JP3366300B2 - Communication network control method and communication network system - 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 control method and a communication network system, and more particularly to services such as absence guidance connection and call transfer performed when the called party is absent, based on the intention of the calling party. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a communication network control method for controlling, and a communication network system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a user of a called side terminal (a called user) is absent, whether a call from the called side terminal is connected to an absentee guidance device and whether or not the called side terminal is given an absence guide,
Also, whether or not to perform the call transfer service for connecting the call to the transfer destination set in advance by the called user is performed based on the setting value set in advance by the called user. That is, the connection to the absence guidance device and the call transfer are generally controlled by the called user.

[0003]

Therefore, although the calling subscriber is not particularly important, he / she may be connected to the absence guidance device or have no intention of registering a message. However, there is a problem that the user may be charged. Further, there is a problem that the call may be transferred to the call forwarding destination against the intention of the calling subscriber, and the call forwarding number may be notified to the call forwarding destination.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and services such as connection to an absence guidance device and call forwarding can be performed based on the will of the calling subscriber. It enables you to do it.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems A communication network system according to claim 1, the call from the originating terminal, transmitting
The exchange of the network transfers to the exchange of the incoming network, and the exchange of the incoming network
Is a communication network system for making a call to a terminal on the receiving side, and the telephone number dialed by the terminal on the transmitting side is the telephone number of the terminal on the receiving side in the exchange of the transmitting network .
Of the services that can be set by the receiving terminal,
A first determining means for determining whether or not the predetermined special number has been added to indicate that refuse to provide one of the
Additional information including the judgment result by the judgment means of No. 1 to the incoming network
In addition to transferring, the call from the calling terminal is transferred to the receiving network.
And the transfer means for sending, the exchange of the incoming network is
Receives a call from the originating terminal transferred from the exchange
Call receiving means for receiving an incoming call to the terminal on the receiving side, second determining means for determining whether or not there is a response from the terminal on the receiving side, and a predetermined service for the terminal on the receiving side for an incoming call to the receiving side By the third determining means for determining whether or not the setting is performed, and the third determining means, the terminal on the receiving side is provided with a predetermined service for the incoming call to the receiving side. It is determined to have been set, outgoing
Based on the additional information transferred from the network switch,
A special number is added to the telephone number dialed by the receiving terminal
When it is determined that it is given,
Of the configurable services, reject by special number
Bei example and control means for controlling so as not to offer to the originating terminal what has been shown, given especially for each service
No. is associated with multiple services
One special number is associated and the control means corresponds to the special number.
Control one or more services to deny
The control means uses the third determination means to contact the terminal on the receiving side.
And provide a predetermined service to the incoming call to the called party.
It is determined that the switch is set to perform, and the switch of the originating network
Based on the additional information transferred from
Deny service to a phone number dialed by
Busy tone when it is determined that a special number is assigned
Is transmitted to the calling side . The communication network control method according to claim 2, wherein the exchange of the transmission network transfers the call from the terminal of the transmission side to the exchange of the reception network,
Is a communication network control method in which the switch of the receiving side makes an incoming call to the terminal of the called side, and the switch of the calling network is such that the telephone number dialed by the terminal of the calling side is Configurable service
A first determination step of determining whether or not a predetermined special number indicating that the provision of a predetermined object is denied is added, and a determination result in the first determination step
Transfers additional information to the incoming network, and
And a transfer step for transferring the call to the incoming network.
The network switch is an outgoing call transferred from the outgoing switch.
Incoming call that causes the call from the terminal on the other side to be received on the terminal on the other side.
And a second determination step for determining whether or not there is a response from the receiving side terminal, and the receiving side terminal is set to perform a predetermined service for an incoming call to the receiving side. In the third determination step of determining whether or not the call is received, it is determined that the terminal on the receiving side is set to perform a predetermined service for the incoming call to the receiving side. And the switch of the originating network
To the sending terminal based on the additional information transferred from
Therefore, a special number is added to the dialed telephone number.
When it is determined that the
Of the services, it was shown that it will be refused by a special number
E Bei a control step of controlling so as not to offer to the originating terminal from the corresponding predetermined access code for each service
It is possible to add one feature to multiple services.
No. is associated with the special number in the control step.
Controls to deny one or more services
However, in the control step, the third judgment step is performed.
The incoming call to the called terminal and the incoming call to the called terminal.
It is determined that it is set to perform a predetermined service for
Specified in the additional information transferred from the exchange of the originating network.
The phone number dialed by the calling terminal based on
It is determined that a special number for denying service is attached to the issue.
It is characterized by transmitting a busy tone to the calling side when the call is received. In the communication network control method and the communication network system according to the present invention, in the exchange of the transmission network, the telephone number dialed by the terminal of the transmission side is the telephone number of the terminal of the reception side. Depending on the terminal
Deny the provision of certain services that can be set
It is determined whether or not a predetermined special number indicating that it is added, and the additional information including the determination result is transferred to the incoming network.
At the same time, the call from the calling terminal is transferred to the called network and
The exchange of the transmission network is the call sent from the exchange of the transmission network.
The call from the receiving terminal is received by the receiving terminal, it is judged whether or not there is a response from the receiving terminal, and the prescribed service is provided to the receiving terminal for the incoming call to the receiving side. determines whether it is set to perform, against the called party terminal, is determined to be set to perform a predetermined service for incoming calls to the called party, calling
Based on the additional information transferred from the switch of the communication network,
A special number is added to the telephone number dialed by the calling terminal.
When it is determined that it has been granted,
Out of the services that can be set by
Is controlled so that it is not provided to the calling terminal, and a predetermined special number is associated with each service.
And one special number for multiple services
And refuse one or more services associated with the special number
Control to reject, and
Set to perform a predetermined service for incoming calls to
Is determined to have been transferred and is transferred from the exchange of the originating network.
Based on the additional information that came
A special number for denying service is added to the assigned telephone number
Busy tone is sent to the calling party when it is determined that
To do.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention provides services such as connection to an absentee guidance device and call forwarding, which are executed when the called user is absent or out of service (in the case of a mobile body). Subscribers).

That is, the calling user rejects services such as connection to the absence guidance device and call forwarding by dialing with a special number in front of the telephone number of the called user (caller). (Busy tone (Bus
y Tone)) and talk (voice guidance such as out-of-service talk).

FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of an embodiment of a communication network system to which the present invention is applied. Telephones 1 and 5 are fixed telephones (including facsimiles (FAX)),
The phones 2 and 6 are mobile phones such as mobile phones. However, the telephones 1 and 2 are telephones used by the calling subscriber, and the telephones 5 and 6 are telephones used by the called subscriber.

The originating network 3 and the terminating network 4 each include an exchange, and the exchange of the terminating network 4 can access the absence guidance device 7. The absence guidance device 7 records a message or the like from the subscriber of the caller (phones 1 and 2) when the subscriber of the callee (phones 5 and 6) is absent or the phones 5 and 6 are out of service. It is a device that does.

FIG. 2 shows, in this embodiment, for example,
The calling subscriber uses the telephone 1 to give the telephone number of the telephone 5 used by the called subscriber a special number indicating that the connection to the absence guidance device 7 and the call transfer are rejected. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of dialing by dialing, actually connecting to the absence guidance device 7, and rejecting the call transfer.

The operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Here, the calling subscriber uses the telephone set 1 to call the receiving party's telephone set 5
The operation when making a call to will be described.

First, the calling subscriber uses the telephone set 1 to send a telephone number of the called subscriber to the special number for refusing the connection to the absence guide device 7 and the call transfer, for example, the telephone set 5. The dialed telephone number is transmitted by adding the dialed number to the beginning of the telephone number (step A1 in FIG. 2).

In the exchange of the originating network 3, the originating subscriber is
In order to determine whether you want to connect to the out-of-office guidance device 7 or forward the call, the dialed telephone number is
It is checked whether or not a special code indicating that the unattended guidance connection and the call transfer are rejected is given.

Then, based on the check result, information indicating whether or not a special number indicating that the absence guidance connection and the call transfer are rejected is added to the additional information, and the additional information is added to the incoming call network 4. At the same time as transmitting, the call from the source is transferred to the incoming network 4. The exchange of the incoming call network 4 receives the call from the caller at the telephone 5 of the called subscriber.
(Step A2 in FIG. 2).

Next, the exchange of the incoming call network 4 determines whether or not there is a response from the telephone 5 of the called subscriber (step A3 in FIG. 2). The response from the telephone 5 is transmitted to the incoming call network 4 via the telephone line.

If there is a response from the telephone set 5 of the called subscriber (Yes in step A3), the process is terminated.

On the other hand, when there is no response from the telephone set 5 of the called subscriber (No in step A3), it is determined whether the calling subscriber can connect to the absence guide device 7 and whether the call can be transferred. (Step A4 in FIG. 2). That is, it is determined whether or not the called subscriber has set the telephone 5 to perform the absence guidance connection or the call transfer.

Then, as a result of the judgment, the called party subscriber has not set the telephone 5 to perform the absence guidance connection or the call transfer, and the telephone 5 is sent to the absence guidance device 7.
If the connection to or the transfer of the incoming call is not permitted (NO in step A4), the exchange of the incoming call network 4 continues to call the telephone 5 until the telephone 1 disconnects the call (step A5).

On the other hand, as a result of the determination, the destination subscriber is set to perform the absence guidance connection or the call transfer to the telephone 5, and the telephone 5 is connected to the absence guidance device 7. Or if call forwarding is allowed (step A
4), by the exchange of the incoming call network 4, based on the additional information set by the exchange of the outgoing call network 3, the caller who dials the telephone 1 to make a call and makes an absence call connection and call transfer. It is determined whether or not a special number indicating that the is denied is added (step A6 in FIG. 2).

Then, as a result of the determination, a special number for refusing the connection to the absence guidance device 7 and the call transfer is given.
That is, when it is determined that the calling subscriber is indicating that he / she wants the absence guidance connection and the call transfer not to be performed (No in step A6), BT (Busy Tone) , Or to a Toki (outside service Toki) is connected (step A7).

On the other hand, as a result of the determination, the special number for refusing the connection to the absence guidance device 7 and the call transfer is not assigned,
That is, when it is determined that the calling subscriber is indicating that the absence guidance connection and the call transfer may be performed (Yes in step A6), the absence subscriber guides the absence. When the setting is made so that the call is transferred to the absence guidance device 7, and when the call transfer service is set, the call is transferred to the transfer destination telephone set as the call transfer destination. Ru
(Step A8). When the connection to the absence guide device 7 is made, the calling subscriber can record and store a message to the called subscriber.

As described above, absence guidance connection and ISDN
(Integrated services digit
The call transfer service, which is a typical service of the tal network, can be regulated by the calling subscriber (caller). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the absence guidance connection and the call transfer from being executed depending on the will of the caller, and it is possible to prevent unnecessary charges from being made. Further, the caller's information can be protected without notifying the call transfer destination of the caller's calling number.

When the telephone is a FAX, the call transfer service is regulated as in the case of the telephone.
It is possible to prevent unintended actions of the caller.

Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 2, the same special number is used for rejecting the absence guidance connection and for rejecting the call transfer service, and the special number is appropriately used according to the will of the caller. In addition to rejecting or allowing both out-of-office connection and call transfer service, adding a special number to reject out-of-office connection and a special number to reject call transfer service separately Depending on the will of the caller, it is possible to add one of the special numbers to the telephone number so that only one of the services for out-of-office connection and call transfer can be selectively rejected. .

The case of making a call from the telephone set 1 to the telephone set 5 has been described above, but the case of making a call to the telephone set 6 which is a mobile telephone is similar to the case described above with reference to FIG. Is processed. However, in that case, the call from the incoming call network 4 is transferred to the telephone set 6 via the base station 9. Also, the response from the telephone 6 is transmitted to the exchange of the incoming call network 4 via the base station 9.

Also, when the telephone 2 which is a mobile telephone makes a call to the telephone 5 which is a fixed telephone or the telephone 6 which is a mobile telephone, the same processing as that described above with reference to FIG. 2 is performed. Is done. However, in that case, the call from the telephone set 2 is transmitted to the transmission network 3 via the base station 8.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. That is, since the caller side can reject the absence guidance and call transfer at will, the caller (call path) is not connected to the absence guidance device or the transfer destination telephone against the will, so the calling subscriber It is possible to prevent unnecessary charges from being generated.

Further, it is possible to prevent the calling subscriber from being connected to the absence guide device when he / she has no intention of registering the answering machine message.

Further, by using the special number, this function can be used even in the existing terminal.

The configuration of the above embodiment is an example, and the number of telephones and the number of outgoing networks are not limited to the above embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the case where the refusal of the absence guidance connection and the refusal of the call transfer service are controlled by the intention of the caller side has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can also be applied to the case where the denial of service is controlled by the will of the sender.

[0032]

As described above, according to the communication network control method and the communication network system of the present invention, in the exchange of the originating network, the telephone number dialed by the originating terminal is the telephone of the terminating terminal . Number, called party
Of services that can be set by other terminals
It determines whether or not the predetermined special number has been added to indicate that refuse to provide, wearing additional information including the determination result
Transfers to the network and receives the call from the calling terminal
Transfer to the network, and the exchange of the incoming network is switched from the exchange of the outgoing network.
The call sent from the calling terminal arrives at the called terminal.
Is Shin, determines whether there is a response from the called terminal, for inbound side of the terminal, it is judged whether or not the is set to perform a predetermined service to the incoming call to the incoming side , It is judged that the terminal on the called side is set to perform a predetermined service for the incoming call to the called side, and the additional information transferred from the exchange of the calling network is transferred.
Information that was dialed by the calling terminal based on the
When it is determined that a special number is added to the talk number, incoming
Of the services that can be set by
To the originating terminal
Control so that it is not provided by a specific special number for each service
Associated with, and 1 for multiple services
One special number is associated with one or more corresponding special numbers
Control to reject the service of the
And provide a predetermined service to the incoming call to the called party.
It is determined that the switch is set to perform, and the switch of the originating network
Based on the additional information transferred from
Deny service to a phone number dialed by
Busy tone when it is determined that a special number is assigned
Since it is transmitted to the calling side, it is possible to easily perform services such as absence guidance connection and call transfer based on the calling side's will using the existing terminal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of a communication network system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the communication network system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 5, 6 telephones 3 Transmission network 4 incoming network 7 Absence guidance device 8,9 Base station

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A call from a calling terminal is exchanged with a calling network.
Switch to the called network switch and the called network switch
In the communication network system for making an incoming call to the terminal, the exchange of the originating network has a telephone number dialed by the originating terminal,
To the telephone number of the called terminal, by the called terminal
Deny the provision of certain services that can be set
The first special judgment means for judging whether or not a predetermined special number indicating that the special special code is added, and additional information including the judgment result by the first judgment means.
Transfer to the incoming call network, and
The call et a transfer means for transferring the incoming network, the exchange of the incoming network, the originating transferred from the exchange of the originating network
The call from the other terminal to the called terminal
And a second determining means for determining whether or not there is a response from the terminal on the receiving side, and a predetermined service for the terminal on the receiving side for an incoming call to the receiving side. The third determination means for determining whether or not the setting is made, and the third determination means perform a predetermined service to the terminal on the receiving side for an incoming call to the receiving side. The additional information transferred from the exchange on the originating side is determined as
Dialed by the originating terminal based on the
It was determined that the special number was added to the telephone number
And time, of the settable service by the called party's terminal,
If the special number indicates that you refuse,
E Bei and control means for controlling so as not to provide to the terminal of the signal side, with a predetermined special number is associated to each service,
For a plurality of the services one special number corresponding Zukera
The control means is one or more corresponding to the special number.
Control so as to reject the service, and the control means causes the third judging means to reject the service.
To the receiving terminal, to the incoming call to the called party
It is determined that the
And the attachment transferred from the exchange on the originating side.
Dialed by the calling terminal based on the additional information
The special number that refuses the service to the given telephone number
When it is determined that the
A communication network system characterized by transmitting to the recipient . 2. A call from a calling terminal is exchanged with a calling network.
Switch to the called network switch and the called network switch
A communication network control method for arriving at the terminal, the exchange of the originating network, the telephone number dialed by the originating terminal is,
To the telephone number of the called terminal, by the called terminal
Deny the provision of certain services that can be set
A first determination step for determining whether or not a predetermined special number indicating that the additional number is added, and additional information including a determination result in the first determination step.
Information is transferred to the incoming network, and
Transferring step for transferring the call from the terminal to the called network
With the door, the exchange of the incoming network, the originating transferred from the exchange of the originating network
The call from the other terminal to the called terminal
An incoming call step, a second determination step of determining whether or not there is a response from the terminal on the called side, and a predetermined service for the terminal on the called side for an incoming call to the called side. A third determining step of determining whether or not the setting is performed, and in the third determining step, a predetermined service is provided to the terminal of the receiving side for an incoming call to the receiving side. The additional information transferred from the exchange on the originating side is determined as
Dialed by the originating terminal based on the
It was determined that the special number was added to the telephone number
And time, of the settable service by the called party's terminal,
If the special number indicates that you refuse,
E Bei a control step of controlling so as not to provide to the terminal of the signal side, with a predetermined special number is associated to each service,
One special number is associated with multiple services.
The control step corresponds to the special number.
One or more services are controlled to be rejected, and in the control step, the third determination step is performed.
The terminal on the called side,
Is set to provide a predetermined service for incoming calls.
It is determined that the call is being sent, and the call is transferred from the exchange on the calling side.
Based on the additional information that has been sent, the terminal of the calling side
The service to the telephone number dialed by
When it is determined that the special number to be rejected is given,
A communication network control method characterized by transmitting a busy tone to a calling side .