JP5880015B2 - COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device, a communication method, and a communication program.

  With the widespread use of mobile phones, calls via mobile phones are frequently made. However, there are cases where the user of the mobile phone does not bring a mobile phone terminal or is unaware of an incoming call to the mobile phone. Therefore, an answering machine service may be used to cope with a case where the user does not respond to an incoming call.

  As a related technique, a server apparatus of a thin client system has been devised in which an answering machine can be recorded or transferred even when a thin client terminal is not connected and a softphone is not operating.

JP 2008-193225 A

  If the mobile phone user is unaware of the incoming call, it may take time for the mobile phone user to notice the message even if the message can be left by an answering service or the like. If the content of the call is urgent, if the mobile phone user is aware of the incoming call, the urgent requirements may be processed quickly, and the mobile phone user is easily aware of the incoming call. May be required. Even when the mobile phone is contacted by other means such as e-mail, it may be desirable for the user who received the e-mail to contact the sender as soon as possible.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an environment in which a user is easily noticed when there is a contact to the user's mobile phone.

  The communication apparatus according to the embodiment includes a notification destination table, a reception unit, a notification unit, and a transmission unit. The notification destination table records a mobile phone terminal and a notification destination device, which is a communication device that notifies the incoming call request when the mobile phone terminal is requested to receive an incoming call. The receiving unit receives an incoming request message for notifying an incoming request to the mobile phone terminal recorded in the notification destination table. The notification unit sends an incoming request to the target terminal to a target terminal that is a mobile phone terminal that is notified that an incoming call is requested by the incoming request message, and a notification destination device associated with the target terminal. Generate a notification message to notify the occurrence. The transmission unit transmits the notification message. The notification unit until the reception unit receives a communication start message indicating that communication with an incoming request source has started from either the target terminal or a notification destination device associated with the target terminal, The generation of the notification message is repeated.

  It becomes easier for the user to notice a contact to the user's mobile phone.

It is a figure which shows the example of the communication method which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a network. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the determination server. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of an incoming call processing server. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of a SIP server. It is a figure which shows the example of the hardware constitutions of a server. It is a sequence diagram explaining the example of the communication method concerning 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a determination table. It is a figure which shows the example of a notification destination table. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of the process performed when an incoming call is notified by chat. It is a figure which shows the example of a command table. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of the process called to the telephone by which an incoming call is notified. It is a figure which shows the example of a conversion table. It is a figure explaining the example of the communication method concerning 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a notification destination table. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of the operation | movement performed by the incoming call processing server when notifying the reception of mail.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a communication method according to the embodiment. In the method according to the embodiment, not only a mobile phone requested to receive a voice call or mail but also a communication device (notification destination communication device, notification destination device) registered in advance as a notification destination of the incoming call. A notification message is sent to notify that the occurrence has occurred. In the example of FIG. 1, the user B registers in advance in the incoming call processing server 50 a communication device that intends to receive notification that there is an incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10 b of the user B. Here, when the user B receives a voice call, the notification of the incoming call is sent to the computer (Personal computer, PC) 1, the television 2, the game machine 3, the fixed telephone 4, and the mobile phone terminal 5. Is registered. In addition, it is assumed that the user B is registered so that a notification of an incoming call is sent to the PC 1, the television 2, the game machine 3, and the mobile phone terminal 5 regarding the incoming mail. Hereinafter, a combination of the mobile phone terminal 10 that is requested to receive a voice call or mail and the notification destination communication device may be referred to as a “virtual terminal”. For example, when the mobile phone terminal 10b is requested to receive a voice call, a combination of the mobile phone terminal 10b, the PC 1, the television 2, the game machine 3, the fixed phone 4, and the mobile phone terminal 5 is transferred to the mobile phone terminal 10b. It becomes a corresponding virtual terminal. On the other hand, the virtual terminal when the incoming mail is requested to the mobile phone terminal 10b is a combination of the mobile phone terminal 10b, the PC 1, the TV 2, the game machine 3, and the mobile phone terminal 5.

  Suppose that user B calls the user B's mobile phone terminal 10b from the mobile phone terminal 10a after the user B registers the communication device for notifying incoming calls in the incoming call processing server 50. Then, the incoming call processing server 50 recognizes that the incoming call is requested to the virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal 10b of the user B, and notifies the communication device included in the virtual terminal requested to receive the incoming call. . For example, the incoming call processing server 50 notifies the mobile phone terminal 10b of an incoming call request, and the communication device registered to notify the incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10b also receives an incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10b. Notify the request. Therefore, in addition to the mobile phone terminal 10b, the PC 1, the television 2, the game machine 3, the fixed phone 4, and the mobile phone terminal 5 are notified that an incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10b has occurred. When the occurrence of the incoming call is notified, the fixed telephone 4 and the mobile phone terminal 5 call the user B by performing a calling process. Further, the PC 1, the television 2, and the game machine 3 display on the screen that there is a request for an incoming call from the user A to the mobile phone terminal 10b. For this reason, even if the user B is away from the mobile phone terminal 10 b, the user B is notified of the incoming call to any of the PC 1, the television 2, the game machine 3, the fixed phone 4, and the mobile phone terminal 5. It can be recognized that there is an incoming voice call at the telephone terminal 10b.

  The user B can talk with the user A by responding with the mobile phone terminal 10b or a device capable of voice communication among the communication devices registered in the incoming call processing server 50. In the example of FIG. 1, when the user B responds at any one of the mobile phone terminal 10b, the fixed phone 4, and the mobile phone terminal 5, a call is started between the communication device to which the user B responds and the mobile phone terminal 10a. . When notified that the call has started, the incoming call processing server 50 ends the notification of the incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10b, the PC 1, the television 2, the game machine 3, the fixed phone 4, and the mobile phone terminal 5. .

When an email is transmitted from user C to user B, an incoming call notification is sent to user B's mobile phone terminal 10 b, PC 1, television 2, game machine 3, and mobile phone terminal 5.
In FIG. 1, only a part of an example of the communication device is given. For example, another communication device such as an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone may be used as a communication device that notifies an incoming call. To do.

  Thus, by notifying the communication device other than the mobile phone terminal 10 that is requested to receive an incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10, it is possible to provide an environment in which the user can easily notice the incoming call. Further, even when the mobile phone terminal 10 is not present at the user's hand, the user can contact the caller using an alternative communication device.

<Example network and device configuration>
FIG. 2 shows an example of a network. In the example shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that the network includes a mobile phone network 100, a fixed network 110, a company X network 120, an IP network 130, the Internet 140, and a user B network 150. Here, it is assumed that the network 150 of the user B is a network formed by the user B at home. Further, it is assumed that the network 120 of company X is a network formed in the company where user B works. The mobile phone network 100 includes a base station 21 (21a to 21c), a wireless network control device 22 (22a, 22b), an exchange 23, and a determination server 30. The base stations 21a to 21c communicate with the mobile phone terminals 10 (10a and 10b) located in the cells formed by the base stations 21a to 21c. The radio network controller 22 performs processing such as handover according to the position of the mobile phone terminal 10. The determination server 30 confirms whether a notification destination communication device is determined for the mobile phone terminal 10 for which an incoming call is requested. The operation of the determination server 30 will be described later.

  The cellular phone network 100 is connected to a fixed network 110 and an IP network 130 via a gateway 160. The fixed network 110 includes a fixed telephone exchange 41, and the fixed telephone 4 is notified via the exchange 41 as appropriate.

  The IP network 130 includes an incoming call processing server 50, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server 60, and a call management server 70. When it is determined by the determination server 30 that the notification destination communication device is registered, the incoming call processing server 50 and the notification destination communication device of the mobile phone terminal 10 in which the incoming call request is generated In addition, a notification message for performing notification of an incoming call is generated. When the notification destination communication device is a communication device capable of making a call such as the fixed phone 4, the mobile phone terminal 5, and the IP phone 6 (6a, 6b), the incoming call processing server 50 communicates with the SIP server 60 on the communication path. Require establishment. The call management server 70 manages communication via a communication device such as the mobile phone terminal 10, the fixed phone 4, the mobile phone terminal 5, and the IP phone 6, and controls charging. Operations of the incoming call processing server 50, the SIP server 60, and the call management server 70 will be described later.

  The IP network 130 is connected to the Internet 140 or a personal or company network via the router 80. For example, the IP network 130 is connected to the Internet 140 via routers 80a and 80b. The IP network 130 is connected to the company X network 120 via the router 80b, and is connected to the user B network 150 via the router 80a. The Internet 140 includes a mail server 91, a chat server 92, and the like.

  The network 120 of company X includes a PC 1b and an IP phone 6b. Since the network 120 of company X is also connected to the Internet 140 via the router 80b, the PC 1b and the IP phone 6b can receive mail via the mail server 91, and also via the chat server 92. You can also chat. Similarly, PC 1a and IP phone 6a included in user B's network 150 can also receive mail and participate in chat. In addition, it is assumed that character information can be displayed on the television 2 included in the network 150 of the user B, and a message transmitted from the incoming call processing server 50 can be displayed on the screen.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the determination server 30. The determination server 30 includes a reception unit 31, a transmission unit 32, a determination unit 33, and a determination table 34. The receiving unit 31 receives control messages from the radio network control devices 22a and 22b, the exchange 23, and the like. The determination unit 33 identifies the mobile phone terminal 10 for which an incoming call is requested from the message received by the reception unit 31. Further, the determination unit 33 determines whether there is a virtual terminal associated with the identified mobile phone terminal 10 with reference to the determination table 34. An example of the determination table 34 and an example of the operation of the determination unit 33 will be described later. When there is a virtual terminal associated with the mobile phone terminal 10 for which an incoming call is requested, the transmission unit 32 is requested to the incoming call processing server 50 that an incoming call is requested for the corresponding virtual terminal. Notify the type of incoming call.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the configuration of the incoming call processing server 50. The incoming call processing server 50 includes a reception unit 51, a transmission unit 52, an operation determination unit 53, a notification destination table 54, and a notification unit 55. The receiving unit 51 receives the control message transmitted from the determination server 30. The operation determining unit 53 identifies the type of incoming call and refers to the notification destination table 54 to confirm the notification destination communication device included in the virtual terminal. Further, the operation determination unit 53 determines a method of notifying an incoming call to each notification destination communication device based on the notification destination table 54. Here, in the notification destination table 54, for each virtual terminal, a list of the notification destination communication device, the mobile phone terminal 10 associated with the virtual terminal, and the individual notification destination communication device or the mobile phone terminal 10. It is assumed that the notification method is recorded. An example of the notification destination table 54 and a detailed usage method will be described later. The operation determination unit 53 outputs the determined notification method to the notification unit 55 in association with the notification destination communication device.

  The notification unit 55 includes a mail transmission unit 56, a chat unit 57, and a call processing unit 58. If the notification method is e-mail transmission, the e-mail transmission unit 56 generates e-mail notifying the notification destination communication device of an incoming call. If the notification method is chat message output, chat unit 57 logs in to the chat room accessed by the notification destination communication device, and generates a control message for writing a message informing the incoming call to the chat room. When the calling process is designated as the calling method for a device capable of voice communication, such as the mobile phone terminal 5 or the fixed telephone 4, the calling processing unit 58 calls the telephone designated in the notification destination table 54. Generate a message to make a call to the number. The transmission unit 52 transmits the message generated by the mail transmission unit 56, the chat unit 57, or the call processing unit 58 to a designated destination. The operation of the incoming call processing server 50 will be described in detail later.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the configuration of the SIP server 60. The SIP server 60 includes a reception unit 61, a transmission unit 62, a SIP request processing unit 63, and an output destination table 64. The receiving unit 61 receives a message requesting a call from the incoming call processing server 50. The SIP request processing unit 63 determines the transmission destination of the INVITE message and generates the INVITE message. Here, it is assumed that the output destination table 64 records the beginning part of the telephone number and the transmission destination of the INVITE message in association with each other. The SIP request processing unit 63 refers to the output destination table 64 when determining the transmission destination of the INVITE message. The transmission unit 62 transmits the generated INVITE message to the transmission destination determined by the SIP request processing unit 63.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the server. The determination server 30, the incoming call processing server 50, the SIP server 60, the call management server 70, the mail server 91, and the chat server 92 can all have a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. The server includes a central processing unit (CPU) 201, a memory 202, an input device 203, an output device 204, a bus 205, an external storage device 206, a medium driving device 207, and a network connection device 209. For example, all of the determination server 30, the incoming call processing server 50, the SIP server 60, the call management server 70, the mail server 91, and the chat server 92 may be realized by a computer.

  In the determination server 30, the CPU 201 operates as the determination unit 33 by executing a program. The memory 202 stores the determination table 34. The determination server 30 can also acquire information to be included in the determination table 34 from the network 80 or the portable storage medium 78. The network connection device 209 operates as the reception unit 31 and the transmission unit 32.

  In the incoming call processing server 50, the CPU 201 operates as an operation determination unit 53, a notification unit 55, a mail transmission unit 56, a chat unit 57, and a call processing unit 58 by executing a program. The memory 202 stores the notification destination table 54. The network connection device 209 operates as the reception unit 51 and the transmission unit 52. The CPU 201 of the SIP server 60 operates as the SIP request processing unit 63. The network connection device 209 operates as the reception unit 61 and the transmission unit 62.

  The input device 203 is, for example, a button, a keyboard, or a mouse, and an operator can input data such as information on a virtual terminal to the determination server 30 using the input device 203. Similarly, information regarding the operation of the notification communication device for each virtual terminal may be input to the incoming call processing server 50 via the input device 203. The output device 204 is realized as a display or the like. A bus 205 connects the CPU 201, the memory 202, the input device 203, the output device 204, the external storage device 206, the medium drive device 207, and the network connection device 209 so that data can be exchanged between them. The external storage device 206 stores programs, data, and the like, and provides stored information to the CPU 201 and the like as appropriate. The medium driving device 207 can output data of the memory 202 and the external storage device 206 to the portable storage medium 208, and can read programs, data, and the like from the portable storage medium 208. Here, the portable storage medium 208 may be any portable storage medium including a floppy disk, a Magneto-Optical (MO) disk, a Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R), and a Digital Versatile Disk Recordable (DVD-R). It can be a medium.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a communication method. Hereinafter, in the network illustrated in FIG. 2, an example of an operation performed in the server will be described, taking as an example a case where the user B's mobile phone terminal 10b is requested to receive a voice call from the user A's mobile phone terminal 10a. Here, it is assumed that an incoming call request is made from the mobile phone terminal 10a after the notification destination communication device corresponding to the mobile phone terminal 10b of the user B is designated. In the following description, registration of a notification destination communication device may be described as “virtual contract”. The fact that the notification destination communication device is registered means that the destination mobile phone terminal 10 is included in the virtual terminal. Therefore, the mobile phone terminal 10 included in the virtual terminal has a virtual contract. It can be said that it is a terminal.

  (1) User A communicates with the exchange 23 from the mobile phone terminal 10a via the base station 21a and the wireless network control device 22a. At this time, the mobile phone terminal 10a notifies the exchange 23 of the phone number of the mobile phone terminal 10a as the request source and the phone number of the mobile phone terminal 10b designated as the connection destination. In the example described below, it is assumed that the phone number of the mobile phone terminal 10a is 090-2222-3333 and the phone number of the mobile phone terminal 10b is 090-1111-2222.

  (2) The exchange 23 notifies the determination server 30 of the call control request source and the telephone number of the connection-destination mobile phone terminal 10. The reception unit 31 of the determination server 30 outputs the notification received from the exchange 23 to the determination unit 33.

  (3) The determination unit 33 refers to the determination table 34 to determine whether there is a virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal 10 for which an incoming call is requested. FIG. 8 shows an example of the determination table 34. In the example of FIG. 8, the determination table 34 records the presence / absence of a virtual contract for each mobile phone terminal 10. Here, when the notification destination communication apparatus is registered, a virtual contract is made. When the notification destination communication apparatus is not registered, there is no virtual contract. In the example of FIG. 1-5, no. Virtual contracts are made on terminals other than 2. The determination table 34 also records the telephone numbers assigned to the virtual terminals including the mobile phone terminal 10 for each mobile phone terminal 10 for which a virtual contract is made. Therefore, when the determination unit 33 determines that there is a virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal 10 for which an incoming call is requested, the determination unit 33 includes the telephone number of the terminal for which the incoming call is requested, including the mobile phone terminal 10 for which the incoming call is requested. Change to the phone number of the virtual terminal.

  For example, in FIG. Reference numeral 1 denotes an entry related to the mobile phone terminal 10b. As shown in FIG. 8, the user B has a virtual contract for the mobile phone terminal 10b. The telephone number of the virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal 10b is 333-1111-2222. Therefore, the determination unit 33 generates a message that notifies the virtual terminal 333-1111-2222 that there has been a voice call incoming request from the mobile phone terminal 10a (phone number: 090-2222-3333). . The transmission unit 32 transmits the generated message to the incoming call processing server 50.

  (4) The reception unit 51 of the incoming call processing server 50 receives the message transmitted from the determination server 30 via the gateway 160 and outputs the message to the operation determination unit 53. The operation determining unit 53 recognizes that there is an incoming voice call. Further, the operation determining unit 53 recognizes the notification destination communication device and the notification method to each notification destination communication device by checking the notification destination table 54 using the telephone number of the virtual terminal for which an incoming call is requested as a key. To do.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the notification destination table 54. In the example of FIG. 9, information on the type of notification destination communication device, the notification method, and the IP address and telephone number used for notification are included in association with the telephone number of the virtual terminal. Furthermore, when a communication method for requesting information specifying a user, such as chat, is designated as the notification method, information used for specifying the user is also included in the notification destination table 54. In addition, when notification is performed using a mail or chat message, information used to generate a mail text or message is also recorded in the notification destination table 54.

  For example, when it is notified to 333-1111-2222 that an incoming voice call is requested, the operation determining unit 53 refers to information associated with 333-1111-2222 in the notification destination table 54. To do. Then, the operation determination unit 53 notifies the incoming request of the PC 1a included in the network 150 of the user B, the PC 1b and the IP phone 6b included in the network 120 of the company X, the home fixed telephone 4, and the mobile phone terminal 5 The mobile phone terminal 10b is recognized. The operation determination unit 53 also recognizes that notification to the PC 1a is performed via Web chat, and notification to the PC 1b is performed by sending mail. Furthermore, the notification to the home fixed telephone 4, the mobile phone terminal 5, the IP phone 6b, and the mobile phone terminal 10b recognizes that the notification is performed by calling the telephone to each communication device.

  (5) The operation determination unit 53 notifies the communication device to be notified to any of the mail transmission unit 56, the chat unit 57, and the call processing unit 58 according to the notification method. The operation determination unit 53 notifies the mail transmission unit 56 of a device that notifies an incoming call by sending a mail, and notifies the chat unit 57 of a device that notifies the incoming call using a chat message. Further, the call processing unit 58 is notified of the communication device that performs the notification by calling the telephone.

  (6) The mail transmission unit 56 creates a mail to be transmitted to the communication apparatus notified from the operation determination unit 53, and notifies the incoming call by transmitting the mail to the mail server 91 via the transmission unit 52. . When generating a mail, the mail transmission unit 56 can refer to the notification destination table 54 as appropriate. For example, the title of the mail transmitted to the PC 1b according to the information in the notification destination table 54 shown in FIG. 9 is set to “There was a phone call”, and the mail address of the transmission destination is zzz @ aaa. bb. com. In addition, the time when the transmission mail is created or transmitted and the information of the sender are also included in the mail. The sender information is appropriately requested by the mail transmitting unit 56 to the operation determining unit 53. The operation determination unit 53 provides information for specifying the sender from the information notified from the determination server 30 in response to a request from the mail transmission unit 56. When the mail transmission unit 56 finishes generating the mail, the transmission unit 52 sends zzz @ aaa. bb. com is sent to the mail server 91.

  The chat unit 57 logs into the chat server 92 (Internet Relay Chat server, IRC server) designated in the notification destination table 54, and transmits a message to the designated channel. When logging in, the chat unit 57 generates a message including the chat ID and password recorded in the notification destination table 54 and transmits the message to the chat server 92 via the transmission unit 52. It is assumed that the message includes the character string “There was a phone call”, information that can identify the caller, and the incoming time. Note that the information specifying the caller can be any information that can uniquely specify the caller, such as a telephone number.

  The call processing unit 58 sets the telephone numbers of the mobile phone terminal 10b, the fixed telephone 4, the mobile phone terminal 5, and the IP phone 6b that notify the incoming call request to the telephone numbers of the mobile phone terminal 10a that is the incoming call request source. Generate a message with The call processing unit 58 transmits the generated message to the SIP server 60 via the transmission unit 52.

  (7) When the user B responds to any of the mobile phone terminal 10b, the fixed phone 4, the mobile phone terminal 5, and the IP phone 6b, a response message is transmitted from the communication device that the user B responds to the incoming call processing server 50. Is done. The response message is processed by the call processing unit 58 of the incoming call processing server 50. The call processing unit 58 recognizes that the communication device that can be identified by the telephone number included in the response message has responded to the call from the mobile phone terminal 10a. Here, it is assumed that the user B responds to the incoming call from the mobile phone terminal 10a by the IP phone 6b.

  (8) The call processing unit 58 notifies the operation determining unit 53 that any one of the communication devices to be called has responded. Then, the operation determination unit 53 stops calling the communication device included in the virtual terminal including the IP phone 6b. In addition, the incoming call processing server 50 can also notify the notification destination communication device that the incoming call response server has responded to the incoming call as appropriate. In the example of FIG. 7, to the PC 1 that has notified that a voice call has been received from the user A by chat, the incoming call processing server 50 displays a message “Called” indicating that it has responded to the incoming call. Notify by displaying.

(9) A call between the communication device to which the user B responds and the mobile phone terminal 10a is started. When a call is started, processing such as billing is performed by the call management server 70.
As an option, during the processing of steps (4) to (8), as shown in FIG. 7, the incoming call processing server 50 provides an announcement or the like for notifying the caller that the call is in progress. It can also be sent to the mobile phone terminal 10a.

  FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing performed when an incoming call is notified by chat. With reference to FIG. 10, an example of a method for displaying a notification message on a channel viewed by a user of the mobile phone terminal 10 for which an incoming call is requested is connected to the chat server 92 will be described. To do. Note that the notification destination table 54 is as shown in FIG.

  (21) User B is connected to the chat server 92 recorded in the notification destination table 54 in advance. Hereinafter, the address of the chat server 92 is 172. xx. xx. 68. Further, it is assumed that the notification destination table 54 includes information on the channel designated as the notification destination, and the user B participates in the channel designated in the notification destination table 54.

  (22) The operation determining unit 53 requests the chat unit 57 to display a message on the chat channel in which the PC 1a participates by the processes of the procedures (4) and (5). The chat unit 57 determines the user name used in the channel designated by the incoming call processing server 50. The user name can be determined by any method. Here, it is assumed that the chat unit 57 has decided to use the user name “B-san-VC”.

  (23) The chat unit 57 acquires the address (172.xx.xx.68) of the chat server 92 from the notification destination table 54 and accesses the chat server 92. Furthermore, the chat unit 57 acquires the chat ID and password from the notification destination table 54. The chat unit 57 logs into the chat server 92 using the acquired chat ID and password. When Ack (Acknowledgement) is received from the chat server 92, the chat unit 57 recognizes that the login is successful. The chat unit 57 can also recognize an application used in the chat server 92 in the login process.

  (24) Next, the chat unit 57 inquires of the chat server 92 whether there is a channel designated in the notification destination table 54. For example, when the designated channel is CH1, the chat unit 57 inquires of the chat server 92 whether CH1 exists. It is assumed that the chat unit 57 holds a command table as shown in FIG. 11 for each command used for the processing of the chat unit 57. The command table represents the correspondence between applications and commands. When the chat unit 57 accesses the chat server 92, the chat unit 57 acquires a command to be used from the command table according to the application. For example, when the application used in the chat room in which the user B participates is AAA, the chat unit 57 can check the presence or absence of a channel using the command a.

(25) Upon receiving a response from the chat server, the chat unit 57 determines whether a message indicating that the designated channel exists has been received.
(26) When the designated channel exists, the chat unit 57 confirms whether the user who notifies the designated channel of the incoming call is participating. Here, the chat server 92 is checked to see if B is participating in CH1.

  (27) Upon receiving a response from the chat server, the chat unit 57 determines whether a message indicating that the inquired user is participating in the designated channel has been received. Here, it is assumed that the user B is notified of participation in the designated channel CH1.

  (28) When the user is participating in the designated channel, the chat unit 57 transmits a message for participating in the designated channel to the chat server 92 via the transmission unit 52.

  (29) When it is confirmed by Ack from the chat server 92 that the user can join the designated channel CH1, the chat unit 57 generates a message using a command displayed on the PC 1a used by the user B. The generated message includes a character string “There was a phone call” and information such as the time when the operation determination unit 53 recognizes the incoming request. The chat unit 57 transmits the generated message via the transmission unit 52.

  (30) The chat server 92 transmits the message transmitted from the incoming call processing server 50 to the PC 1a. User B can recognize from the screen of the PC 1a that there is an incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10b.

  (31) The chat unit 57 transmits a message for leaving the designated channel to the chat server 92. Furthermore, the chat unit 57 confirms that Ack has been received from the chat server 92.

  (32) The chat unit 57 logs out from the chat server 92. When a message indicating that there is no designated channel is received in step (25), the processing in steps (26) to (31) is not performed. Further, when the message that the user B does not participate in the designated channel is received in the procedure (27), the processing of the procedures (28) to (31) is not performed.

  FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process for calling a telephone that is notified of an incoming call. In FIG. 12, for the sake of easy understanding of the figure, the calls of the procedures (42), (45), (48) are described as having a time lag, but the procedures (42), (45), (48 ) May be made in parallel.

  (41) The operation determination unit 53 calls the mobile phone terminal 10b, the fixed phone 4, the mobile phone terminal 5, and the IP phone 6 to the call processing unit 58 by the processing of the procedures (4) and (5). Is requested. At this time, the calling processing unit 58 also recognizes the telephone number (090-2222-3333) of the terminal requesting the incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10b included in the virtual terminal.

  (42) The call processing unit 58 acquires the telephone numbers of the mobile phone terminal 10b and the mobile phone terminal 5 from the notification destination table 54, and requests the SIP server 60 to call the mobile phone terminal 10b and the mobile phone terminal 5. To do. At this time, the information of the telephone number (090-2222-3333) of the user A who is the caller is notified to the SIP server 60 at the time of a call request.

  (43) The SIP server 60 transmits an INVITE message to the destination communication device or the exchange that can call the destination communication device in accordance with the destination requested to be called from the call processing unit 58. For example, the SIP server 60 can include a conversion table shown in FIG. In the conversion table, the first character string of the destination telephone number, the type of the destination telephone, and the destination of the INVITE message are recorded. When the first number sequence of the destination telephone number is “090” or “080”, the SIP server 60 recognizes that the destination communication device is a mobile phone terminal. Therefore, the SIP server 60 transmits an INVITE message to the exchange 23 included in the mobile phone network 100 via the gateway 160. Here, it is assumed that the SIP server 60 transmits to the exchange 23 an INVITE message designating the mobile phone terminal 10b as a communication destination and an INVITE message designating the mobile phone terminal 5 as a communication destination.

  (44) Upon receiving the INVITE message from the SIP server 60, the exchange 23 calls the terminal specified by the INVITE message. For example, the exchange 23 calls the mobile phone terminal 10 b and the mobile phone terminal 5 via the wireless network control device 22 and the base station 21.

  (45) The call processing unit 58 of the incoming call processing server 50 requests the SIP server 60 to call the fixed telephone 4. At this time, the call processing unit 58 acquires the telephone number of the fixed telephone 4 from the notification destination table 54.

  (46) The SIP server 60 refers to the conversion table (FIG. 13) similarly to the procedure (43), and specifies the destination of the INVITE message. When the first number sequence of the destination telephone number does not correspond to any of “090”, “080”, and “050”, the SIP server 60 recognizes that the destination communication device is the fixed telephone 4. Therefore, the SIP server 60 transmits an INVITE message to the exchange 41 included in the fixed network 110 via the gateway 160.

(47) When receiving the INVITE message from the SIP server 60, the exchange 41 calls the fixed telephone 4 specified by the INVITE message.
(48) The call processing unit 58 of the incoming call processing server 50 further requests the SIP server 60 to call the IP phone 6. At this time, the call processing unit 58 acquires the telephone number of the IP phone 6 from the notification destination table 54.

  (49) The SIP server 60 refers to the conversion table (FIG. 13) similarly to the procedure (43) and specifies the destination of the INVITE message. When the first number sequence of the destination telephone number is “050”, the SIP server 60 recognizes that the destination communication device is the IP telephone 6. Therefore, the SIP server 60 transmits an INVITE message to the IP phone 6.

  (50) It is assumed that the user B responds to any of the fixed phone 4, the mobile phone terminal 5, the IP phone 6, and the mobile phone terminal 10b. At this time, the communication device to which the user B responds transmits a control message including information specifying the communication device to which the user B responds to the incoming call processing server 50. FIG. 12 shows an example in which the user B responds to the mobile phone terminal 10 b or the mobile phone terminal 5. The mobile phone terminal 10b or the mobile phone terminal 5 to which the user B responds transmits a control message including the phone number of the call originator and the phone number assigned to the own device to the call processing unit 58. The control message is sent to the call processing unit 58 in the incoming call processing server 50 via the exchange 23 and the gateway 160 as shown in FIG. For example, the mobile phone terminal 10b and the mobile phone terminal 5 can use “200 OK message” as the control message. Even when the user B responds to the fixed telephone 4 or the IP telephone 6, the fixed telephone 4 or the IP telephone 6 transmits a control message to the incoming call processing server 50 via the gateway 160 or the like according to the same procedure. can do.

  (51) The call processing unit 58 transmits a response message for permitting the establishment of a session to the communication device to which the user responded. When the response message from the call processing unit 58 is received by the communication device to which the user B responds, the call is started.

  (52) The gateway 160 notifies the call management server 70 that the call has been started, together with information specifying the call request source and destination. For example, when the user B responds at the mobile phone terminal 5, the call request source is the mobile phone terminal 10 a and the destination is the mobile phone terminal 5. When receiving the notification, the call management server 70 starts charging the mobile phone terminal 10a as appropriate.

  (53) The call management server 70 notifies the call processing unit 58 of the destination telephone number on which the call is being made. Here, it is assumed that the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 5 is notified to the call processing unit 58.

  (54) When the call processing server 58 is notified of the destination telephone number from the call management server 70, all the telephone numbers included in the virtual terminal associated with the telephone number notified as the destination Cancel the call about. In the example of FIG. 12, since the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 5 is notified to the calling processing unit 58, the calling processing unit 58 searches the telephone number column of the notification destination table 54 using the notified telephone number as a key. To do. The smart phone 5 obtained by the search is included in the virtual terminals 333-1111-2222. Therefore, the call processing unit 58 determines that communication has started for the virtual terminal obtained by the search, and does not send a new notification to all of the notification destinations recorded in association with the virtual terminal. . For this reason, the call processing unit 58 stops calling the fixed telephone 4, the IP telephone 6, and the mobile phone terminal 10b.

  The incoming call processing server 50 can also stop calling the virtual terminal when receiving a control message from the communication device to which the user responds. In this case, the incoming call processing server 50 terminates the call to the virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal 10b by receiving the control message in the procedure (50).

  Thus, by notifying the communication device other than the mobile phone terminal 10 that is requested to receive an incoming call to the mobile phone terminal 10, the user can easily notice the incoming call. Further, even when there is no mobile phone terminal 10 for which a call is requested at the user's hand, the user can contact the caller using an alternative communication device.

<Second Embodiment>
FIG. 14 shows an example of a communication method according to the second embodiment. Hereinafter, a process when the mobile phone terminal 10b included in the virtual terminal receives the mail will be described as an example of a process performed when the mail is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10a to the mobile phone terminal 10b. Although FIG. 14 shows the cellular phone network 100 and the IP networks 130a and 130b, the network shown in FIG. 14 is an example, and may be arbitrarily changed according to the implementation. The IP network 130a includes an incoming call processing server 50, a SIP server 60, a call management server 70, a mail server 91, and an intra-carrier mail server 93. The mobile phone network 100 includes a determination server 30 and an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) 24. The IP network 130 and the mobile phone network 100 are connected by a gateway 160 and a conversion server 25. The conversion server 25 performs processing for transmitting and receiving data between the exchange network and the IP network 130.

  (61) First, it is assumed that the user A transmits a mail specifying the mail address assigned to the mobile phone terminal 10b of the user B as the destination from the mobile phone terminal 10a. Then, the mail transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 10a is transmitted to the mail server 91.

  (62) The mail server 91 can sort mail for each carrier, and the mail addressed to the user B is transferred to the in-carrier mail server 93 managed by the carrier with which the user B is contracted. When user A and user B are users who have contracted with the same carrier, mail addressed to user B from user A is directly transmitted to in-carrier mail server 93 without passing through mail server 91.

  In the following description, it is assumed that the intra-carrier mail server 93 registers a mail address that uniquely identifies the virtual terminal in association with the address addressed to the mobile phone terminal 10 included in the virtual terminal. For example, the intra-carrier mail server 93 stores the address of the virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal 10b in association with the address (abcd.xyz@ddcc.ne.jp) of the mobile phone terminal 10b. Note that the address of the virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal 10b is 333-1111-2222_abcd. xyz @ ddcc. ne. jp.

  (63A) The intra-carrier mail server 93 transmits the mail addressed to the user B transferred from the mail server 91 to the mobile phone terminal 10b. This process is realized by an arbitrary technique performed when mail is distributed from the in-carrier mail server 93.

  (63B) In parallel with the procedure (63A), the in-carrier mail server 93 transfers the mail addressed to the user B transferred from the mail server 91 to the incoming call processing server 50. At this time, the in-carrier mail server 93 sets the forwarding address as the address of the virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal 10b.

  (64) The incoming call processing server 50 extracts the address designated as the transfer destination of the mail transferred in the procedure (63B). The operation determination unit 53 of the incoming call processing server 50 recognizes that there is an incoming mail to one of the virtual terminals. Further, the operation determination unit 53 searches the virtual terminal address information column in the notification destination table 54 using the extracted destination address as a key. FIG. 15 shows an example of the notification destination table 54.

  Here, the address of the transfer destination is 333-1111-2222_abcd. xyz @ ddcc. ne. jp. Then, the operation determination unit 53 searches the notification destination table 54 to determine that the destination address is assigned to the virtual terminal having the number 333-1111-2222. That is, the operation determining unit 53 determines that the virtual terminal of 331-1111-2222 has received the mail. Furthermore, the operation determination unit 53 identifies a communication device that notifies that the virtual terminal has received the mail, and notifies the mail transmission unit 56, the chat unit 57, and the call processing unit 58 according to the notification method.

  (65A) FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram showing an example of an operation performed when notifying the reception of mail. As illustrated in FIG. 16, the operation determination unit 53 notifies the chat unit 57 of a device and a notification method for notifying an incoming call using a chat message. For example, the operation determining unit 53 displays processing for displaying, on the chat screen of the PC 1a, that the chat unit 57 has received the mail, the mail title, the mail address of the mail sender, and the mail reception time. Request. The chat unit 57 refers to the notification destination table 54, acquires the address, chat ID, and password of the chat server 92 and logs in. If the login is successful, the chat unit 57 generates a message including information notified from the operation determination unit 53 and transmits the message to the chat server 92. Operations performed by the chat unit 57 for login, message transmission, and the like are the same as those described with reference to FIG.

  (65B) The operation determination unit 53 notifies the mail transmission unit 56 of the device that transfers the mail. In the example of FIG. 15, the operation determining unit 53 notifies the mail transmitting unit 56 that the mail is transferred to the PC 1b. The mail transmission unit 56 transmits the mail transferred from the in-carrier mail server 93 to the communication apparatus notified from the operation determination unit 53. At this time, the mail transmission unit 56 can transmit to the mail server 91 the mail specified as the destination address assigned to the communication device notified from the operation determination unit 53. When the user B accesses the mail server 91 from the PC 1a and acquires the mail, the mail to the mobile phone terminal 10b is transferred to the PC 1a.

  (65C) The call processing unit 58 is notified of the communication device that notifies the incoming mail by calling the telephone. Further, the operation determination unit 53 requests the call processing unit 58 to call the fixed telephone 4 and the mobile phone terminal 5 for 2 seconds.

  The call processing unit 58 acquires the telephone numbers of the fixed telephone 4 and the mobile phone terminal 5 that notify the arrival of mail, and generates a message for calling. At this time, in the INVITE message, the caller is the number of the virtual terminal (333-1111-2222) including the mobile phone terminal 10b of the user B. The call processing unit 58 transmits the generated message to the SIP server 60 via the transmission unit 52. At this time, it is assumed that the call processing unit 58 can specify the calling time according to the notification destination table 54. For example, when the notification destination table 54 shown in FIG. 15 is used, each of the fixed telephone 4 and the mobile phone terminal 5 is called for 2 seconds. Note that the call time is arbitrarily changed according to the implementation.

  In this way, even when an incoming mail is received at the mobile phone terminal 10b included in the virtual terminal, whether the incoming mail is notified to a communication device other than the mobile phone terminal 10 designated as the destination of the mail. Mail forwarding is done. This makes it easier for the user to notice incoming mail. Further, even when there is no mobile phone terminal 10 to which the address designated as the mail destination is assigned at the user's hand, the user can check the mail using the alternative communication device. For this reason, it is possible to quickly contact the caller.

  The embodiment is not limited to the above, and can be variously modified. For example, the information elements included in the notification destination table 54 and the determination table 34 may be changed according to the implementation.

  Furthermore, the method for determining the address assigned to the virtual terminal can also be changed according to the implementation. Therefore, depending on the implementation, various changes may be made such that the address assigned to the virtual terminal does not include the telephone number of the virtual terminal.

1 PC
2 TV 3 Game machine 4 Fixed telephone 5, 10 Mobile phone terminal 6 IP phone 21 Base station 22 Wireless network control device 23, 41 Switch 24 MMS
25 conversion server 30 determination server 31, 51, 61 reception unit 32, 52, 62 transmission unit 33 determination unit 34 determination table 50 incoming call processing server 53 operation determination unit 54 notification destination table 55 notification unit 56 mail transmission unit 57 chat unit 58 departure Call processing unit 60 SIP server 63 SIP request processing unit 64 Output destination table 70 Call management server 80 Router 91 Mail server 92 Chat server 93 In-carrier mail server 100 Mobile phone network 110 Fixed network 120 X company network 130 IP network 140 Internet 150 User B's network 201 CPU
202 Memory 203 Input Device 204 Output Device 205 Bus 206 External Storage Device 207 Medium Drive Device 208 Portable Storage Medium 209 Network Connection Device 210 Network

Claims (8)

A mobile phone terminal, the virtual terminal combinations which is a communication device notification destination device that notifies a request of the incoming call when a called to the mobile telephone terminal is requested, is recorded in association with the identification information of the virtual terminal Notification destination table,
A receiving unit that receives an incoming request message for notifying an incoming request to the virtual terminal ;
A target terminal that is a mobile phone terminal included in a virtual terminal that is notified that an incoming call is requested by the incoming request message, and a notification destination device associated with the target terminal are connected to the target terminal. A notification unit for generating a notification message to notify the occurrence of an incoming request;
A transmission unit for transmitting the notification message;
The notification unit until the reception unit receives a communication start message indicating that communication with an incoming request source has started from either the target terminal or a notification destination device associated with the target terminal, The communication apparatus repeats generation of the notification message. An operation determining unit that determines an operation to be performed for the notification according to a type of the notification destination device;
The notification destination table records, for each notification destination device, a communication method to the notification destination device and information used for notification to the notification destination device,
The operation determining unit determines an operation to be performed for the notification by referring to the notification destination table,
The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit generates a notification message according to an operation performed for the notification. The notification unit
A mail transmitting unit that generates a notification mail as the notification message based on information recorded in the notification destination table addressed to an address recorded in the notification destination table when the operation is an email transmission; In the case of notification by chat message, using the identification information acquired from the notification destination table, the chat processing unit that logs in to the chat room displaying the message and generates the chat message as the notification message,
The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a call processing unit configured to generate, as the notification message, a call message for making a call to a fixed telephone designated as the notification destination apparatus. The notification destination table is a method for notifying the notification destination device that a mail having a destination address as an address assigned to the mobile phone terminal recorded in the notification destination table is received, and a notification to the notification destination device Record the information used for
The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the operation determination unit determines an operation to be performed to notify the reception of the mail by referring to the notification destination table. An incoming call processing server that processes incoming calls to mobile phone terminals
Wherein the mobile telephone terminal, a combination of the a communication device for notifying an incoming call request notification destination device when coming into the portable telephone terminal is requested, as a virtual terminal, in association with the identification information of the virtual terminal the serial was recorded in the notification destination table,
When the receiving the incoming request message notifying the incoming requests to a virtual terminal, the target terminal is a mobile telephone terminal which is included in the virtual terminal which has been notified that the incoming call in the incoming request message is requested the in the notification destination table in the notification destination device associated with the target terminal, starts a notification of the occurrence of the incoming request,
Corresponds to the target terminal and the target terminal until a communication start message indicating that communication with the request source of the incoming call is started is received from either the target terminal or the notification destination device associated with the target terminal. The communication method is characterized in that the notification to the notification destination device attached is repeated. A determination server is further included in the communication network including the incoming call processing server ;
Before SL determination server, held in association with the portable telephone terminal which is recorded in the notification destination table, the identification information of the virtual terminal that contains the portable telephone terminal which is recorded in the notification destination table determination table And
The determination server specifies a request for an incoming call to the mobile phone terminal recorded in the notification destination table using the determination table, and includes a virtual terminal including the mobile phone terminal for which an incoming call is requested Converted to a request for incoming calls to the incoming call processing server,
The communication method according to claim 5, wherein the incoming call processing server notifies the incoming call to a mobile phone terminal and a notification destination device included in the virtual terminal to which the incoming call request is notified. The communication network further includes a mail server;
The mail server stores a second address assigned to the virtual terminal in association with a first address assigned to the mobile phone terminal;
Upon receiving an email addressed to the first address, the email is forwarded to the second address;
When receiving the mail having the second address as the transfer destination, the incoming call processing server notifies the mobile phone terminal and the notification destination device included in the virtual terminal specified by the second address of the reception of the mail. The communication method according to claim 6. In the incoming call processing server that processes incoming calls to mobile phone terminals,
Wherein the mobile telephone terminal, as a virtual terminal combinations which is a communication device notification destination device that notifies a request of the incoming call when a called to the mobile telephone terminal is requested, in association with identification information of said virtual terminals through the serial was recorded in knowledge destination table,
When the receiving the incoming request message notifying the incoming requests to a virtual terminal, the target terminal is a mobile telephone terminal which is included in the virtual terminal which has been notified that the incoming call in the incoming request message is requested the in the notification destination table in the notification destination device associated with the target terminal, starts a notification of the occurrence of the incoming request,
Corresponds to the target terminal and the target terminal until a communication start message indicating that communication with the request source of the incoming call is started is received from either the target terminal or the notification destination device associated with the target terminal. A communication program for performing a process of repeating the notification to the attached notification destination device.