JP2017108354A - Telephone and telephone control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone that prevents users from calling a danger phone number.SOLUTION: The telephone is so configured that an operation unit (10) accepts an operation for inputting a telephone number, a danger determining unit (41) determines whether the inputted telephone number is a predetermined dangerous telephone number, and if the telephone number is a dangerous one, a notifying unit (43) provides notification that the telephone number is dangerous using an output unit (50).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone set that prevents a user from being damaged by a nuisance call.

  In recent years, nuisance calls aimed at mischief and fraud have become a problem. Therefore, various techniques have been developed in order to prevent users from being damaged by nuisance calls. For example, there is a telephone that determines whether an incoming call is a nuisance call by searching a telephone number of a caller of the incoming call from a database of telephone numbers used for a nuisance call. Patent Document 1 discloses a mobile phone capable of registering a telephone number of a user's family or acquaintance, and prohibits registration of a telephone number of an incoming caller determined to be a nuisance call. Is described.

JP 2004-187056 A (published July 2, 2004)

  A user may be guided by a malicious person to make a call to a dangerous telephone number (hereinafter abbreviated as a dangerous telephone number) used for unwanted calls. In such a case, when a user calls a dangerous phone number, there is a possibility of being scammed. However, conventionally, there has been no technology for preventing a user from calling a dangerous telephone number.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to prevent a user from making a call to a dangerous telephone number.

  In order to solve the above problem, a telephone according to one aspect of the present invention includes an operation unit that receives an operation of inputting a telephone number, and whether the input telephone number input to the operation unit is a predetermined dangerous telephone number. A risk determining unit for determining whether or not the input telephone number is the dangerous telephone number, and a notification unit for notifying that the input telephone number is dangerous when the risk determining unit determines that the input telephone number is the dangerous telephone number. Yes.

  In order to solve the above problem, a telephone control method according to an aspect of the present invention includes an operation reception step of receiving an operation of inputting a telephone number, and the input telephone number input is a predetermined dangerous telephone number. A risk determination step for determining whether or not there is, and a notification step for notifying that the input phone number is dangerous when it is determined in the risk determination step that the input telephone number is the risk telephone number; including.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, a user can be prevented from making a call to a dangerous telephone number.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a telephone according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a telephone number search process executed by a control unit included in the telephone according to the first embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the communication system provided with the telephone and server which concern on Embodiment 1. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of telephone number search processing according to the second embodiment. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a telephone according to Embodiment 2. FIG.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

(Telephone 1)
The configuration of the telephone 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the telephone 1 includes an operation unit 10, a DB storage unit 20, a communication unit 30, a control unit 40, an output unit 50, and a line connection unit 60.

  The operation unit 10 receives a user operation for inputting a destination telephone number (input telephone number) or rejecting a response to an incoming call. The operation unit 10 includes, for example, a cross key, a number key, a response button, a power button (response rejection button), and the like. The operation unit 10 may include a microphone. The operation unit 10 may be provided in the main body (master unit) of the telephone 1 or may be provided in a device (slave unit) separate from the main unit.

  The DB storage unit 20 stores a local database and a server provided database. In the local database, a permission number list and a rejection number list are registered. The permission number list is a list of telephone numbers that the user has determined to be safe and registered in the telephone 1. The rejection number list is a list of caller numbers (rejection numbers; dangerous phone numbers) of incoming calls that the user refuses to answer. A nuisance number list downloaded from the server 100 by the communication unit 30 is registered in the server provided database. The nuisance number list is a list of nuisance caller telephone numbers (nuisance numbers; dangerous telephone numbers).

  The communication unit 30 communicates with the server 100 and downloads a nuisance number list registered in the database of the server 100. The operation of the communication unit 30 is controlled by the control unit 40. The communication unit 30 and the server 100 may be connected via a LAN (Local Area Network) or may be connected via a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network).

  The nuisance number list registered in the database managed by the server 100 is updated regularly or irregularly. The communication unit 30 may download the latest nuisance number list from the server 100, for example, every predetermined period. The troublesome number list downloaded by the communication unit 30 is registered in the server-provided database in the DB storage unit 20.

  The control unit 40 controls the operation of each unit of the telephone 1. When the user inputs a destination telephone number, a registered telephone number, or the like from the operation unit 10, the control unit 40 inputs the input telephone number (input telephone number) from the local database and the server-provided database. A telephone number search process (described later) for searching is executed. The control unit 40 includes a risk determination unit 41, a transmission unit 42 (operation execution unit), a notification unit 43, a registration unit 44 (operation execution unit), and an operation execution prohibition unit 45. In addition, the operation | movement which each component of the control part 40 performs is demonstrated in description of the telephone number search process mentioned later.

  The output unit 50 outputs various information for informing the user. The output unit 50 is controlled by the control unit 40. The output unit 50 includes a display 51, a speaker 52, and an LED 53.

  The line connection unit 60 controls opening / closing (connection / disconnection) of the telephone line of the telephone 1. The line connection unit 60 acquires information on the input telephone number from the control unit 40. Then, the telephone line of the telephone 1 is connected to the telephone line specified by the input telephone number via the PSTN.

(Telephone number search process A)
The flow of the telephone number search process A executed by the control unit 40 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the telephone number search process A. When the user inputs an input telephone number using the operation unit 10 and performs a call operation, the telephone number search process A is started.

  As shown in FIG. 2, first, the operation unit 10 acquires information of the input telephone number that has been input (S1). Next, the risk determination unit 41 detects that a call operation to the input telephone number has been input from the operation unit 10 that has received the call operation (S2, operation reception step). Thereafter, the telephone number search process A is started. Note that after S2, the notification unit 43 may display a message such as “Checking whether the input telephone number is not dangerous” or “Checking the database of unwanted calls” on the display 51.

  The risk determination unit 41 searches the permission number list registered in the local database of the DB storage unit 20 for a permission number that matches the input telephone number. Further, the danger determination unit 41 searches the rejection number list registered in the local database for a rejection number that matches the input telephone number, and transmits the search result to the transmission unit 42 and the operation execution prohibition unit 45 (S3, Risk judgment step).

  If there is a permission number that matches the input telephone number (Yes in S4), the input telephone number is safe. On the other hand, if there is no rejection number that matches the input telephone number (No in S4), the input telephone number may be dangerous. The risk determination unit 41 sends information about whether or not the input telephone number is safe, that is, information about whether or not a rejection number matching the input telephone number has been hit in the permission number list to the transmission unit 42. Notice.

  If a permission number that matches the input telephone number exists in the permission number list (Yes in S4), the calling unit 42 performs a normal calling operation (S5). Then, the transmission unit 42 instructs the line connection unit 60 to connect a telephone line such as another telephone specified by the input telephone number and the telephone line of the telephone 1. Note that after S5, the notification unit 43 may display a message such as “confirmed that the input telephone number is safe” on the display 51.

  On the other hand, if there is no permission number that matches the input telephone number in the permission number list (No in S4) and there is a rejection number that matches the input telephone number in the rejection number list (Yes in S6). The operation execution prohibition unit 45 prohibits the transmission unit 42 from executing the transmission operation (S7A). In the above case (No in S4 and Yes in S6), the notification unit 43 notifies that the input telephone number is dangerous (S7B, notification step). For example, the notification unit 43 may output from the output unit 50 a message such as “Calling to the input telephone number is dangerous, so the call has been stopped”. Here, the alerting | reporting part 43 may display the said message on the display 51, and may output the said message with an audio | voice from the speaker 52. FIG. Moreover, the alerting | reporting part 43 may make LED53 light-emit with a specific color and a blink pattern. Or the alerting | reporting part 43 may alert | report using combining arbitrary 2 or more among the display 51, the speaker 52, and LED53.

  On the other hand, if the permission number that matches the input telephone number does not exist in the permission number list (No in S4), and the rejection number that matches the input telephone number does not exist in the rejection number list (No in S6). The risk determination unit 41 searches the nuisance number list registered in the server-provided database of the DB storage unit 20 for a nuisance number that matches the input telephone number, and sends the search result to the transmission unit 42 and the operation execution prohibition unit 45. (S8).

  As a result of the search by the risk determination unit 41, if there is a nuisance number that matches the input telephone number in the nuisance number list (that is, if the outgoing number is a nuisance number) (Yes in S9), the operation execution prohibition unit 45 Prohibits the transmission unit 42 from performing a transmission operation (S7A). Further, the notification unit 43 notifies that the input telephone number is dangerous by outputting the message from the output unit 50 (S7B, notification step).

  On the other hand, when the nuisance number matching the input telephone number does not exist in the nuisance number list (No in S9), the operation execution prohibition unit 45 does not prohibit the transmission unit 42 from executing the transmission operation, and the transmission unit 42 Performs a normal outgoing operation (S5).

(Modification 1)
In one modification, in S7A of the telephone number search process A (see FIG. 2), the operation execution prohibition unit 45 may not prohibit the transmission unit 42 from executing the transmission operation. The telephone 1 according to the present modification may have the same configuration as the telephone 1 shown in FIG. 1, but does not need to include the operation execution prohibition unit 45.

  In this modified example, instead of S7A and S7B of the telephone number search process A shown in FIG. To do. For example, the notification unit 43 rejects a response to an incoming call from the input telephone number, or “The input telephone number may be dangerous. “Please confirm the entered phone number and then confirm or cancel the call.” A message such as “may be output from the output unit 50. Moreover, the transmission part 42 may be transmitted to an input telephone number, after the alerting | reporting part 43 outputs the said message and the user performs operation which confirms transmission.

(Modification 2)
When the communication unit 30 and the server 100 are connected via a LAN, the communication unit 30 may not download the nuisance number list from the server 100. In this case, in S8 of the telephone number search process A (see FIG. 2), the risk determination unit 41 refers to the nuisance call list of the server 100. In the present modification, how the nuisance call list of the server 100 is referred to in the telephone number search process when the communication unit 30 does not download the nuisance number list from the server 100 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system including the telephone 1 and the server 100 according to this modification. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the communication system includes a plurality of telephones 1, 1 a, 1 b, 1 c and a server 100. Here, the telephones 1a, 1b, and 1c all have the same configuration as the telephone 1 described in the first embodiment. In the communication system, the telephones 1, 1a, 1b, 1c and the server 100 are connected via a LAN.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when input telephone numbers are input to the telephones 1, 1 a, 1 b, and 1 c, the risk determination unit 41 transmits information on the input telephone numbers to the server 100 using the communication unit 30. . The server 100 that has received the input telephone number information searches the nuisance number list registered in the database managed by the server 100 for a nuisance number that matches the received input telephone number. As described above, in this modification, the server 100 executes the nuisance number search process instead of the control unit 40 of the telephone 1. Note that while the server 100 performs the nuisance number search process, the notification unit 43 may output a message such as “Checking whether the input telephone number is dangerous” from the output unit 50. Good.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the search result by the server 100 is transmitted to the risk determination unit 41 of the telephone 1, 1a, 1b, 1c. The risk determination unit 41 acquires, from the server 100, a search result as to whether or not a nuisance number that matches the input telephone number has been hit in the nuisance number list. When the input telephone number is not a nuisance number (that is, when the nuisance number matching the input telephone number is not hit in the nuisance number list), the transmission unit 42 transmits to the input telephone number. On the other hand, when the input telephone number is a nuisance number (that is, when a nuisance number that matches the input telephone number is hit in the nuisance number list), the operation execution prohibition section 45 causes the transmission section 42 to call the input telephone number. Prohibit that.

  The operation execution prohibition unit 45 may not prohibit the transmission unit 42 from executing the transmission operation. In this configuration, the notification unit 43 warns the user that the input telephone number is dangerous. For example, the notification unit 43 outputs a message such as “The phone number you are trying to call is the phone number that XX users refuse to respond nationwide. Do you really want to make a call?” May be output. Moreover, the transmission part 42 may be transmitted to an input telephone number, after the alerting | reporting part 43 outputs the said message and the user performs operation which confirms transmission.

[Embodiment 2]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  The telephone number search process may be executed when an arbitrary telephone number is input from the operation unit 10. In the present embodiment, a telephone number search process when a telephone number (input telephone number) to be registered in the telephone 1 is input will be described.

(Telephone number search process B)
A flow of the telephone number search process B executed by the control unit 40 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of the telephone number search process B. When the user inputs a telephone number (input telephone number) to be registered in the telephone 1 using the operation unit 10 and performs an operation for determining the input, the telephone number search process B is started.

  As shown in FIG. 4, first, the operation unit 10 acquires information of the input telephone number that has been input (S201). Next, the risk determination unit 41 detects that an input telephone number registration operation has been input from the operation unit 10 that has received an operation for determining an input (S202). Thereafter, the telephone number search process B is started.

  The risk determination unit 41 searches the permission number list registered in the local database of the DB storage unit 20 for a permission number that matches the input telephone number. Further, the risk determination unit 41 searches for a rejection number that matches the input telephone number from a rejection number list registered in the local database. And a search result is transmitted to the transmission part 42 and the operation execution prohibition part 45 (S203, risk determination step).

  When a permission number that matches the input telephone number exists in the permission number list (Yes in S204), the registration unit 44 performs a normal registration operation (S205). That is, the registration unit 44 adds the input telephone number information to the permission number list in the DB storage unit 20.

  On the other hand, if the permission number that matches the input telephone number does not exist in the permission number list (No in S204), and the rejection number that matches the input telephone number exists in the rejection number list (Yes in S206). The operation execution prohibition unit 45 prohibits the registration unit 44 from executing the registration operation (S207A). In the above case (Yes in S206), the notification unit 43 outputs, for example, a message from the output unit 50 such as "The input phone number is dangerous and cannot be registered". Good. The notification unit 43 may display the message on the display 51 or output the message from the speaker 52 by voice. Moreover, the alerting | reporting part 43 may make LED53 light-emit with a specific color and a blink pattern. Or the alerting | reporting part 43 may alert | report using combining arbitrary 2 or more among the display 51, the speaker 52, and LED53.

  On the other hand, if the permit number that matches the input phone number does not exist in the permit number list (No in S204), and the reject number that matches the input phone number does not exist in the reject number list (No in S206). The risk determination unit 41 searches for a nuisance number that matches the input telephone number from the nuisance number list registered in the server-provided database of the DB storage unit 20 (S208).

  Next, the risk determination unit 41 determines whether or not there is a nuisance number that matches the input telephone number (that is, whether or not the input telephone number is a dangerous telephone number). It transmits to the execution prohibition part 45.

  If a nuisance number that matches the input telephone number exists in the nuisance number list (Yes in S209), the operation execution prohibition unit 45 prohibits the registration unit 44 from executing the registration operation (S207A). Further, the notification unit 43 notifies that the input telephone number is dangerous (S207B, notification step).

  On the other hand, when the nuisance number that matches the input telephone number does not exist in the nuisance number list (No in S209), the registration unit 44 executes a normal registration operation as described above (S205).

(Modification)
In a modification, in S207A of the telephone number search process B (see FIG. 4), the operation execution prohibition unit 45 may not prohibit the registration unit 44 from executing the registration operation. In this modification, the notification unit 43 warns the user that he / she is about to register a dangerous telephone number (nuisance number, rejection number). In addition, the registration unit 44 may register the input telephone number after the notification unit 43 outputs the message and the user performs an operation to confirm the registration.

[Embodiment 3]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  In the present embodiment, how a telephone number search process is executed when a call operation or a registration operation is input on a handset of the telephone 1 (that is, a terminal separate from the main body (master) of the telephone 1). Explain what will be done.

(Telephone 2)
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the telephone 2 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the telephone 2 includes a parent device 2A and a child device 2B. In addition to the components of the telephone set 1 described in the first embodiment, the base unit 2A includes a base unit side wireless communication unit (not shown) for communicating with the handset 2B. Master unit 2A can communicate with server 100 via the LAN. The handset 2B includes a handset-side wireless communication unit (not shown) for communicating with the base unit 2A in addition to the components corresponding to the operation unit 10 and the output unit 50 of the telephone set 1.

  When handset 2B receives a call operation or a registration operation on operation unit 10, handset 2B transmits the input telephone number information to base unit 2A by DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) communication. The control unit 40 of the master unit 2A executes the phone number search process described in the first and second embodiments using the input phone number information received from the slave unit 2B. In the telephone number search process according to the first and second embodiments, information on the input telephone number (the telephone number of the call destination, the telephone number to be registered) is transmitted from the parent device 2A to the server 100, An annoying number that matches the telephone number may be searched. In this configuration, the server 100 transmits to the telephone set 2 a search result indicating whether or not a nuisance number matching the input telephone number has been hit in the nuisance call list.

(Modification)
In a modification, the handset 2B of the telephone set 2 further includes components corresponding to the DB storage unit 20 and the control unit 40, and the DB storage unit 20 of the handset 2B stores the DB storage of the base unit 2A. A permission number list and a rejection number list different from the permission number list and the rejection number list stored in the unit 20 may be stored. In this configuration, when an input telephone number is input to the child device 2B, the control unit 40 of the child device 2B may execute the telephone number search process with reference to the DB storage unit 20 of the child device 2B.

[Example of software implementation]
The control unit 40 of the telephone 1 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed on an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  In the latter case, the telephone 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a memory in which the program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU). An apparatus (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like are provided. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The telephone set (1, 2) according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an operation unit (10) that receives an operation of inputting a telephone number, and whether the input telephone number input to the operation unit is a predetermined danger telephone number A risk determination unit (41) for determining whether the input telephone number is the dangerous telephone number, and a notification unit (43) for notifying that the input telephone number is dangerous. And.

  According to the above configuration, when the input telephone number is a predetermined dangerous telephone number, it is notified that the input telephone number is dangerous. Therefore, the user can make a determination to stop the transmission based on the notification, knowing that the input telephone number is dangerous. Further, when there is no notification, the user can perform an operation related to the input telephone number with peace of mind after knowing that the input telephone number is not dangerous.

  The telephone set according to aspect 2 of the present invention further includes an operation execution unit (transmitting unit 42, registration unit 44) that executes a specific operation related to the input telephone number in the aspect 1, wherein the input telephone number is the dangerous telephone. When the risk determination unit determines that the number is a number, the operation execution unit may stop the specific operation.

  According to said structure, it can prevent that the specific operation | movement regarding a dangerous telephone number is performed. The specific operation includes, for example, making a call to a destination telephone specified by the input telephone number, registering the input telephone number in the telephone, and the like.

  The telephone set according to aspect 3 of the present invention may notify that the specific operation is stopped when the operation execution unit stops the specific operation in the above aspect 2.

  According to said structure, it can notify a user that the specific operation | movement regarding an input telephone number was stopped.

  The telephone according to aspect 4 of the present invention is the telephone according to any one of aspects 1 to 3, wherein the dangerous telephone number is: (i) a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call rejected by the telephone; and (ii) the telephone It may include at least one of telephone numbers of senders of nuisance calls registered in a server communicating with the telephone.

  According to said structure, when an input telephone number is a telephone number of said (i) or (ii), it can alert | report that the input telephone number is dangerous.

  A telephone according to aspect 5 of the present invention further includes a communication unit that communicates with the server in which the dangerous telephone number is registered in any of the above aspects 1 to 3, and the input telephone number is input to the operation unit. The communication unit transmits the input telephone number information to the server, and the risk determination unit obtains a search result indicating whether or not the input telephone number is registered in the server from the server. May be.

  According to said structure, the danger determination part can determine whether an input telephone number is a dangerous telephone number based on the search result acquired from the server.

  A communication system according to an aspect 6 of the present invention includes a telephone that provides the telephone according to any one of the aspects 1 to 5 described above and information on the telephone number of the sender of the nuisance call as information on the dangerous telephone number. , May be provided. According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to the telephone in any one of the said aspects 1-4.

  The telephone control method according to aspect 7 of the present invention includes an operation reception step for receiving an operation for inputting a telephone number, a risk determination step for determining whether or not the input telephone number is a predetermined dangerous telephone number, The risk determining step includes a notification step of notifying that the input telephone number is dangerous when it is determined that the input telephone number is the dangerous telephone number. According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to the telephone of the said aspect 1.

  The telephone according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the telephone is controlled by the computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit (software element) included in the telephone. A program and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone 2 Telephone 10 Operation part 41 Danger determination part 42 Transmission part (operation execution part)
43 Notification unit 44 Registration unit (operation execution unit)

Claims (5)

An operation unit for accepting an operation for inputting a telephone number;
A risk determination unit for determining whether the input telephone number input to the operation unit is a predetermined risk telephone number;
A telephone set comprising: a notifying unit for notifying that the input telephone number is dangerous when the risk determining unit determines that the input telephone number is the dangerous telephone number. An operation execution unit for executing a specific operation related to the input telephone number;
2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein when the danger determination unit determines that the input telephone number is the dangerous telephone number, the operation execution unit stops the specific operation.   The telephone according to claim 2, wherein when the operation execution unit stops the specific operation, the notification unit notifies that the specific operation is stopped. The above dangerous phone number is
(i) the telephone number of the incoming caller that refused to respond on the phone, and
(ii) The telephone set according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it includes at least one of telephone numbers of nuisance calls registered in a server communicating with the telephone set. An operation acceptance step for accepting an operation for inputting a telephone number;
A risk determination step for determining whether or not the input telephone number is a predetermined risk telephone number;
And a notifying step of notifying that the input telephone number is dangerous when the input telephone number is determined to be the dangerous telephone number in the risk determining step.

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