JPH01125158A - Communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use a communication terminal equipment just after the connection by allowing an exchange to rewrite the individual information of the communication terminal equipment stored in advance based on the individual information sent from the communication terminal equipment when the communication terminal equipment is connected to the exchange. CONSTITUTION:When the connection of the communication terminal equipment 2 is detected by means 3-6 detecting the connection of the communication terminal equipment 2 provided to an exchange 1, the exchange 1 reads the individual information possessed by the communication terminal equipment and sends an instruction to be transferred to the communication terminal equipment 2. With the instruction received thereto, the communication terminal equipment 2 reads the individual information of the communication terminal equipment and sends the information to the exchange 1. The exchange 1 rewrites the individual information of the communication terminal equipment 2 stored in a data base in advance based on the sent individual information. Thus, the communication terminal equipment is used just after the connection.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a communication system in which communication terminals communicate via an exchange.

(Prior Art) Generally, in a communication system, communication terminals such as telephones and fax machines are connected to an exchange, and these communication terminals communicate via the exchange.

By the way, in such a communication system, when a new communication terminal is connected to an exchange, it is necessary to perform a predetermined registration work at the exchange.

In other words, the exchange stores in advance the individual information possessed by each communication terminal, and provides predetermined services to each communication terminal based on this individual information, so when a new communication terminal is connected, this Individual g! This is because it is necessary to rewrite the information.

This kind of registration work involves connecting a communication terminal to a designated connection terminal of the exchange, and then receiving information about the telephone number of the communication terminal to be connected and information about the telephone number of the communication terminal connected to the exchange from the maintenance terminal connected to the exchange. Information such as that a new communication terminal has been connected to the connection terminal is input.

Incidentally, in general, such registration work by repeatedly manipulating a maintenance terminal is generally performed by a dedicated maintenance person.

For this reason, there is a problem that, for example, when a communication terminal is added, it cannot be used immediately.

Another problem is that, after registering personal information, the user cannot move and use the communication terminal to a place where he or she wants to talk.

Furthermore, there is a problem in that the communication terminal cannot be moved to another location during a call.

In addition, 15DN is expected to become popular as a communication network in the future.
It is thought that a similar problem will occur in the (integrated service digital network).

That is, in this ISDN, there is a service called portability that allows communication terminals to be freely changed within the bus.

This service broadcasts information signals on the bus,
This is achieved by selecting the incoming communication terminal within the bus using attribute information of the communication terminal called call information.

Therefore, in this case, it is possible to change the connection of communication terminals as long as they are within the same bus, but when connecting to another bus, problems similar to those of the communication system described above arise.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the communication system described above, there is a problem in that after a new communication terminal is connected to the exchange, the new communication terminal cannot be used immediately.

The present invention has been made in response to such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication system in which the connected communication terminal can be used immediately after the terminal device is connected to the exchange.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention is characterized in that a plurality of communication terminals having individual information such as telephone numbers are connected to an exchange, and the exchange stores the individual information possessed by these communication terminals in a database. The information stored in the database is stored in the database, and the exchange is applied to a communication system that provides predetermined services based on the individual information stored in this database.

That is, the exchange is equipped with means for detecting whether a communication terminal is connected or disconnected, and when this means detects that a communication terminal has been connected, individual information possessed by the connected communication terminal is sent to the exchange. Based on the transmitted individual information, the exchange rewrites the individual information of the communication terminals stored in the database in advance.

(Function) In the present invention, when the connection of a communication terminal is detected by the means for detecting the connection of a communication terminal provided in the exchange, individual information possessed by this communication terminal should be read and transferred from the exchange to this communication terminal. When the communication terminal to which the command is sent receives such a command, it reads out the individual information possessed by this communication terminal and sends this information to the exchange. Koja11! Based on this transmitted individual information, the individual information of the communication terminal stored in the database in advance is rewritten.

(Example) Hereinafter, details of an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, this system has a configuration in which a telephone 2 is connected to an exchange Ill.

Here, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the exchange a1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone set 2. As shown in FIG.

The exchange 1 shown in FIG. 2 has a telephone 2 connected to an exchange a control unit 5 including a database 3 that stores individual information regarding the telephone 2 and a control processor 4 in order to realize various services that the exchange Ill is waiting for. , an internal bus 7 that connects the exchange control unit 5 and the boat 6.

Note that the individual information regarding the telephone 2 for realizing various services stored in the database 3 of this exchange 1 includes, for example, telephone numbers, numbers corresponding to each predetermined group, and existing telephone numbers that are actually used. The information includes information on whether the server is being used, and if so, to which boat 6 it is connected. Also, the user
Although the telephone number of f and information regarding the services to be enjoyed by this telephone 2 are registered in advance in the database 3,
When the i2 is not connected, unused information is also registered.

The telephone 112 shown in FIG. 3 includes an external recording medium reading section 8 that reads the contents of an external recording medium (not shown) that stores individual information, and an external recording medium reading section 8 that reads the contents of an external recording medium (not shown) that stores individual information. A terminal information storage unit 9 stores the individual information read by the telephone 112 and a usage permission request information write unit stores information for requesting usage permission when the telephone 112 is newly connected to the exchange 1. an internal memory 11 including a section 10, a dial control section 13 including an internal processor 12 that controls this internal memory 11 and each section, a keyboard 14 used for inputting dial numbers, control information, etc.; The telephone circuit section 15 is comprised of a circuit that sends out a dial signal in response to instructions from the telephone.

Next, the operation when the telephone 2 is connected to the exchange Ill having the above-described configuration will be explained.

First, the control processor 4 in the exchange 1 monitors the usage status of the boats 6 at regular intervals.

This monitoring result is stored in the database 3 in the exchange.
is saved a predetermined number of times.

Here, when a new telephone 2 is connected to the unused boat 6, the exchange 1 compares the usage status monitoring with the contents of the database 3 that stores information on past usage status monitoring. Then, it is detected that the telephone 2 is newly connected to the unused boat 6.

When the exchange 1 detects that the telephone 1112 is newly connected in this way, it determines whether or not the telephone fi2 can be made available for use.

This is done by the user of telephone 2 making a predetermined designation using keyboard 14 of telephone 8112.

That is, from the operation related to the use permission request performed on the keyboard 14 in advance, the dial control unit 13 analyzes that the information input by this operation is the use permission request information of the telephone 2, and transmits this information to the telephone ll! The information is stored in the usage permission request information writing section 112.

Then, by referring to the information stored in the permission request information writing section 10, the exchange 1 determines whether or not the telephone 2 can be made available for use.

Similarly, the exchange I11 determines whether to perform an automatic connection test for the telephone 112.

That is, the keyboard 1 previously performed on the telephone 2
Based on the information obtained from the operation related to the execution of the automatic connection test in step 4, the exchange 1 determines whether to perform the automatic connection test for this telephone 1!12.

Therefore, when it is determined that the newly connected telephone R2 can be made available for use by the above-described operation,
Exchange 1 instructs telephone 2 to start up.

Note that if it is necessary for the exchange 1 to perform an automatic connection test for the telephone 2 due to the operation described above, the exchange li
t performs an automatic connection test for this phone 2, and then connects the phone 2.
Give instructions to stand up.

Telephone 1!2, which has received the startup instruction from exchange 1, sends the individual information of telephone 2, such as its own telephone number information stored in terminal information storage section 9, to exchange 1, and stores it in database 3 in exchange 1. Request rewriting of each part.

Now, when a request to rewrite the database 3 is issued from the telephone 2, the exchange 1ml changes the use status of the telephone number of the telephone 2 and the correspondence table 14F between the telephone number and the connection boat 6.

As a result, the previously unused telephone 112 is replaced by the exchange I1.
The telephone 2 can be used immediately after being connected to one terminal, and the telephone 2 that is currently in use can be disconnected from the terminal and connected to another terminal for use again. Therefore, it is also possible to put the telephone 2 on hold during a call, move it to another location, connect it to the terminal at that location, and resume the call.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the idea.

For example, in the embodiment described above, the individual information possessed by the telephone 2 was stored and held by the telephone Ia2 itself, but such information is stored in a portable recording medium such as an ID card, and the telephone 8m2 When using the telephone 2, the information on the ID card may be read by the external recording medium reading section 8 and transferred to the internal memory 11 of the telephone 2.

Further, in the above-described embodiments, a telephone is used as the communication terminal, but this may be another communication terminal such as a FAX.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the communication system of the present invention, when a terminal device is connected to an exchange, the connected individual information is sent to the exchange and rewritten. The connected communication terminal can then be used immediately after that.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the exchange shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the exchange shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an S telephone. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Exchange, 2... Telephone terminal, 3... Database, 4... Control processor, 5... Switch control unit, 6... Boat, 7... Internal bus, 8... - External recording medium reading section, 9... Terminal information storage section, 10... Usage permission request information writing section, 11... Internal memory, 12.
...Internal processor, 13...Dial control section, 14
...Keyboard, 15...Telephone circuit section. Applicant Toshiba Corporation Patent Attorney Sasa Suyama - Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a communication system in which communication terminals having individual information are connected to an exchange, the exchange accumulates individual information possessed by the communication terminals, and performs predetermined control based on the accumulated information, When a terminal is connected, the individual information possessed by the communication terminal is sent to the exchange, and the exchange rewrites the individual information of the communication terminal stored in advance based on the sent individual information. Characteristic communication system. (2) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the individual information possessed by the communication terminal is stored in a removable memory. (3) The individual information held by a communication terminal includes use permission request information when the communication terminal is connected, and the exchange reads the use permission request information and uses the newly connected communication terminal based on the reading result. The communication system according to claim 1, which is enabled.