JPH0697997A - Communication terminal system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the troubles of the input operation of respective items in the case of calling by telling who is a caller, to whom the caller is calling and further what is the caller's business at the time of calling by the caller by utilizing a call control function provided in a communication network such as ISDN or the like. CONSTITUTION:The main body 100 of the communication terminal of the ISDN or the like sends who the caller is, who the caller is calling and further what is the business by utilizing a function for giving/receiving an originating sub address and a terminating sub address and user/user information. By providing a portable information recorder 200 for call setting for registering/storing the items to be sent beforehand and mounting the information recorder 200, the troubles of the input operation of the respective items are eliminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention puts a calling number, a calling subaddress, a called number, a called subaddress, and user / user information on a call setting message at the time of calling, such as ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network). The present invention relates to a communication terminal system used by connecting to a communication network capable of delivering, particularly, a communication terminal system in which an information storage means for pre-registering an item to be delivered is provided to eliminate the trouble of input operation of each item. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in telephone communication, it is desired that a caller can clearly call who he / she is, when he / she calls, and what his / her requirements are. In addition, the called party can clearly identify the called party when the incoming call is made, and know who the incoming call is from and what the business requirement is, so that the incoming call can be handled individually. Is desirable.

However, in the conventional telephone network, it is not possible to deliver who the user is, who to call, and what the business is to the other party when making a call. Therefore, when communicating from a communication terminal of the telephone network, For the first time after the other party responded, there was no other way than to tell him who he was, who he called him, and what his requirements were.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention From the communication terminal of the telephone network described above, it is not possible to tell who the person is, who the call was made to, and what the business is after the other party has answered. was there. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to utilize the call control function of a communication network such as ISDN,
A communication terminal system in which a caller can call who he / she is, who he / she calls to, and what his / her needs are when he / she calls, and can solve the troublesomeness of inputting those items. To provide.

[0005]

The communication terminal system according to the present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems.
It looks like this: In a communication terminal system for transmitting and receiving a source subaddress and a destination subaddress indicating personal authentication information of a caller and a callee via a communication network, input means for inputting personal authentication information of the caller and the callee, and the input means. Information storage means for storing personal authentication information of the caller and the callee input by the input means, which are connected via electrical, magnetic or optical connection means, and a caller transferred from the information storage means And a sending means for sending the calling subaddress and the called subaddress to the communication network based on the personal authentication information of the called party.

Further, the message of the sender is input by the input means, the message of the sender input by the input means is stored in the information storage means, and the information storage is further stored by the sending means. The user / user information indicating the message of the caller transferred from the means may be transmitted to the communication network. Further, a sub-address type code in the user-specific sub-address format can be used as the calling sub-address indicating the personal authentication information of the sender.

Further, a sub-address type code in the user-specific sub-address format can be used as the destination sub-address indicating the personal authentication information of the other party.

[0008]

[Function] The caller operates the input means in advance to specify who he / she is, the calling subaddress indicating personal authentication information such as his / her name, the called number indicating the telephone number of the other party and the name of the other party. The destination sub-address indicating the personal authentication information and the user-user information in which the message is described are registered in the information storage means for call setting.

When the caller connects the information storage means to the communication terminal body through the electrical, magnetic or optical connection means at the time of calling, the information storage means sends the calling subaddress, the called subaddress, and the user / user. Information is transferred to the communication terminal body. The caller will continue to
Dial the called party number that indicates the other party's subscriber number, and then select the desired person from the personal authentication information of the other party displayed or the sentence example that indicates the message according to the dial operation, and the personal authentication information of the selected other party. The user / user information corresponding to the destination sub-address corresponding to or the message is sent from the communication terminal body to the communication network.

With this, the caller can make a call by telling who he / she is, who he / she calls to, and what the business is by a simple call operation. Further, by carrying the information storage means, it becomes possible to perform a simple transmission operation even when using another communication terminal at a place where the user is out. further,
The called party knows who the incoming call is before answering the incoming call,
Since it becomes possible to know who the caller is and what the business is, it is possible to select various ways of responding to incoming calls.

[0011]

Embodiments of a communication terminal system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the source subaddress, the destination subaddress, and the user
This is an example applied to a communication terminal system connected to a communication network such as an ISDN network capable of providing a service for notifying user information.

The communication terminal system according to the present invention is a call setting information storage device (information storage means) using a communication terminal body 100 and a contact type IC card connected to the communication terminal body 100 by an electrical / physical interface. It is composed of 200. The communication terminal main body 100 includes a network interface unit 10 with an ISDN network, a communication path 40, an input operation unit 50 for making a call operation and writing to the call setting information storage device 200, a display unit 60 for displaying call setting information, and the like. A CPU 70 including a CPU 70 for executing a control program in the example, a data bus, an address bus, a control bus, etc.
System bus 75, ROM 71 for storing the control program in the present embodiment, information elements of call control information such as call setup messages, code table of calling subaddress, code table of called subaddress, code table of user / user information, call RAM 72 for storing information from the setting information storage device 200 or information to the call setting information storage device and the subscriber number dialed at the time of calling, and the call setting information storage device 20
0 and a connecting portion 80 forming an electrical / physical interface
It consists of

The ISDN network has a signal channel D channel for transmitting and receiving call control information such as a call setting message and a response message at the time of making and receiving a call, and two information channels B1 for transmitting information between terminals. Channel and B2 channel are provided to the communication terminal system. And
The above call setup message includes a calling party number that is the calling party's subscriber number, a called party number that is the called party's subscriber number, a calling subaddress that indicates the personal authentication information of the calling party, and a called subaddress that indicates the personal authentication information of the called party. , And various information elements such as user / user information indicating a message.

The source subaddress and the destination subaddress are
It is structured as shown in the code table shown in Fig. 3 defined in CCITT's I series recommendation. That is, in octet 1, a code indicating a source subaddress or a destination subaddress is described as an information element identifier. In octet 2, the number of octets, which is the content length of the source subaddress or the destination subaddress, the subaddress type is described in bits 5, 6, and 7 of octet 3, and the content of subaddress information is described in octet 4 and after.

As the sub-address type code used to indicate the personal authentication information of the sender and the personal authentication information of the other party, the NSAP format which is generally widely used and is also used in the ISDN network for selecting a terminal number is used. When selecting, octet 3 of code table 5 shown in Figure 3,
Set bits 6 and 7 to "000". In addition, the CC shown in Fig. 3 is used when the user-specific subaddress format is used in order to clearly distinguish it from general terminal number selection.
Octet 3 5, 6 of the code table of originating and terminating subaddresses defined in ITT's I series recommendation,
Set 7 bits to "010".

Also, the user / user information is CCITT I.
It is constructed as shown in the code table of FIG. 4 defined in the series recommendation. That is, a code indicating user / user information is described as an information element identifier in octet 1. In addition, octet 2 is the number of octets that is the content length of the user / user information, and octet 3 is octet 4
The protocol identifier that defines the description format of the user-user information described below is described, and the content of the user-user information is described after octet 4.

The network interface unit 10 separates and combines the signal channel D channel provided by the ISDN network and the two information channels B1 channel and B2 channel, and transmits call control information to and from the CPU 70 via the D channel. Give and receive. In addition, a communication path 40 including a CODEC, a transmitter, a receiver, etc., via the B1 channel or the B2 channel.
Information is exchanged between the terminals.

The CPU 70 exchanges call control information with the network interface unit 10 via the system bus 75 based on a program stored in the ROM 71, and controls the entire operation of this communication terminal system. Further, the call setting information storage device 200 is a CPU 210 that executes the control program in this embodiment, and an RO that stores the control program.
The IC card includes an M 220, a system bus 215 of the CPU 210 including a data bus, an address bus, a control bus, and the like, and a RAM 230 for storing call setting information in this embodiment. The communication terminal body 100 is also connected to the communication terminal body 100 via a connection unit 240 that forms an electrical / physical interface. This call setting information storage device 200
In the RAM 230 of the communication terminal system, the calling party number indicating the subscriber number of this communication terminal system, the calling party subaddress for authenticating the sender individual, the called party number indicating the subscriber number of the called party, the called party subaddress for authenticating the recipient individual and the caller The user / user information describing the example message of is stored. An EPROM or an EEPROM can be used instead of the RAM 230.

Next, the operation will be described. First,
Before the caller performs the operation of making and receiving calls, the caller 5
By operating 0, the combination of the calling number, which is the subscriber's own number, and the calling subaddress, which indicates the personal authentication information, is registered and stored in the RAM 230 of the call setting information storage device 200. Note that the calling number is assigned by the communication network regardless of whether it is specified by the communication terminal, and therefore it does not have to be stored in particular, but here, the case where it is stored will be described as an example.

Further, the call setting information storage device 200 stores user / user information in which a list of parties and a message example which are composed of a combination of the called party number which is the party's subscriber number and the called party sub-address showing the person's personal authentication information are listed. It is registered and stored in the RAM 230 of. Here, an example of the flow of the registration operation is as described. First, a combination of a calling party number, which is his / her subscriber number, and a calling party subaddress, which indicates his / her personal authentication information, is registered / stored. First, the call setting information storage device 200 is connected to the communication terminal body 100, and the registration button 1 of the input operation unit 50 is pressed. At this time CPU 70
Enters a waiting state for writing the calling number and the calling sub address to the RAM 72. Next, the calling number from the keyboard,
A key indicating the end of the calling number, for example, the "*" key and the calling sub address are sequentially input. At this time, the CPU 70 sequentially writes the calling number and the calling sub address sub address in the RAM 72. Finally, when register button 1 is pressed again to indicate the end of registration, writing to RAM 72 is stopped and
The information written in the RAM 72 is stored in the RAM 230 of the call setting information storage device 200 under the control of the CPU 70 and the CPU 210.
To memorize. This completes the registration operation of the calling number, which is the subscriber's own number, and the calling subaddress, which indicates the personal authentication information of the user.

Next, regarding the list of the opponents, which is formed by the combination of the called party number which is the subscriber's subscriber number and the called party sub-address showing the person's personal authentication information, first, the communication terminal body 1
The call setting information storage device 200 is connected to 00, and the registration button 2 of the input operation unit 50 is pressed. At this time, the CPU 70 enters a standby state for writing the combination of the called number and the called sub address in the RAM 72. Next, a called number, a key indicating the end of the called number, for example, a "*" key and a called subaddress are sequentially input from the keyboard. At this time, the CPU 70 sequentially writes the called number and the called sub address in the RAM 72. Finally, when the registration button 2 is pressed again to indicate the end of registration, writing to the RAM 72 is stopped and the RAM 72
The information written in is stored in the RAM 230 of the call setting information storage device 200 under the control of the CPU 70 and the CPU 210. This completes the registration operation of one combination of the called number and the called sub address. The above operation is repeated for other combinations of called numbers and called sub addresses.

Next, regarding the user / user information listing the message examples, first, the call setting information storage device 200 is connected to the communication terminal main body 100, and the registration button 3 of the input operation unit 50 is pressed. At this time, the CPU 70 is in a standby state for writing user / user information in the RAM 72.
Next, the user / user information, a key indicating the delimiter of the user / user information, for example, the # key, and the next user / user information are sequentially input from the keyboard. At this time, the CPU 70 sequentially writes the user information to the RAM 72.

Finally, the registration button 3 is pressed again to indicate the end of registration. Then, the writing to the RAM 72 is stopped and the information written in the RAM 72 is stored in the CPU 70.
The call setting information storage device 200 is controlled by the CPU 210.
Stored in the RAM 230. With the above operation, the user / user information registration operation ends. Further, since the above-mentioned input situation is transferred to the display unit 60 by the CPU 70, the input situation can be sequentially confirmed while performing the input operation. In addition, when the call setting information storage device 200 is connected to the communication terminal body 100 and the confirmation button of the operation unit 50 is pressed, the CPU
Since 70 transfers the writing status to the RAM 230 of the call setting information storage device 200 to the display unit 60, the calling subaddress indicating the personal authentication information of itself, the called number as the subscriber number of the partner and the personal authentication information of the partner. It is possible to confirm the user / user information in which a list of parties including combinations of destination sub-addresses and user message information examples are listed.

Next, the operation at the time of calling will be described with reference to the flowchart showing the control procedure shown in FIG. When the call setting information storage device 200 is connected to the communication terminal body 100, in step 201 of FIG.
Control information is exchanged with the CPU 210, the call setting information stored in the RAM 230 of the call setting information storage device 200 is transferred to the RAM 72 of the communication terminal body 100, and the display unit 6
It is also displayed at 0 and waits for the call button to be pressed.

Next, in step 202, the operation unit 50
When it is determined that the caller's call button has been pressed and the subscriber number of the other party has been dialed, the CPU 70 stores the dialed number in the called number area of the RAM 72 and also in the RAM 72. There is a called sub-address that authenticates the individual called party corresponding to this subscriber number (all if there is a list of multiple parties with the same subscriber number)
And the user / user information describing the sample sentence example also stored in the RAM 72 are displayed on the call setting information display unit 60.

Subsequently, in step 203, when the selection information of the recipient and the message example is input from the keyboard, the CPU 70 sends the authentication information of the selected recipient to the RA.
The selected subject sentence examples are written in the user / user information code table of the RAM 72 in the destination sub-address code table of the M 72, respectively, and the start button of the operation unit 50 is pressed.

Then, in step 204, the operation unit 5
When the start button of 0 is pressed, the called party number indicating the subscriber number of the other party, the called party subaddress indicating the authentication information of the other party, and the user / user information indicating the message example are displayed in the RAM 7
The call setup message is constructed by combining various other information elements such as the protocol identifier, the message type, the calling party number indicating the subscriber's own number, the calling subaddress indicating the personal authentication information of the person, etc. The signal is sent to the D channel, which is a signal channel of the ISDN network, via the network interface unit 10, and the transmission control is ended.

Although a contact type IC card having an electrical / physical interface is shown as the call setting information storage device 200 in FIG. 1, the call setting information storage device 200 includes a light emitting element such as an LED. It is also possible to use an IC card having an optical interface in which light receiving elements such as phototransistors are combined or a non-contact type IC card having a magnetic interface.

Further, the call setting information storage device 200 of FIG.
It is also possible to use a magnetic card. At this time, the call setting information storage device 200 is not connected to the communication terminal body 100.
It will be directly controlled by the CPU 70.

[0030]

By using the communication terminal system according to the present invention, the originating sub-address is used for the personal authentication information of the user, the destination sub-address is used for the personal authentication information of the other party, and the user-user information is used. It is now possible to express the content of the message in addition to the personal sub-address, destination sub-address, destination sub-address
Since the information can be sent along with the user / user information, it is extremely easy to convey who the caller is and who the call is to when calling the other party.

Further, the caller can carry out the above-mentioned easy call operation from another communication terminal at a place where he / she is going, by carrying the information storage means for call setting such as an IC card.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control procedure when a communication terminal system according to an embodiment of the present invention makes a call.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a code table of an information element originating subaddress and a destination subaddress used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a code table of information element users / user information used in an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Network interface unit 40 ... Communication path 50 ... Input operation unit 60 ... Display unit 70 ... CPU 71 ... ROM 72 ... RAM 75 ... System bus 80 ... Connection unit 100 ... Communication terminal body 200 ... Call setting information storage device 210 ... CPU 215 ... System bus 220 ... ROM 230 ... RAM 240 ... Connection section

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal system for transmitting and receiving a calling subaddress and a called subaddress indicating personal authentication information of a caller and a callee through a communication network, and input means for inputting personal authentication information of the caller and the callee. An information storage unit that is connected to the input unit through an electrical, magnetic or optical connection unit and stores the personal authentication information of the caller and the callee input by the input unit; A communication terminal system comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the source subaddress and the destination subaddress to the communication network based on the transferred personal authentication information of the caller and the callee. 2. The message of the sender is input by the input unit, the message of the sender input by the input unit is stored in the information storage unit, and the message is output by the sending unit. 2. The communication terminal system according to claim 1, wherein the user / user information indicating the message of the caller transferred from the information storage means is sent to the communication network. 3. The communication terminal system according to claim 1, wherein a subaddress type code in a user-specific subaddress format is used as a calling subaddress indicating the personal authentication information of the sender. 4. The communication terminal system according to claim 1, wherein a sub-address type code in a user-specific sub-address format is used as a destination sub-address indicating the personal authentication information of the called party.