JP3238629B2 - Communication network - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication network capable of providing an advanced communication service in message communication for transmitting a message to a communication terminal having a display unit such as a mobile phone or a pager.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional message communication via a communication network, if a receiver can be expected to know the telephone number of a communication terminal on the transmission side (hereinafter, the telephone number on the transmission side), the sender transmits the message to the transmission side. You were sending a message without inserting a phone number. In this case, sender identification on the receiving side has been performed exclusively based on the content of the message. Further, when the sender of the message notifies the receiver of the sender's telephone number, the sender operates the communication terminal of the sender, inserts the sender's telephone number into the message, and transmits the message. .

[0003] By the way, ordinary communication terminals, especially mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones and pagers (wireless calling terminals), have an insufficient number of operation buttons for quick input of characters and the like in order to improve portability. Only have. For example, in a normal communication terminal, the number buttons are used not only for numbers but also for inputting kana. Therefore, in order to input a message including numbers and kana, it is necessary to switch the input mode, or it is necessary to press a plurality of buttons to input one character. For this reason, the sender has endeavored to reduce the length of the input message as much as possible to reduce the burden on the input.

[0004]

However, if the recipient cannot be expected to know the telephone number of the transmitting communication terminal, it is necessary to insert the transmitting telephone number into the message and include the area code. The input message becomes longer by at least 10 characters. As is apparent from the above description, an increase in the length of the input message causes an increase in the burden on the sender. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to provide a communication network capable of notifying a receiver of a sender's telephone number without increasing the burden on the sender when inputting a message. And

[0005]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication network for transmitting a message arriving from a transmitting communication terminal to a receiving communication terminal capable of displaying a message. , A human-recognizable code string indicating the length of the message arriving from the transmitting communication terminal and the transmitting telephone number which is the telephone number of the transmitting communication terminal
Based on the length of the
It is determined whether or not to insert a code string.
It is characterized by having a sender telephone number inserting means for transmitting the inserted person the message to the message to the receiving communication terminal.

[0006] network of claim 2, wherein, in one of claim 1, wherein the transmitting-side telephone number insertion means, said feeding
The length of the message arriving from the receiving communication terminal and the sending side
The person who indicates the sender's telephone number, which is the telephone number of the communication terminal,
Above the recognizable code length and the transmittable message length
And the signal transmitted from the transmitting communication terminal,
The code string is added to the message sent to the receiving communication terminal.
It is characterized by determining the propriety of the code string <br/> insertion into the insertion to whether the processing contents incoming message from the sender communication terminal on the basis of the signal indicating.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the communication network according to the first aspect, there is provided a processing content storing means for storing a processing content of whether or not to insert the code string into a message transmitted to the receiving communication terminal. The transmitting-side telephone number inserting means includes a length of a message arriving from the transmitting-side communication terminal.
And the sender's telephone number, which is the phone number of the sender's communication terminal
Indicates the length of the code string that can be recognized by humans and the message that can be transmitted.
It is characterized by determining the propriety of code sequence insertion into sage length limit and the processing content storage means the stored processing content and messages arriving from the transmission side communication terminal based on.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, the technical idea underlying the present invention will be described. If the recipient can be expected to know the telephone number of the sender's communication terminal, the phone call can be made by inserting information (sender identification information) negotiated between the sender and the recipient into the message. A method of omitting notification of numbers is conceivable. According to this method, the length of the input message can be suppressed to some extent by setting the length of the sender identification information to be shorter than the telephone number. However, it is necessary to set the sender identification information between the sender and the receiver in advance, and in a situation where there are many senders, the setting itself becomes complicated.

Further, the types of codes that can be input by ordinary communication terminals are relatively small, and a large number of senders (transmission side communication terminals)
In order to surely identify the character string, a character string or the like containing redundant information such as a name is eventually used. as a result,
The sender identification information becomes longer, and the message becomes longer. In particular, inputting a kana such as a name is more time-consuming than inputting a number, so inputting a name is not realistic. Of course, it is conceivable to use a code string having less redundancy than a telephone number or a name, but such a code string tends to be a sequence of codes that are generally insignificant and identify the sender. It is inappropriate from the viewpoint of.
In the first place, the sender must enter some information only to notify the contact or identify the sender, as in the case of inserting a telephone number.

[0010] Further, in a method of identifying a sender only by the content of the message without inserting sender identification information such as a telephone number and a name into the message, in a situation where a large number of senders are present, Even if there are only two senders having a similar relationship with the receiver, accurate identification of the sender on the receiving side becomes difficult. Therefore, the present invention automatically inserts the sender's telephone number into a message,
It realizes accurate identification of the sender and reduces the effort of message input.

An embodiment of the present invention based on the above technical concept will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an outline of message communication via a communication network 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 2 denotes a transmission-side communication terminal such as a mobile phone for transmitting a message via the communication network 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a receiving side communication terminal such as a pager (wireless calling terminal) for receiving a message from the communication network 1 or a mobile phone.

The communication network 1 according to the present embodiment uses a message (uplink message MS) transmitted from the transmitting side communication terminal 2.
In 1), the telephone number of the transmitting communication terminal 2 (hereinafter referred to as the transmitting telephone number) is inserted as a code string recognizable by a human in accordance with the processing contents preset for each of the receiving communication terminal 3 and the transmitting communication terminal 2. Then, it transmits to the receiving communication terminal 3 as a downlink message MS2. In other words, the communication network 1 has a function of automatically inserting the sender's telephone number into a message, which has not been considered at all in message communication via a conventional communication network, thereby increasing the length of an input message. The notification of the telephone number of the transmitting side to the receiving side is realized without any problem.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part (message center) of the communication network 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the communication network 1 is upstream from a communication network accommodating the transmitting communication terminal 2. Receiving the message MS1, the sender's telephone number information and the sender's telephone number information notification information (not shown),
The downlink message MS2 is transmitted to the receiving communication terminal 2.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 4 denotes a message storage unit for temporarily storing the upstream message MS1, for example, a RAM (Ra
ndom Access Memory).

Reference numeral 5 denotes a telephone number inserting means for inserting the transmitting telephone number into the upward message MS1 stored in the message storing means 4, and the transmission transmitted from the communication network accommodating the transmitting communication terminal 2 to the communication network 1. The side telephone number information is converted into a transmission side telephone number that can be recognized by a human, and this is inserted into an up message MS1 according to a preset processing content (described later) and transmitted to the receiving side communication terminal 3 as a down message MS2. I do. Further, the telephone number insertion means 5 in the present embodiment has a function of setting the above processing contents for each message in response to a request from the transmitting communication terminal 2.

Reference numeral 6 denotes processing content storage means for storing the processing content of the telephone number inserting means 5 for each telephone number. That is, the telephone number inserting means 5 stores the processing content corresponding to the transmitting telephone number and the destination telephone number in the processing content storing means 6.
And performs processing according to the processing contents to generate a downlink message MS2.

Reference numeral 7 denotes processing content setting means for receiving signals from the receiving communication terminal 3 and / or the transmitting communication terminal 2 prior to message communication, and communicating with the transmitting communication terminal 2 based on these signals. The processing contents of the message transmitted / received to / from the side communication terminal 3 by the telephone number insertion means 5 are set and stored in the processing content storage means 6.

Here, with reference to FIG. 3, the process of setting the processing content in the telephone number insertion means 5 will be described focusing on the processing content when the receiving communication terminal 3 receives a message. However, the user (owner) of the receiving communication terminal 3
Is a service subscriber who inserts the sender's telephone number into the received message.

First, the user of the receiving communication terminal 3 uses another telephone to make a call (call) to the message center (step SA1) and establish a line with the message center (step SA2). The communication network 1 including the message center identifies that the user is a contractor of the service from predetermined information input by the user (for example, the telephone number of the communication terminal 3 on the receiving side). A process for setting the process content (step SA3) is performed. In step SA1, the telephone number transmitted by the receiving-side communication terminal 3 is a telephone number dedicated to setting processing contents.

At step SA3, the user operates the telephone and selects the processing content of the telephone number inserting means 5 when receiving a message. This selection is performed by, for example, a procedure in which the processing content setting unit 7 notifies the user of the option by voice guidance, and the user presses an operation button corresponding to the desired option. And
The processing content selected in step SA3 is stored in the processing content storage means 6 in association with the telephone number of the receiving communication terminal 3 (step SA4).

It should be noted that the same setting processing as described above can be performed for the processing content of the transmitting communication terminal 2 when receiving a message. However, since the transmitting side communication terminal 2 can make outgoing calls, the setting process can be performed without using another telephone, and the telephone number of the transmitting side communication terminal 2 can be automatically acquired on the communication network. This is different from the above-described setting processing in that it is not necessary to input a telephone number after establishing a line with the message center. Regarding the processing content of the transmitting communication terminal 2 at the time of transmitting a message, whether or not the transmitting telephone number can be set to the message can be set by the same setting processing as described above.

Next, the processing content stored in the processing content storage means will be specifically described by way of an example. In this embodiment,
Considering the convenience of actual operation, it is possible to select either addition or non-addition of the sender's telephone number to the message when receiving the message. Either the front part or the rear part can be set, and as an addition method, either selective addition (insertion of the number of characters) corresponding to the number of characters and constant addition (overwriting in some cases) can be set in advance.

That is, in the present embodiment, the following five processing contents can be selected. Insert the sender's phone number at the beginning of the message justified by the number of characters Insert the sender's phone number at the end of the message justified by the number of characters Always add the sender's phone number to the front of the message Sender's phone number at the end of the message Always add sender's phone number Do not always add sender's phone number

[0023] By the way, the reason why the insertion of the number of characters is used instead of the simple insertion is that an upper limit (maximum character length of a message) is usually set in the message length that can be transmitted in message communication using a pager or the like. By simply inserting the sender's telephone number into the upstream message MS1 instead of simply overwriting it, the sum of the message length of the upstream message MS1 and the character length (additional character length) that is increased by adding the sender's telephone number is equal to the above. This is because the message maximum character length may be exceeded.

The codes constituting the telephone number are as follows:
In addition to numbers, delimiters (“:”, “−”, “•”,
“<”, “>”, “=”, “;”, “*”, “#”, And combinations thereof). It is the sum of the digits. When the delimiter is omitted, that is, when the telephone number is simply represented by a series of numbers, the number of digits of the delimiter is zero.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a description will be given of a process in which the communication network 1 inserts the transmitting telephone number into the upstream message MS1 from the transmitting communication terminal 2. First, the transmitting communication terminal 2 makes a call (calls) to the message center (step S).
B1), a line is established with the message center (step SB2). Next, the telephone number insertion means 5 of the message center receives the transmitting side telephone number information and the transmitting side telephone number information notification information from the communication network accommodating the transmitting side communication terminal 2 (step SB3). Voice guidance "Please do" is sent to the transmitting communication terminal 2 (step SB4).

Then, the message storage means 4 receives the uplink message MS1 input from the transmitting communication terminal 2 for the voice guidance, and temporarily stores it (step SB5). When the input of the message is completed, the telephone number inserting means 5 determines whether or not a predetermined operation button has been pressed on the transmitting communication terminal 2 (step SB6). If the result of this determination is "YES", Transmission side communication terminal 2
The voice guidance for selecting insertion / non-insertion of the sender's telephone number into the ascending message MS1 is played, and the process for the sender at the time of message transmission is performed according to a response (individual setting information) from the sender's communication terminal 2. The contents are determined (step SB7).

If the result of the determination at step SB6 is "NO", the processing contents set in advance for the telephone number of the transmitting side communication terminal 2 and stored in the processing content storage means 6 are set as the processing contents for the transmitting side. Read (Step SB
8). However, even if the processing content set by the individual setting process or the processing content stored in the processing content storage means 6 is “insertion”, the transmission side telephone number information notification information is “caller number notification is impossible”. In some cases, the transmission side telephone number notification information has priority, and the processing content for the transmission side is "non-insertion".

After the processing content for the transmitting side is determined in step SB7 or SB8, the processing content for the receiving side is next determined (step SB9). This determination is made by reading out the processing contents preset for the telephone number of the receiving communication terminal 3 and stored in the processing content storage means 6. Next, insertion or non-insertion processing of the transmission-side telephone number is performed according to the processing contents for the transmission side and the reception side (step SB10). In this process,
The processing content for the sending side has priority. That is, if the processing content for the transmitting side is "non-insertion", the calling party's telephone number is not inserted in the message, or, for example, a character string "ID Tuchifuka" is inserted instead of the transmitting side telephone number, If "Insert", the sender's telephone number is inserted into the message according to the processing performed on the receiver.

The content of the processing in step SB10 differs depending on the relationship between the message length of the upstream message MS1, the additional character length, and the maximum character length of the message, the content of the process on the transmitting side, and the content of the process on the receiving side. Will be explained. However, in each of the following cases, it is assumed that the processing content for the transmission side communication terminal 2 is set to insert the transmission side telephone number. Of course, it is assumed that the transmission-side telephone number information notification information is not “caller number notification not possible”.

When the sender's telephone number is inserted at the front of the message according to the number of characters In this case, if the result of subtracting the message length and the additional character length of the upstream message MS1 from the maximum character length of the message is positive or zero, The sender's telephone number including the delimiter is automatically inserted at the head of the uplink message MS1. Conversely, if the result of the subtraction is negative, the transmitting telephone number is not inserted into the uplink message MS1.

When the sender's telephone number is inserted at the end of the message in accordance with the number of characters, if the subtraction result is positive or 0, the sender's telephone number including the delimiter is automatically added to the up message MS1. To be added. Conversely, if the result of the subtraction is negative, the sender's telephone number is the upstream message MS1.
Not inserted into

In the case where the sender's telephone number is always added to the front of the message In this case, the sender's telephone number including the delimiter is automatically inserted at the head of the uplink message MS1 regardless of the result of the subtraction. . However, if the subtraction result is negative, the number of characters whose absolute value is the subtraction result is deleted from the last part of the upward message MS1. Note that the insertion of the transmitting-side telephone number and the deletion from the last part may be performed in the reverse order.

In the case where the sender's telephone number is always added to the end of the message. In this case, if the subtraction result is positive or zero, the sender's telephone number including the delimiter is automatically added following the uplink message MS1. insert. Conversely, if the subtraction result is negative, the number of characters of the absolute value of the subtraction result is deleted from the last part of the upward message MS1, and the transmitting telephone number is automatically added to the upward message MS1 after the deletion. . In other words, the result is equivalent to overwriting the last part of the uplink message MS1 with the transmitting telephone number.

In the case where the sender's telephone number is not always added In this case, the sender's telephone number is not inserted into the uplink message MS1. In step SB10, the upstream message MS1 subjected to the preset processing among the above-described various processing is transmitted to the receiving communication terminal 3 as the downstream message MS2 (step SB11).

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the transmitting telephone number is automatically added to the message, it is not necessary to input the transmitting telephone number in the transmitting communication terminal 2. Thus, the labor required for the input can be reduced. Also, by adding the sender's telephone number to the message, the sender can be reliably identified at the receiver.

Furthermore, by adopting the selective addition of the number of characters according to the number of characters, it is possible to reliably prevent the message from being truncated (or stuffed) unnaturally. In addition, since the processing contents at the time of message transmission and at the time of reception can be set, an advanced message communication service that appropriately responds to the request of the user can be realized. Furthermore, since the transmitting telephone number is inserted on the communication network side, for example, an accurate transmitting telephone number can always be inserted into the message immediately after the telephone number is changed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the contents of processing at the time of message transmission and reception can be arbitrarily set. Further, even if the transmitting communication terminal is of a type that transmits terminal-specific identification information to the communication network instead of the transmitting telephone number information,
If a table in which the identification information is associated with the transmission-side telephone number information is provided in the communication network, the same operation and effect as in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a message is sent, the sender's telephone number (telephone number of the sender's communication terminal) is automatically inserted into the message in the communication network, eliminating the need to input the sender's telephone number at the sender's communication terminal (input message The transmission-side telephone number can be transmitted to the reception side without increasing the time and effort of input on the transmission side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an overview of message communication via a communication network 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part (message center) of the communication network 1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of setting processing contents in telephone number inserting means 5 in message communication using the communication network 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process in which the communication network 1 inserts a transmitting telephone number into an uplink message MS1 from the transmitting communication terminal 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... communication network, 2 ... transmission side communication terminal, 3 ... reception side communication terminal, MS1 ... uplink message, MS2 ... downlink message.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-297256 (JP, A) Shigeo Morita, Hiroyuki Kikuta, "International Standard of ISDN Technology for CCITTI Series Recommendations", CQ Publishing Co., March 10, 1992, Page 61 (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04M 3/42-3/58

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A communication network for transmitting a message arriving from a transmitting communication terminal to a receiving communication terminal capable of displaying a message , wherein a length of the message arriving from the transmitting communication terminal and a telephone number of the transmitting communication terminal are used. The length of a human-recognizable code string indicating a certain sender's telephone number and the length of a transmittable message
Determine whether or not the code string can be inserted based on the upper limit.
Communication network, characterized in that the said code sequence comprises a sender telephone number inserting means for transmitting the inserted person the message to the message to the receiving communication terminal only if. Wherein said sender telephone number insertion means, said feeding
The length of the message arriving from the receiving communication terminal and the sending side
The person who indicates the sender's telephone number, which is the telephone number of the communication terminal,
Above the recognizable code length and the transmittable message length
And the signal transmitted from the transmitting communication terminal,
The code string is added to the message sent to the receiving communication terminal.
Based on a signal indicating whether the processing content for insertion of claim 1, wherein the determining the propriety of the code string <br/> insertion into the incoming message from the sender communication terminal Communication network. 3. A comprising a processing content storage means for storing whether the processing content inserting the code string in the message to be sent to the receiving communication terminal, the sender telephone number insertion means, the transmitting side Communication terminal
The length of the message that arrived and the telephone
A human-recognizable code indicating the sender's telephone number
Determining whether the insertion of the code sequence to the incoming message from the sender communication terminal on the basis of the process contents stored in the upper limit of the processing content storage means of length and transmittable message length of the column The communication network according to claim 1, wherein: