JP3372896B2 - Communication terminals and exchanges - 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 terminal device and an exchange which can notify a ring tone designated by a caller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional communication terminal device defines musical note data and transmits the musical note data from a transmitting side communication terminal device to a receiving side communication terminal device, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-257131, for example. Then, the receiving side communication terminal device sounds a ring tone based on the note data.

[0003]

Even in the ring tone of such a conventional communication terminal device, the richness of tone color expression such as delicate tone color expression, tone color clarity, and natural feeling of sound is insufficient. Had.

Further, when a conventional communication terminal device transmits musical note data as a ring tone, a large transmission capacity is required for transmitting musical note data, so that the problem of increasing the traffic of the network (switch or transmission line) is required. Had.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, to transmit a ring tone having a richer tone color specified by a calling side, and to suppress an increase in network traffic. It is to provide a terminal device and an exchange.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A communication terminal device of the present invention is a communication terminal device that communicates with each other via a network including an exchange.
Incoming call, WAV file format specified by the user
Input the sound data and enter the WAV file format ringtone data
To compress compressed WAV file format ringtone data
And a compressed WAV stream generated by the compression means.
Ringtone data record that stores multiple file format ringtone data
One compression W from the storage means and the ringtone data storage means.
Select AV file format ringtone data according to the user's instructions
Ringtone data selecting means and the ringtone data selecting means
Compressed WAV file format selected in
There is a function to control the handset phone number and ringtone on the calling side.
The ring tone control information indicating
To generate a call setup message and
Incoming call sent via the network to the communication terminal device of the other party
From the sound transmission means and the communication terminal device of the other party through the network.
Ring tone control presence information and compression in received call setup message
Recognize and receive WAV file format ringtone data
Compressed WAV file format W from uncompressed ringtone data
Decompression means for decompressing to AV file format ringtone data,
WAV file format ringtone data from the decompression means
Ringtone generating means for generating more ringtone, and the ringtone generation
Based on WAV file format ringtone data by live means
Ringtone control information indicating that a ringtone can be generated by calling
To create a call message and
A call message to the exchange of the network.
It is characterized by having an answering means .

[0007]

Further, in the communication terminal device of the present invention, the ring tone transmitting means has a destination telephone number, ring tone control presence information and compression W in the user / user information area of the call setting message.
The call setup message is generated by inserting the ringtone data in the AV file format, and the call setup message is transmitted to the network.

[0009]

Further, in the communication terminal device of the present invention, the response means inserts the ringing tone control existence information into the user / user information area of the calling message to generate a calling message, and the calling message of the network is transmitted . It is characterized in that it is transmitted to the exchange .

Further, the exchange of the present invention is a transmission side communication terminal.
A compressed WAV received from a transmission side communication terminal device in an exchange of a network for connecting an exchange device and a reception side communication terminal device by exchange connection.
File format Receive ringtone based on ringtone data
A ringing tone control presence information indicating that a ring tone can be generated based on the ringing tone data of the compressed WAV file format from the side communication terminal device, and after recognizing this ring tone control presence information, a billing instruction unit for instructing billing It is characterized by having.

Furthermore, the exchange of the present invention, the charging indication unit instructs the recognized charging the ringtone control necessary information included in the user-user information area of the paging message from the receiving-side communication terminal device It is characterized by that.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, that is, a mobile phone device, a PHS (simple mobile phone), a PDA (personal digital assistant), a home phone, and a personal computer connected to a wired or wireless communication line. It can be applied to computers, etc. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, using a mobile phone device as an example.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a network to which the mobile phone device according to the present invention and an exchange are applied, and FIG. 3 is a mobile phone device according to the present invention. It is a sequence diagram of the operation with the exchange.

In FIG. 1, a portable telephone device 20 according to the present invention includes an external speaker 1 which operates as a ring tone and a call speaker, a display device 2 and a button 3 for a user to interface with the portable telephone device 20. ,
The display control processing unit 4, the terminal interface 5, the terminal signal control processing unit 6, the compression / decompression processing unit 7, the ringtone data storage unit 8, the wireless signal control unit 9, and the wireless signal interface 10 are provided. You

The display control processing unit 4 controls the operation of the external speaker 1, the display device 2 and the button 3.
1 and a ringing tone control presence / absence storage unit 42 that stores ringing tone control presence / absence data indicating whether or not the calling side has a function of controlling the ringing tone.

The terminal interface 5 connects the external terminal and the portable telephone device 20 to write and read ringing tone data in WAV file format (hereinafter abbreviated as WAV file ringing tone data) from an external terminal. Interface.

The terminal signal control processing unit 6 controls the terminal interface 5.

The compression / decompression processing unit 7 compresses the WAV file ringing tone data, or the compressed WAV file.
File ringtone data (hereinafter, compressed WAV file ringtone data) is decompressed and decompressed to uncompressed WAV file ringtone data.

The ringtone data storage section 8 stores a plurality of compressed WAV file ringtone data.

The radio signal control unit 9 determines the compression WA to be transmitted.
A call setup message for line connection is generated from the V-file ring tone data and ring tone control presence / absence data, and this call setup message is transmitted to the network via the wireless signal interface 10.

More specifically, the ring tone control presence / absence storage unit 42 of the display control processing unit 4 stores the ring tone control presence when the mobile telephone device on the calling side has a function of controlling the ring tone. When the mobile phone device on the side does not have the function of controlling the ring tone, the ring tone control absence is stored.

Here, the WAV file format is a file format of audio data handled by a personal computer and is a file format in which sampling data of sound itself is recorded.

Referring to FIG. 2, a switch 30 according to the present invention.
Has a ring tone control function recognition / charging instructing unit 31 which recognizes that the ring tone control is present from the calling message transmitted from the mobile phone device on the receiving side and instructs the billing unit 32 to perform billing.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, the user registers a plurality of ringtones in the ringtone data storage unit 8 in advance. For that purpose, the user
A plurality of WAV file ringtone data to be registered from an external terminal is transmitted via the terminal interface 5 to the mobile phone device 2
Input to 0-a. The compression / decompression processing unit 7 of the mobile phone device 20-a compresses the plurality of input WAV file ringtone data and stores these compressed WAV file ringtone data in the ringtone data storage unit 8. In this way, a plurality of ringtones desired by the user are registered in the ringtone data storage unit 8.

When making a call, the user operates the button 3 while checking the display device 2 to search the ring tone data storage section 8 for a ring tone that the user wants to ring. User clicks button 3
When the ringing tone to be sounded at the called party is selected by the operation of and the calling operation is performed by inputting the telephone number of the other party, the display control processing unit 4 stores the presence of ringing tone control in the ringing tone control presence / absence storage unit 42. Then, this ring tone control enabled is read, and further, the compressed WAV file ring tone data selected by the user is read from the ring tone data storage unit 8, and this compressed WAV file ring tone data, the destination telephone number, and the ring tone control. The presence is notified to the wireless signal control unit 9.

The radio signal control unit 9 inserts the destination telephone number, the compressed WAV file ring tone data and the ring tone control presence, which are notified from the display control operation unit 4, into the user / user information of the call setting message and calls. A setup message is generated and this call setup message is transmitted from the wireless signal interface 10 to the network 50 (step 100).

When the exchange 30 of the network 50 receives the call setup message from the mobile telephone device 20-a via the radio base station 40, it sends a call setup acceptance message.
0-a (step 101), and at the same time, a call setup message is sent via the wireless base station 41 to the mobile phone device 20.
-B (step 102).

The radio signal control section 9 of the portable telephone device 20-b
Receives the call setup message from the network 50, analyzes the contents of this call setup message, and as a result, the presence of the ring tone control in the user / user information area of the call setup message and the compressed WAV file ring tone data. When the presence of the ringing tone is confirmed, the ring tone control presence is inserted in the user / user information area of the ringing message to generate the ringing message, and this ringing message is transmitted to the exchange 30 of the network 50 (step 103). The fact that the call setup message has arrived and the compressed WAV file ringtone data are transmitted to the display control processing unit 4.

When the ringing tone control function recognition charging instruction unit 31 of the exchange 30 recognizes that the ringing tone control is present in the user / user information area of the calling message transmitted from the portable telephone device 20-b, the portable telephone device 20- Compressed WA from a
The mobile phone device 20-b recognizes that a ring tone has been generated from the V-file ring tone data and prepares for charging. At the same time, the network 50 including the exchange 30 transmits a call message to the mobile phone device 20-a (step 10).
4).

On the other hand, in the portable telephone device 20-b, the display control processing unit 4 which has received the fact that the call setting message has arrived and the compressed WAV file ringing tone data has the compressed W
The AV file ringtone data is transmitted to the compression / decompression processing unit 7.

The compression / decompression processing section 7 receives the compressed WA.
V file ringtone data is decompressed and expanded to obtain uncompressed WAV file ringtone data, this WAV file ringtone data is temporarily stored, and the compressed WAV file ringtone data is stored in the display control processing unit 4. Notify that it has been unzipped.

The display control processing unit 4 includes a compression / decompression processing unit 7.
When receiving the notification that the compressed WAV file ringtone data has been decompressed, the WAV file ringtone data held in the compression / decompression processing unit 7 is read and the read WAV file ringtone data is externally read. Send to speaker 1.

The external speaker 1 reproduces the transmitted WAV file ring tone data to generate a ring tone,
Notify the user of the ring tone sent from the caller.

When the portable telephone device 20-b generates a ring tone and the user responds, the portable telephone device 20-b transmits a response message to the network 50 (step 105).

In the exchange 30 of the network 50, when the ring tone control function recognition charging instruction unit 32 receives the response message from the mobile phone device 20-b, the charging unit 33 charges the user of the mobile phone device 20-a. Command to do. At the same time, the network 50 transmits a response message to the mobile phone device 20-a (step 106).

As described above, the call connection between the mobile phone device 20-a and the mobile phone device 20-b is completed.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, a ring tone in the WAV file format designated by the originating communication terminal device is transmitted to the receiving communication terminal device, and the receiving communication terminal device transmits the transmitted WAV file. Since the ring tone has a structure that can be played with a ring tone, the ring tone becomes a more delicate and clear tone color expression, and is not limited to the tone color expression. Can be the sound of.

Further, according to the present invention, since the ring tone in the compressed WAV file format is transmitted, the traffic of the network can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile phone device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a network to which a mobile phone device and an exchange according to the present invention are applied.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of operations of the mobile phone device and the exchange according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 Mobile phone devices 1 External speaker 2 display 3 buttons 4 Display control processing unit 5 Terminal interface 6 Terminal signal control processor 7 compression / decompression processing unit 8 Ring tone data storage 9 Radio signal controller 10 Radio signal interface 30 exchanges 31 Ringtone control function recognition Billing instruction unit 50 nets

Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-10-4442 (JP, A) JP-A-6-85889 (JP, A) JP-A-9-149099 (JP, A) JP-A-10-257131 (JP , A) JP 11-27715 (JP, A) JP 11-113068 (JP, A) JP 11-134798 (JP, A) JP 10-51568 (JP, A) JP 10-13506 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04M 1/00 H04M 11/00 302 H04M 15/00 H04Q 7/38

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A communication terminal device for communicating with each other via a network including an exchange, wherein WAB file format ringtone data designated by a user is input, and the WAV file ringtone data is compressed to be compressed WAV. A compression unit for generating file format ringtone data; a ringtone data storage unit for storing a plurality of compressed WAV file format ringtone data generated by the compression unit; and one compressed WAV file format from the ringtone data storage unit. Ring tone data selecting means for selecting ring tone data according to a user's instruction, and compressed WAV file format ring tone data selected by the ring tone data selecting means, destination telephone number, and ring tone control function on the calling side The ring tone control existence information indicating that there is a call setup message is generated by inserting it into the call setup message, and the call setup message is sent to the other party. Ring tone transmitting means for transmitting to the communication terminal device via the network, ring tone control presence information and compressed WAV file format ring tone data in the call setting message received from the partner communication terminal device via the network. And decompressing the received compressed WAV file format ringtone data into uncompressed WAV file format ringtone data, and a ringtone generating a ringtone from the WAV file ringtone data from the decompression means. Generating means, generating ringing message by inserting ringing tone control existence information indicating that the ringing tone can be generated by the ringing tone generating means based on the WAV file format ringing tone data into the calling message, And a response means for transmitting to the exchange of the network. 2. The ring tone transmitting means inserts the destination telephone number, ring tone control existence information and compressed WAV file format ring tone data into the user / user information area of the call setup message to generate a call setup message. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the call setting message is transmitted to the network. 3. The response means inserts ringing tone control presence information into a user / user information area of a call message to generate a call message, and transmits the call message to the exchange of the network. Claim 1
The communication terminal device described. 4. A receiving side communication for generating a ringing tone by compressed WAV file format ringing tone data received from the transmitting side communication terminal device in a switch of a network for switching and connecting the transmitting side communication terminal device and the receiving side communication terminal device. A ringing tone control presence information indicating that a ring tone can be generated based on the ringing tone data of the compressed WAV file is received from the terminal device, and after recognizing the ring tone control presence information, a billing instruction unit for instructing billing is provided. An exchange characterized by the following. 5. The billing instructing unit recognizes the ring tone control existence information included in the user / user information area of the call message from the receiving side communication terminal device, and issues a billing instruction. The exchange according to Item 4.