JPH06224988A - Optimum trunk line path selector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select an optimum route for a talking within 3 minutes in a telephone set having an NTT line and an NCC line. CONSTITUTION:A telephone number of a destination and a talking time are stored by a destination telephone number and talking time storage means 13 for each talking. An average time statistic means 14 calculates an average talking time for each telephone number based on the stored content and when the same telephone number is dialed next, an optimum route is acquired and selected by the average talking time to reduce the talking cost.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an optimum station line route selection capable of selecting an optimum route suitable for a call time of a callee when a telephone line captures a station line having an NTT line and an NCC line. Regarding the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a telephone has an NTT line and an NCC line and makes an optimum route selection and transmission, conventionally, a route having an optimum call charge is selected in 3 minutes by manual selection or automatic selection.

The configuration of an optimum station line route selection device in a conventional telephone device will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional optimum station line route selection device. 1 is an NTT that can connect to an NCC line by making a 4-digit fixed additional dial
Line 2, dial means capable of outputting dial pulse or PB sound to NTT line and NCC line,
Reference numeral 3 is a dial storage means for temporarily storing a destination number for selecting whether to access the NCC line, 4 is a voice processing means for enabling a voice call with the destination, and 5 is an optimum for each telephone number in a call for 3 minutes or more. Route selection means, 6 is NT selected by the optimum route selection means 5 for each telephone number
In order to capture the T line and NCC line, if the NCC line is used, the selected NCC access number is added, and then the destination number is sent to the office line, and if it is the NTT line, only the destination number is sent to the office line. Station line interface means,
Reference numeral 7 is a control means for controlling the above lines, and 8 is a telephone having the above means.

Next, a case where the telephone set 9 automatically captures the optimum office line route will be described. First, the voice processing means 4 is hooked off. Upon receiving the internal dial tone, the dialing means 2 dials the destination number. The dialed destination number is temporarily stored in the dial storage means 3. Next, the optimum route selecting means 5 selects a line to be the lowest-priced call according to the destination for 3 minutes from the destination number stored in the dial storage means 3, and the optimum route selecting means 5 selects NCC.
When a line is selected, the selected NCC line addition number is sent to the office line by the office line interface means 6, and then the destination dial stored in the dial storage means 3 is sent to the office line by the office line interface means 6 and the optimum station. Select a line route.

[0005]

However, the above-described conventional optimum station line route selecting device cannot perform the optimum station line route selection within 3 minutes because there is no means for predicting a call within 3 minutes in advance.

The present invention solves the above problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an optimum station line route selecting device which can guarantee the optimum station line route selection even in the case of a call within 3 minutes when making a station line call. To do.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an optimum station line route selecting apparatus of the present invention is provided with an NTT line and an N line.
When making an external call from a telephone that is subscribed to a CC line, a call time storage means for each destination telephone number and an average call time statistical means for each telephone number are provided, and when the telephone number is dialed, the average The optimum route is captured based on the average call time calculated by the call time statistical means.

[0008]

When the outside line is transmitted by the above-described structure, the result of the average call time statistical means for each telephone number is accumulated in the call time storage means for each destination telephone number, and then the outside line is transmitted. When this happens, the optimum station line route is selected that is suitable for the average call duration calculated from the statistics of the telephone number. Several types of boundary values for the average talk time can be set in units of seconds.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an optimum station line route selecting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 9 is an NTT that can be connected to an NCC line by performing a 4-digit fixed additional dial.
A line, 10 is a dial means capable of outputting a dial pulse or PB sound to the NTT line and the NCC line, 11 is a dial storage means for temporarily storing a destination number for selecting whether to access the NCC line, 12
Is a voice processing means for enabling a voice call with the callee, 13 is a callee's telephone number and call time storage means for selecting an optimum route predicted from call time statistics, and 14 is a call when the call ends Average call duration statistical means for each telephone number for obtaining a new average call duration in addition to the average call duration calculated by statistics of the destination number and storing it in the telephone number and call duration storage means 13, 15
Is an optimal route selecting means for selecting an optimal route in the average call time for each telephone number predicted by the destination telephone number and the call time storage means 13, and 16 is an optimal route selecting means 15 in the average call time for each telephone number. In order to capture the selected NTT line and NCC line, if it is an NCC line, add the selected NCC access number and then send the destination number to the station line, and if it is the NTT line, send only the destination number to the station line In the figure, 17 is a station line interface means, 17 is a control means for controlling the above lines, and 18 is a telephone having the above means.

The operation of the thus constructed telephone will be described below. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation in the case of executing station line transmission in the optimum station line route selecting device having the above-mentioned configuration. First, the voice processing means 12 is hooked off. Upon receiving the internal dial tone, the dialing means 10 dials the destination number. The dialed destination number is stored in the dial storage means 11. The stored contents are the telephone number of the call destination and the call time storage means 1.
It is compared with the telephone number of No. 3, and if they match, the call time is extracted. If the call time is less than 3 minutes, the optimum route selecting means 15 instructs to capture the NTT line, the office line interface means 16 captures the NTT line, and the dial storage means 11 captures the NCC line as it is. Send to possible NTT line 9. On the other hand, if the call time is 3 minutes or more, the optimum route selecting means 15 selects the line which is the lowest-priced call according to the destination in the call for 3 minutes, and when the NCC line is selected, the station line interface means 16 captures the station line and N
The CC line additional number is output and then dial storage means 11
Send the dial stored in to the office line. When the callee responds and a call is formed, the average call time statistical means 14 for each telephone number measures the call time, and when the call ends, the average call time statistical means 14 for each telephone number defines for each callee number. The statistics of the average call time for the number of times are taken and the prediction of the call time is calculated when the same callee number is dialed next time, and the optimum station line route is selected according to the predicted call time.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the NT
When making a call with a telephone having a T line and an NCC line,
The average call time statistical means for each phone number and the optimum route selection means for the average call time for each phone number are used to predict and selectively capture the call time, thereby selecting and capturing the optimum central line route of less than 3 minutes call to reduce the communication cost. It becomes possible to save money.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the optimum station line route selecting apparatus in the second embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3
In 26, reference numeral 26 is a manual selection button having a function of enabling both automatic selection of the optimum station line route and manual selection by the operation of the user. In addition, other 19-25 and 2
The configurations of Nos. 7 and 28 are 9 to 15 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
And the configurations of 16 and 17 are the same.

The operation of the optimum station line route selecting device thus configured will be described below. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation in the case of executing the station line transmission in the optimum station line selecting device having the above-mentioned configuration. The automatic transmission route selection is the same as the operation of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and therefore omitted, and the operation of the manual transmission route selection will be described. First, the voice processing means 22 is off-hook. Upon receiving the internal dial tone, the manual selection button 26 for temporarily avoiding the automatic selection of the outgoing route is pressed. When the manual selection button 26 is pressed, the station line interface means 2
7, the NTT line 19 capable of capturing the NCC line is directly placed in the outgoing state to receive an external dial tone. When the NCC line is accessed to make a call after receiving the external dial tone, the dial means 20 dials the access number of the NCC line and then the telephone number of the callee.
If you do not want to access the NCC line, simply dial the telephone number of the callee. The office line interface means 27 sends the telephone number dialed to the NTT line 19 capable of capturing the NCC line as it is.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, when a user who does not normally use the telephone makes a call, or the call time and the current call time are predicted by the average call time statistics of the callee's telephone number. When it does not match with and the user wants to temporarily reject the call using the call time storage means 23 and the average call time statistical means 24 for each telephone number of the call destination, by pressing the manual selection button 26 to make the call. It is possible to manually transmit the optimum route and save communication costs.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an optimum station line route selection device according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5
In 37, 37 is a speed dial transmitting means for automatically selecting only the speed dial number for the optimum office line route and for manually selecting the line not registered in the speed dial number, and 34 is storing the speed number and the call time. Means, 35
Is an average call time statistics tool for speed dial numbers. The other configurations of 30 to 33, 36, 38, 39 are 9 to 12 and 15, 16, 17 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
Is the same as the configuration.

The operation of the optimum station line route selecting device having such a configuration will be described below. FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation in the case of executing station line transmission in the optimum station line selecting device having the above-mentioned configuration. First, the voice processing means 33 is hooked off. Upon receiving the internal dial tone, the speed dial calling means 37 is pressed to activate the speed dial transmission, and the dial means 31 dials the specified speed access number to dial the speed code to be specified. When the abbreviated access number is dialed, the corresponding destination number is read from the abbreviated dial number and call time storage means 34, the call duration is extracted, and the destination number is copied to the dial storage means 32. Talk time 3
If it is less than a minute, the optimum route selecting means 36 instructs the NTT line to be captured, the office line interface means 38 captures the NTT line, and the telephone number stored in the dial storage means 32 can be directly captured to the NCC line. Send to 30. On the other hand, if the call time is 3 minutes or more, the optimum route selecting means 36 selects the line that is the lowest-priced call according to the destination for 3 minutes, and if the NCC line is selected, the station line interface means 38 captures the line and the NCC line. The additional number is output and then the dial stored in the dial storage means 32 is sent to the office line. When the callee responds and a call is formed, the average call time statistical means 35 for each speed dial number measures the call time, and when the call ends, the average call time statistical means 35 for each speed dial number shortens the call destination. The statistics of the average call time for the specified number of times are collected for each dial number, and the prediction of the call time is calculated when the same speed dial number is dialed next time, and the optimum station line route is selected according to the predicted call time.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, only the abbreviated numbers that are considered to be frequently used are transmitted by using the call time storage means 34 and the average call time statistical means 35 for each speed dial number, and temporarily. For telephone numbers that do not require statistics for general use, it is possible to save the communication cost by manually transmitting the optimum route for the convenience of the user.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an optimum station line route selecting apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7
In the figure, reference numeral 45 is a call time selecting means for selecting a call time (1 minute / 2 minutes / 3 minutes or more) each time a call is made in order to select an optimum station line route according to the call time, and 46 is a call time selecting means 45. It is a temporary storage means for storing the selected call time until the destination telephone number is input. The other configurations of 41 to 44, 47, 48, 49 are the same as the configurations of 9 to 12, 15, 16, 17 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

The operation of the optimum station line route selecting device thus configured will be described below. FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation in the case of executing station line transmission in the optimum station line selection device having the above-mentioned configuration. First, the voice processing means 44 is off-hook. Upon receiving the internal dial tone, the call time selecting means 45 is pressed to select the call time of the destination number to be called. The call time selecting means 45 is composed of keys of [1 minute], [2 minutes], and [3 minutes or more], and when the call is predicted to be less than 1 minute, the [1 minute] is pressed and the call time is 1 minute. If it is less than 3 minutes, press [2 minutes], and if the talk time is 3 minutes or more, [3 minutes]
Press. The call duration selected by the call duration selecting means 45 is temporarily stored in the call duration storing means 46 until the destination telephone number is confirmed. Next, the destination telephone number is input by the dial means 42. The dial input by the dial means 42 is temporarily stored in the dial storage means 43. When the destination telephone number is confirmed, the designated time [1
Min / 2 min / 3 min or more], select the line that will be the lowest-priced call according to the destination and select the NCC line. If the line is selected by the line interface means 48, the line is captured and the NCC line additional number is output and then dialed. The dial stored in the storage means 43 is sent to the office line by the office line interface means 48. When the NCC line is not selected, the interface means 48 captures the station line, and then the dial stored in the dial storage means 43 is sent to the station line.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, the predicted call time is designated each time a call is made, and the optimum central line route can be selected for a call within 3 minutes, which was not possible in the past. It is possible to save the communication cost for the convenience of the person.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the optimum station line route selecting apparatus in the fifth embodiment of the present invention. Figure 9
In 55, reference numeral 55 is a call time registration means for preliminarily designating and registering the call time (1 minute / 2 minutes / 3 minutes or more) in order to select the optimum station line route according to the call time, and 56 is registered by the call time registration means 55. It is a call time storage means for storing the selected call time and enabling the optimum route selection according to the call time when the destination number is dialed. The other configurations of 51 to 54, 57, 58 and 59 are the same as the configurations of 9 to 12, 15, 16, and 17 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

The operation of the optimum station line route selecting device thus constructed will be described below. FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the operation in the case of registering the call time and executing the station line transmission after that in the optimum station line selecting device having the above-mentioned configuration. First, a case where the call time is selectively registered will be described. First, the call time registration means 55 is pressed. The call time registration means 55 is composed of keys of [1 minute], [2 minutes], and [3 minutes or more]. If the call is predicted to be less than 1 minute, press [1 minute] to call for 1 minute. If it is less than 3 minutes, press [2 minutes], and if the talk time is 3 minutes or more, [3 minutes]
Press. The call time registered by the call time registration means 55 is stored in the call time storage means 56 for use by the optimum route selection means 57 in the call time for each destination number.

After that, the case of executing the station line transmission will be described. First, the voice processing means 54 is off-hook. Upon receiving the internal dial tone, the dialing means 52 inputs the telephone number of the other party to be called. The dial input by the dial means 52 is temporarily stored in the dial storage means 53. Once the other party's phone number is confirmed,
The optimum route selecting means 57 selects the line which becomes the lowest-priced call for each destination corresponding to the specified time [1 minute / 2 minutes / 3 minutes or more] previously stored in the call time storage means 56, and the NCC line is selected. When selected, the station line interface unit 58 captures the station line, outputs the NCC line additional number, and then sends the dial stored in the dial storage unit 53 to the station line. If the NCC line is not selected, the station line interface means 58 captures the station line, and then the dial stored in the dial storage means 53 is sent to the station line.

As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, the predicted call time is designated and registered in advance, which has never been possible in the past.
By making it possible to select the optimum office line route in a call within a minute, it becomes possible for the convenience of the user and the call cost can be saved.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, when making a call from a telephone having an NTT line and an NCC line, by predicting the call time for the callee number, an optimum station line route of less than 3 minutes can be obtained. It becomes possible to selectively capture and save communication costs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an optimum office line route selection device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an outside line calling process of the optimum station line route selecting apparatus in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an optimum station line route selection device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an outside line calling process of the optimum station line route selecting apparatus in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an optimum office line route selection device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outside line calling process of the optimum office line route selection device in the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of an optimum station line route selection device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an outside line calling process of the optimum station line route selecting apparatus in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of an optimum station line route selection device in a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an outside line calling process of the optimum station line route selection device in the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a conventional optimum station line route selection device.

[Explanation of symbols]

9 NTT line capable of capturing NCC line 10 Dial means 11 Dial storage means 12 Voice processing means 13 Telephone number and call time storage means of callee 14 Average call time statistical means for each phone number 15 Average call time for each phone number Optimal route selection means 16 Office line interface means 17 Control means 18 Telephone

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. When making a local line call on a telephone, N
NTT line capable of capturing CC line, dial means,
Dial storage means, voice processing means, destination telephone number and call time storage means, average call time statistical means for each telephone number, optimum route selection means for average call time for each telephone number, and line interface Means and control means, each time a call is made, the destination telephone number and call time storage means stores the destination telephone number and call time, and the stored contents are averaged call time statistics for each telephone number. An optimum station line route selecting device configured to calculate an average call time by means and capture the optimum route from the average call time when the same telephone number is dialed next time. 2. The optimum station line route selection device according to claim 1, further comprising a manual selection button which enables both automatic selection of the optimum station line route and manual selection by a user operation. 3. The optimum method according to claim 1, wherein only the speed dial number is automatically selected as an optimum station line route, and a speed dial transmission means is provided for enabling line capture by manual selection for a number not registered as a speed number. Station line route selection device. 4. When making a local line call on a telephone, N
TT line and NCC line, dial means, dial storage means, voice processing means, call time selection means and call time storage means, optimum route selection means for call time for each telephone number, and station line interface means , Which has a control means, predicts and selects the call time by the call time selection means each time a call is made and stores it in the call time storage means, and when the destination telephone number is confirmed, the optimum route corresponding to the selected and stored call time is set. An optimum station line route selecting device configured to be acquired by the optimum route selecting means. 5. The optimum station line route selecting device according to claim 4, further comprising a call time registration means for selectively registering a call time before making a call so that the lowest toll call can be made within the registered call time.