JP6563962B2 - Communication device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device for connecting a telephone to a telephone network.

  There is known a VoIP adapter that is installed between an IP network and a telephone and mutually converts a voice signal transmitted / received by the telephone and packet data on the IP network (for example, see Patent Document 1). Here, IP is an abbreviation for Internet Protocol. VoIP is an abbreviation for Voice over Internet Protocol.

  The VoIP adapter device is used by connecting one to a telephone and the other to an IP network. The VoIP adapter processes the voice signal transmitted from the telephone into packet data, transmits it to the IP network, and transmits it to the telephone of the other party. On the other hand, the voice from the destination telephone is transmitted as packet data from the IP network. The VoIP adapter receives the packet data, restores the voice signal from which the packet has been canceled, and sends it to the telephone. Thereby, a mutual call between the telephone and the call destination becomes possible.

  Here, Patent Documents 2 and 4 disclose communication apparatuses that notify the base station of identification number data selected from a plurality of identification numbers and establish a communication connection.

  Further, Patent Document 3 specifies an additional number for notifying another communication terminal based on the received first terminal information and additional information, and requests the calling of the other communication terminal by the additional number. A communication system is disclosed.

JP 2004-165818 A JP 2000-115367 A JP 2005-340962 A JP 2006-054925 A

  Here, the general VoIP adapter described in the [Background Art] section holds only one telephone number registered in the base station. For this reason, when it is desired to use a plurality of telephone numbers, it is necessary to use a plurality of VoIP adapters.

  In addition, the methods disclosed in Patent Documents 2 to 4 make it possible to use a plurality of telephone numbers properly with a single telephone. However, in this method, since the telephone itself holds a plurality of telephone numbers, a plurality of telephone numbers cannot be used properly using a plurality of telephones.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can use a plurality of telephone numbers properly with one communication device even when a plurality of telephones are connected.

  The communication device of the present invention includes a holding unit and a processing unit. The holding unit holds a plurality of telephone numbers. The processing unit performs first communication enabling and second communication enabling. The first communication enabling is a process that enables voice information to be exchanged between the telephone and the destination by making a call to the destination telephone number input from the telephone. . The transmission to the destination is performed by the telephone number specified from the identification information input from the telephone. The second call enabling is a process that enables voice information to be exchanged between the caller and the telephone by receiving an incoming call to one of the plurality of phone numbers from the caller. is there.

  The communication apparatus of the present invention can use a plurality of telephone numbers properly with one communication apparatus even when a plurality of telephones are connected.

It is a conceptual diagram showing the example which connected the communication apparatus of this embodiment with the IP telephone network and the telephone. It is a conceptual diagram showing the structural example of the communication apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure showing the example of the corresponding information of two telephone numbers and identification information which the communication apparatus of this embodiment hold | maintains. It is an image figure showing the operation example at the time of the transmission of the communication apparatus of this embodiment. It is an image figure showing the operation example at the time of the incoming call of the communication apparatus of this embodiment. It is an image figure showing the example of a display part. It is an image figure showing the communication apparatus of this embodiment provided with a call rejection button. It is a conceptual diagram showing the example of a processing flow of the transmission related process which the communication apparatus of this embodiment performs. It is a conceptual diagram showing the example of a processing flow of the incoming call related process which the communication apparatus of this embodiment performs. It is a figure showing the example of the corresponding information of a telephone number and identification information. It is a figure showing the example of the said voice transfer enabling condition. It is an image figure showing the example of an incoming call related operation of the communication apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure showing the example of a connection to the IP telephone network and telephone of the communication apparatus of this embodiment provided with two telephone terminals. It is a conceptual diagram showing the structural example of the communication apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure showing a mode of connection of telephone 162 and telephones 161a and 161b. It is a figure showing the example of a setting of the restriction | limiting of the telephone of the object which makes voice transmission possible in the case of an incoming call. It is a block diagram showing the structure of the minimum communication apparatus of this invention.

<First embodiment>
The first embodiment is an embodiment relating to a communication apparatus that enables a plurality of telephone numbers to be properly used by a single telephone.
[Configuration and operation]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a communication device 146, which is an example of a communication device according to the present embodiment, is connected to an IP telephone network and a telephone. Here, IP is an abbreviation for Internet Protocol.

  For example, the communication device 146 can make a call by transferring voice information between the telephone set 161a connected to the communication device 146 and the telephone set or communication device connected to the IP telephone network 151 via the IP telephone network 151. It is a device to make. The communication device 146 is a communication device called a VoIP adapter, for example. Here, VoIP is an abbreviation for Voice over Internet Protocol.

  The IP terminal 111 of the communication device 146 is connected to the IP telephone network 151.

  A telephone terminal 141a of the communication device 146 is connected to the telephone set 161a.

  The communication device 146 holds two different phone numbers as the phone numbers of the communication device 146. These telephone numbers are telephone numbers registered in a base station (not shown) connected to the IP telephone network. The base station makes it possible to exchange voice information between the caller and the callee when both the caller and callee phone numbers are registered in the base station.

  At the time of outgoing call, the telephone set 161 a sends, to the communication device 146, sending information (first sending information) that combines identification information that can identify either of the two telephone numbers and the destination telephone number.

  The communication device 146 receives the first sending information and selects a telephone number to be used for outgoing call using the identification information included in the first sending information. The communication device 146 holds correspondence information indicating the correspondence between the identification information and the telephone number of the communication device 146. Then, the communication device 146 performs the selection based on the correspondence information. Then, the communication device 146 uses the selected telephone number as the caller telephone number, toward the callee telephone number included in the first transmission information, and toward the base station via the IP telephone network 151. Send outgoing information (first outgoing information). And the communication apparatus 146 enables transmission / reception of the audio | voice information between the IP terminal 111 and the telephone terminal 141a which are shown in FIG. 1 by sending the said 1st transmission information to the said base station. In the following, enabling voice information exchange will be referred to as “speech voice enabling”. That is, the communication device 146 enables a telephone call with the destination by the telephone 161a.

  On the other hand, transmission information (second transmission information) is transmitted from the base station to the communication device 146 in response to a transmission from the transmission source to the base station. When the destination telephone number included in the second transmission information is one of the two telephone numbers, the communication device 146 receives the second transmission information. Then, the communication device 146 sends sending information (second sending information) corresponding to the second transmission information to the telephone set 161a.

  Then, when the telephone set 161a is in a state such as a handset being picked up, the communication device 146 that has detected the state sends incoming information about second outgoing information to the base station. By receiving the incoming call information by the caller, voice information can be exchanged between the IP terminal 111 and the telephone terminal 141a shown in FIG. Then, the telephone set 161a is in a state in which a call with a call destination is possible.

  When the communication device 146 receives the second transmission information, for example, the communication device 146 displays information indicating one of the two telephone numbers of the communication device 146 transmitted by the transmission source. The display is, for example, a display on a display unit (not shown) included in the communication device 146. The display may be a display on a display unit (not shown) included in the telephone.

  FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication device 146a that is an example of the communication device 146 illustrated in FIG.

  The communication device 146a includes a control processing unit 101, a display unit 106, an IP terminal 111, a recording unit 112, an IP processing unit 116, an audio processing unit 131a, a LAN terminal 136, and a telephone terminal 141a. Here, LAN is an abbreviation for Local Area Network.

  The IP terminal 111 and the telephone terminal 141a are the IP terminal 111 and the telephone terminal 141a shown in FIG.

  The IP processing unit 116 processes information sent from the IP telephone network 151 shown in FIG. 1 via the IP terminal 111, and sends the processed information to the control processing unit 101. This process is, for example, a process of canceling an IP packet sent from the IP terminal 111.

  The IP processing unit 116 also processes the information sent from the control processing unit 101 and sends the processed information to the IP telephone network 151 shown in FIG. This process is, for example, a process for converting information sent from the control processing unit 101 into an IP packet.

  The control processing unit 101 determines whether the information sent from the IP processing unit 116 is the above-described second transmission information. And when the control processing part 101 determines that it is the said 2nd transmission information, the transmission destination telephone number contained in the said 2nd transmission information is either of the two telephone numbers of the communication apparatus 146a Judgment is made. The two telephone numbers are held in advance by the recording unit 112. The control processing unit 101 makes the determination by acquiring the two telephone numbers from the recording unit 112.

  When the control processing unit 101 determines that the destination telephone number is one of the two telephone numbers, the control processing unit 101 transmits the second sending information corresponding to the second transmission information to the voice processing unit 131a and the telephone. The data is sent to the telephone set 161a shown in FIG. 1 through the terminal 141a. The telephone set 161 a that has received the second sending information sends information indicating the state to the control processing unit 101 when the telephone set 161 a is ready for a telephone call. The control processing unit 101 receives the information and transmits incoming information to the base station via the IP processing unit 116 and the IP terminal 111.

  Thereafter, the control processing unit 101 enables voice exchange between the telephone set 161a and the transmission source. The exchange includes sending digital voice information sent from the IP processing unit 116 to the voice processing unit 131a. In addition, the transmission / reception includes transmission of digital voice information sent from the voice processing unit 131a to the IP processing unit 116. The control processing unit 101 may perform other processing on information to be sent to the IP processing unit 116 and the voice processing unit 131a.

  The control processing unit 101 also sends instruction information for causing the display unit 106 to display information indicating the telephone number of the call destination. In addition to the instruction information or instead of the instruction information, the control processing unit 101 transmits instruction information for instructing display of information representing the telephone number of the call destination via the voice processing unit 131a and the telephone terminal 141a. , It may be sent to the telephone set 161a.

  On the other hand, when the first sending information is sent from the telephone set 161a shown in FIG. 1, the control processing unit 101 uses the identification information included in the first sending information to communicate with the communication device used for making a call. Select the phone number 146a. The control processing unit 101 performs the selection by comparing the identification information with the correspondence information. And the said 1st transmission information is sent toward the said base station by using the said telephone number as a transmission origin telephone number.

  The control processing unit 101 also sends instruction information for causing the display unit 106 to display the phone number as the selected caller.

  Then, the control processing unit 101 receives the incoming information about the first outgoing information, and enables voice exchange between the telephone set 161a and the destination. The exchange includes sending digital voice information sent from the IP processing unit 116 to the voice processing unit 131a. In addition, the transmission / reception includes transmission of digital voice information sent from the voice processing unit 131a to the IP processing unit 116. The control processing unit 101 may perform other processing on information to be sent to the IP processing unit 116 and the voice processing unit 131a.

  The control processing unit 101 also sets processing conditions for processing performed by each part of the communication device 146a according to setting information input from the outside such as a personal computer (not shown) via the LAN terminal 136.

  The display unit 106 displays information instructed by the control processing unit 101. The display unit 106 may output information instructed by the control processing unit 101 by voice or the like in addition to or instead of the display.

  The recording unit 112 sends information instructed by the control processing unit 101 to the control processing unit 101. The recording unit 112 also records information instructed by the control processing unit 101.

  The recording unit 112 holds the above-described two telephone numbers of the communication device 146a. The recording unit 112 also holds a program for causing the control processing unit 101 to execute the above-described processing. The control processing unit 101 reads the program from the recording unit 112 and executes the above-described processing.

  The voice processing unit 131a converts digital information sent from the control processing unit 101 into analog information. The digital information includes the above-mentioned second sending information and audio information. If the digital information is encoded information, the audio processing unit 131a decodes the encoded information and converts it into analog information. The voice processing unit 131a sends the processed analog information to the telephone set 161a shown in FIG. 1 via the telephone terminal 141a.

  The audio processing unit 131a also converts analog information sent from the telephone set 161a via the telephone terminal 141a into digital information. The analog information includes the first sending information and voice information described above. If the analog information is audio information, the audio processing unit 131a converts the audio information into digital information and then encodes the digital information. The voice processing unit 131a sends the processed digital information to the control processing unit 101.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of correspondence information between the two telephone numbers held by the communication device 146 illustrated in FIG. 1 and the above-described identification information. In the correspondence information example shown in FIG. 3, a telephone number starting from 03 is associated with identification information 1 #, and a telephone number starting from 050 is associated with identification information 2 #.

  FIG. 4 is an image diagram illustrating an operation example of the communication device 146 illustrated in FIG. The correspondence information used for the operation is represented in FIG.

  Assume that 1 # 045YYYYYYY is input (dial) to the telephone set 161a. Then, the first sending information including 1 # 045YYYYYYY is sent from the telephone set 161a to the communication device 146.

  The communication device 146 separates the first sending information into identification information 1 # and a destination telephone number 045YYYYYYY. The communication device 146 performs the separation by determining that the information before # is identification information based on the presence of #.

  Then, the communication device 146 selects 03XXXXXXX, which is the telephone number of the communication device 146 corresponding to the 1 # identification information, based on the correspondence information shown in FIG. Then, the communication device 146 transmits the first transmission information having the source telephone number 03XXXXXXX and the destination telephone number 045YYYYYYY to the base station via the IP telephone network 151.

  Thereafter, when incoming information is sent from the base station to the communication device 146 based on information sent from the telephone 162 (or a communication device connected to the telephone 162) to the base station, the telephone 161 and the telephone 162 Calls with can be made.

  Also assume that 2 # 045YYYYYYY is input (dial) to the telephone set 161a. Then, the first sending information including 2 # 045YYYYYYY is sent from the telephone set 161a to the communication device 146.

  The communication device 146 separates the first sending information into identification information 2 # and a destination telephone number 045YYYYYYY. The communication device 146 performs the separation by determining that the information before # is identification information based on the presence of #.

  Then, communication device 146 selects 050XXXXXXX1, which is the telephone number of communication device 146 corresponding to the identification information of 2 #, based on the correspondence information shown in FIG. Then, the communication device 146 transmits the first transmission information having the transmission source telephone number of 050XXXXXXX1 and the transmission destination telephone number of 045YYYYYYY to the base station via the IP telephone network 151. Then, the telephone set 162 receives information based on the first transmission information from the base station.

  Thereafter, when incoming information is sent from the base station to the communication device 146 based on information sent from the telephone 162 (or a communication device connected to the telephone 162) to the base station, the telephone 161 and the telephone 162 Calls with can be made.

  FIG. 5 is an image diagram illustrating the operation of the communication device 146 when receiving an incoming call.

  It is assumed that a call is sent from the telephone 162 to 03XXXXXXX. The telephone number of the telephone set 162 that is the transmission source is 045YYYYYYY. From the telephone set 162, transmission information with a destination telephone number of 03XXXXXXX and a transmission source telephone number of 045YYYYYYY is sent to the base station. Then, the base station sends the above-described second transmission information that has received the transmission information to the communication device 146. The second transmission information arrives at the communication device 146.

  Upon receiving the arrival, the communication device 146 compares 03XXXXXXXXX, which is the call destination telephone number, with the corresponding information shown in FIG. 3, and selects 1 #, which is identification information. Then, the communication device 146 sends 1 # 045YYYYYYY, which is second sending information obtained by combining 1 # of the identification information and 045YYYYYYY, which is the caller telephone number, to the telephone set 161a.

  Upon receiving the second delivery information, the telephone set 161a displays 1 # 045YYYYYYY, which is the second delivery information, on the number display 166. The user of the telephone set 161a knows from the display on the number display 166 that the transmission destination related to the sending information is addressed to the telephone number of the identification information 1 # and that the transmission source related to the sending information is 045YYYYYYY. Can do.

  Thereafter, when the user takes a measure such as picking up the handset of the telephone set 161a, a telephone call between the telephone set 162 and the telephone set 161 becomes possible.

  Next, it is assumed that the telephone set 162 shown in FIG. 5 is transmitted to 050XXXX1. The telephone number of the caller is 045YYYYYYY. The telephone set 162 sends outgoing information with the destination telephone number 050XXXX1 and the source telephone number 045YYYYYYY to the base station. The base station sends the above-described second transmission information that has received the transmission information to the communication device 146. The second transmission information arrives at the communication device 146.

  Upon receiving the arrival, the communication device 146 collates the call destination telephone number 050XXXX1 with the corresponding information shown in FIG. 3 and selects 2 # as the identification information. Then, the communication device 146 sends 2 # 045YYYYYYY, which is second sending information obtained by combining 2 # of the identification information and 045YYYYYYY, which is the caller telephone number, to the telephone set 161a.

  Upon receiving the second delivery information, the telephone set 161a displays 2 # 045YYYYYYY as the second delivery information on the number display 166. The user of the telephone set 161a knows from the display on the number display 166 that the destination related to the sending information is addressed to the telephone number of the identification information 2 # and that the source related to the sending information is 045YYYYYYY. Can do.

  Thereafter, when the user takes a measure such as picking up the handset of the telephone set 161a, a telephone call between the telephone set 162 and the telephone set 161a becomes possible.

  In the above example, the user of the telephone set 161a indicates that the communication device 146 indicates to which of the two telephone numbers held by the communication device 146 the telephone set 162 is transmitted by displaying the number display on the telephone set 161a. I can know.

  FIG. 6 is an image diagram showing a display unit 106a which is an example of the display unit 106 shown in FIG.

  The display unit 106 a is installed on the side surface (for example, the front side surface) of the communication device 146. The display unit 106a includes light emitting units 107a and 107b. On the right side of the light emitting unit 107a, the characters TEL1 are displayed. Further, the character TEL2 is displayed on the right side of the light emitting unit 107b.

  When the communication device 146 receives the above-described second transmission information whose destination is the telephone number corresponding to the identification information of 1 # shown in FIG. 3, the light emitting unit 107a located on the left side of TEL1 is turned on. To do.

  On the other hand, when the communication device 146 receives the above-described second transmission information whose destination is the telephone number corresponding to the 2 # identification information shown in FIG. 3, the light emitting unit 107b located on the left side of TEL2 Lights up.

  When the communication device 146 makes a call to another telephone or another communication device using the telephone number corresponding to the 1 # identification information shown in FIG. 3 as the caller, the light emitting unit located on the left side of TEL1 107a lights up.

  On the other hand, when the communication device 146 makes a call to another telephone or another communication device using the telephone number corresponding to the identification information of 2 # shown in FIG. 3 as the caller, the light emitting unit located on the left side of TEL2 107b lights up.

  According to the example shown in FIG. 6, the user of the telephone set 161 a is the communication device 146, the telephone 162 is one of the two telephone numbers held by the communication device 146, and which of the telephone numbers is received by the communication device 146. Can be known from the display on the display unit 106a.

  The communication device 146 may have a call rejection function.

  FIG. 7 is an image diagram showing a communication device 146 provided with a call rejection button for realizing the function of the telephone set 161a rejecting a call.

  The communication device 146 illustrated in FIG. 7 includes a call rejection button 108.

  The user of the communication device 146 knows which of the two telephone numbers is addressed to the second transmission information received by the communication device 146 based on the display content of the display unit 106a. If the communication device 146 does not want to enable the call using the known telephone number, the user of the telephone set 161 a shown in FIG. 5 presses the call rejection button 108. Then, the communication device 146 receives the second transmission information and enables voice exchange with the sender of the second transmission information. However, the communication device 146 does not enable voice exchange between the communication device 146 and the telephone set 161a. And the communication apparatus 146 sends the audio | voice information showing the message which the communication apparatus 146 hold | maintains beforehand with respect to the said transmission origin, for example. The message has, for example, a content indicating that the telephone cannot be answered.

  When the communication device 146 is the communication device 146a shown in FIG. 2, information indicating call rejection is sent to the control processing unit 101 when the call rejection button 108 is pressed. The information indicating the call rejection is generated, for example, when the switch in the off state is turned on when the call rejection button 108 is pressed. The control processing unit 101 performs the processing described in the previous paragraph. Further, the recording unit 112 holds information representing the above message in advance.

According to the example of the communication device 146 shown in FIG. 7, the user of the communication device 146 can easily reject the call to the telephone set 161 a by pressing the call rejection button 108. In the case where the display unit 106a is provided as shown in FIG. 7, the user recognizes which telephone number the call is sent to by displaying on the display unit 106a, and then rejects the above-described call rejection. It can be carried out.
[Processing flow]
FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow of outgoing call related processing performed by the communication device 146 illustrated in FIG.

  When the communication device 146 is the communication device 146a illustrated in FIG. 2, the control processing unit 101 performs the processing illustrated in FIG. Further, the processing shown in FIG. 8 is based on the premise that the above correspondence information is shown in FIG.

  For example, the communication device 146 starts the processing illustrated in FIG. 8 by inputting start information from the outside. The start information is, for example, information brought about by turning on the power of the communication device 146 or starting a program for operating the communication device 146.

  And the communication apparatus 146 determines whether the process shown in FIG. 8 is complete | finished as a process of S100. The communication apparatus performs the determination based on whether or not end information is input from the outside, for example. The end information is information brought about by, for example, turning off the power supply of the communication device 146 or shutting down a program for operating the communication device 146.

  If the determination result obtained in step S100 is yes, the communication device 146 ends the process illustrated in FIG.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S101, when the determination result by the process of S100 is no.

  When performing the processing of S101, the communication device 146 determines whether or not transmission is possible as the same processing. The outgoing call is a call to a telephone or a communication device connected to the IP telephone network 151 through the IP telephone network 151 shown in FIG. The communication device 146 performs the determination by, for example, determining whether it is already busy or whether it is in a state where it is possible to make a call by interruption or the like even if it is busy.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S102 when the determination result by the process of S101 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S100 again when the determination result by the process of S101 is no.

  When performing the process of S102, the communication device 146 determines whether or not the first sending information is received from the telephone set 161a shown in FIG.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S103, when the determination result by the process of S102 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S100 again when the determination result by the process of S102 is no.

  When performing the process of S103, the communication device 146 determines whether or not the above-described identification information is combined with the first sending information determined to have been received by the process of S102.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S104, when the determination result by the process of S103 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S105, when the determination result by the process of S103 is no.

  When the process of S104 is performed, the communication device 146 determines whether the identification information determined to be combined with the first sending information by the process of S103 is 1 #.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S105, when the determination result by the process of S104 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S106, when the determination result by the process of S104 is no.

  When performing the process of S105, the communication device 146 selects the telephone number corresponding to 1 # in the correspondence information shown in FIG.

  Then, the communication device 146 performs the process of S107.

  On the other hand, when performing the process of S106, the communication apparatus 146 selects the telephone number corresponding to 2 # in the correspondence information shown in FIG.

  Then, the communication device 146 performs the process of S107.

  When performing the process of S107, the communication device 146 uses the telephone number selected in the process of S105 or S106 as the transmission source, and is included in the first sending information determined to have been received by the process of S102. A call to the destination telephone number is made to the above-mentioned base station.

  And the communication apparatus 146 determines whether transmission is complete | finished as a process of S108. The communication device 146 performs the determination by, for example, determining whether there is input of end information from the outside. The end information is input from the telephone set 161a, for example, when the telephone set is lowered at the telephone set 161a.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S100 described above again when the determination result of the process of S108 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S109, when the determination result by the process of S108 is no.

  And the communication apparatus 146 determines whether the incoming call information about the transmission destination transmitted by the process of S107 was received from the said base station as a process of S109.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S111, when the determination result by the process of S109 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S108 again, when the determination result by the process of S109 is no.

  When performing the process of S111, the communication device 146 enables voice transmission / reception between the IP terminal 111 and the telephone terminal 141a shown in FIG. In the case where the communication device 146 is the communication device 146a shown in FIG. 2, in order to enable the voice transmission / reception, the control processing unit transmits the voice information received from one of the IP processing unit 116 and the voice processing unit 131a to the other. included. Here, it is assumed that the processing enabling the above-described operation in the IP processing unit 116 and the voice processing unit 131a is performed before the processing of S111.

  When the process of S111 is performed, a telephone call between the telephone set 161a and the call destination becomes possible.

  And the communication apparatus 146 determines whether the telephone call between the telephone 161a and a transmission destination is complete | finished as a process of S112. The communication device 146 makes the determination by, for example, determining the presence / absence of input of call termination information from the outside. The call end information is, for example, call disconnect information input from the base station or the telephone set 161a to the communication device 146 by an operation such as lowering the destination or the telephone set of the telephone set 161a.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S113, when the determination result by the process of S112 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S112 again when the determination result by the process of S112 is no.

  When performing the process of S113, the communication device 146 performs a voice transfer disable process as the same process. In the case where the communication device 146 is the communication device 146a shown in FIG. 2, the control processing unit 101 sends the voice information received from one of the IP processing unit 116 and the voice processing unit 131a to the other in the voice transfer disable process. Includes stopping of processing.

  And the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S100 again.

  FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow of incoming call related processing performed by the communication device 146.

  When the communication device 146 is the communication device 146a shown in FIG. 2, the control processing unit 101 performs the processing shown in FIG. Further, in FIG. 9, it is assumed that the above-described identification information is what is shown in FIG.

  For example, the communication device 146 starts the process illustrated in FIG. 9 by inputting start information from the outside. The start information is, for example, information brought about by turning on the power of the communication device 146 or starting a program for operating the communication device 146.

  And the communication apparatus 146 determines whether the process shown in FIG. 9 is complete | finished as a process of S200. The communication device 146 makes the determination based on, for example, whether or not end information is input from the outside. The end information is information brought about by, for example, turning off the power supply of the communication device 146 or shutting down a program for operating the communication device 146.

  If the determination result from the process of S200 is yes, the communication device 146 ends the process illustrated in FIG.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S201, when the determination result by the process of S200 is no.

  When performing the processing of S201, the communication device 146 determines whether the incoming call is possible as the same processing. The incoming call is an incoming call from a telephone or communication apparatus connected to the IP telephone network 151 through the IP telephone network 151 shown in FIG. The communication device 146 performs the determination by, for example, determining whether the call is already busy or whether the call can be received by interruption or the like even if the call is busy.

  The communication device 146 performs the process of S202 when the determination result by the process of S201 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S200 again, when the determination result by the process of S201 is no.

  When performing the process of S202, the communication device 146 determines whether the second transmission information is received from the base station.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S203, when the determination result by the process of S202 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S200 again, when the determination result by the process of S202 is no.

  When the communication device 146 performs the process of S203, the telephone number of the transmission destination included in the second transmission information determined to be received by the process of S202 is the correspondence information shown in FIG. It is determined whether the phone number is 1 #.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S206, when the determination result by the process of S203 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S204, when the determination result by the process of S203 is no.

  When performing the process of S204, the communication device 146 determines whether the destination telephone number included in the second outgoing information is a 2 # telephone number in the correspondence information shown in FIG. Judgment is made.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S205, when the determination result by the process of S204 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S200 again, when the determination result by the process of S204 is no.

  When performing the process of S205, the communication device 146 creates a signal for number display (ND) in which 2 # is combined with the caller telephone number, and sends the ND signal to the telephone set 161a. . In response to the transmission, the telephone set 161a displays a symbol obtained by combining 2 # with the caller telephone number on the number display (ND).

  And the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S207.

  When performing the process of S206, the communication device 146 creates a signal for number display (ND) combining 1 # as the same process, and sends the signal for ND to the telephone set 161a. In response to the transmission, the telephone set 161a displays a symbol in which 1 # is combined with the caller telephone number on the number display (ND).

  And the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S207.

  When performing the process of S207, the communication device 146 enables voice transmission / reception between the IP terminal 111 and the telephone set 161a shown in FIG. In the case where the communication device 146 is the communication device 146a shown in FIG. 2, in the voice transfer enabling process, the control processing unit sends the voice information received from one of the IP processing unit 116 and the voice processing unit 131a to the other. Is included. Here, it is assumed that the processing enabling the operations in the IP processing unit 116 and the voice processing unit 131a is performed before the processing of S207.

  In the state where the processing of S207 is performed, when an operation such as raising the handset is performed on the telephone set 161a, a call between the caller and the telephone set 161a becomes possible.

  Next, the communication device 146 determines whether to end the call as the processing of S208. The communication device 146 makes the determination by, for example, determining the presence / absence of input of call termination information from the outside. The call end information is, for example, call disconnection information sent from the telephone 161a or the above-described base station by an operation such as lowering the telephone set 161a or the receiver at the caller.

  The communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S209, when the determination result by the process of S208 is yes.

  On the other hand, the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S208 again when the determination result by the process of S208 is no.

  When performing the process of S209, the communication device 146 performs a voice transmission / reception disable process as the same process. In the case where the communication device 146 is the communication device 146a shown in FIG. 2, in the voice transfer disable processing, the control processing unit sends the voice information received from one of the IP processing unit 116 and the voice processing unit 131a to the other. Includes stoppages.

And the communication apparatus 146 performs the process of S200 again.
[effect]
The communication device 146 shown in FIG. 1 holds two telephone numbers. Then, the communication device 146 can call any one of the two phone numbers corresponding to the identification information input by the telephone 161a as a caller, thereby enabling the call. In addition, the communication device 146 can receive a call when any of the two telephone numbers is transmitted as a call destination, and can enable a call. Therefore, the communication device 146 allows a user to use two telephone numbers properly according to the purpose of use (for example, private use or company use (public use), etc.). Therefore, the communication device 146 facilitates management of a call charge and a communication history according to, for example, two usage purposes when a single communication device is used.
<Second embodiment>
In the first embodiment, the case where the communication device 146 shown in FIG. 1 holds two different telephone numbers has been described. However, the communication device 146 may have three or more telephone numbers. The second embodiment is an embodiment in which the communication device 146 of FIG. 1 holds four telephone numbers, and further sets a condition for making a call for a predetermined telephone number.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of correspondence information between a telephone number and identification information when the communication device 146 holds four telephone numbers. In the correspondence information shown in FIG. 10, each of the identification information of 1 # to 4 # is associated with 03XXXXXXX, 050XXXX1, 050XXXXXX2, and 050XXXXXXX3 in this order.

  For each telephone number, the communication device 146 can also define conditions for enabling voice exchange for incoming calls from the IP telephone network 51 shown in FIG. The voice transmission / reception enabled is a voice transmission / reception enabled between the IP terminal 111 and the telephone terminal 141a shown in FIG.

  When the communication apparatus 146 shown in FIG. 1 holds three or more telephone numbers, the communication apparatus 146 transmits one of the three or more telephone numbers corresponding to the identification information input by the telephone set 161a. It is possible to make a call possible by calling as a source. Further, the communication device 146 can make an incoming call and make a call possible even when any of the three or more telephone numbers is transmitted as a destination. Therefore, the communication device 146 allows a user to use three or more telephone numbers properly according to the purpose of use by using one communication device. Therefore, the communication device 146 facilitates management of call charges and communication histories according to three or more usage purposes when a single communication device is used.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the voice transmission / reception enabling condition when the voice transmission / reception enabling condition is provided for two of the four telephone numbers held by the communication device 146.

  In the example shown in FIG. 11, the voice transmission / reception enabling condition is not defined for the telephone number 03XXXXXXX corresponding to the identification information 1 # and the telephone number 050XXXXXXX1 corresponding to the identification information 2 #. Therefore, when the destination telephone number included in the second transmission information received by the communication device 146 is 03XXXXXXX or 050XXXXXX1, there is no particular condition, and the second transmission information can be received at any time. The above-mentioned voice exchange is enabled.

  On the other hand, for telephone number 050XXXXXXX2 corresponding to identification information 3 #, a condition for excluding 17:00 to 8:00 is set as a condition for enabling voice transmission / reception. Therefore, only when the communication device 146 receives the second transmission information during a time period excluding 17:00 to 8:00, the communication device 146 performs the voice exchange.

  For telephone number 050XXXX3 corresponding to identification information 4 #, a condition for excluding Saturday and Sunday is set as a voice transfer enabling condition. Therefore, only when the communication device 146 receives the second transmission information on a day other than Saturday and Sunday, the communication device 146 performs the voice exchange.

  Here, whether or not to apply the voice transmission / reception enabling condition shown in FIG. 11 to the transmission performed by the communication device 146 is arbitrary. The communication device 146 may enable transmission using the telephone number 050XXXXXXX2 or 050XXXXXXX3 (transmission of the first transmission information described above) regardless of the voice transmission / reception enabling condition shown in FIG.

  The condition setting for enabling voice transmission shown in FIG. 11 is an example, and various conditions can be assumed as the conditions to be set. Different conditions may be set for outgoing calls and incoming calls.

  FIG. 12 is an image diagram showing an example of an incoming call related operation of communication device 146 when the voice transfer enabling condition shown in FIG. 11 is set.

  It is assumed that a call is made from the telephone set 162 connected to the IP telephone network 151 to the telephone number 050XXXXXXX2 at 18:00. Then, the second transmission information is sent from the base station to the communication device 146.

  After the second transmission information arrives at the communication device 146, the communication device 146 compares the destination telephone number included in the second transmission information with the communication enabling condition shown in FIG. Then, the communication device 146 determines that the communication enabling condition shown in FIG. Then, the communication device 146 does not enable voice exchange between the IP terminal 111 and the telephone terminal 141a related to the second transmission information. However, the communication device 146 enables voice exchange between the control processing unit (see the control processing unit 101 shown in FIG. 2) of the communication device 146 and the IP terminal 111 shown in FIG. Then, the communication device 146 sends voice information representing a message indicating that a call with the user of the telephone set 161 a cannot be made to the telephone set 162 through the IP telephone network 151 via the IP terminal 111. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the message is “I can't mediate because it is out of time”. The audio information is held in advance by the recording unit of the communication device 146 (see the recording unit 112 shown in FIG. 2).

As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, when the conditions for enabling voice transmission / reception are defined, each telephone number can be used according to the individual conditions for enabling voice transmission / reception.
[effect]
The communication device 146 of the second embodiment holds four telephone numbers. Then, the communication device 146 can call any one of the four telephone numbers corresponding to the identification information input by the telephone set 161a as a caller to enable the call. Further, the communication device 146 can receive a call when any of the four telephone numbers is transmitted as a call destination, and can make a call. Therefore, the communication device 146 allows the user to use four telephone numbers properly according to the purpose of use (for example, private use or company use (public use)) by one communication device. Therefore, the communication device 146 facilitates, for example, management of call charges and communication histories according to four usage purposes when a single communication device is used.

In the communication device 146 according to the second embodiment, conditions for enabling voice transmission / reception may be determined for each telephone number. In this case, the communication device 146 makes it possible to use each telephone number according to individual voice transfer enabling conditions.
<Third embodiment>
The communication device 146 may include a plurality of telephone terminals, and a plurality of telephones can be connected by the plurality of connection terminals. The third embodiment is an embodiment relating to a communication apparatus that selectively uses a plurality of telephone numbers held by a plurality of connected telephones.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a connection state of the communication device 146b, which is an example of the communication device 146 illustrated in FIG. 1 having two telephone terminals, to the IP telephone network 151 and the telephones 161a and 161b. The telephone 161a is connected to the telephone terminal 141a of the communication device 146b, and the telephone 161b is connected to the telephone terminal 141b.

  FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration example of the communication device 146b illustrated in FIG. The communication device 146b includes an audio processing unit 131b and a telephone terminal 141b in addition to the configuration of the communication device 146a illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, two different telephones can be connected to each of the telephone set 161a and the telephone set 161b. And the process regarding the audio | voice information between the telephone terminal 141a and the control processing part 101 is performed in the audio | voice processing part 131a. Further, processing related to audio information between the telephone terminal 141b and the control processing unit 101 is performed in the audio processing unit 131b.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, when two telephones can be connected to the communication apparatus according to the present embodiment, a plurality of telephone numbers provided in the communication apparatus 146b can be used properly by the two telephones. . In addition, the communication device 146b illustrated in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 can connect a plurality of telephones to enable a telephone call to be performed using another telephone even when one telephone is in use. Further, the communication device 146b may allow another telephone to make a call with another telephone number, even when one telephone number is in use.

  The above can be realized by making the configuration of the program for causing the control processing unit 101 to execute the processing so that the above operation can be performed.

  Note that the number of telephones that can be connected to the communication apparatus of this embodiment may be three or more. In that case, a plurality of telephone numbers provided in the communication device 146b can be used properly by three or more telephones.

  The control processing unit 101 may restrict the telephones to be subjected to voice transmission / reception when receiving a call by telephone numbers.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of restriction on a target telephone that is enabled to receive and receive voice when an incoming call is received.

  According to the setting shown in FIG. 16, when the destination telephone number included in the second outgoing information described above is 03XXXXXXX, the telephone terminal that enables voice exchange with the IP terminal 111 shown in FIG. 15 is connected to the telephone terminal 141a. Limited. As a result, when the communication device 146b sends the second transmission information in which the telephone set 162 has a destination telephone number of 03XXXXXXX, only the telephone set 161a can make a call with the telephone set 162.

  Further, according to the conditions shown in FIG. 16, when the destination telephone number included in the second outgoing information is 050XXXX1, the telephone terminal for enabling voice exchange with the IP terminal 111 shown in FIG. Both 141a and 141b. As a result, when the communication device 146b sends the second transmission information in which the telephone set 162 has the destination telephone number of 050XXXXXXX1, both the telephone sets 161a and 161b can talk with the telephone set 162. In this case, both the telephones 161a and 161b may be able to talk to the telephone 162 at the same time. Further, only one of the telephones 161a and 161b may be able to make a call with the telephone 162.

In addition, according to the conditions shown in FIG. 16, when the destination telephone number included in the second outgoing information is 050XXXX2 or 050XXXX3, the telephone terminal that enables voice exchange with the IP terminal 111 shown in FIG. Restricted to telephone terminal 141b only. As a result, when the communication device 146b sends the second transmission information in which the telephone set 162 has the destination telephone number of 050XXXXXXX2 or 050XXXXXXX3, only the telephone set 161b can make a call with the telephone set 162.
As shown in FIG. 16, when the telephones (phone terminals) that enable voice transmission / reception are limited by telephone numbers, the telephones can be selectively used depending on the usage purpose of the telephone number. Further, in this case, even when a call is made with one telephone number from one telephone, a call with another telephone number can be made simultaneously with the other telephone.

  The setting of the voice exchange enabling telephone (telephone terminal) shown in FIG. 16 is an example, and various settings can be assumed. For example, it may be set so that a telephone call can be made with any telephone number by any telephone. Further, different voice exchange enabling telephones (telephone terminals) may be set for outgoing calls and incoming calls.

For each telephone number, the voice exchange enabling condition shown in FIG. 11 and the voice exchange enabling telephone (telephone terminal) shown in FIG. 16 may be combined.
[effect]
The communication device 146b of the third embodiment makes it possible to selectively use a plurality of telephone numbers held by a plurality of connected telephones. When the telephone (phone terminal) that enables voice transmission / reception is limited by the telephone number, the communication device 146b can use the telephone according to the usage purpose of the telephone number.

  As described above, the communication devices of the first to third embodiments all hold a plurality of telephone numbers. Then, the telephone number corresponding to the identification information input by the telephone can be transmitted as a caller or the telephone number can be received as a callee. Therefore, it becomes possible for a user to use a plurality of telephone numbers depending on the purpose of use by using one communication device. The communication device facilitates management according to the purpose of use of information attached to the call such as a call charge and a communication history.

  In the communication apparatus according to the present embodiment, the communication apparatus that connects the telephone, not the telephone, holds a plurality of telephone numbers. Therefore, when a plurality of telephones are connected to the communication device, a plurality of telephone numbers can be used properly by the plurality of telephones.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication device 146x which is the minimum communication device of the present invention.

  The communication device 146x includes a holding unit 112x and a processing unit 101x.

  The holding unit 112x holds a plurality of telephone numbers.

  The processing unit 101x performs the first communication enablement and the second communication enablement.

  The first communication enabling is a process that enables voice information to be exchanged between the telephone and the destination by making a call to a destination telephone number input from a telephone (not shown). It is. The transmission to the destination is performed by the telephone number specified from the identification information input from the telephone.

  The second call enabling is a process that enables voice information to be exchanged between the caller and the telephone by receiving an incoming call to one of the plurality of phone numbers from the caller. is there.

  The communication device 146x holds a plurality of telephone numbers. Then, the telephone number corresponding to the identification information input by the telephone can be transmitted as a caller or the telephone number can be received as a callee. Therefore, the communication device 146x enables a user to use a plurality of telephone numbers properly by using one communication device.

  In the communication device 146x, not the telephone but the communication device 146x connecting the telephone holds a plurality of telephone numbers. Therefore, when a plurality of telephones are connected to the communication device 146x, a plurality of telephone numbers can be used properly by the plurality of telephones.

  Therefore, the determination device 136x has the effects described in the section [Effects of the Invention] by the above configuration.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and further modifications, substitutions, and adjustments may be made without departing from the basic technical idea of the present invention. Can be added. For example, the configuration of the elements shown in each drawing is an example for helping understanding of the present invention, and is not limited to the configuration shown in these drawings.

  Further, a part or all of the above-described embodiment can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.

(Appendix A1)
A holding unit for holding a plurality of telephone numbers and a processing unit;
The processor is
By making a call to the destination telephone number input from the telephone by the telephone number specified from the identification information input from the telephone, the voice information between the telephone and the destination is First call enabling to give and receive,
A communication apparatus that performs second call enabling that enables voice information to be exchanged between the caller and the telephone by receiving a call from the caller to one of the plurality of telephone numbers.

(Appendix A2)
Holding information representing the correspondence between each of the plurality of telephone numbers and the identification information, and performing the identification by referring to the identification information input from the telephone to the information representing the correspondence;
The communication device described in appendix A1.

(Appendix A3)
The communication device according to Appendix A1 or Appendix A2, wherein the plurality is three or more.

(Appendix A4)
The communication apparatus according to any one of Supplementary Notes A1 to A3, further comprising an output unit that outputs information representing the destination telephone number.

(Appendix A5)
The communication apparatus according to appendix A4, wherein the output unit sends a signal for number display including information obtained by combining information indicating the identified telephone number with the destination telephone number to the telephone.

(Appendix A6)
The communication device according to any one of Supplementary Notes A1 to A5, further comprising a display unit that displays information representing the destination telephone number.

(Appendix A7)
The communication device according to appendix A6, wherein the display unit includes a light-emitting unit that displays information indicating the destination telephone number by light emission.

(Appendix A8)
The communication apparatus according to any one of Supplementary Note A1 to Supplementary Note A7, further comprising an information input unit that can input stop information for preventing the second call from being enabled.

(Appendix A9)
The communication apparatus according to appendix A8, wherein the information input unit includes a switch capable of inputting stop prohibition information by switching.

(Appendix A10)
The communication device according to appendix A9, wherein the switch is a button switch provided on an outer surface.

(Appendix A11)
The communication device according to any one of appendices A1 to A10, wherein a condition for enabling the second call can be set for the destination telephone number.

(Appendix A12)
The communication apparatus according to appendix A11, wherein a condition for performing the second call enabling can be set for each of the plurality of telephone numbers.

(Appendix A13)
The communication device according to appendix A11 or appendix A12, which sends a message to the caller when the second call enabling is not performed.

(Appendix A14)
The communication apparatus according to any one of supplementary notes A1 to A13, wherein two or more telephones can be connected.

(Appendix A15)
The communication device according to any one of supplementary notes A1 to A14, wherein the telephone number that enables the second call among the telephones may be set for each of the plurality of telephone numbers.

(Appendix A16)
The communication device according to any one of Supplementary Note A1 to Supplementary Note A15, wherein the transmission to the transmission destination is a transmission to the transmission destination via an IP telephone network.

(Appendix A17)
The communication apparatus according to any one of Supplementary Note A1 to Supplementary Note A16, wherein the transmission to one of the plurality of telephone numbers is a transmission through an IP telephone network.

(Appendix A18)
The communication apparatus according to any one of Supplementary Note A1 to Supplementary Note A17, wherein the first call enabling is communication enabling via an IP telephone network.

(Appendix A19)
The communication apparatus according to any one of Supplementary Note A1 to Supplementary Note A18, wherein the second call enabling is communication enabling via an IP telephone network.

(Appendix A20)
The communication apparatus according to any one of supplementary notes A1 to A20, further comprising the telephone set.

101 Control processing unit 101x Processing unit 106, 106a Display unit 107a, 107b Light emitting unit 108 Call rejection button 111 IP terminal 112 Recording unit 112x Holding unit 116 IP processing unit 131a, 131b Audio processing unit 136 LAN terminal 141a, 141b Telephone terminal 146, 146a, 146b, 146x Communication device 151 IP telephone network 161a, 161b, 162 Telephone 166 Number display

Claims (9)

A holding unit for holding a plurality of telephone numbers and a processing unit;
The processor is
By making a call to the destination telephone number input from the telephone by the telephone number specified from the identification information input from the telephone, the voice information between the telephone and the destination is First call enabling to give and receive,
The incoming call to one of said plurality of telephone numbers from the source, have a second row and a call enabling that enables exchange of voice information between said source telephone,
An information input unit that can input stop information for preventing the second call from being made;
Communication device.   The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information input unit includes a switch capable of inputting stop prohibition information by switching. A holding unit for holding a plurality of telephone numbers and a processing unit;
The processor is
By making a call to the destination telephone number input from the telephone by the telephone number specified from the identification information input from the telephone, the voice information between the telephone and the destination is First call enabling to give and receive,
The incoming call to one of said plurality of telephone numbers from the source, have a second row and a call enabling that enables exchange of voice information between said source telephone,
A condition for enabling the second call can be set for each of the plurality of telephone numbers.
Communication device.   The communication device according to claim 3, wherein a message is sent to the transmission source when the second call enabling is not performed. The source telephone number and outputs the information representing further comprising an output unit, communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the output unit sends a signal for number display including information obtained by combining information indicating the identified telephone number with the caller telephone number to the telephone. The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , further comprising a display unit that displays information representing the telephone number that has been identified. The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein two or more telephones can be connected. The communication device according to claim 8 , wherein for each of the plurality of telephone numbers, one of the telephones that performs the second call enabling can be set.

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