JP3816787B2 - Telephone system, server computer and telephone device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
【Technical field】
The present invention relates to a telephone system composed of one telephone apparatus and another telephone apparatus and a server that can communicate with each other, a server computer and a telephone apparatus constituting such a telephone system, and an operation control method thereof.
[0002]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
When a call is made using a mobile phone, a service is started in which the telephone number of the calling mobile phone is displayed on the display device of the incoming mobile phone. Since it is the telephone number of the caller's mobile phone that is displayed on the receiver's mobile phone display device, it is difficult to see at a glance who made the call.
[0003]
In some cases, image data representing a user's face image is stored in advance in the internal memory of the called mobile phone, and the user image represented by the corresponding image data is displayed when a call is made. . Since the user's face is displayed, it can be seen at a glance who has received the call.
[0004]
However, since it is necessary to store image data representing many user faces in the built-in memory, the memory capacity becomes very large. Not suitable for small mobile phones.
[0005]
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to make it possible to confirm at a glance at which party the telephone is calling at least the capacity of the built-in memory.
[0006]
The present invention relates to a telephone system comprising one telephone device (including a mobile phone, a personal handyphone system (PHS), a stationary telephone), another telephone device and a server that can communicate with each other.
[0007]
The one telephone apparatus includes telephone number input means for inputting a telephone number, and calling means for calling another telephone apparatus specified by the telephone number input from the telephone number input means.
[0008]
The server corresponds to the one telephone device in response to a call made by the data storing means for storing at least one of image data and voice data, and the calling means of the one telephone device. First data transmission means for transmitting the data stored in the data storage means to the other telephone device corresponding to the one telephone device.
[0009]
Further, the other telephone device includes: output means for outputting content represented by the data transmitted by the first data transmission means of the server; output of the content by the output means; and the one telephone device In response to an outgoing call by the outgoing call means, an incoming means for establishing communication with the one telephone device is provided.
[0010]
The one telephone device, the server, and the other telephone device may be configured independently.
[0011]
The present invention also provides an operation control method for the server. That is, this method stores at least one of image data and voice data corresponding to one telephone device, and is stored in response to a call from the one telephone device to another telephone device. The data corresponding to the one telephone device is transmitted to the other telephone device to be called.
[0012]
Further, the present invention also provides an operation control method for the other telephone device. That is, this method establishes communication with the telephone in response to the output of the content represented by the data transmitted from the server and the call from the telephone in a telephone device that can communicate with the telephone and the server. To do.
[0013]
Furthermore, the present invention also provides a program for controlling the server and other telephone devices, and a recording medium storing such a program.
[0014]
According to the present invention, the telephone number of another telephone device that is the receiving side in one telephone device is input. When a telephone number is entered, another telephone device is called. Then, among the image data and audio data stored in the server, data corresponding to one telephone device is transmitted to the other telephone device.
[0015]
In other telephone devices, the contents represented by the data transmitted from the server are output. For example, if the data transmitted from the server is image data, the image represented by the image data is displayed on the display device of another telephone device, and if the data transmitted from the server is audio data, the audio data is displayed. The sound represented by the data is output from the speaker. When the content represented by the data transmitted from the server is output, communication with the one telephone device is established in response to a call from the one telephone device.
[0016]
According to the present invention, as described above, the content represented by the data transmitted from the server is output in another telephone device. By making the output contents so that the user of one telephone device can be specified, the user of the one telephone device that made the call before the connection between the one telephone device and the other telephone device is established. Can be confirmed. For example, as described above, if the data transmitted from the server is image data, an image representing the face of the user of one telephone device will be displayed on the other telephone device, and the data transmitted from the server will be displayed. If is the voice data, the voice of the name of the user of one telephone device will be output from the other telephone device. In any case, the user of the one telephone device that made the call can immediately recognize.
[0017]
The one telephone device may include second data transmission means for transmitting at least one of image data and audio data to the server in response to a call made by the call means. In this case, the storage means of the server will store the data transmitted from the second data transmission means of the one telephone device corresponding to the one telephone device. The content represented by the data transmitted from the one telephone device can be output by another telephone device.
[0018]
Further, after the data stored in correspondence with the one telephone device is transmitted from the server to the other telephone device, the data stored in correspondence with the one telephone device may be deleted. Good. Each time a call is made using one telephone device, different data can be transmitted to the server and output on another telephone device.
As described above, the output unit of the other telephone device may be at least one of a speaker that outputs sound represented by the sound data and a display device that displays an image represented by the image data.
[0020]
[Explanation of Examples]
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is an outline of a telephone system.
[0021]
The telephone system mainly includes a mobile phone 1A for the calling user, a mobile phone 1B for the incoming user, and a server 37.
[0022]
A large number of radio base stations 31, 32 and the like for connecting to the mobile phones 1A, 1B and the like are arranged. These wireless base stations 31, 32 and the like are connected to the network of the mobile phone operator. The cellular phone operator network is connected to the Internet via a gateway server 35. A server 37 is connected to the Internet. The server 37 performs various operations to be described later by installing a program stored in the CD-ROM 36. Needless to say, the server 37 includes a CPU, a memory, a display device, a communication circuit, a keyboard, a hard disk drive, and the like.
[0023]
In this embodiment, when the calling user's mobile phone 1B is called by the calling user's mobile phone 1A, an image of the calling user's face is displayed on the display screen of the display device of the receiving user's mobile phone 1B. The name of the calling user is output by voice. The called user immediately knows who made the call before answering with the mobile phone 1B. More details will become apparent from the following description.
[0024]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the mobile phone 1A. The mobile phone 1B has the same configuration as the mobile phone 1A.
[0025]
The cellular phone 1 </ b> A includes a card interface 21, and a memory card 22 can be connected to the card interface 21. By storing the operation program of the mobile phone 1A in the memory card 21 and installing the operation program, the processing described later can be performed. Of course, it goes without saying that the program may be installed in advance.
[0026]
Further, by loading the memory card 22 in which voice data, image data, etc. are recorded in the cellular phone 1A, the voice data, image data, etc. can be stored in the cellular phone 1A. Further, the cellular phone 1A includes an imaging circuit 20, and the imaging circuit 20 images a subject (for example, a user of the cellular phone 1A) and stores image data representing the subject image in the cellular phone 1A. You can also.
[0027]
The cellular phone 1A includes a server address memory 2, a calling user file memory 3, and an incoming user memory 4. The server address memory 2 stores an address (URL: uniform resource locater) of the accessible server 37 and the like. The calling user file memory 3 stores an image file, an audio file, and the like representing the calling user who is the owner of the mobile phone 1A. For example, an image file representing an image of the calling user's face, an audio file that outputs the name of the calling user, and the like. The incoming user memory 4 stores a large amount of incoming user information for each incoming user. The information on the incoming user includes the name of the incoming user, a telephone number e-mail address, and the like.
[0028]
The mobile phone 1A is provided with an input device 16 including buttons, a jog dial, and the like. The input device 16 is used to input the telephone number of the mobile phone 1B of the incoming user. When a telephone number is input using the button of the input device 16, a signal representing the telephone number is input to the call control circuit 14 via the input interface 15. Then, the telephone having the input telephone number is called by the transmission / reception circuit 12. When a call instruction for the telephone number stored in the incoming user memory 4 is input by the button, the incoming user search circuit 10 is controlled by the telephone number control circuit 11. The incoming user search circuit 10 reads incoming user data stored in the incoming user memory 4. The read incoming user data is given to the display device 19 via the incoming user search circuit 10 and the telephone number control circuit 11. On the display screen of the display device 19, information on the incoming user is displayed in a list. The person to call from among the displayed incoming users is designated by the jog dial. The telephone of the designated incoming user is called.
[0029]
When connected to the telephone of the called user, the voice input from the microphone 18 is converted into voice data and given to the transmission / reception circuit 12. The voice data is transmitted from the antenna 13 to the incoming user's telephone.
[0030]
When voice data is transmitted to the cellular phone 1A, it is received by the antenna 13 and input to the transmission / reception circuit 12. The input voice data is given to the speaker 17 via the call control circuit 14. A sound represented by the input sound data is output from the speaker 17.
[0031]
The mobile phone 1A according to this embodiment can transmit and receive not only voice data representing voice spoken by the user of the mobile phone but also files such as voice files and image files.
[0032]
When the transmission / reception circuit 12 receives a file via the antenna 13, it is temporarily stored in the reception memory 7. The file stored in the reception memory 7 is given to the reception file analysis circuit 6 to analyze whether the file is an audio file or an image file.
[0033]
If the received file is an image file, the image file is given from the reception memory 7 to the image reproduction circuit 9, and image reproduction processing is executed. When the reproduced image file is given to the display device 19, the image represented by the received image file is displayed on the display screen of the display device 19.
[0034]
If the received file is an audio file, it is given from the reception memory 7 to the audio reproduction circuit 8 and an audio reproduction process is executed. When the reproduced audio file is given to the speaker 17, the audio represented by the received audio file is output.
[0035]
The mobile phone 1A can not only receive a file but also transmit a file. When a file list display command is input by a button included in the input device, the file names of the files stored in the calling user file memory 3 are displayed in a list on the display screen of the display device 19. A desired file name is selected from the list of file names displayed by the jog dial. A file having the selected file name is read from the calling user file memory 3 and temporarily stored in the transmission memory 5. The selected file is read from the transmission memory 5 and transmitted from the antenna 13 to the server 37 via the transmission / reception circuit 12. It goes without saying that the file destination is specified in advance.
[0036]
3 and 4 show a processing procedure for making a call from the mobile phone 1A to the mobile phone 1B.
[0037]
This processing is performed by an image / audio file (image file and audio file) representing the calling user from the mobile phone 1A to the server 37 before the connection between the calling user's mobile phone 1A and the incoming user's mobile phone 1B is established. Is transmitted to the server 37 and transmitted from the server 37 to the mobile phone 1B. The incoming user can confirm the calling user because an image representing the calling user is displayed and voice is output before answering the mobile phone 1B.
[0038]
First, as described above, the calling user selects the image to be displayed on the mobile phone 1B of the called user and the sound to be output (of course, either the image or the sound may be used). When an image / sound is selected, the corresponding image / sound file is read from the calling user file memory 3 and temporarily stored in the transmission memory 5.
[0039]
In addition, the telephone number of the incoming user's mobile phone 1B is input or selected using the input device 16. Calling of the cellular phone 1B is started.
[0040]
A call is made from the mobile phone 1A to the radio base station 31 whose base station area is the location where the mobile phone 1A exists. When a response from the radio base station 31 is received by the mobile phone 1A, a server call command (which will be predetermined if a plurality of server addresses are stored) is sent from the mobile phone 1A to the radio base station. Sent to station 31.
[0041]
When the server call command is received from the mobile phone 1A, the server call command is transmitted from the radio base station 31 to the server 37.
[0042]
When the call instruction is received by the server 37, data indicating that the server 37 has responded to the calling user's mobile phone 1A is transmitted via the radio base station 31. Then, a connection is established between the mobile phone 1A and the server 37.
[0043]
When the connection is established between the mobile phone 1A and the server 37, the image / sound file temporarily stored in the transmission memory 5 of the mobile phone 1A is uploaded to the server 37.
[0044]
When the image / sound file is received by the server 37, the received image / sound file is stored in the memory of the server 37 corresponding to the mobile phone 1A and the destination mobile phone 1B. For example, it is stored in correspondence with the telephone numbers of the mobile phone 1A and the mobile phone 1B. Needless to say, the telephone numbers of the cellular phones 1A and 1B are transmitted from the cellular phone 1A to the server 37 by being linked to the image / sound file. The connection between the calling user 1B and the server 37 is disconnected.
[0045]
Subsequently, a radio base station 32 having a base station area where the mobile phone 1B exists is searched for from the radio base station 31 via the carrier network. A call instruction to the mobile phone 1B is transmitted to the found radio base station 32. Then, a call is made from the radio base station 32 to the mobile phone 1B.
[0046]
In addition, a calling instruction is transmitted from the wireless base station 32 (or the wireless base station 31) to the server 37. Data indicating a response is transmitted from the server 37 that has received the call instruction to the radio base station 32. Then, the connection between the mobile phone 1B and the server 32 is established.
[0047]
The image / sound file transmitted from the calling user's mobile phone 1A is downloaded from the server 37 to the incoming user's mobile phone 1B.
[0048]
When the image / sound file transmitted from the server 37 is downloaded to the mobile phone 1B of the incoming user, the image represented by the image / sound file is displayed on the display screen of the display device of the mobile phone 1B, and Audio is repeatedly output from the speaker. For example, if the image file represents an image of the face of the user of the mobile phone 1A, it can be seen at a glance who has made the call by looking at the displayed face image. Also, if the audio file is one that outputs the name of the user of the mobile phone 1A (for example, “If you call from xx”, etc.), who can hear the phone call? You can see how it took. In this way, before answering the mobile phone 1B, the incoming user can immediately confirm the calling user who made the call.
[0049]
When there is an image display and an audio output, data indicating a response is transmitted from the mobile phone 1B of the incoming user to the radio base station 32. Then, a disconnection request is transmitted from the wireless base station 32 to the server 37 and disconnected.
[0050]
When the cellular phone 1B and the server 37 are disconnected, the image / audio files stored corresponding to the cellular phones 1A and 1B are deleted from the server 37.
[0051]
Further, the image displayed on the mobile phone 1B is erased, and the sound output that is repeatedly output is also stopped. Thereafter, the incoming user responds to the cellular phone 1B, thereby establishing a connection between the cellular phones 1A and 1B.
[0052]
In the embodiment described above, every time a call is made from the mobile phone 1A to the mobile phone 1B, an image / audio file representing the calling user is transmitted to the mobile phone 1B. Different image display and audio output can be made for each outgoing call.
[0053]
FIG. 5 shows another processing procedure for calling from the mobile phone 1A to the mobile phone 1B.
[0054]
In this process, the image / sound file to be transmitted to the incoming user is stored in the server 37 in advance. The mobile phone 1A is set to the transmission setting mode by the calling user.
[0055]
In this processing, it is assumed that the image / sound file to be transmitted to the mobile phone 1B is selected in advance.
[0056]
A server call command is transmitted from the mobile phone 1A of the calling user to the radio base station 31. The radio base station 31 that has received the server call command transmits the server call command to the server 32.
[0057]
Data indicating a response is transmitted from the server 32 to the radio base station 31, and is transmitted to the mobile phone 1B of the calling user. The connection between the cellular phone 1B and the server 37 is established.
[0058]
The selected image / sound file is uploaded from the mobile phone 1A to the server 37.
[0059]
When the image / sound file is received by the server 37, it is stored in correspondence with the uploaded mobile phone 1A. Then, the connection between the mobile phone 1A and the server 37 is disconnected. Then, the transmission setting mode is also terminated.
[0060]
The telephone number of the mobile phone 1B of the called user is selected and a call is made to the radio base station 31.
[0061]
Data indicating a response to the mobile phone 1B is transmitted in the radio base station 31, and a radio base station 32 having a base station area where the mobile phone 1B of the incoming user is located is found. When the wireless base station 32 is found, a call is made from the wireless base station 32 to the mobile phone 1B. In addition, a calling instruction is transmitted from the wireless base station 32 to the server 37.
[0062]
When data indicating a response is transmitted from the server 37 to the wireless base station 32, a connection between the mobile phone 1B of the incoming user and the server 37 is established. Then, among the image / sound files stored in the server 37, the image / sound file corresponding to the calling user's mobile phone 1A is downloaded to the mobile phone 1B of the called user.
[0063]
An image representing the calling user is displayed on the display screen of the display device of the mobile phone 1B of the called user, and the name of the calling user is output by voice. Then, data indicating a response is transmitted from the mobile phone 1B to the radio base station 32.
[0064]
A disconnection request command is transmitted from the wireless base station 32 to the server 37. When the disconnection request command is received by the server 37, the connection between the server 37 and the mobile phone 1B is disconnected.
[0065]
When the image display and the voice output indicating the incoming user in the mobile phone 1B are finished and the incoming user responds to the mobile phone 1B, the connection between the mobile phones 1A and 1B is established.
[0066]
In this process, since it is not necessary to send an image / sound file to the server 37 each time a call is made to the called user, the connection between the calling user's mobile phone 1A and the called user's mobile phone 1B is established. You can save time.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a telephone system.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the mobile phone.
FIG. 3 shows a processing procedure of a calling user's mobile phone and an incoming user's mobile phone.
FIG. 4 shows a processing procedure of a calling user's mobile phone and an incoming user's mobile phone.
FIG. 5 shows a processing procedure of a calling user's mobile phone and an incoming user's mobile phone.
[Explanation of symbols]
1A, 1B Cellular phone 3 Calling user file memory 4 Incoming user memory 8 Audio reproduction circuit 9 Image reproduction circuit
12 Transceiver circuit
13 Antenna
16 Input device
17 Speaker
18 microphone
19 Display device
22 Memory card
36 CD-ROM
37 servers

Claims (7)

In a telephone system comprising one telephone device that can communicate with each other, another telephone device, and a server,
The one telephone device is
Telephone number input means for inputting a telephone number, and calling means for calling another telephone device specified by the telephone number input from the telephone number input means,
The server
Corresponding to the one telephone device, at least data storage means for storing image data, and at least of data stored in the data storage means in response to a call by the calling means of the one telephone device First data transmission means for transmitting image data corresponding to the one telephone device to the other telephone device;
The other telephone device
An output means for outputting an image represented by image data; and an incoming means for responding to a call by the call means of the one telephone device after the output of the image by the output means,
With
The one telephone device is
An imaging circuit for imaging a subject and outputting image data representing the subject image;
A second data transmission unit configured to transmit image data representing at least a subject image output from the imaging circuit in response to a call by the calling unit to the server each time a call is made;
The server
A first receiving means for receiving image data representing the subject image transmitted from the second data transmitting means of the one telephone device;
The storage means of the server stores image data representing the subject image received by the first receiving means in correspondence with the one telephone device;
The first data transmitting means represents the subject image transmitted from the one telephone apparatus when the other telephone apparatus is called by the one telephone apparatus and stored in the storage means of the server. Sending image data to the other telephone device,
The other telephone device
A second receiving means for receiving image data representing the subject image transmitted from the first data transmitting means of the server;
The output means of the other telephone device outputs an image representing a subject image represented by the image data received by the second receiving means ;
Phone system.   The server transmits image data representing the subject image to the other telephone device by using the first data transmission means, so that the server corresponds to the one telephone device stored in the storage means. The telephone system according to claim 1, further comprising data erasure control means for erasing image data representing the stored subject image. The output means of the other telephone device is
A display device that displays an image represented by image data.
The telephone system according to claim 1. Receiving means for receiving image data representing the subject image from one telephone device having an imaging circuit that are sent to every call for outputting image data representing the images a subject object image,
Corresponding to the one telephone device, at least data storage means for storing image data representing the subject image received by the receiving means, and in response to a call from the one telephone device to another telephone device, sent from the telephone device the one at the time of the call, the image data representing the object image corresponding to the telephone device of the above SL one stored in the data storing means, to said other telephone devices intended recipient Data transmission means for transmitting,
Server computer with Receiving image data representing the subject image from one telephone device having an imaging circuit that are sent to every call for outputting image data representing the images a subject object image,
Corresponding to the one telephone device, at least image data representing the received subject image is stored in a data storage means ,
Depending on the call to another telephone device according to the above one of the telephone device, it is transmitted from the telephone device the one at the time of the call, corresponding to the telephone device of the above SL one that has been stored in said data storage means Sending image data representing the subject image to the other telephone device to be called;
Server computer operation control method. A program for controlling a server computer having a storage means capable of communicating with one telephone apparatus and another telephone apparatus having an imaging circuit for imaging a subject and outputting image data representing the subject image,
Receives the image data representing the subject image that will be sent to every call from the one of the telephone apparatus, in response to the telephone device of the one, the server image data representing the subject image at least the received -Store in the storage means of the computer,
Depending on the call to another telephone device according to the above one of the telephone device, it is transmitted from the telephone device the one at the time of the call, corresponding to the telephone device of the above SL one that is stored in the storage means A program for controlling a server computer so that image data representing the subject image is transmitted to the other telephone device to be received.   A recording medium storing the program according to claim 6.

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