JP4152561B2 - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a communication system that provides a communication terminal device with a communication service that is permitted to be used on condition that confirmation of broadcast information such as an advertisement is made, and a communication terminal device used in the communication system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a communication system that provides a call service that is allowed to be used on condition of confirmation of notification information such as advertisements to a communication terminal device such as a mobile phone, the communication network that has received a voice call start request from the communication terminal device, There is known a communication system in which a voice advertisement is transmitted to the communication terminal device for a predetermined time before the requested voice call connection processing is performed, and the charge for the voice call is free for a predetermined call time.
[0003]
According to such a communication system, a user can use a communication network call service free of charge for a fixed time instead of listening to a voice advertisement for a fixed time before the start of the call. Further, the communication carrier can promote the use of the call service by the user's own communication network by collecting the advertisement fee of the voice advertisement from the advertiser instead of the usage fee of the user. Further, the advertiser can reliably notify the user of the advertisement in exchange for the advertisement fee.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional communication system has the following problems.
[0005]
That is, the user cannot use this call service unless he / she always listens to the voice advertisement for a certain period of time before the start of the call. For this reason, this call service cannot be used when a user wants to make a call in a hurry.
[0006]
In addition, since the time for voice advertisement and the free call time for this are fixed in advance, the free call time per call that can be used by the user is limited.
[0007]
Accordingly, the present invention provides a communication terminal device that provides a communication service that is permitted to be used on condition that confirmation of broadcast information such as an advertisement is made as a condition. It is an object to eliminate the need to check broadcast information. It is another object of the present invention to allow the user to arbitrarily select the communication service time per call that can be used by the user.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the communication terminal device is operated by the user during a period in which communication between the storage means for storing the notification information and the other communication terminal device via the communication network is not performed. And a reproduction output means for reproducing and outputting the notification information stored in the storage means. Here, the notification information is received by communication via a communication network, for example, and stored in the storage means.
[0009]
Then, when there is a predetermined amount or more of notification information that has not been reproduced and output by the reproduction output means, or is stored in the storage means in the past for a predetermined period of time and is reproduced by the reproduction output means. When notification information that has not been output exists in the storage unit, the start of communication with another communication terminal device via the communication network is suppressed.
[0010]
According to the present invention, if the user reproduces the notification information in advance during the non-communication period, the user can immediately use the communication service without reproducing the notification information when a communication request occurs. It becomes possible.
[0011]
Further, in the present invention, it is determined whether to allow the start of communication with another communication terminal device via the communication network according to the amount of unreproduced notification information. If the amount of notification information corresponding to the length of the communication time is transmitted from the communication network and stored in the storage means during communication, the communication information with other communication terminal devices can be transmitted according to the communication time. It is possible to increase or decrease the reproduction amount (time) of broadcast information required for permitting the start. Therefore, the communication service time per call that can be used by the user can be increased or decreased in a consistent manner with the amount of notification information confirmed by the user, without being fixedly limited.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
[0013]
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a communication system according to the present embodiment.
[0014]
In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a communication terminal device using a wireless communication network, such as a mobile phone or a car navigation device with a wireless communication function, reference numeral 2 is a communication network, reference numeral 3 is an exchange station constituting the communication network 2, and reference numeral 4 is An advertisement database, reference numeral 5 is an advertisement distributor facility, and reference numeral 6 is a radio base station.
[0015]
Here, the advertisement information sent from the advertisement distributor equipment 5 is stored in the advertisement database 4 in advance. Each communication terminal device 1 is accommodated in one of the exchange stations 3 of the communication network 2 via the radio base station 6. A call is set between the communication terminal devices 1 by the switching function of each switching center 3 constituting the communication network 2, thereby enabling communication between the communication terminal devices 1.
[0016]
Hereinafter, the communication system will be described by taking as an example a case where communication between the communication terminal devices 1 is voice communication, that is, a telephone call.
[0017]
First, FIG. 2 shows a configuration of the communication terminal device 1.
[0018]
In the figure, reference numeral 11 is a telephone function unit, reference numeral 12 is a control device, reference numeral 13 is a storage device, reference numeral 14 is a reproduction device, reference numeral 15 is a display device, reference numeral 16 is a speaker, and reference numeral 17 is an input device.
[0019]
The telephone function unit 11 has a wireless communication function similar to that of a normal mobile phone. The storage device 13 stores advertisement information transmitted from the exchange 3 via the telephone function unit 11 during a call. The advertisement information stored in the storage device 13 is reproduced by the reproduction device 14 in accordance with a user instruction received by the input device 17 and output from the speaker 16 or the display device 15.
[0020]
In addition to the operation of each unit as described above, the control unit 12 manages the reception date and time of each advertisement information that is stored in the storage device 13 and is not reproduced and output, and the telephone function unit according to the managed content 11 or the like for restricting the use of the telephone call.
[0021]
Next, the operation of the communication system will be described.
[0022]
First, distribution of advertisement information from the exchange 3 will be described.
[0023]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the advertisement information distribution operation of the exchange 3.
[0024]
First, when the switching center 3 receives a call setting request via the wireless base station 6 (step S41), the switching center 3 wirelessly accommodates the communication terminal apparatus 1 that currently corresponds to the called number. A call is set between the calling communication terminal device 1 and the called communication terminal device 1 in cooperation with the exchange 3 that accommodates the base station 6 (step S42).
[0025]
Then, the exchange 3 that accommodates the communication terminal device 1 that has made the call via the radio base station 6, during the call period between the communication terminal device 1 on the calling side and the communication terminal device 1 on the called side, The advertisement information stored in the advertisement database 4 is transmitted to the communication terminal device 1 that has called (steps S43 to S45). This transmission is performed so that the voice exchange between the communication terminal device 1 on the calling side and the communication terminal device 1 on the called side is not stopped or interrupted. For example, if the voice exchange between the communication terminal device 1 on the calling side and the communication terminal device 1 on the called side is performed by sending and receiving voice packets, the communication terminal device on the calling side of the voice packets In parallel with the transmission to 1 (time division), the data packet storing the advertisement information is transmitted to the communication terminal device 1 on the calling side.
[0026]
Note that the data amount of the advertisement information transmitted from the exchange 3 to the communication terminal device 1 is an amount corresponding to the call time. For example, the advertisement voice information for 10 seconds is transmitted at the start of the call, and then the advertisement voice information for 10 seconds is transmitted every 3 minutes after the call.
[0027]
Now, the communication terminal device 1 that has received the advertisement information from the switching center 3 during a call in this way performs the following processing for the advertisement information.
[0028]
That is, the telephone function unit 11 extracts advertisement information from the content received from the exchange 3 and passes it to the control device 12. The control device 12 stores the received advertisement information in the storage device 13 using the current date and time or the date and time designated by the advertisement information as the received date and time. Here, the advertisement information is stored in a form in which the data amount can be managed. The telephone function unit 11 inputs / outputs voice information transmitted / received to / from the exchange 3 to / from a voice input / output device (not shown) for a call as in a normal telephone. At the end of the call according to the user's disconnection operation, the telephone function unit 11 operates to disconnect the call upon completion of reception of the currently received advertisement information.
[0029]
Next, the reproduction output of advertisement information in the communication terminal device 1 will be described.
[0030]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the reproduction output operation of the advertisement information of the communication terminal device 1.
[0031]
First, when a user's reproduction instruction is input to the input device 17 (step S51), the control device 12 selects the advertisement information stored in the storage device 13 that has the oldest reception date (step S52). The reproduction apparatus 14 is instructed to reproduce the selected advertisement information (step S53). The playback device 14 plays back the sound portion of the data portion representing the sound of the designated advertisement information and outputs it from the speaker 16, and plays back the portion of the data portion representing an image such as a character or a figure. And output from the display device 1. Then, when the advertisement information is reproduced and output, the control device 12 deletes the advertisement information from the storage device 13 (step S54).
[0032]
The control device 12 repeats the reproduction output of the advertisement information and the deletion of the advertisement information as described above until a reproduction stop instruction is received from the user through the input device 17 (step S55).
[0033]
Next, processing at the time of calling in the communication terminal device 1 will be described.
[0034]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of outgoing call in the communication terminal device 1.
[0035]
First, the telephone function unit 11 transmits a communication start request to the control device 12 when a call instruction is issued from the user. When receiving the communication start request (step S31), the control device 12 checks whether or not the advertisement information stored in the storage device 13 exists (step S32). If the advertisement information is not stored, the telephone function unit 11 is notified of permission to start communication (step S37). Upon receiving the communication start permission, the telephone function unit 11 then establishes a call with the communication terminal device 1 of the communication partner by executing a calling procedure according to the user's instruction with the communication network 2. , Enabling a call between a user and a communication partner.
[0036]
If the stored advertisement information exists in step S32, it is checked whether the data amount of the advertisement information is within a predetermined range (step S33). If the predetermined range is exceeded, a message prompting the user to reproduce the advertisement information is displayed on the display device 15 via the reproducing device 14, and a communication start refusal is notified to the telephone function unit 11 (step S34), the process is terminated.
[0037]
On the other hand, if the data amount of the stored advertisement information is within a predetermined range, it is checked whether or not the most recent date / time of the received advertisement information reception date / time is within a predetermined period from the current date / time. (Step S35). If it is past the predetermined period, a message prompting the user to reproduce the advertisement information is displayed on the display device 15 via the reproducing device 14, and the telephone function unit 11 is notified of the start of communication (step S36). ), The process is terminated.
[0038]
In step S35, if it is within the predetermined period, the telephone function unit 11 is notified of permission to start communication (step S37). Upon receiving the communication start permission, the telephone function unit 11 then establishes a call with the communication terminal device 1 of the communication partner by executing a calling procedure according to the user's instruction with the communication network 2. , Enabling a call between a user and a communication partner.
[0039]
Here, when the data amount of the advertisement information exceeds the predetermined range, and when the oldest reception date and time of the stored advertisement information is earlier than the predetermined period, the transmission is rejected as follows. This is for a reason. That is, if the notification of advertisement information corresponds to the communication fee of the paid communication service, the data amount of the stored advertisement information is the unpaid telephone fee, and the oldest reception date and time of the stored advertisement information is the telephone This is because it corresponds to an unpaid period for charges. Therefore, the amount of stored advertisement information and the earliest receipt date and time of stored advertisement information are acceptable as the upper limit of unpaid telephone charges and the upper limit of unpaid period of telephone charges in advance. It depends on what you do.
[0040]
The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
[0041]
According to the present embodiment, if the user reproduces the notification information in advance during the non-communication period, the user can immediately use the communication service without reproducing the notification information when a communication request occurs. Is possible.
[0042]
Further, it is determined whether to allow the start of communication with another communication terminal device via the communication network 2 according to the amount of unreproduced notification information, and during communication with the other communication terminal device 1. Since the amount of notification information corresponding to the length of the communication time is transmitted from the communication network 2 and stored in the storage device 13, the start of communication with the other communication terminal device 1 is permitted according to the communication time. It is possible to increase or decrease the reproduction amount (time) of the notification information required for. Therefore, the communication service time per call that can be used by the user can be increased or decreased in a consistent manner with the amount of notification information confirmed by the user, without being fixedly limited.
[0043]
In the present embodiment, the reproduced and output advertisement information is automatically deleted from the storage device 13. However, the advertisement information is deleted according to a predetermined deletion instruction from the user via the input device 17. You may make it perform. However, in this case, the control device 12 manages whether or not each advertisement information is reproduced. In step S33, it is determined whether or not the data amount of advertisement information that has not been reproduced is within a predetermined range. In step S35, reproduction is performed. It is checked whether or not the most recent date / time of the received date / time of advertisement information is within a predetermined period from the current date / time.
[0044]
In the present embodiment, the speaker 16, the display device 15, and the input device 17 may be shared with input / output devices such as the speaker, display device, and input device that the telephone function unit 11 includes as a user interface for a telephone. It doesn't matter.
[0045]
Further, in the present embodiment, the advertisement information is transmitted from the exchange 3 to the communication terminal device 1 during a call between the communication terminal devices 1, but the advertisement information from the exchange 3 to the communication terminal device 1 is transmitted to the communication terminal device 1. Separately from the call between 1, a call may be set up between the exchange 3 and the communication terminal device 3 and transmitted by this call. Alternatively, it may be provided directly from the advertisement distributor to the communication terminal device 3 separately online or offline.
[0046]
In addition, in the present embodiment, the case where the communication terminal device 1 is a communication terminal device that performs wireless communication has been described as an example. However, the communication terminal device 1 performs wired communication, for example, a normal wired public telephone network Subscriber terminal (telephone or the like). In this case, the communication system is configured, for example, as a form in which the communication terminal device 1 is directly accommodated in the exchange 3 as shown in FIG.
[0047]
In the present embodiment, the present invention can be similarly applied to the case where the communication between the communication terminal devices 1 is not a voice call, for example, the case where the communication is a data communication.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, in a communication system that provides a communication terminal device with a communication service that is permitted to be used on the condition of confirmation of notification information such as an advertisement, a user starts communication after a communication start request. It is possible to eliminate the necessity of confirming notification information such as advertisements before.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of communication terminal apparatus 1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an advertising information distribution operation of the exchange 3 shown in FIG. 1;
4 is a flowchart for explaining a reproduction output operation of advertisement information of communication terminal apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of calling in communication terminal apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication terminal device, 2 ... Communication network, 3 ... Switching office, 4 ... Advertisement database 5 ... Advertisement distributor equipment, 6 ... Wireless base station, 11 ... Telephone function part, 12 ... Control apparatus 13 ... Memory | storage device, 14 ... Reproduction device, 15 ... display device, 16 ... speaker 17 ... input device

Claims (4)

A communication terminal device that performs communication via a communication network,
A communication means for starting communication with another communication terminal device via a communication network according to a user's operation;
Storage means for storing notification information;
Reproduction output means for reproducing and outputting the notification information stored in the storage means in response to a user operation during a period in which communication with the other communication terminal device is not performed by the communication means;
Suppression means for suppressing start of communication with the other communication terminal device via the communication network by the communication means when there is a predetermined amount or more of the notification information not reproduced and output by the reproduction output means; And a communication terminal device. A communication terminal device that performs communication via a communication network,
A communication means for starting communication with another communication terminal device via a communication network according to a user's operation;
Storage means for storing notification information;
Reproduction output means for reproducing and outputting the notification information stored in the storage means in response to a user operation during a period when communication with the other communication terminal device is not performed by the communication means;
Other communication via the communication network by the communication unit when the storage unit stores notification information that has been stored in the storage unit in the past for a predetermined period or more and has not been reproduced and output by the reproduction output unit. And a deterring unit that deters start of communication with the terminal device. The communication terminal device according to claim 1 or 2,
A communication terminal apparatus, wherein the notification information is received by the communication means and stored in the storage means. A communication system including a communication network that accommodates a plurality of communication terminal devices according to claim 3 and sets a communication path used for communication between the communication terminal devices in response to a request from the communication terminal device,
The communication network is
During communication between the communication terminal devices, an amount of notification information corresponding to the length of the communication time is not disturbed to at least one of the communication terminal devices performing communication between the communication terminal devices. A communication system characterized by transmitting.

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