JPH05316221A - Automatic voice mail number informing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically receive the notification of the number of voice mails stored in a voice mail device at the time of supplying the power source to a mobile communication terminal. CONSTITUTION:When a subscriber supplies the power source to an automobile telephone set 1 as a mobile communication terminal, the automobile telephone set 1 transmits the power supply information through a cell site device 2 to an automobile telephone switchboard 3. The automobile telephone switchboard 3 reads the number of the voice mails of the automobile telephone set 1 whose power source is supplied from a voice main number memory 6, calls the automobile telephone set 1 whose power source is supplied when the number of the voice mails is not 0, and communicates the read number of the voice mails to an announce device 4. When the called automobile telephone set 1 answers the calling, the announce device 4 transmits the number of the voice mails stored in a voice mail device 5 to the automobile telephone set 1 as a voice. The subscriber confirms the number of the voice mails, and reads the voice mail from the voice mail device 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic notification system for the number of voicemails, and more particularly to an automatic notification system for the number of voicemails in a mobile communication system using a mobile communication terminal (for example, a car phone, a mobile phone, a ship phone, etc.). Regarding the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A voice mail service used in a conventional mobile communication system is similar to a voice mail service used in a general wired telephone system, even if a voice mail is stored in a voice mail device. It was not possible to confirm the existence of voice mail unless the subscriber who received the mail service (hereinafter referred to simply as the subscriber) dialed the voice mail service number.

That is, in order to confirm the presence or absence of voice mail, the subscriber dials a preset access number to the voice mail device to make a call with the voice mail device, and then the voice mail device operates. The presence or absence of voice mail is sent only after sending out the requested voice mail box number (here, the voice mail box is an area in which the storage area in the voice mail device is assigned to each mobile communication terminal) and the password. I was able to hear the contents.

[0004]

In the voice mail service used in such a conventional mobile communication system, the presence / absence of voice mail is not automatically notified, so that the subscriber confirms the presence / absence of voice mail. There was a drawback in that the voicemail device had to be called frequently in order to do so. For example, if the number of times of use is small, such as when voice mail is posted only a few times a month, the subscriber must make a wasteful access to the voice mail device to check whether the voice mail is posted. I had to do it.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to enable automatic notification of the number of voice mails stored in the voice mail device when the mobile communication terminal is powered on. It is to provide a number automatic notification system.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An automatic voice mail number notification system of the present invention is a cell for performing wireless communication between a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal within the radio range in a mobile communication system. There was a change when there was a change in the site device, the voicemail number memory that stores information about its own terminal number and the number of voicemails for each mobile communication terminal, and the number of stored voicemails. A voice mail device for transferring information on the terminal number of the mobile communication terminal and the number of stored voice mails to the voice mail number memory, and a call connection between the mobile communication terminal and the voice mail device. A mobile telecommunication switch for controlling
A voice mail number notifying unit for notifying the mobile communication terminal of information on the number of voice mails stored in the voice mail number memory when power-on information is sent from the mobile communication terminal.

[0007]

In the automatic voice mail number notification system of the present invention, the cell site device performs wireless communication with the mobile communication terminals within the radio range, and the voice mail number memory has its own terminal. Stores information about the number and the number of voicemails, and when the number of voicemails stored in the voicemail device changes, the terminal number of the mobile communication terminal that has changed and the number of stored voicemails Information to the voice mail number memory, the mobile communication exchange controls the call connection between the mobile communication terminal and the voice mail device, and the voice mail number notifying means from the mobile communication terminal to the power-on information. Is sent to the mobile communication terminal, the information of the number of voice mails stored in the voice mail number memory is notified.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a voice mail number automatic notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The automatic notification system for the number of voice mails according to the present embodiment is a mobile communication system in which an automobile telephone 1 as a mobile communication terminal, a cell site device (CS: Cell Site) 2, and a cell site device 2 are connected by an approach link 10. Car telephone exchange (MTSO: Mobile)
TelephoneSwitch Office) 3
And the information about the number of voicemails, the subscriber's car phone 1
An announcement device (ANM: ANnounce Machi) connected to the car telephone exchange 3 as one means for sending to
ne) 4, a voice mail device 5 connected to the car telephone exchange 3 through a voice line 8, and a voice mail number memory (VMM: Voice M) built in the car telephone exchange 3.
and a communication control device (CCE: Communication Control), one of which is connected to the car telephone exchange 3 and the other of which is connected to the voice mail device 5 through the data communication line 9.
1 Equipment) 7.

When the car telephone 1 is turned on,
Information indicating that the power is turned on (hereinafter, simply referred to as power-on information) is transmitted via the cell site device 2 to the car telephone exchange 3
Send to. Further, the car telephone set 1 receives a call from the car telephone exchange 3, and the line is connected to the car telephone exchange 3 by pressing a predetermined button in response to the call.

The cell site device 2 transmits / receives information between the mobile telephone 1 and the mobile telephone exchange 3 which are within the radio range by radio communication while performing channel control (incoming channel control, outgoing channel control and call channel control).

The car telephone exchange 3 controls call connections between the car telephones 1 and between the car telephone 1 and the voice mail device 5. Further, the car telephone exchange 3 obtains the power-on information when the car telephone 1 is turned on, and stores the voice mail number memory 6 incorporated therein to store the voice mail of the car telephone 1 which is turned on. Is read out, and if the number of voice mails is not zero, the mobile telephone 1 is called and the number of read voice mails is transferred to the announcement device 4.

The announcement device 4 receives the number of voice mails read from the voice mail number memory 6 and selects a voice tape corresponding to the number of voice mails, and the car telephone 1 called by the car telephone exchange 3 receives this call. When answered, the number of voicemails stored in the voicemail number memory 6 is converted into a voice and sent to the mobile phone 1.

The voice mail device 5 stores a voice mail for each voice mail box assigned to the mobile phone 1. When the voice mail device 5 is connected to the mobile phone 1 via the voice line 8 and the approach link 10, the voice mail device 5 sends the stored voice mail to the mobile phone 1. Furthermore, the voice mail device 5
Is information about the number of stored voicemails and the voicemail box number as the terminal number of the mobile phone 1 that has been changed as the number of stored voicemails changes. Is sent to the voice mail number memory 6.

The voice mail number memory 6 stores voice mail number information for each mobile telephone 1.

Communication control device 7
Performs communication control (for example, protocol control) required when transferring the voice mail number information from the voice mail device 5 to the voice mail number memory 6.

Next, the operation of the voice mail number automatic notification system of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

When the subscriber turns on the mobile phone 1, the mobile phone 1 transmits power-on information to the cell site device 2.

The cell site device 2 transmits the power-on information of the automobile telephone 1 to the automobile telephone exchange 3 via the approach link 10.

The car telephone exchange 3 uses the software (not shown) of its own, from the voice mail number information stored in the voice mail number memory 6 to determine the terminal number corresponding to the car telephone 1 that is powered on. Read out the number of voicemails, and if the number of voicemails is not zero, call the mobile phone 1 that has been powered on,
The announcement device 4 is notified of the number of read voice mails.

The announcement device 4 receives the number of voice mails read from the voice mail number memory 6 and selects a voice tape corresponding thereto.

The car telephone 1 is called by the car telephone exchange 3 and a call tone sounds.

After that, when the subscriber presses a predetermined button in the automobile telephone 1 to answer the call from the automobile telephone exchange 3, the announcement device 4 is stored in the voice mail number memory 6 using the selected voice tape. The number of voice mails is converted into voice and sent to the mobile phone 1. For example, "
Currently, there are N voicemails on your voicemail device. To retrieve your voicemail, hang up and dial the next number. ABC-XXX
If the subscriber does not answer the call from the car telephone exchange 3 and a predetermined number of calls have passed, the car telephone exchange 3 connects the subscriber's car telephone 1 with the line. Disconnect automatically.

The subscriber confirms the number of voice mails,
A predetermined button of the car telephone 1 is pressed to disconnect the line once, the dial number instructed by the announcement device 4 is dialed if necessary, and a password is input to input the password from the voice mail device 5 to the voice line 8 and the approach link 10. Listen to voicemail via.

On the other hand, if the number of voice mails is zero, the car telephone exchange 3 has the power turned on.
Never call. Therefore, the subscriber knows that the voice mail is not stored in the voice mail device 5.

Here, as soon as the number of voicemails stored in the voicemail device 5 is changed, the voicemail device 5 sends the changed voicemail number information of the mobile telephone 1 via the communication control device 7. Transfer to the car telephone exchange 3. The car telephone exchange 3 stores this voice mail number information in the voice mail number memory 6 by its own software. Therefore, the voicemail number memory 6 is constantly updated so that the number of voicemails stored therein is equal to the number of voicemails of the voicemail device 5.

In the voice mail number automatic notification system according to the present embodiment, the car telephone 1 is used as the mobile communication terminal. However, according to each usage pattern in the mobile communication system, the mobile telephone, It is possible to use a ship telephone or the like.

Further, in the voice mail number automatic notification system of the present embodiment, a voice method using the announcement device 4 is adopted as a method of making the subscriber recognize the number of voice mails stored in the voice mail device 5. However, it is also possible to display the number of voice mails on the display on the mobile phone 1 in combination with this or alone.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of voicemails stored in the voicemail device is held in the voicemail number memory, and the voicemail number memory is changed as soon as the mobile communication terminal is powered on. The number of voicemails of the powered mobile communication terminal is automatically read and notified to the voicemail number notification means, and the number of voicemails is notified to the powered mobile communication terminal by the voicemail number notification means. By doing so, in the mobile communication terminal that is often turned off to save the battery, it is possible not only to eliminate unnecessary traffic to the voice mail device for checking the presence or absence of voice mail, This has the effect of avoiding unnecessary and troublesome calls for subscribers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a voice mail number automatic notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Car Telephone (Mobile Communication Terminal) 2 Cell Site Device 3 Car Telephone Switch 4 Announcement Device (Voice Mail Number Notification Means) 5 Voice Mail Device 6 Voice Mail Number Memory 7 Communication Control Device 8 Voice Line 9 Data Communication Line 10 Approach Link

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a mobile communication system, a mobile communication terminal, a cell site device for performing wireless communication between the mobile communication terminal in a radio range, and a terminal number of each mobile communication terminal. Voicemail number memory for storing information on the number of voicemails and the number of voicemails stored, a terminal number of the mobile communication terminal that has changed when the number of stored voicemails changes, and a stored voicemail A voice mail device for transferring information on the number of the voice mails to the voice mail number memory, a mobile communication switch for controlling a call connection between the mobile communication terminal and the voice mail device, and the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication terminal. A voice mail number notification means for notifying the mobile communication terminal of information on the number of voice mails stored in the voice mail number memory when power-on information is sent. A voice mail number automatic notification system characterized by