JP2954072B2 - System data setting method for ISDN terminal adapter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system data setting method for an ISDN terminal adapter, and in particular, to an ISDN terminal adapter with an analog port, which registers system data in an ISDN terminal adapter by an operation from an analog telephone connected to a telephone interface. The present invention relates to a system data setting method for a terminal adapter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A first example of a conventional ISDN terminal adapter connects a personal computer through an RS-232C interface, and sets system data necessary for the operation of the ISDN terminal adapter using the personal computer. .

Further, a second conventional IS system in which system data can be set by operating a push button of a telephone connected to an analog port of an ISDN terminal adapter.
The DN terminal adapter has no means for confirming the setting result.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Since the SDN terminal adapter uses a personal computer connected through an RS-232C interface to set system data necessary for the operation of the ISDN terminal adapter, a user who does not own a personal computer and uses only the analog port can use I
There is a problem that system data cannot be set in the SDN terminal adapter.

Further, in the second conventional ISDN terminal adapter, system data can be set by operating a push button of a telephone connected to an analog port, but the setting method is complicated and inconvenient. Not
Since there is no confirmation means after the setting, there is a problem that erroneous setting easily occurs.

An object of the present invention is to enable a user to register and set system data in an ISDN terminal adapter by sending a PB signal from an analog telephone connected to a terminal adapter with an analog port without using a personal computer. It is to provide a system data setting method for a terminal adapter.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a terminal adapter with an analog port connected to an analog telephone by a telephone cord, and a service host connected to the terminal adapter with the analog port through an ISDN line are provided. When the analog telephone sends out a PB signal from the analog telephone during a call with the service host on the receiving side, the ISDN terminal adapter with analog port transmits the PB signal to the keypad facility information element of the additional information message. The service host sends a voice message to the ISDN terminal adapter in accordance with the keypad facility information element of the additional information message.
The system data setting method for the terminal adapter is obtained.

The telephone cord and the ISD
I with analog port to interface with N lines
An SDN terminal adapter includes a telephone interface control circuit for receiving the PB signal input from a push button of the analog telephone, and a PB for registering analog port control data based on the PB signal received by the telephone interface control circuit. A signal registration control circuit, and a first ISDN interface control circuit for converting the registered analog port control data into an additional information message and transmitting the converted message to the service host through the ISDN line, wherein the service host receives the An ISD comprising: a voice message control circuit for generating a voice message according to the content of the additional information message; and a second ISDN interface control circuit for returning the voice message to the ISDN line.
The system data setting method for the N terminal adapter is obtained.

Further, the voice message includes a guide message for guiding the user to operate the analog telephone and a confirmation message for confirming the contents of the operation. A system data setting method for an ISDN terminal adapter is obtained. .

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, the operation of the present invention will be described.

The user makes a call to the service host from the analog telephone connected to the ISDN terminal adapter, and enters a talk state with the service host. Then, during this call, operate the push button of the analog telephone to
Input signal and convert analog port control data to ISDN
When registered in the terminal adapter, the ISDN terminal adapter transmits the registration data to the additional information message (IN
FO) and sends it to the service host through the ISDN line. The service host receives this INFO,
An operation guide message and an operation content confirmation message are returned to the user according to the message content.

Thus, when the user registers the analog port control data from the analog telephone, the user can efficiently register and set the system data while listening to the voice message from the service host.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing an embodiment of a system data setting method for an ISDN terminal adapter according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an ISDN terminal adapter with an analog port in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the service host in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, a terminal adapter 1 with an analog port connected to an analog telephone 2 by a telephone cord 21 and a service connected to the terminal adapter 1 with an analog port and an ISDN line 3 are shown in FIG. And a host 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ISDN terminal adapter 1 with an analog port includes a call control circuit 10 for controlling a communication protocol of the ISDN line 3 and an ISD for connecting to the ISDN line 3 and transferring messages and data.
An N interface control circuit 14; a telephone interface control circuit 12 for controlling the analog telephone 2 through a telephone cord 21 and detecting a PB signal from the analog telephone 2;
A PB signal registration control circuit 13 that analyzes the PB signal detected in step 2 and converts it into analog port control data and registers it in the memory 11, and holds the analog port control data converted by the PB signal registration control circuit 13. Memory 11
And

The call control circuit 10 is connected to the memory 11, the telephone interface control circuit 12, the ISDN interface control circuit 14, and the PB signal registration control circuit 13, and communicates with the ISDN line 3 through the ISDN interface control circuit 14 as described above. Perform protocol control.

The telephone interface control circuit 12 controls the analog telephone 2 connected through the telephone cord 21, detects a PB signal from the analog telephone 2, and notifies the PB signal registration control circuit 13 through the call control circuit 10.

The ISDN interface control circuit 14
It controls the interface with the SDN line 3 and performs line synchronization, link establishment, and message transmission / reception control.

The PB signal registration control circuit 13 includes a call control circuit 1
0, and analyzes the PB signal received from the analog telephone 2 through the telephone interface control circuit 12, converts the PB signal into analog port control data, and stores it in the memory 11.

The memory 11 is connected to the call control circuit 10,
The PB signal registration control circuit 13 is a memory for registering analog port control data through the call control circuit 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, the service host 4 includes a call control circuit 40 for controlling a communication protocol of the ISDN line 3 and an ISDN interface control circuit 42 for connecting to the ISDN line 3 and transferring messages and data. A voice message control circuit 43 for transmitting a voice message to the ISDN interface control circuit 42;
A received message analysis circuit 44 that analyzes a message received through the SDN line 3 and transmits a voice message code corresponding to the received message to a voice message control circuit 43, and a voice message transmitted to the ISDN terminal adapter 1 with an analog port And a memory 41 for storing codes.

The call control circuit 40 has a memory 41, I
Connected to the SDN interface control circuit 42, the voice message control circuit 43, and the received message analysis circuit 44, and as described above, the ISDN interface control circuit 4
2, the communication protocol of the ISDN line 3 is controlled.

The ISDN interface control circuit 42
It controls the interface with the SDN line 3 and performs line synchronization, link establishment, and message transmission / reception control.

The received message analysis circuit 44 is connected to the call control circuit 40, analyzes the message received from the ISDN line 3 through the ISDN interface control circuit 42, stores a voice message code indicating the type of voice message in the memory 41, and The voice message control circuit 43 is notified.

The voice message control circuit 43 is connected to the call control circuit 40, reads the voice message code notified from the received message analysis circuit 44 from the memory 41,
A voice message corresponding to the type is transmitted to the ISDN line 3 through the ISDN interface control circuit 42.

The memory 41 is connected to the call control circuit 40,
The received message analysis circuit 44 is a memory that holds the voice message code through the call control circuit 40.

Next, the operation when setting the analog port control data using the service host in this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing an example of a sequence for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

When making a call for the analog port control data setting service from the calling telephone, the user dials the telephone number of the service host 4 from the analog telephone 2 to make a call.

A dial signal from the analog telephone 2 is transmitted through a telephone code 21 to an ISD with an analog port.
It is received by the telephone interface control circuit 12 in the N terminal adapter 1 and transmitted to the call control circuit 10.

The call control circuit 10 sends a call setting message (SE
TUP) is transmitted to the ISDN line 3 through the ISDN interface control circuit 14.

In the service host 4, when the ISDN interface control circuit 42 receives the SETUP from the ISDN line 3 and transmits it to the call control circuit 40, the call control circuit 40 transmits a call message (ALERT) and a response message (CONN) to the ISDN interface. The control signal is transmitted to the ISDN line 3 through the control circuit 42, so that the analog telephone 2 and the service host 4 are in a busy state.

After the call is in the busy state, the voice message control circuit 43 creates a guide message (voice message) for guiding the user to the operation, and the call control circuit 4
0, an ISDN interface control circuit 42, an ISDN line 3, an ISDN terminal adapter 1 with an analog port, and the telephone cord 21 to transmit to the analog telephone 2.

Next, the user who has heard the guide message transmits a PB signal for setting analog port control data (registered data) from a push button (not shown) of the analog telephone 2 according to the operation guide.

In the ISDN terminal adapter 1 with an analog port, the PB signal registration control circuit 13 receives and analyzes a series of PB signals detected by the telephone interface control circuit 12 through the call control circuit 10. When it is determined that the data is analog port control data, the data is registered in the memory 11.

The PB signal registration control circuit 13 converts the analog port control data registered in the memory 11 and attaches the converted data to the keypad facility information section of the additional information message (INFO), through the call control circuit 10 and the ISDN interface control circuit 14. INFO (registration data) ISD
Transmit to N-line 3.

The PB signal registration control circuit 13 analyzes a series of PB signals detected by the telephone interface control circuit 12 and, when judging that it is data other than the analog port control data, registers this in the memory 11. Instead, information indicating an erroneous operation is added to the keypad facility information section of the INFO, and this INFO is added to the ISDN line 3.
Send to

In the service host 4, the ISDN interface control circuit 42 receives the INFO to which the registration information is added, and the received message analysis circuit 44 analyzes the keypad facility information section in the INFO through the call control circuit 40. The voice message code corresponding to the keypad facility information section is stored in the memory 41 through the call control circuit 40.

The voice message control circuit 43 has a memory 41
Is read out, a confirmation message corresponding to the voice message code is created, and transmitted to the ISDN line 3 through the call control circuit 40 and the ISDN interface control circuit 42.

The analog telephone 2 is an ISDN line 3 and an ISDN terminal adapter 1 with an analog port.
A confirmation message is sent from the service host 4 through the telephone code 21 and the telephone code 21. The user listens to the confirmation message (voice message), and confirms whether the operation performed is correct or not, or confirms the operation method to be executed next. Control data (system data to the ISDN terminal adapter) can be registered and set.

[0042]

As described above, the present invention comprises a terminal adapter with an analog port connected to a re-analog telephone by a telephone cord, and a service host connected to the terminal adapter with the analog port through an ISDN line. While calling from the analog telephone and talking to the service host on the called side,
When the B signal is transmitted, the ISDN terminal adapter with analog port converts the PB signal into a keypad facility information element of the additional information message and transmits the ISDN line, and the service host transmits the voice message according to the keypad facility information element of the additional information message. To I
An ISDN terminal adapter with an analog port for transmitting to the SDN terminal adapter and interfacing with the telephone cord and the ISDN line comprises a telephone interface control circuit for receiving a PB signal input from a push button of the analog telephone, A PB signal registration control circuit for registering analog port control data based on the PB signal received by the interface control circuit, and an ISDN conversion of the registered analog port control data into an additional information message
First ISDN to send to service host over line
An interface control circuit, wherein the service host includes a voice message control circuit for creating a voice message in accordance with the content of the received additional information message, and a second ISDN interface control circuit for returning the voice message to the ISDN line. Further, the voice message includes a guide message for guiding the user to operate the analog telephone and a confirmation message for confirming the content of the operation. There is an effect that erroneous operations can be avoided and erroneous settings can be significantly reduced.

Further, since it is not necessary to mount the voice message control circuit on each ISDN adapter with an analog port, the cost of the ISDN terminal adapter can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing an embodiment of a system data setting method for an ISDN terminal adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an ISDN terminal adapter with an analog port in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a service host in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing an example of a sequence for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ISDN Terminal Adapter with Analog Port 2 Analog Telephone 3 ISDN Line 4 Service Host 10, 40 Call Control Circuit 11, 41 Memory 12 Telephone Interface Control Circuit 13 PB Signal Registration Control Circuit 14, 42 ISDN Interface Control Circuit 21 Telephone Code 43 Voice Message Control circuit 44 Received message analysis circuit ALERT paging message CONN response message INFO additional information message SETUP call setup message

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A terminal adapter with an analog port connected to an analog telephone by a telephone cord, and a service host connected to the terminal adapter with the analog port via an ISDN line. When a PB signal is transmitted from the analog telephone during a call with the service host, the ISDN terminal adapter with analog port converts the PB signal into a keypad facility information element of an additional information message and transmits the ISDN line to the ISDN line. Wherein the service host sends a voice message to the ISDN terminal adapter according to the keypad facility information element of the additional information message. 2. An ISD with an analog port for interfacing with the telephone cord and the ISDN line.
The N terminal adapter includes a telephone interface control circuit that receives the PB signal input from the push button of the analog telephone, and a PB that registers analog port control data based on the PB signal received by the telephone interface control circuit. A signal registration control circuit;
A first ISDN interface control circuit for converting the registered analog port control data into an additional information message and transmitting it to the service host via the ISDN line, wherein the service host receives the additional information message 2. A system data setting method for an ISDN terminal adapter according to claim 1, further comprising: a voice message control circuit for generating a voice message according to the following: and a second ISDN interface control circuit for returning the voice message to the ISDN line. . 3. The ISDN terminal adapter according to claim 1, wherein the voice message includes a guide message for guiding a user to operate the analog telephone and a confirmation message for confirming the contents of the operation. System data setting method.