JP4177355B2 - Telephone exchange equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone exchange apparatus that performs processing for connecting communication between telephone terminals.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a communication system for performing a call between telephone terminals such as a mobile phone and a fixed telephone, a communication connection for a call is established by dialing the telephone number of the destination telephone terminal at the source telephone terminal. Done. For this reason, the caller (source) needs to know the telephone number of the telephone terminal of the receiver (destination).

  The above-mentioned contents are publicly known and publicly used technologies, and the applicant has not conducted a prior art search, and therefore does not disclose prior art documents.

  By the way, when you want to be contacted by phone from a certain partner, it is sufficient if the partner has sufficient trust, but if the trust has not been obtained, the phone number of the phone terminal Teaching is not good. This is because the telephone number of the telephone terminal is important personal information and can be misused.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone exchange device capable of constructing a system that can receive a call from the other party without telling the other party the telephone number of the telephone terminal. Yes.

  The telephone exchange apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, has a plurality of telephone numbers (hereinafter referred to as “assigned telephone numbers”) assigned in advance to the telephone exchange apparatus as destinations. As an incoming call means for receiving an incoming call from an external telephone terminal, and a telephone number of the external telephone terminal (hereinafter referred to as “external telephone number”) corresponding to each of a plurality of assigned telephone numbers. The incoming call means receives the incoming call by performing the outgoing call process using the external telephone number stored in the storage means corresponding to the call destination telephone number of the call received by the incoming call means as the call destination. And a connection processing means for performing a process of connecting the telephone terminal that is the originator of the received telephone and the telephone terminal that is the destination of the outgoing call so that they can communicate with each other. .

  In a communication system using a telephone exchange device having such a configuration, when a call is made from an external telephone terminal T1 with the assigned telephone number W2 (for example, 0120-2222-0002) as a call destination, the call is received at the telephone exchange device. Then, a call can be made with the external telephone number G2 (for example, 090-2345-6789) stored in the storage means corresponding to the assigned telephone number W2 as a call destination, and the telephone terminal T2 with the external telephone number G2 is transmitted. The original telephone terminal T1 is communicably connected.

  Therefore, according to the telephone exchange device of the present invention, the owner of the telephone terminal having the external telephone number stored in the storage means can assign an assigned telephone number (of the telephone exchange apparatus) different from the external telephone number (original telephone number). Phone number). As a result, it is possible to receive a call from the other party without telling the other party the telephone number of the telephone terminal.

Further, in the telephone exchange this, memorize means, for some assignments telephone number of the plurality of allocated telephone number, possession of a telephone terminal of the external telephone number stored in correspondence with the assigned telephone number Billing information, which is information for collecting a fee from the person, is stored, and the connection processing means performs the following processes (1) to (3).

  (1) When the caller telephone number of a call received by the receiving means is stored in the storage means as an external telephone number corresponding to the part of the assigned telephone numbers, the outgoing call processing is performed and the assigned telephone number A process of collecting a predetermined fee based on the billing information stored in the storage means corresponding to the number is performed.

  (2) In cases other than (1) above (when the caller's telephone number received by the incoming call means is not stored as an external telephone number corresponding to the part of the assigned telephone number by the storage means) If the destination telephone number of the call received by the receiving means is stored in the storage means as the part of the assigned telephone number, the call processing is performed and stored in correspondence with the assigned telephone number. A process of collecting a predetermined fee based on the billing information stored in the means is performed.

  (3) In cases other than (1) and (2) above (in cases other than (1) above, the destination telephone number of the telephone received by the receiving means is the part of the assigned telephone number. When not stored by the storage means), the above transmission process is not performed.

  In the communication system using the telephone exchange device having such a configuration, when a call is made from the telephone terminal T1 of the person P1 in which the billing information is stored to the assigned telephone number W2 (for example, 0120-2222-0002) as a destination, An incoming call is received at the telephone exchange device and a call is made with the external telephone number G2 (for example, 090-2345-6789) stored in the storage means corresponding to the assigned telephone number W2 as a call destination. A process of collecting a predetermined fee from the terminal owner P1 is performed.

  On the other hand, when a call is made from the telephone terminal T2 of the person P2 whose billing information is not stored using the assigned telephone number W1 (for example, 0120-1111-0001) as the call destination, the telephone exchange apparatus receives the call, Correspondingly, it is determined whether or not billing information is stored for the owner of the telephone terminal having the external telephone number G1 (for example, 090-1234-5678) stored by the storage means. If it is determined that the billing information is stored, a call is made with the external telephone number G1 stored in the storage means corresponding to the assigned telephone number W1 as the destination, and the destination A process of collecting a predetermined fee from the telephone terminal holder P1 is performed. On the other hand, when it is determined that the billing information is not stored, a call cannot be made with the external telephone number G1 as the call destination. That is, communication connection processing is not performed when a predetermined charge cannot be collected from either the transmission source or the transmission destination.

  Therefore, according to this telephone exchange device, a system for collecting a predetermined charge only from a part of users (for example, male users) for a service for performing communication connection processing using an assigned telephone number as a destination is constructed. can do.

Further, in the telephone exchange device according to claim 2 , in the telephone exchange device according to claim 1 , the connection processing means determines whether or not a predetermined fee can be collected based on the billing information and collects the fee. When it is determined that it is not possible (for example, when the prepaid amount is equal to or less than a predetermined value), the calling process is not performed. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent communication connection processing from being performed even though the charge cannot be collected.

Further, in the telephone exchange device according to claim 3 , in the telephone exchange device according to claim 1 or 2 , the connection processing means is configured such that the caller telephone number of the call received by the incoming call means is stored by the storage means. If stored as an external telephone number, the call processing is performed so that the assigned telephone number corresponding to the external telephone number becomes the caller telephone number. For this reason, according to this telephone exchange device, it is possible to identify the caller while making the callee's telephone number unknown to the callee. As a result, it is possible to construct a system capable of performing a free call similar to a normal call in a state where the caller and the callee do not know the telephone numbers of the telephone terminals of each other.

On the other hand, a telephone exchange device according to a fourth aspect is characterized in that, in the telephone exchange device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the assigned telephone number is a telephone number starting from “0120”. According to this, since the call charge is charged not to the user but to the administrator of the telephone exchange device 10, collective management of the use charge including the call charge can be facilitated. In addition, since a call is made with a toll-free number with a high degree of recognition as a call destination, a sense of security can be given to the user.

Embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[1. overall structure]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a telephone exchange device 10 according to the embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, the telephone exchange device 10 is configured to be able to communicate with a plurality of mobile phone terminals 20, 20,... Via a communication network 30 (a network that enables telephone voice communication (call)). And includes a receiving unit 11, a transmitting unit 12, an exchange control unit 13, and a storage unit 14.

  The receiving unit 11 uses a plurality of telephone numbers (member numbers, which will be described later) assigned in advance as telephone numbers of the telephone exchange device 10 as a call destination, for example, an external telephone terminal (for example, the mobile phone terminal 20 or a fixed telephone (not shown) A process for receiving a call made from a telephone) terminal or the like) is performed.

  The transmission unit 12 performs processing (transmission processing) of transmitting a connection request signal to an external telephone terminal (the mobile phone terminal 20 in the present embodiment) using the telephone number designated by the exchange control unit 13 as a transmission destination.

The exchange control unit 13 performs processing for connecting the telephone terminal that is the source of the incoming call at the receiving unit 11 and the destination telephone terminal that is transmitted by the transmitting unit 12 so as to be able to make a call.
The storage unit 14 stores member information registered as a person who uses the telephone exchange device 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, a member number, a member type, a mobile phone number, a charging method, and detailed charging information are stored as information about each member. Here, each information will be described.

  The membership numbers are in the form of telephone numbers (free dial) starting with “0120”, and these telephone numbers (member numbers) are assigned as telephone numbers of the telephone exchange device 10. That is, the telephone exchange device 10 has a function as a telephone terminal having a membership number as a telephone number.

  The member type is for identifying whether the member is a member of the first group or the second group. That is, the members of the telephone exchange device 10 are classified into one of the first group and the second group, the member type of the first group member is “1”, and the member type of the second group member is Registered as “2”. In the present embodiment, the usage fee (communication fee + α) of the telephone exchange device 10 is collected from the members of the first group, and the usage fee is not collected from the members of the second group. For example, if a male member is a first group and a female member is a second group, it is possible to construct a system that collects usage fees only from male members.

The mobile phone number is the phone number of the mobile phone terminal 20 possessed by the member.
The charging method is a method of collecting a usage fee of the telephone exchange device 10 from a member, and in this example, is a credit card or a prepaid card.

  The detailed billing information is information necessary for performing processing for collecting usage fees from members. Specifically, it is a card number or the like when the charging method is a credit card, and a chargeable balance value when the method is a prepaid card.

  Note that, as described above, in the present embodiment, since it is determined that the usage fee is not collected from the members of the second group, there is no information on the charging method or the detailed charging information for the members of the second group.

[2. Processing executed by control unit]
Next, telephone exchange management processing executed by the exchange control unit 13 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the telephone exchange management process, a call made from an external telephone terminal with any telephone number (member number) assigned to the telephone exchange device 10 as a call destination is received by the receiving unit 11. Is started.

  When the telephone exchange management process is started, first, in S101, it is determined whether or not the caller telephone number of the incoming call at the receiving unit 11 is the mobile phone number of any member in the first group. That is, it is determined whether or not the owner of the caller mobile phone terminal 20 is a member of the first group.

  If it is determined in S101 that the caller telephone number of the incoming call is the mobile phone number of any member in the first group, the process proceeds to S102, and the caller member (member of the first group) ) To determine whether the usage fee can be collected. Specifically, it is determined that the usage fee can be collected when the charging method is a credit card, or when the charging method is a prepaid card and the chargeable balance is a certain amount or more.

  If it is determined in S102 that the usage fee can be collected from the member of the caller, the process proceeds to S103, where the caller mobile phone terminal 20 and the callee mobile phone terminal 20 are connected so that a call can be made. Phone exchange processing. Specifically, the telephone number that is the member number of the incoming call source is the caller, and the mobile phone number of the member corresponding to the incoming call destination telephone number (member number) is the destination. The transmission processing is performed by the transmission unit 12. For this reason, the mobile phone terminal 20 as the call destination is notified (displayed on the screen of the mobile phone terminal 20) of the member number (0120...) Instead of the mobile phone number (090...) As the caller phone number. .

  Subsequently, in S104, a billing process for collecting a fee according to the billing method of the billing target member is performed. Specifically, processing for transmitting information for billing processing to a credit card company, processing for subtracting a billable balance of a prepaid card, and the like are performed. Thereafter, the telephone exchange management process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S102 that the usage fee cannot be collected from the member of the caller, the process proceeds to S105, and a process for disconnecting the call from the caller is performed. Thereafter, the telephone exchange management process is terminated. That is, when the usage fee cannot be collected from the member of the caller, connection processing between the caller mobile phone terminal 20 and the callee mobile phone terminal 20 is not performed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S101 that the caller telephone number of the incoming call is not the mobile phone number of any member in the first group (that is, the mobile phone number of any member in the second group or the non-phone number) If it is determined that the telephone number is a member's telephone number), the process proceeds to S106, where it is determined whether or not the usage fee can be collected from the member of the transmission destination. Specifically, when the member corresponding to the destination telephone number (member number) of the incoming call is a member of the first group and the charging method is a credit card, or the charging method is a prepaid card and the balance It is determined that the usage fee can be collected when the value is equal to or greater than a certain amount. For this reason, when the destination telephone number is the member number of any member in the second group, it is determined that the usage fee cannot be collected.

  If it is determined in S106 that the usage fee can be collected from the member of the call destination, the process proceeds to S103, and as described above, the caller's phone terminal (not limited to the mobile phone terminal 20 but the fixed phone terminal) The telephone exchange process for connecting the call destination mobile phone terminal 20 so as to be able to make a call is performed, and after the accounting process is further performed in S104, the telephone exchange management process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S106 that the usage fee cannot be collected from the member of the callee, the process proceeds to S105, and after performing the process of disconnecting the call from the caller as described above, this telephone exchange The management process ends.

[3. Specific example of communication]
Next, a specific example of communication realized by the telephone exchange device 10 of this embodiment will be described.

[3.1 Transmission from members of the first group to members of the second group]
First, an example of communication when a member of the first group calls a member of the second group will be described with reference to FIG.

  The member Pa (member number: 0120-1111-0001) of the first group receives the member number (0120) of the member Pb of the second group from the mobile phone terminal 20a (mobile phone number: 090-1234-5678) possessed by the member. -2222-0001) is called, the telephone exchange device 10 receives the call. The telephone exchange device 10 recognizes that the call is from the member Pa of the first group based on the caller telephone number (090-1234-5678) (S101: YES), and the usage fee can be collected from this member Pa. (S102: YES), the membership number of this member Pa (0120-1111-0001) is used as the caller telephone number and the mobile phone number of the member Pb (090-2345-6789) is transmitted. A telephone call is made as the destination telephone number, and the mobile phone terminal 20a of the member Pa and the mobile phone terminal 20b of the member Pb are connected so as to be able to talk (S103). At this time, the member number (0120-1111-0001) of the member Pa is displayed as the caller telephone number on the mobile phone terminal 20b of the member Pb. After the end of the call, processing for collecting a usage fee from the member Pa that is the caller is performed (S104).

[3.2 Calls from members of the second group to members of the first group]
Next, an example of communication when a member of the second group calls the member of the first group will be described with reference to FIG.

  The member Pb (member number: 0120-2222-0001) of the second group receives the member number (0120) of the member Pa of the first group from the mobile phone terminal 20b (mobile phone number: 090-2345-6789) possessed by the member. -1111-0001) as a call destination telephone number, the telephone exchange device 10 receives the call. The telephone exchange device 10 recognizes that the call is from the member Pb of the second group based on the caller telephone number (090-2345-6789) (S101: NO), and receives the incoming telephone number (0120-1111- 0001), it is confirmed that the call is to the first group member Pa, and it is confirmed that the usage fee can be collected from the member Pa (S106: YES), and then the member number of the member Pb (0120). -2222-0001) as the caller telephone number and the member Pa's mobile phone number (090-1234-5678) as the callee telephone number, the mobile phone terminal 20b of the member Pb and the mobile phone terminal of the member Pa 20a is connected so as to be able to talk (S103). At this time, the member number (0120-2222-0001) of the member Pb is displayed as the caller telephone number on the mobile phone terminal 20a of the member Pa. After the end of the call, processing for collecting a usage fee from the member Pa, which is the call destination, is performed (S104).

[3.3 Transmission from non-members to members of the first group]
Next, an example of communication when a non-member calls a member of the first group will be described with reference to FIG.

  A non-member Pc makes a call from his / her own mobile phone terminal 20c (mobile phone number: 090-9876-5432) using the member number (0120-1111-0001) of the first group member Pa as the destination telephone number. When the call is made, the telephone exchange device 10 receives the incoming call. The telephone exchange device 10 recognizes that the call is from a non-member based on the caller telephone number (090-9987-5432) (S101: NO), and based on the received telephone number (0120-1111-0001). After confirming that the call is to the member Pa of the first group and confirming that the usage fee can be collected from the member Pa (S106: YES), the member number (0120-1111-0001) of the member Pa is confirmed. ) As the caller telephone number and the mobile phone number of the member Pa (090-1234-5678) as the callee telephone number, and the mobile phone terminal 20c of the non-member Pc and the mobile phone terminal 20a of the member Pa Connection is established so that a call is possible (S103). At this time, the member number (0120-1111-0001) is displayed as the caller telephone number on the cellular phone terminal 20a of the member Pa. After the end of the call, processing for collecting a usage fee from the member Pa, which is the call destination, is performed (S104).

[3.4 Transmission from non-members to members of the second group]
Next, an example of communication when a non-member calls a member of the second group will be described with reference to FIG.

  A non-member Pc makes a call from his / her mobile phone terminal 20c (mobile phone number: 090-9876-5432) using the member number (0120-2222-0001) of the second group member Pb as the destination telephone number. When the call is made, the telephone exchange device 10 receives the incoming call. The telephone exchange device 10 recognizes that the call is from a non-member based on the caller telephone number (090-9987-5432) (S101: NO), and based on the received telephone number (0120-2222-0001) It is understood that the call is to the member Pb of the second group (S106: NO), and the telephone call is disconnected because the usage fee cannot be collected (S105).

[4. Effects of the embodiment]
As described above, the telephone exchange device 10 of the present embodiment receives a call made from an external telephone terminal with a plurality of telephone numbers (member numbers) assigned in advance to the telephone exchange device 10 as destinations. Perform incoming call processing. Further, the telephone number (mobile phone number) of the mobile phone terminal 20 possessed by each member is stored in association with the member number, and the mobile phone number corresponding to the destination telephone number of the incoming call is called as the call destination. By performing the outgoing call processing for making an incoming call, processing is performed so that the telephone terminal that is the source of the incoming call and the mobile phone terminal 20 that is the destination of the incoming call are communicable.

  For this reason, in a communication system using the telephone exchange device 10, when a call is made from an external telephone terminal with the member number as the destination, the telephone exchange device 10 receives the call, and the mobile phone number corresponding to the member number is displayed. When a call is placed as a call destination, the call source and the call destination are communicably connected.

  Therefore, according to the telephone exchange device 10 of the present embodiment, a person (member) whose telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 20 is registered as the mobile phone number is a member number (the telephone exchange device 10 Phone number). As a result, it is possible to receive a call from the other party without telling the other party the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 20.

  In the telephone exchange device 10 of the present embodiment, the members are classified into one of the first group and the second group, and the usage fee is collected only from the members of the first group. For this reason, according to the telephone exchange device 10, it is possible to construct a system that collects a usage fee only from a male member, for example, for a service that performs communication connection processing using a member number as a transmission destination. In particular, in the telephone exchange device 10 of the present embodiment, when it is determined that the usage fee cannot be collected, the outgoing call processing is not performed, so the communication connection processing is performed even though the fee cannot be collected. Can be prevented.

  Furthermore, in the telephone exchange device 10 of the present embodiment, when the caller telephone number of the incoming call is the member's mobile phone number, the call processing is performed so that the member's member number becomes the caller telephone number. Like to do. For this reason, according to the telephone exchange device 10, it is possible to realize a free call similar to a normal call in a state where the calling member and the calling destination member do not know the phone number of the mobile phone terminal 20 of each other. Can do. In addition, since the member number is notified to the callee instead of the mobile phone number of the caller, the caller can be identified at the callee, which is highly effective compared to the case where no number notification is simply performed. Play.

  In addition, since the telephone exchange device 10 according to the present embodiment employs a toll-free number (a telephone number starting from 0120) as a member number, a call charge for a communication company that manages the communication network 30 is not a member but a telephone number. The administrator of the exchange apparatus 10 is charged, and the collective management of the usage charges including the call charges can be facilitated. Moreover, since the toll-free number is highly recognized, it can give the user a sense of security.

[5. Correspondence with Claims]
Note that in the telephone exchange device 10 of the present embodiment, the reception unit 11 corresponds to an incoming call means of the present invention, and the transmission unit 12 and the exchange control unit 13 that executes telephone exchange management processing (FIG. 3) It corresponds to the connection processing means of the invention, and the storage unit 14 corresponds to the storage means of the invention. Further, the membership number stored in the storage unit 14 corresponds to the assigned telephone number of the present invention, the mobile phone number corresponds to the external telephone number of the present invention, and the charging method and the detailed charging information of the present invention Corresponds to billing information.

[6. Other forms]
As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention can take a various form.

  For example, in the telephone exchange device 10 of the above-described embodiment, only the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 20 is targeted as a member's telephone number. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a landline telephone, an IP telephone terminal, a PHS, etc. A telephone number may be included.

  The member number is not limited to a telephone number starting from “0120”, and may be a telephone number starting from “050” (IP telephone number), and from “03” or the like. It can also be a starting phone number (a fixed phone number).

  Furthermore, in the telephone exchange device 10 of the above embodiment, the telephone is not connected when the usage fee cannot be collected. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, points are given to members according to the usage mode. However, the point may be used instead of the usage fee. In this way, for example, when a phone call is made from a non-member to a member of the second group, it is possible to make a call instead of using the points of the members of the second group.

It is a block diagram showing schematic structure of the telephone exchange apparatus of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the information of the member memorize | stored in the memory | storage part. It is a flowchart of a telephone exchange management process. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the example of communication when the member of a 1st group calls the member of a 2nd group. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the example of communication when the member of a 2nd group calls the member of a 1st group. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the example of communication when a nonmember calls a member of the 1st group. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the example of communication when a nonmember calls the member of a 2nd group.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Telephone exchange apparatus, 11 ... Reception part, 12 ... Transmission part, 13 ... Exchange control part, 14 ... Memory | storage part, 20 ... Mobile telephone terminal, 30 ... Communication network

Claims (4)

An incoming means for receiving incoming calls received from an external telephone terminal with a plurality of telephone numbers assigned in advance (hereinafter referred to as “assigned telephone numbers”) as destinations;
Storage means for storing a telephone number of an external telephone terminal (hereinafter referred to as “external telephone number”) corresponding to each of the plurality of assigned telephone numbers;
A telephone call received by the receiving means by performing a call processing for making a call using the external telephone number stored in the storage means as a call destination corresponding to the call destination telephone number of the call received by the call receiving means. A connection processing means for performing a process of connecting the caller telephone terminal and the callee telephone terminal by the call process so that they can communicate with each other;
Equipped with a,
The storage means collects a charge from the owner of the telephone terminal of the external telephone number stored in correspondence with the assigned telephone number for a part of the assigned telephone numbers of the plurality of assigned telephone numbers. It stores billing information that is information to do,
The connection processing means performs the following processes (1) to (3):
A telephone exchange device characterized by.
(1) When the caller telephone number of the call received by the receiving means is stored in the storage means as an external telephone number corresponding to the part of the assigned telephone number, the call processing is performed and A process of collecting a predetermined charge based on the billing information stored in the storage means corresponding to the assigned telephone number is performed.
(2) In cases other than the case of (1) above, when the destination telephone number of the telephone received by the incoming call means is stored as the partial assigned telephone number by the storage means, In addition to performing the calling process, a process of collecting a predetermined charge based on the billing information stored in the storage means corresponding to the assigned telephone number is performed.
(3) In cases other than (1) and (2) above, the calling process is not performed.   The connection processing means determines whether or not a predetermined fee can be collected based on the billing information, and does not perform the calling process when it is determined that it cannot be collected.
  The telephone exchange apparatus according to claim 1. In the case where the caller telephone number of the call received by the caller is stored as an external telephone number by the storage means , the connection processing means sets the assigned telephone number corresponding to the external telephone number as the caller telephone. The telephone exchange apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the call processing is performed so as to obtain a number . The telephone exchange apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the assigned telephone number is a telephone number starting from "0120" .

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