-100” is registered, The sender attribute number “100”, which is detected as information matching and added, is extracted. In the following description, the switching system 10 registers information in the format of “04AB-J = 03ABC-J-100” (calling telephone number = calling telephone number−calling attribute number) as an example. However, if the sender attribute number corresponding to each combination of the sender number and the receiver number can be registered and searched, it may be registered in a table format, and the format of information to be registered is not limited. Is. Further, in the switching system 10, in the subscriber information related to the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7, by registering the outgoing side attribute number corresponding to each outgoing side number, it is possible to cope with each combination of the outgoing side number and the incoming side number. A caller attribute number to be defined may be defined. In addition, in the exchange system 10, if the sender attribute number corresponding to the combination of the sender number and the receiver number is searched, if the corresponding information is not detected, the information indicating that it is not registered is received. You may make it notify to the side telephone communication terminal 7. FIG. In the exchange system 10 of this embodiment, when the corresponding sender attribute number cannot be detected, information “***”, for example, is notified to the called telephone communication terminal 7 as information indicating that it is not registered. It shall be.

  Next, details of a configuration example for registering and notifying the transmission side attribute number as described above in the transmission side switching device 3, the relay switching device 5, and the reception side switching device 6 in the switching system 10 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration inside the receiving side exchange 6.

  The called side exchange device 6 includes a control unit 61, a switch 62, and a number identification device 63.

  The control unit 61 controls the overall operation of the receiving side switching device 6, and the switch 53 has a function of exchanging calls from other devices in the receiving side switching device 6. Since the control unit 61 and the switch 62 are substantially the same as the control unit and the switch in the existing exchange device, detailed description is omitted. Although not shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that the receiving side switching device 6 has another configuration necessary as a switching device. Further, the number identification device 63 is not limited to being arranged on the receiving side exchange device 6, and may be arranged as another exchange device or a single device on the public telephone network 4.

  The number identification device 63 controls the caller-side attribute number in the receiving-side switching device 6, and has a relay switch-side number matching sending unit 631 and a number confirmation unit 632.

  The number confirmation unit 632 receives a registration request for the calling side attribute number from the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 via the receiving side switching device 6 or notifies the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 of the calling side attribute number. And has a control interface function related to the caller attribute number with the callee telephone communication terminal 7.

  When the receiving side switching device 6 causes the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 to receive a call sent from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 without notification of the calling side number, the number confirmation unit 632 displays the incoming side telephone communication terminal. When the registration request for the calling side attribute number is received from 7, the registration request is notified to the relay switching apparatus 5 via the relay switch side number matching sending unit 631.

  In addition, when the receiving side switching device 6 causes the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 to receive a call sent from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 without notification of the calling side number, the number confirmation unit 632 receives the calling side telephone communication. The calling side attribute number corresponding to the terminal 2 is inquired of the relay switching apparatus 5 via the relay exchange side number matching sending unit 631, and the returned calling side attribute number is notified to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7. In addition, the number confirmation unit 632 indicates that the caller attribute number is not registered in the callee telephone communication terminal 7 when the reply to the caller attribute number inquiry to the relay switching device 5 is unregistered. Notification (***).

  The relay switch side number matching sending unit 631 is connected to the relay switching device 5 via the switch 62 and has an interface function for controlling communication between the number confirmation unit 632 and the relay switching device 5.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration inside the relay switching apparatus 5.

  The relay exchange device 5 includes a control unit 51, a switch 52, and a number identification / assignment device 53.

  Since the control unit 51 and the switch 52 are substantially the same as the control unit and the switch in the existing exchange device, detailed description is omitted. Although not shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that the relay exchange device 5 has another configuration necessary as an exchange device. The number identification / assignment device 53 is not limited to being arranged on the relay exchange device 5, and may be arranged as another exchange device or a single device on the public telephone network 4.

  The number identification / assignment device 53 performs registration (assignment) and control related to the caller attribute number in the relay switching device 5, and includes a number transmission unit 531, a number identification unit 532, and a number assignment unit 533. .

  The number sending unit 531 accepts notification of a registration request for the calling side attribute number from the receiving side switching device 6 (number checking unit 632 of the number identifying device 63), or receives the number of the receiving side switching device 6 (number confirmation of the number identifying device 63). Or a control interface related to the calling side attribute number with the receiving side switching device 6 (the number confirmation unit 632 of the number identification device 63). Responsible for the function.

  When the number sending unit 531 is notified of a caller-side attribute number registration request from the receiving-side switching device 6 (number confirmation unit 632 of the number identifying device 63), the number sending unit 531 further notifies the number identifying unit 532 of the request.

  In addition, when the inquiry of the calling side attribute number is notified from the receiving side switching device 6 (number confirmation unit 632 of the number identification device 63), the number transmission unit 531 further notifies the number identification unit 532 of the inquiry. As a result of the inquiry, a response is received from the number assignment unit 533, and the response is further notified to the receiving side switching device 6 (the number confirmation unit 632 of the number identification device 63).

  When the number sending unit 531 receives a registration request for the calling side attribute number, the number identification unit 532 further notifies the number assignment unit 533 of the registration request. In addition, when the number transmitting unit 531 notifies the inquiry about the sender attribute number, the number identifying unit 532 further notifies the number assigning unit 533 of the inquiry.

  In addition, when the number sending unit 531 receives a registration request for the calling side attribute number or a notification of an inquiry about the calling side attribute number from the number sending unit 531, the number identifying unit 532 relates to the request source (the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7). Refers to information (for example, subscriber information), the number only if the requester is subscribed to a service that notifies the caller attribute number and the setting to enable the service is registered The notification from the sending unit 531 may be further notified to the number assigning unit 533. The registration information as to whether or not the user is subscribed to the service for notifying the above-mentioned calling side attribute number is, for example, according to an operation (for example, an operation of a push button) by a user (for example, a user of the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7). The setting may be changed, and the registration method is not limited. Further, the registration information as to whether or not the user is subscribed to the service for notifying the above-mentioned sender attribute number may be registered in the number identification / allocation apparatus 53, although not shown in FIG. For example, it may be registered and referred to in a database that manages subscriber information in the telephone system 1.

  In addition, when the number sending unit 531 receives a registration request for the calling side attribute number or an inquiry about the calling side attribute number from the number sending unit 531, the number identifying unit 532 receives the calling side of the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 that is the request source. The number assignment unit 533 is notified of the number and the calling party number of the calling telephone communication terminal 2.

  When the number identification unit 532 receives a request for registration of the calling side attribute number from the number sending unit 531, as a method of acquiring the calling side number of the calling side telephone communication terminal 2, for example, Based on the called party number, the calling side telephone communication terminal 7 inquires of the control unit 51 about the call that is currently in a call, or the call that was being called immediately before, and obtains the calling party number of the calling party telephone communication terminal 2 Also good.

  In the case where the calling party number is not notified, when the calling party number is not notified from the calling party switching device 3 to the relay switching apparatus 5, the number identifying unit 532 is configured to transmit the number of the calling party telephone communication terminal 2. The calling side exchange device 3 may be inquired about the calling side number. Thus, even if the relay switching device 5 (control unit 51) itself is not notified of the calling party telephone number of the calling party telephone communication terminal 2, the relay switching apparatus 5 is determined from the called party number of the receiving party telephone communication terminal 7. In this case, it is possible to grasp whether the call is currently connected or connected, so that even if the call is routed through many switching devices, the call is made by following the switching device for relaying the corresponding call. The calling party number of the communication terminal 2 may be acquired. Further, in the exchange system 10, when a call control system that performs call control of the entire telephone system 1 is arranged, the caller side number of the caller side telephone communication terminal 2 is acquired by making an inquiry to the call control system. You may do it. As described above, the method for acquiring the calling party number of the calling telephone communication terminal 2 related to the registration request for the calling party attribute number in the number identifying unit 532 is not limited.

  The number assigning unit 533 has a calling side attribute number registration unit 533a, and when the registration request for the calling side attribute number is notified from the number identification unit 532, the calling side number of the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 And the caller-side attribute number related to the registration request are associated with the combination of the callee-side number of the callee-side telephone communication terminal 7 and registered in the caller-side attribute number registration unit 533a. In addition, when the number identification unit 532 receives an inquiry about the calling side attribute number from the number identifying unit 532, the number assigning unit 533 sets the calling side number of the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 and the called side number of the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7. The sender attribute number corresponding to the combination is searched from the registered information, and the detected sender attribute number is notified to the number sending unit 531. In addition, in the number assignment unit 533, the calling-side attribute number to be registered is information included in the registration request from the receiving-side telephone communication terminal 7. Further, the calling party number of the calling telephone communication terminal 2 and the called party number of the receiving telephone communication terminal 7 are notified from the number identifying unit 532 together with the registration request notification as described above.

(A-2) Operation | movement of embodiment Next, operation | movement of the telephone system 1 of this embodiment which has the above structures is demonstrated.

  First, an operation when a caller attribute number is registered in the telephone system 1 will be described, and then an operation in which the caller attribute number is notified in the telephone system 1 will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of registering the caller attribute number in the exchange system 10.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing an operation in which the calling side attribute number is notified from the switching system 10 to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7.

  In FIG. 4, description will be made assuming that the operation is started from a state in which no calling party attribute number relating to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 has been registered yet in the switching system 10 (number identification / assignment device 53). In FIG. 4, it is assumed that the called party telephone communication terminal 7 has a called party number “03ABC-J” and the calling party telephone communication terminal 2 has a called party number “04AB-J”. 4 and 5, it is assumed that the user of the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 is an important customer for the user of the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7.

  First, a call is transmitted from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 without notification of the calling side number (S101), and when the call reaches the receiving side switching apparatus 6, the receiving side switching apparatus 6, the caller attribute number related to the reached call is inquired to the relay switching apparatus 5 (number identification / allocation apparatus 53) via the number identification apparatus 63 (S102, S103).

  Next, in the number identification / assignment device 53, the number of the caller (calling side telephone communication terminal 2) and the number of the call destination (calling side telephone communication terminal 7) of the call inquired from the receiving side switching apparatus 6 Based on the above, the corresponding caller attribute number is searched, but as described above, the caller attribute number related to the callee side telephone communication terminal 7 is not yet registered at this point, so “unregistered” The fact is notified to the receiving side exchange 6c (number identification device 63) (S104, S105).

  Next, “***” indicating that the corresponding caller attribute number is unregistered is given to the callee telephone communication terminal 7 from the callee exchange device 6 together with the call signal, and “***” or The fact that there is an incoming call from a caller whose caller attribute number is not registered is output to the user of the callee telephone communication terminal 7 (S106).

  Next, when the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 responds by the user's operation, a call is established between the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 (S107).

  Then, the user of the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 can recognize that the user of the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 that is the other party in the call is an important customer, so that it is an important customer as the outgoing side attribute number. A signal for requesting registration of “100” indicating that is input to the called telephone communication terminal 7 by the user using, for example, a push button, and the registration request signal is given to the called telephone communication terminal 7 It shall be (S108).

  Next, in the receiving side switching device 6, the registration request given from the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 is notified to the relay switching device 5 (number identification / allocation device 53) via the number identification device 63 (S109, S110).

  When a registration request for the calling side attribute number (100) is given from the receiving side switching device 6 (number identification device 63), the relay switching device 5 (number identification / assignment device 53) sends a call related to the registration request. The caller attribute number (100) is associated with the combination of the number (04ABC-J) of the caller (calling side telephone communication terminal 2) and the number (03ABC-J) of the callee (calling side telephone communication terminal 7). Then, information “04AB-J = 003ABC-J-100” is registered (S111).

  After that, the call between the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 and the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 is terminated (S112).

  Next, the operation when the caller-side attribute number (100) registered in the number identification / assignment device 53 is notified to the callee telephone communication terminal 7 by the operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. Will be described.

  First, a call is transmitted from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 without calling side number notification (S201). When the call reaches the called side switching apparatus 6, the called side switching apparatus 6, the caller attribute number related to the reached call is inquired to the relay switching device 5 (number identification / allocation device 53) via the number identification device 63 (S202, S203).

  Next, in the number identification / assignment device 53, the number (04ABC-J) of the calling side (calling side telephone communication terminal 2) of the call inquired from the receiving side switching apparatus 6 and the receiving side (calling side telephone communication) It is searched whether or not the sender attribute number corresponding to the combination with the number of terminal 7) (03ABC-J) is registered, and “04AB-J = 03ABC-J-100” registered in step S111 described above. Is detected as corresponding information. Then, the number identification / allocation device 53 extracts “100” as the calling side attribute number, and the calling side attribute number (100) is returned to the called side switching device 6 (number identification device 63) (S204, S205).

  Next, the corresponding caller attribute number (100) is given to the callee telephone communication terminal 7 from the callee exchange apparatus 6 together with the calling signal, and “100” is set as the caller attribute number in the callee telephone communication terminal 7. Alternatively, the fact that there is an incoming call from an important customer is output to the user of the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 (S206).

  When the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 responds, a call is established between the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 and the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7, and then the call ends (S207, S208).

  At the time of the above-described step S206, the user can recognize that the incoming call is a calling party number non-notification but is an important customer because the calling party attribute number is “100”, and can answer the call with peace of mind. can do. Also, for example, if the caller attribute number output by the callee telephone communication terminal 7 at this time is “200” indicating a nuisance call carrier, the user can also ignore the incoming call. .

(A-3) Effects of Embodiment According to this embodiment, the following effects can be achieved.

  In the switching system 10, even when a call from the calling side telephone communication terminal 2 to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 is sent without calling side number non-notification, the outgoing call registered in the number identification / allocation device 53 is used. By notifying the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 of the side attribute number, it is possible to perform an operation according to the outgoing side number without notifying the outgoing side number itself. For example, in a conventional telephone system, as a countermeasure against annoying calls, when the caller ID is not notified, the caller is set to play voice guidance prompting the caller ID not to be received for all calls. Even if the user on the calling side is an important customer for the user on the receiving side, the switching system 10 of this embodiment performs the operation according to the attribute number on the calling side. Since it is not necessary to change the setting to notify the calling party number, the burden on the user is reduced.

  Further, in the exchange system 10, not the calling party number itself from the calling party telephone communication terminal 2 but the calling party attribute number is notified to the receiving party telephone communication terminal 7. The privacy of the user of the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2 can be kept to some extent without being known by the user.

(B) Other Embodiments The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may include modified embodiments as exemplified below.

(B-1) In the above embodiment, the switching system 10 has been described as being applied to a switching system on a public telephone network (communication service provider). However, the switching system 10 is applied to a PBX (IP-PBX) system or a SIP system. You may do it.

(B-2) In the above embodiment, in the switching system 10, the above-described only when the call is transmitted from the caller side telephone communication terminal 2 to the callee side telephone communication terminal 7 without calling party number being notified. The sender attribute number is searched and notified, but even when the sender number itself is notified, the sender attribute number is searched and, for example, notified to the receiver side telephone communication terminal 7. You may do it.

  Thus, for example, as long as the content of the operation corresponding to each caller attribute number is registered in the callee telephone communication terminal 7, even if the content of the operation corresponding to each caller number is not registered, the incoming call is received. The side telephone communication terminal 7 can perform an operation corresponding to the caller (calling side telephone communication terminal 2).

  In the above embodiment, the exchange system 10 has been described as having means for notifying the incoming side telephone communication terminal 7 of the number of the outgoing side telephone communication terminal 2, but in the exchange system 10, Regardless of whether or not there is means for notifying the caller, the caller side telephone communication terminal 2 may be notified of the caller attribute number.

(B-3) In the above-described embodiment, the exchange system 10 notifies the caller-side attribute number to the callee-side telephone communication terminal 7, and sets the notified caller-side attribute number on the callee-side telephone communication terminal 7 side. Although the corresponding operation is performed, the switching system 10 may perform an operation according to the detected sender attribute number. For example, in the switching system 10, if the caller attribute number is “100” indicating that the user of the caller telephone communication terminal 2 is an important customer, the call is connected to the callee telephone communication terminal 7 as it is. If it is “200” indicating that it is a nuisance caller, the call is not connected to the receiving side telephone communication terminal 7 and an operation of sending a voice message for notifying the calling side number is performed. Also good.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the telephone system which concerns on embodiment. It is the block diagram shown about the functional structure inside the receiving side switching apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is the block diagram shown about the functional structure inside the relay switching apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is the sequence diagram shown about the operation | movement in which the transmission side attribute number is registered in the telephone system which concerns on embodiment. It is the sequence diagram shown about the operation | movement which is notified of the transmission side attribute number to the telephone system which concerns on embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Telephone system, 2 ... Originating side telephone communication terminal, 3 ... Originating side switching apparatus, 4 ... Public telephone network, 5 ... Relay switching apparatus, 51 ... Control part, 52 ... Switch, 53 ... Number identification / allocation apparatus, 531 ... Number sending unit, 532 ... Number identifying unit, 533 ... Number assigning unit, 533a ... Sender attribute number registering unit, 6 ... Receiving side switching device, 61 ... Control unit, 62 ... Switch, 63 ... Number identifying device, 631 ... Relay exchange side number matching transmission unit, 632... Number confirmation unit, 7.

Claims (8)

In an exchange system for connecting a call made from a calling side telephone communication terminal to a receiving side telephone communication terminal,
The caller identification information related to the caller telephone communication terminal, the caller identification information related to the caller telephone communication terminal, and the caller attribute information indicating the attribute related to the caller telephone communication terminal are registered in association with each other. Caller attribute information registration means,
When a call is made from the calling side telephone communication terminal, the calling side attribute information corresponding to the combination of the calling side identification information and the receiving side identification information is registered in the calling side attribute information registration means. And a corresponding operation means for performing an operation according to the detected sender attribute information.   2. The exchange according to claim 1, wherein said corresponding operation means notifies said detected caller side attribute information to said callee telephone communication terminal when connecting a call to said callee telephone communication terminal. system.   When the caller attribute information registration means is connected to the callee telephone communication terminal and a signal related to the caller attribute information is given from the callee telephone communication terminal, the caller attribute information is stored in the caller attribute information. 3. The exchange system according to claim 1, wherein registration is performed in association with a combination of identification information and the receiving side identification information. Caller identification information notifying means for notifying the caller identification information to the callee telephone communication terminal when connecting a call to the callee communication terminal;
The calling side identification information notifying unit holds setting information as to whether or not to notify the calling side identification information to the receiving side telephone communication terminal, and according to the setting information, the calling side identification information notifying unit Further comprising notification control means for controlling notification of the above-mentioned sender identification information by
When the call control information is controlled so that the caller side identification information is not notified to the callee telephone communication terminal by the notification control means, the corresponding operation means is configured to connect the call to the callee telephone communication terminal. The switching system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the detected calling side attribute information is notified to the receiving side telephone communication terminal. In the incoming side telephone communication terminal that connects the call made from the outgoing side telephone communication terminal via the switching system,
When the caller attribute information indicating the attribute relating to the caller telephone communication terminal is notified from the switching system, the exchange system has a corresponding operation means for performing an operation according to the notified caller attribute information. Calling side telephone communication terminal. In a telephone system comprising a caller telephone communication terminal, a callee telephone communication terminal, and an exchange system for connecting a call originated from the caller telephone communication terminal to the callee telephone communication terminal,
While applying the incoming side telephone communication terminal according to claim 5 as the incoming side telephone communication terminal,
A telephone system, wherein the switching system according to claim 2 is applied as the switching system. In a relay switching apparatus that relays communication between a calling side switching apparatus to which a calling side telephone communication terminal is connected and a receiving side switching apparatus to which a receiving side telephone communication terminal is connected,
The caller identification information related to the caller telephone communication terminal, the caller identification information related to the caller telephone communication terminal, and the caller attribute information indicating the attribute related to the caller telephone communication terminal are registered in association with each other. Caller attribute information registration means,
When a call is made from the calling side telephone communication terminal, the calling side attribute information corresponding to the combination of the calling side identification information and the receiving side identification information is registered in the calling side attribute information registration means. A relay switching apparatus, comprising: information notifying means for notifying the called side switching apparatus of the detected sender attribute information. In the receiving side switching device for connecting the call originating from the calling side telephone communication terminal and arriving through the relay switching device to the receiving side telephone communication terminal,
When a call is made from the calling side telephone communication terminal, the calling side attribute information indicating the attribute relating to the calling side telephone communication terminal is acquired from the exchange relay switching device, and the acquired calling side attribute information is An incoming-side switching apparatus comprising information acquisition notification means for notifying the incoming-side telephone communication terminal.

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