JPH0287752A - Caller information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a called party to reply while notifying a caller and to attain ease of proper reply and correspondence by displaying a caller number and a caller corresponding to an incoming call in the presence of an incoming call and additional information. CONSTITUTION:A caller number information element data sent from a telephone network 1 is inputted to a digital exchange function device 4 via a subscriber line 2 and a line terminator 3, the device 4 detects the data and sends a base retrieval request to a telephone directory data base retrieval procedure section 5. The procedure section 5 sends retrieval detail information to a telephone directory data base 6 to retrieve the information, receives the retrieval result information comprising a caller telephone number, a display message length and a display message, processes the data based on the information and the processed caller number information element displays on a telephone set 7 or an information processing device 8 having a display function via the exchange function device 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is based on a caller number given from one communication network.
This invention relates to a method that allows the called party to easily obtain information about the caller.

(Prior Art) Conventional telephone networks did not have a function to send the caller's number to the called party. In April 1986, NTT's "rINs Net 64" basic interface service, D
As an additional service unique to the Integrated Services Digital Network (hereinafter referred to as 15DN), a function to send the caller's number from the communication network to the receiving terminal has been added using the channel.

(rINs Net 1500J implemented from 1986)
(The functions will be further expanded in 2007) Utilizing the above functions, some digital telephones and terminal adapters display caller IDs using liquid crystal displays.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, the above-mentioned telephone set, terminal adapter, etc. can display the caller number for an incoming call.

There was a problem in that unless the called party memorized the caller's number, it would be impossible to determine who the other caller was.

Furthermore, it cannot be used as an effective means of avoiding unnecessary incoming calls.

The present invention solves these problems.

This patent is characterized by providing a method that allows the called party to easily identify a single caller along with the caller's number.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides means for inputting a caller number sent from a telephone network and searching for identification information;
It is equipped with means for processing and adding additional information data and means for displaying the information data.

(Function) Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily obtain information data necessary for identifying the other party along with the calling party's telephone number.

(Example) Figure 1 shows the configuration and l5DN in an example of the present invention.
This shows the concept of connection to the network. In Figure 1,
1 is a telephone network (ISDN network), 2 is a subscriber line, 3 is a line termination device that is the demarcation point between the network and the terminal, and 4 is an ISDN network)
5 is a telephone directory database search procedure unit that generates calling number processing data; 6 is a telephone directory database;
8 is a telephone with a display function, and 8 is an information processing device with a display function.

FIG. 2 shows an overview of caller information displayed on a telephone or information processing device in the caller information display system of FIG. 1, and the flow of information in the system. In FIG. 2, 1°4.5, 6, and 7.8 indicate the same functional means as the corresponding numbers in FIG.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the above embodiment, the calling number information element data a sent from the 15DN network 1 is
It reaches the digital switching function device 4 via the two-line termination device 3. The digital switching function device 4 detects the calling number information element data and requests the telephone directory database search procedure section 5 to search the database (including the calling number).
send b. The telephone directory database search procedure unit 5 sends search detailed information C to the telephone directory database 6 to perform an information search, receives search result information d consisting of 1 outgoing call number 2 displayed message length 1 displayed message, and retrieves the information. After joining the original, the processed calling number information element data e
and f, it is transmitted via the digital switching function device 4 to the telephone 7 or information processing device 8 having a display function and displayed on the display.

FIG. 3 shows the conceptual structure of the telephone directory database of the above embodiment, in which information consisting of a display message length and a display message is stored in correspondence with a calling telephone number.

FIG. 4 shows an example of display items and display formats to be displayed on the display of a telephone or information processing device in the embodiment described above. In Figure 4(a), 10
is the display, 11.12.13.14 is the time display of the incoming call, AM/PM display, 4 date (month/day) display, and day of the week display, 15 is the calling number status, 16 is the calling number,
Reference numeral 17 indicates display characters corresponding to the calling number for identifying the caller. Further, FIG. 4(b) shows an example of a display displayed on the display IO. FIG. 5 shows a detailed block configuration of a TSDN compatible digital switching function device.

In FIG. 5, 40 is an l5DN compatible digital switching function device d, which includes a network control device 41 that sends and receives network control information to and from the switching network, a physical layer/data ring layer processing section 42, and a network layer interface control section. 43. Layer protocol control section 44, I5DN service distribution processing section 45. l
5DN service compatible processing interface unit 46, a plurality of individual l5DN service processing units 472, a caller number service processing unit 48, an incoming call control processing unit 49, a plurality of non-l5DN service processing units 472)
It is composed of N service processing sections 50. Further, the caller number service processing section 48 is connected to the telephone directory database search procedure section 5, and the incoming call control processing section 4
9 is connected to a telephone or information processing device 70.

Each layer control in FIG. 5 is defined by the 15DN network layer specifications, so a description thereof will be omitted. Further, in FIG. 5, a block having elements necessary to realize the present invention is a caller ID service processing section 48.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the internal block configuration of the caller number service processing section, connections with other blocks, and processing flow in the Lu embodiment. In FIG. 6, 5 is a telephone directory database search procedure section, and 6 is a telephone directory database corresponding to the same numbers in FIGS. 1 and 2. 46 is an I5DN service compatible processing interface section, and 48 is a caller number service processing section which corresponds to the same number in FIG. The caller number service processing section 48 includes a data reception interface section 481, a caller number data reception section 482, a caller number presence/absence identification section 483, and a caller number processed data processing section 484. . The output of the caller number processed data processing section 484 is connected to a telephone or information processing device via an incoming call control processing section 49 (FIG. 5).

FIG. 7 shows an example of calling number information element data notified from the 15DN network. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the processing flow in the caller number service processing unit for the caller number information element.

Next, the processing operation of the caller number information element will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 and 8. The calling number information element data a sent from the I5DN service compatible processing interface section 46 is sent to the data receiving interface section 481.
The data is received by executing the reception procedure in the caller number data reception unit 482, and the data is passed on to the caller number data reception unit 482.
Pass it to 83.

The caller number presence/non-recognition unit 483 recognizes the presence or absence of a number digit (S81 in FIG. 8), and determines whether the caller number digit can be displayed (582 in FIG. 8). If it can be displayed, the caller number digit is displayed in the telephone directory database. A search request is made to the search procedure unit 5 to extract display characters corresponding to the caller number (883 in FIG. 8). The telephone directory database search procedure unit 5 searches the telephone directory database 6 and retrieves the corresponding display message and display message length C with/without caller number.
It is sent to the unrecognized unit 483. Caller number existence/non-recognition section 483
When the search is successful, the obtained information is sent to the caller number processed data processing unit 484, and the caller number processed data processing unit 484 generates the caller number processed data. (Fig. 885), and sends the generated data to the incoming call control processing unit.

When the caller number presence/absence recognition unit 483 determines that the element data recognition result 1 caller number digits cannot be displayed (
(No in 882 of FIG. 8), that is, if the data is an element that cannot be recognized for the calling number (cannot be displayed or the calling number is not notified from the telephone network), the search request is suppressed. In addition, if the search fails because the number is not registered as a result of the telephone directory database search, the 1 caller number processing unit 484
To generate processed data for the reason code that cannot be displayed in 1.8.
(Fig. 886) and is sent to the incoming call control processing unit.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention displays a caller number, information identifying the caller, and additional information for an incoming call, so that the called party does not have to be aware of the other caller. This has the effect of making it possible to respond more appropriately than in the current situation where it is impossible to determine who is calling.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the configuration and connection of one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the outline and flow of caller information in this embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a telephone directory in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the display items and display format in this embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the digital exchange function device. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the caller number. A diagram showing the block configuration of the service processing unit, connections with other blocks, and the flow of processing; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of calling number information elements in this embodiment; FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the calling number service processing FIG. 1...Telephone network (ISDN network), 2...Subscriber line, 3...Line termination device, 4.40...15DN compatible digital exchange function device, 5...Telephone directory database procedure section, 6 ・
...Telephone directory database, 7...Telephone, 8.
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・Time display, 12... AM/PM display, 13... Date display, 14... Day of the week display, 15... Calling number status display, 16... Calling number display, 17... Calling number Corresponding display character display, 41...Network control device, 42
... physical layer/data link layer processing unit, 43... network layer interface control unit, 44... layer protocol control unit, 45... l5DN service distribution processing unit, 46... l5DN service 47...Individual IS DN service processing unit, 48...Caller number service processing unit, 49...
Incoming call control processing unit, 50... Non-15DN service processing unit, 70... Telephone/information processing equipment, 71... Incoming call communication control unit, 72... Display display processing unit,
481...Data reception interface section, 482...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] In a system that displays an incoming call to a called party using a calling number information element or similar information element sent from a communication network, the system includes an identification information search means, a means for processing and adding additional information data, and a means for displaying the information data. 1. A caller information display system comprising means for displaying a caller on the called party's side based on the calling number information element or similar information element to facilitate identification of the caller.