JP4166674B2 - Terminal information management device, terminal device, electronic device mounting terminal information notification system, and electronic device mounting terminal information notification method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal information management device, a terminal device, an electronic device-mounted terminal information notification system, and an electronic device capable of transmitting information related to a terminal device in which a receiving-side electronic device is mounted on a transmitting-side terminal device The present invention relates to a wearing terminal information notification method.

  In conventional communication networks, it is assumed that communication is performed between devices having the same terminal device functions, transmission capabilities, and attributes (hereinafter referred to as “terminal capabilities”). If the terminal capabilities do not match, communication was not established and the call was lost. In order to prevent a call loss in this way, even if the terminal device on the receiving side does not have the terminal capability of the terminal device on the transmitting side, the terminal device on the receiving side up to the terminal device having the ability to support communication A mechanism for guiding the user is considered (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  On the other hand, in recent years, terminal devices to which a UIM (User Identity Module) can be attached / detached have become popular. The UIM is an electronic device for identifying a subscriber who subscribes to a communication service, and includes, for example, a hardware configuration of an IC card. A user who owns a UIM can use various types of terminal devices based on the same subscription contract by inserting and removing the UIM into and from the terminal device. For this reason, when using UIM, the terminal capability of the terminal device corresponding to one telephone number (subscriber information) fluctuates, and is not fixed as in Patent Document 1. Therefore, when a voice is transmitted from the calling terminal device to a terminal device (hereinafter referred to as “UIM wearing terminal”) on which a UIM is mounted, a voice call can be received depending on the terminal capability of the UIM wearing terminal at that time. And impossible cases occur.

In conventional mobile communication networks, there is no means for managing information related to UIM-equipped terminals. For this reason, in a mobile communication network, when an incoming request to a UIM-equipped terminal is received, incoming processing is performed according to the contract content or location location of the UIM-equipped terminal, and a simultaneous call is made and no response is made It is determined that communication is impossible, and it is immediately disconnected.
JP 2000-13464 (paragraphs 0033 to 0040)

From the above, even when the incoming call cannot be received due to the terminal capability of the UIM-equipped terminal, there is a disadvantage that the caller cannot know it. For example, when the calling terminal device makes a voice call to a callee using a data communication dedicated terminal equipped with a UIM, only a busy tone flows through the caller terminal device. I couldn't determine the difference between when I was on a call. For this reason, there is a possibility that the caller may redial the callee terminal device over and over again at the time when the call of the callee ends. This takes unnecessary work for the caller and generates a useless load for the communication network.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described drawbacks, and the object of the present invention is to provide a call-receiving-side terminal device at the time when the caller sends an electronic device to the detachable receiving-side terminal device from the calling-side terminal device. It is to provide a terminal information management device, a terminal device, an electronic device mounting terminal information notification system, and an electronic device mounting terminal information notification method capable of grasping the terminal capability.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that the electronic device is identified in a terminal information management device that manages information related to a terminal device to which an electronic device that manages communication service subscriber information is attached. and the electronic apparatus identification information for, when the electronic device has received and a terminal identification information for identifying the terminal capabilities indicating at least one of the functions and the transmission capability of the terminal device being mounted, the electronic Terminal information storage means for storing the device identification information and the terminal identification information in association with each other, and when receiving an incoming request from the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device on which the electronic device is mounted, based on the terminal identification information stored in the terminal information storage means in association with the electronic device identification information for identifying the electronic device, the receiving-side terminal apparatus is the originating terminal equipment Regardless of whether with more required terminal capabilities, providing terminal information management apparatus characterized by comprising a terminal information returning means for returning the information on the terminal capability of the receiving-side terminal apparatus.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the terminal information management device receives an incoming request to the receiving terminal device on which the electronic device is mounted, the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device is sent to the calling terminal device. Therefore, the caller can grasp whether or not the receiving terminal device has the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal device. For this reason, when the receiving terminal device does not have the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal device, the caller does not perform useless operations. For example, when the terminal device on the receiving side is a terminal device that cannot perform voice communication, the caller does not perform unnecessary operations such as redialing, and the network load can be reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the terminal information management device according to the first aspect, the terminal information return means is included in the incoming request, and the outgoing terminal device requests the incoming terminal device. wherein in response to a request terminal capability information indicating the terminal capabilities, the terminal identification information, wherein in association with the electronic device identification information stored in the terminal information storage means for, regarding the terminal capabilities of the receiving-side terminal apparatus Information is generated and returned.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the terminal information management device is a terminal for identifying the requested terminal capability information requested from the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device and the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device. In order to generate information related to the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device according to the identification information, appropriate information to be notified to the calling terminal device can be generated .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when an incoming call request is received from the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device to which the electronic device managing communication service subscriber information is detachably attached, In the electronic device mounting terminal information notification system for notifying information on the receiving terminal device, electronic device identification information for identifying the electronic device when the electronic device is mounted on the receiving terminal device; Terminal information storage means for storing terminal information when terminal information including terminal identification information for identifying terminal capability indicating at least one of the function and transmission capability of the terminal device on the receiving side is received; When the incoming side terminal device receives an incoming request from the outgoing side terminal device to the incoming side terminal device to which the electronic device is mounted, the incoming side terminal device is requested by the outgoing side terminal device. Regardless of whether or not it has terminal capability, based on the terminal identification information stored in the terminal information storage means in association with the electronic device identification information of the electronic device, the terminal of the receiving terminal device There is provided an electronic device mounting terminal information notification system comprising terminal information return means for returning information on capability.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the electronic device mounting terminal information notification system receives an incoming request from the transmitting terminal device to the receiving terminal device, the terminal of the receiving terminal device is connected to the transmitting terminal device. Since the information regarding the capability is returned, the caller can grasp the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device. For this reason, for example, the caller does not perform useless redial operations on the receiving terminal device that cannot perform voice communication, and can take an appropriate action according to the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device. It becomes like this. Moreover, useless network load can be reduced.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the terminal information management device receives an incoming call request from the calling terminal device to the detachable receiving terminal device, an electronic device that manages communication service subscriber information is received. In the electronic device mounting terminal information notification method for notifying information on the receiving terminal device to the terminal device on the receiving side, the transmitting terminal device transmits an incoming request to the receiving terminal device on which the electronic device is mounted A request transmission step, and a function of the receiving terminal device requested by the calling terminal device when the terminal information management device receives an incoming request in the incoming request transmission step. Regardless of whether or not it has terminal capability indicating at least one of transmission capability, it is managed in association with electronic device identification information for identifying the electronic device. And a terminal information return step for returning information on the terminal capability of the called terminal device based on the terminal identification information of the called terminal device. .

According to the electronic device mounting terminal information notification method according to claim 4 , when the terminal information management device receives an incoming request from the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device on which the electronic device is mounted, The caller returns the information on the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device based on the terminal identification information of the receiving terminal device managed in association with the electronic device identification information for identifying The terminal capability of the side terminal device can be grasped. For this reason, for example, the caller does not perform useless redial operations on the receiving terminal device that cannot perform voice communication, and can take an appropriate action according to the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device. It becomes like this. Moreover, useless network load can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, the terminal information management device returns information on the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device when receiving an incoming request from the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device on which the electronic device is mounted. Thus, the caller can recognize whether or not the receiving terminal device has the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal device. For this reason, when the receiving terminal device does not have the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal device, the caller does not perform operations such as useless redialing, and the network load can be reduced. it can.

Further, the terminal information management device is information related to the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device according to the requested terminal capability information requested by the transmitting terminal device and the terminal identification information for identifying the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device. To generate appropriate information to be notified to the caller terminal device.
In addition, the terminal information management device transmits information related to the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device only to the calling terminal device when the receiving terminal device does not have the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal device. The caller can receive an appropriate notification only when the requested communication cannot be performed.

Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each drawing referred to in the following description, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as in the other drawings.
[1. Constitution]
[1.1. overall structure]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a UIM wearing terminal information notification system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This UIM wearing terminal information notification system 1 is a communication network compliant with IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000). As shown in the figure, the UIM-attached terminal information notification system 1 includes a receiving-side terminal 10 that is a terminal device equipped with a UIM, a calling-side terminal 11 that makes a call to the receiving-side terminal 10, and management of subscriber information. A subscriber exchange 20 that controls outgoing / incoming calls, a gateway exchange 21 that performs incoming call processing and connection control with other networks, a terminal information management device 30 that manages and notifies information about terminal devices equipped with UIMs, and a subscription A home memory station 31 that manages information about the user and location information of the terminal device, and a radio base station (not shown) that controls radio communication.

Here, the receiving terminal 10 may be a terminal device that can be equipped with a UIM and perform wireless communication. For example, the receiving terminal 10 may be a card-type data communication dedicated device mounted on a personal computer, a mobile phone capable of only voice communication, or a mobile phone capable of making a videophone call. It may be a telephone. In the following description, for convenience of explanation, the terminal device to which the UIM can be attached and detached will be described as the “receiving terminal 10”.
Moreover, although the transmission side terminal 11 should just be a terminal device which can be transmitted to the receiving side terminal 10, it demonstrates as what is a general mobile telephone here.
In FIG. 1, only one device is shown, but there are actually a plurality of devices.

[1.2. Terminal information management device]
Next, the configuration of the terminal information management device 30 will be described. The terminal information management apparatus 30 includes a general server hardware configuration. That is, the terminal information management device 30 executes a program and controls the terminal information management device 30 as a whole, a storage unit including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a hard disk, A communication interface for controlling data exchange via a communication network is provided, and these are connected by a bus.

  The storage unit of the terminal information management device 30 is provided with a terminal information management database (hereinafter referred to as “terminal information management DB”) 301 for managing terminal information of UIM-equipped terminals. The terminal information management DB 301 is a database for managing the information for identifying the UIM in association with the information for identifying the terminal capability of the terminal device on which the UIM is mounted. In FIG. 2, an example of a data structure of terminal information management DB301 is shown. As shown in the figure, the terminal information management DB 301 includes a “telephone number”, “IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)”, and “terminal model”. Here, “phone number” corresponds to information for identifying the UIM, and “terminal model” corresponds to information for identifying the terminal capability of the UIM-equipped terminal. The IMEI is a machine number for uniquely identifying a mobile communication terminal, and the IMEI includes a manufacturer code and a serial number.

  In the “telephone number” and “IMEI” of the terminal information management DB 301, for example, data transmitted from the subscriber exchange 20 during the attaching procedure of the receiving terminal 10 is stored. Here, the attach procedure is a procedure for managing whether or not a UIM-equipped terminal can receive a call. In the attach procedure, first, when the UIM-equipped terminal is turned on and is ready to receive a call, the UIM-equipped terminal transmits an attach request to the subscriber exchange 20 in which the terminal is located. The subscriber exchange 20 transmits to the home memory station 31 information for location management of the UIM-equipped terminal and the own device 20, while downloading and managing subscriber information of the UIM-equipped terminal from the home memory station 31.

  Further, the “terminal model” of the terminal information management DB 301 stores the terminal model determined from the IMEI received from the subscriber exchange 20. Here, the “terminal model” is composed of 3-bit data. When the first bit of “terminal model” represents “1”, it represents “audio communication dedicated model”, and when the second bit represents “1”, it represents “TV phone type”. When the third bit represents “1”, it represents “a model for data communication”. For example, the terminal information No. 1 shown in FIG. 2 indicates that the terminal device to which the UIM identified by the telephone number “090-1111-1111” is attached is a data communication dedicated model.

Various programs are stored in the storage unit of the terminal information management device 30. For example, the storage unit of the terminal information management apparatus 30 stores a terminal model determination program for determining a terminal model based on IMEI and storing the determined terminal model in the terminal information management DB 301.
The storage unit of the terminal information management device 30 stores a terminal capability determination program for determining terminal capability from the “terminal model” of the terminal information management DB 301. The CPU of the terminal information management device 30 executes this terminal capability determination program, and if the first bit of “terminal model” represents “1”, the terminal capability is “only voice communication is possible”. When the second bit represents “1”, the terminal capability is determined to be “telephone capable”, and when the third bit represents “1”, the terminal capability is “data”. It is determined that only communication is possible.

  The storage unit of the terminal information management device 30 manages terminal information received from the receiving terminal 10 as a program characteristic of the present invention, and stores terminal capability information of the receiving terminal 10 in the calling terminal 11. A program for transmission is stored. When the CPU of the terminal information management device 30 reads and executes these programs from the storage unit, the functional unit illustrated in FIG. 3 is realized in the terminal information management device 30. As shown in the figure, the terminal information management device 30 includes a terminal information storage unit 302 and a terminal information return unit 303.

The terminal information storage unit 302 identifies identification information (telephone number) for identifying the UIM attached to the receiving terminal 10 and the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 when the receiving terminal 10 is attached. When terminal information including terminal identification information (IMEI) is received from the subscriber switch 20, the terminal information and the terminal model determined from IMEI are stored in the terminal information management DB 301.
When the terminal information reply unit 303 receives a terminal information inquiry of the receiving terminal 10 to which the UIM is attached from the calling terminal 11 via the gateway exchange 21 and the home memory station 31, the UIM identification information ( The terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 is determined based on the terminal identification information (terminal model) stored in the terminal information management DB 301 in association with the telephone number), and the determined terminal capability information is returned. .

[1.3. Incoming terminal (UIM equipped terminal)]
Next, the configuration of the receiving terminal 10 will be described. The receiving terminal 10 includes a CPU, a storage unit including a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory, an interface that controls data exchange with the UIM, and a wireless communication unit that controls wireless communication.
In the storage unit of the receiving terminal 10, IMEI is written at the time of factory shipment, for example.
The UIM attached to the receiving terminal 10 is an electronic device that stores communication service subscriber information. The UIM includes a CPU, a storage unit including a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory, and a communication interface that controls transmission and reception of data with the receiving terminal 10. The user can use the plurality of receiving terminals 10 based on the subscription contract identified by the UIM by attaching / detaching one UIM owned by the user to / from the plurality of receiving terminals 10. The subscriber information stored in the UIM includes personal information such as a subscriber identification number (IMUI; International Mobile User Identifier) and a telephone number. In addition to these pieces of information, phone book information, outgoing / incoming call history information, billing information, and the like may be included.

The storage unit of the receiving terminal 10 stores a program for transmitting terminal information of the terminal 10 to the terminal information management device 30 via the subscriber exchange 20. When the CPU of the receiving terminal 10 executes this program, the terminal information transmitting unit 101 shown in FIG. 4 is realized in the receiving terminal 10.
The terminal information transmitting unit 101 receives information for identifying the UIM and information for identifying the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 when the UIM is attached to the receiving terminal 10. The data is transmitted to the terminal information management device 30 via the exchange 20.

  Specifically, when the terminal information transmitting unit 101 first detects that the UIM is attached to the receiving terminal 10 and is turned on, it reads out the subscriber identification number from the UIM and sets the subscriber identification number. The attached attach request is transmitted to the subscriber exchange 20. When the subscriber exchange 20 receives the attach request, it makes an IMEI inquiry to the receiving terminal 10. When receiving the IMEI inquiry, the terminal information transmitting unit 101 of the receiving terminal 10 reads the IMEI stored in the storage unit and transmits it to the subscriber switch 20. Upon receiving the IMEI notification, the subscriber exchange 20 notifies the terminal information management apparatus 30 of the IMEI and the telephone number corresponding to the subscriber identification number.

  Note that the terminal information may be transmitted at a predetermined time interval spontaneously from the receiving terminal 10 when the receiving terminal 10 is in an attached state, as well as at the time of attachment. . Further, when the UIM is removed from the receiving terminal 10 or the receiving terminal 10 is turned off, a detaching procedure opposite to the attaching procedure is performed, and the terminal information management DB 301 of the terminal information managing device 30 performs the detaching procedure. The terminal information of the receiving terminal 10 will be deleted.

[1.4. Calling terminal]
Next, the calling terminal 11 will be described. The transmitting terminal 11 is a general mobile phone, and includes a CPU, a storage unit including a non-volatile memory and a volatile memory, operation buttons for giving an input signal to the CPU, a display for displaying various screens, and a voice. And a speaker for outputting guidance.
When the calling terminal 11 makes a call to the receiving terminal 10, it transmits an incoming call request including the telephone number of the receiving terminal 10 and the bearer type to the gateway switch 21 via the local subscriber switch 20. .

  Here, the bearer type is information representing the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal 11 to the receiving terminal 10. Here, for example, when the bearer type is “speech”, it indicates that the caller terminal 11 is requesting voice communication to the callee terminal 10. When the caller makes a call from the caller terminal 11 that can only perform a voice call, the bearer type included in the call signal is “speech”. Further, when the caller terminal 11 is a mobile phone having a TV phone function and the caller selects a voice communication function to make a call, the bearer type included in the call signal is “speech”. .

  Further, when the bearer type is “AV”, it indicates that the calling terminal 11 is requesting the receiving terminal 10 to communicate by TV phone. When the caller terminal 11 is a mobile phone having a TV phone function, when the caller selects the TV phone function to make a call, the bearer type included in the call signal is “AV”. .

[1.5. Others (Home memory station, subscriber exchange, gateway exchange)]
The home memory station 31 is a device that manages subscriber information of communication services and location information of terminal devices, and has a general computer hardware configuration. When the home memory station 31 receives an attach request from the subscriber switch 20 in which the called terminal 10 is located, the home memory station 31 receives the subscriber information including the subscriber identification number and telephone number of the called terminal 10 as the subscriber switch 20. And information on the receiving terminal 10 and the subscriber exchange 20 is managed as position information.
A program characteristic of the present invention is stored in the storage unit of the home memory station 31, and the CPU of the home memory station 31 receives the incoming information request from the gateway exchange 21 by executing the program. In some cases, the home memory station 31 has a function of inquiring terminal information of the receiving terminal 10 from the terminal information management device 30.

  Next, the subscriber exchange 20 will be described. The subscriber exchange 20 is a device that manages subscriber information of a terminal device that is in the area and controls outgoing / incoming calls, and has a general computer hardware configuration. When receiving the attach request from the receiving terminal 10, the subscriber switch 20 downloads and manages the subscriber information of the receiving terminal 10 from the home memory station 31. The storage unit of the subscriber exchange 20 stores a program characteristic of the present invention. When the CPU of the subscriber exchange 20 executes the program, the IMEI is issued when an attachment request is received from the receiving terminal 10. A function of transmitting an inquiry and a function of transmitting a received IMEI and a telephone number corresponding to a UIM subscriber identification number to the terminal information management device 30 after receiving a response to the IMEI inquiry are provided to the subscriber switch 20. Realized.

  Next, the gateway exchange 21 will be described. The gateway exchange 21 is a device that controls connection with another network, and has a general computer hardware configuration. When the gateway exchange 21 receives an incoming call request from the originating terminal 11 to the terminating terminal 10, the gateway exchange 21 makes an incoming information request to the home memory station 31, so that the subscriber exchange 20 in which the terminating terminal 10 is located can be changed. Inquire.

  In addition, the storage unit of the gateway exchange 21 stores a program for receiving terminal capability information of the receiving terminal 10 from the home memory station 31 and a voice guidance (hereinafter simply referred to as “guidance”) as a program characteristic of the present invention. And a program for transmitting to the caller terminal 11 is stored. When the CPU of the gateway exchange 21 executes these programs, the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 shown in FIG. When the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 receives the terminal capability information of the receiving terminal 10 from the home memory station 31, the received terminal capability information and the bearer type included in the incoming request received from the calling terminal 11 In response, the guidance to be notified to the caller terminal 11 is generated.

Here, the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 determines that the callee is the caller only when it is determined that the callee terminal 10 does not have the terminal capability represented by the bearer type requested by the caller terminal 11. A guidance indicating that a terminal device that does not have the required terminal capability is being used is generated and notified to the caller terminal 11.
For example, when the bearer type requested by the caller terminal 11 is “speech” and the terminal capability of the callee terminal 10 is “only data communication is possible”, the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 displays A guidance indicating that a terminal device that is not capable of voice communication is being used is generated.
When the bearer type requested by the calling terminal 11 is “AV” and the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 is “only data communication is possible” or “only voice communication is possible”, the terminal information guidance reply The unit 211 generates a guidance to the effect that the callee is using a terminal device that is not capable of videophone calls, or generates text data to be displayed on the display of the caller terminal 11.

[2. Operation]
Next, the operation in the above configuration will be described.
As a premise, it is assumed that the user of the receiving terminal 10 has a UIM in which the subscriber identification number “AAA” is stored. Further, it is assumed that the home memory station 31 manages subscriber information including a UIM subscriber identification number “AAA” and a telephone number “090-1111-1111”. Here, it is assumed that the receiving terminal 10 is a card-type data communication dedicated machine inserted into a personal computer. Also, the IMEI stored in the storage unit of the card-type data communication dedicated machine is “12345”. Here, it is assumed that the transmission-side terminal 11 is a mobile phone capable of only voice communication.

[2.1. UIM-equipped terminal information management]
First, the operation of UIM wearing terminal information management will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the user attaches a UIM to the receiving terminal 10 in a state where no UIM is attached and turns on the power. Thereby, the terminal information transmitting unit 101 of the receiving terminal 10 transmits an attach request including the subscriber identification number “AAA” in order to notify that the terminal 10 can receive a call (process P1). .
The subscriber switch 20 that has received the attach request executes a conventional attach procedure. Specifically, the subscriber exchange 20 transmits a subscriber information request of the receiving terminal 10 to the home memory station 31. The home memory station 31 stores information on the receiving terminal 10 and the subscriber exchange 20 and also includes a subscriber identification number “AAA” and a telephone number “090-1111-1111” of the receiving terminal 10. Reply information. The subscriber exchange 20 stores the subscriber information received from the home memory station 31 in the storage unit of the own device 20.

Next, the subscriber exchange 20 makes an IMEI inquiry to the receiving terminal 10 (process P2).
When the called terminal 10 receives the IMEI inquiry, the terminal information transmitting unit 101 transmits IMEI “12345” stored in the storage unit to the subscriber switch 20.
When the subscriber exchange 20 receives the IMEI “12345”, the telephone number “090-1111” corresponding to the subscriber identification number “AAA” received from the receiving terminal 10 out of the subscriber information stored in the storage unit. -1111 ”is acquired. The subscriber exchange 20 transfers the terminal information including the acquired telephone number 090-1111-1111 "and IMEI" 12345 "to the terminal information management apparatus 30 (process P3).

  The terminal information management device 30 receives terminal information of the receiving terminal 10 from the subscriber exchange 20. The terminal information management apparatus 30 executes the terminal model determination program to determine that the terminal model corresponding to the received IMEI “12345” of the receiving terminal 10 is “001”. Then, the terminal information storage unit 302 of the terminal information management apparatus 30 stores the telephone number “090-1111-1111”, IMEI “12345”, and terminal model “001” of the receiving terminal 10 in the terminal information management DB 301. . Thereby, No. 1 terminal information shown in FIG. 2 is stored in the terminal information management DB 301.

In this way, when the receiving terminal 10 is attached, the subscriber exchange 20 transfers the IMEI acquired by the IMEI inquiry to the receiving terminal 10 to the terminal information management device 30, and the terminal information management device 30 uses the IMEI as a basis. By determining the terminal model, the terminal model of the terminal device on which the UIM is installed and the UIM telephone number can be managed in association with each other.
Further, by using the conventional attach procedure, the terminal information acquired from the terminal device by the subscriber switch 20 can be transferred to the terminal information management device 30 simply by attaching the UIM to the terminal device that the user wants to use and turning on the power. Then, the terminal information management device 30 can store and manage the terminal information. [2.2. UIM-equipped terminal information notification]
Next, the operation of UIM-attached terminal information notification will be described with reference to FIG.

As a premise, it is assumed that the terminal information management DB 301 stores terminal information having data contents shown in FIG.
First, the user of the caller terminal 11 operates the operation button of the caller terminal 11 to input the telephone number “090-1111-1111” of the callee terminal 10 and gives a voice call instruction.
As a result, the transmission side terminal 11 transmits a transmission request including the telephone number “090-1111-1111” and the bearer type “speech” to the subscriber exchange 20 in which the transmission side terminal 11 is located. Then, the incoming call request including the telephone number “090-1111-1111” and the bearer type “speech” arrives at the gateway exchange 21 from the subscriber exchange 20 (process P4). The gateway exchange 21 transmits an incoming call information request including the telephone number “090-1111-1111” to the home memory station 31 (process P5).

Up to this point, it is a conventional technique, but in the present invention, the home memory station 31 that has received the incoming information request of the incoming terminal 10 from the gateway exchange 21 sends the telephone number “of the incoming terminal 10 to the terminal information management device 30. 090-1111-1111 "is notified to inquire about the terminal information of the receiving terminal 10 (process P6).
The terminal information management device 30 searches the terminal information managed by the terminal information management DB 301 based on the telephone number “090-1111-1111” received from the home memory station 31.

If the terminal information management DB 301 does not store a telephone number that matches the received telephone number, the terminal information management apparatus 30 notifies the gateway switch 21 via the home memory station 31 to that effect. When the gateway exchange 21 receives the notification, the gateway exchange 21 performs an incoming call process similar to the conventional one and connects the communication between the caller terminal 11 and the callee terminal 10.
Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the telephone number “090-1111-1111” of the terminal information No. 1 matches the telephone number “090-1111-1111” received from the home memory station 31. The terminal information management device 30 acquires the terminal model “001” of the terminal information No. 1 from the terminal information management DB 301. The terminal information management apparatus 30 determines the terminal capability “only data communication is possible” from the acquired terminal model “001” of the receiving terminal 10 by executing the terminal capability determination program. The terminal information return unit 303 of the terminal information management device 30 transmits terminal capability information representing the terminal capability to the home memory station 31.

Upon receiving the terminal capability information, the home memory station 31 transfers the received terminal capability information to the gateway exchange 21 (process P7).
The terminal information guidance reply unit 211 of the gateway exchange 21 generates guidance based on the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 received from the home memory station 31 and the bearer type requested by the calling terminal 11. Here, the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 is based on the terminal capability “only data communication is possible” of the receiving terminal 10 and the bearer type “speech” included in the incoming request of the calling terminal 11 received in the process P4. In addition, it is determined that the receiving terminal 10 has a terminal capability to perform data communication but does not have the terminal capability of voice communication requested from the transmitting terminal 11. Then, the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 generates guidance for notifying that the callee is using a terminal device that cannot perform voice communication, and transmits the guidance to the caller terminal 11.

The originating terminal 11 outputs the received guidance from the speaker. The user of the caller terminal 11 hears the guidance and recognizes that voice communication with the callee terminal 10 is impossible because the callee is using a terminal device that cannot perform voice communication. To do.
In this way, the terminal that the home memory station 31 has acquired from the terminal information management device 30 when the caller operates the caller terminal 11 to issue a call instruction and the incoming call processing to the corresponding callee terminal 10 is performed. By transferring the capability information to the gateway exchange 21, the gateway exchange 21 can transmit guidance regarding the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 to the transmitting terminal 11. For this reason, the caller can determine whether the callee is using a terminal device that cannot make a voice call or is in a call. For this reason, when the callee is using a terminal device that cannot make a voice call, the caller can be prevented from redialing many times, and the useless network load can be reduced.

As described above, when a caller uses a terminal device that cannot receive a call with the bearer requested by the caller by replacing the UIM, the caller is notified of the reason that the call cannot be received due to the capability of the caller's UIM wearing terminal. It becomes possible.
Further, since IMEI is used as information for identifying the terminal capability of the terminal device, the terminal information management device 30 is used by using an existing terminal device in which IMEI is stored and an existing function called IMEI inquiry to the terminal device. Can manage terminal information.

[3. Modified example]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea. As modifications, for example, the following can be considered.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, each of the terminal information management device 30, the gateway exchange 21, the home memory station 31, and the subscriber exchange 20 included in the UIM-equipped terminal information notification system 1 has various functions according to the present invention. Although described as being distributed, the function sharing of each device is only an example.

  For example, [2.1. In the UIM-attached terminal information management], when the receiving terminal 10 transmits the terminal information of its own device 10 to the terminal information management apparatus 30, it is transmitted via the subscriber switch 20, but the receiving terminal 10 The terminal information may be transmitted directly to the terminal information management apparatus 30. Also, one device may have the functions of the terminal information management device 30 and the subscriber exchange 20.

  [2.2. In the UIM-attached terminal information notification], when the guidance regarding the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 is transmitted to the transmitting terminal 11, the terminal information return unit 303 of the terminal information management device 30 is stored in the terminal information management DB 301. The terminal capability information determined from the “terminal model” is transmitted to the gateway exchange 21 via the home memory station 31, and the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 of the gateway exchange 21 generates the guidance based on the terminal capability information. However, such function sharing among the terminal information management device 30, the home memory station 31, and the gateway exchange 21 is merely an example. For example, the functions of the terminal information management device 30, the home memory station 31, and the gateway exchange 21 may be realized by a single device, or the terminal information management device 30 and the home memory station 31 generate guidance. Also good. Further, the terminal information management device 30 may convert the received terminal capability information into a format that can be displayed on the display of the transmission side terminal 11 and transmit it to the transmission side terminal 11 without generating the guidance.

(2) The data configuration of the terminal information management DB 301 in the above-described embodiment is merely an example, and the terminal information management DB 301 includes information for identifying the UIM and information for identifying the terminal capability of the UIM-equipped terminal. Need only be stored in association with each other. For example, the “telephone number” for identifying the UIM in the terminal information management DB 301 may be a subscriber identification number. Further, although the terminal information management DB 301 has been described as storing both “IMEI” and “terminal model”, the terminal capability is determined based on one of “IMEI” and “terminal model”. Therefore, only one of them may be stored, or a symbol or a character representing the terminal capability may be stored instead of “IMEI” or “terminal model”. The data structure of the “terminal model” described above is not limited to 3 bits, and any format may be used as long as the terminal capability can be identified from the “terminal model”.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the information for identifying the UIM is the “subscriber identification number (IMUI)” when transmitted from the receiving terminal 10. When it is transmitted to the terminal information management device 30 and registered in the terminal information management DB 301, it is converted into a “telephone number”, and information for identifying the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 is transmitted from the receiving terminal 10 “IMEI” was changed to “terminal model” when it was registered in the terminal information management DB 301 of the terminal information management apparatus 30, but this is only an example. . The terminal information management device without particularly converting the information (subscriber identification number) for identifying the UIM transmitted from the receiving terminal 10 and the information (IMEI) for identifying the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 Also at 30, the subscriber identification number and IMEI may be managed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the reason why IMEI is used as information for identifying terminal capability is to use existing information stored in the terminal device or an existing function called IMEI query. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and IMEISV may be used. Alternatively, information indicating the terminal capability may be directly stored in the receiving terminal 10 and the information may be used as information for identifying the terminal capability. Also good.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 of the gateway exchange 21 is only provided when the receiving terminal 10 does not have the terminal capability represented by the bearer type requested by the calling terminal 11. Although the guidance is generated and notified to the calling terminal 11, the present invention is not limited to this, and some guidance may always be generated and notified to the calling terminal 11.

  In the above-described embodiment, the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 of the gateway exchange 21 generates the guidance according to the bearer type requested by the caller terminal 11, but for example, the terminal of the caller terminal 11 You may make it produce | generate guidance according to capability. In this case, as a method for the gateway exchange 21 to acquire the terminal capability information of the calling terminal 11, the terminal capability information is acquired from the terminal information management device 30 when the calling terminal 11 is a UIM-equipped terminal. Can do.

  When the guidance is generated according to the terminal capability of the transmission side terminal 11, for example, the terminal capability of the transmission side terminal 11 is “TV phone available” and the bearer type requested by the transmission side terminal 11 is “speech”. ”And the terminal capability of the receiving terminal 10 is“ TV phone available ”, the terminal information guidance reply unit 211 of the gateway exchange 21 sends a message other than“ voice communication ”to the calling terminal 11. "You can also make a videophone call."

(5) In the above-described embodiment, the transmission side terminal 11 is described as a mobile phone, but it may be a fixed phone. In this case, the data structure of the transmission signal transmitted from the fixed telephone is different from the data structure of the transmission signal transmitted from the mobile phone. For this reason, when the gateway exchange 21 receives an incoming call request from the fixed telephone, it is determined what terminal capability the fixed telephone is requesting from the receiving terminal 10 based on information included in the incoming call request. It is necessary to store a program for enabling this in the gateway exchange 21.
(6) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the bearer type requested by the caller terminal 11 is voice communication or TV phone has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to data communication such as e-mail.

  The present invention is appropriate when the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device varies, depending on the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device or the calling terminal device, or the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device. By transmitting a simple guidance to the transmission-side terminal device, it is possible to use a plurality of terminal devices having different terminal capabilities for comfortably and highly convenient communication.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the UIM mounting terminal information notification system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of terminal information management DB which concerns on the embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the terminal information management device according to the embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the receiving terminal according to the embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the gateway exchange which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of UIM mounting terminal information management which concerns on the embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement of UIIM mounting terminal information notification which concerns on the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 UIM mounting | wearing terminal information notification system 10 Receiving side terminal 101 Terminal information transmission part 11 Originating side terminal 20 Subscriber switch 21 Gateway switch 211 Terminal information guidance reply part 30 Terminal information management apparatus 301 Terminal information management DB
302 Terminal information storage unit 303 Terminal information return unit 31 Home memory station

Claims (4)

In a terminal information management device that manages information related to a terminal device on which an electronic device that manages communication service subscriber information is mounted,
Electronic device identification information for identifying the electronic device and terminal identification information for identifying terminal capability indicating at least one of a function and a transmission capability of a terminal device in which the electronic device is mounted are received. A terminal information storage means for storing the electronic device identification information and the terminal identification information in association with each other;
The terminal information storage means associated with the electronic device identification information for identifying the electronic device when receiving an incoming request from the transmitting terminal device to the receiving terminal device on which the electronic device is mounted. Information on the terminal capability of the called terminal device regardless of whether or not the called terminal device has the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal device based on the terminal identification information stored in A terminal information management device comprising: terminal information replying means for replying. The terminal information reply means
The terminal information storage means associated with the requested terminal capability information indicating the terminal capability requested by the caller terminal device to the callee terminal device and the electronic device identification information included in the incoming call request. 2. The terminal information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the terminal information management apparatus generates and returns information on the terminal capability of the receiving terminal apparatus according to the stored terminal identification information. When receiving an incoming request from the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device to which the electronic device for managing communication service subscriber information is detachably attached, the calling terminal device is notified of information related to the receiving terminal device. In the electronic device mounting terminal information notification system,
  Terminal capability indicating at least one of electronic device identification information for identifying the electronic device and the function and transmission capability of the called terminal device when the electronic device is attached to the called terminal device Terminal information storage means for storing terminal information when terminal information including terminal identification information for identifying the terminal information is received;
  Whether the receiving terminal device has the terminal capability requested by the calling terminal device when receiving an incoming request from the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device on which the electronic device is mounted Regardless of whether or not, based on the terminal identification information stored in the terminal information storage means in association with the electronic device identification information of the electronic device, information on the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device is returned. Device information reply means
  An electronic device mounting terminal information notification system comprising: When the terminal information management device receives an incoming request from the calling terminal device to the receiving terminal device to which the electronic device for managing the communication service subscriber information is detachable, the receiving terminal device receives the receiving terminal device. In the electronic device equipped terminal information notification method for notifying information about
  An incoming request transmission step for the incoming terminal device to send an incoming request to the incoming terminal device on which the electronic device is mounted;
  When the terminal information management device receives an incoming request in the incoming request transmission step, at least the function and transmission capability of the called terminal device requested by the calling terminal device Regardless of whether it has terminal capability indicating one, based on the terminal identification information of the called terminal device managed in association with the electronic device identification information for identifying the electronic device, A terminal information return step for returning information on the terminal capability of the receiving terminal device;
  An electronic device mounting terminal information notification method characterized by comprising:

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