JPH08223297A - Device and method for communication control - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To start communication accurately and surely from a reserved time without the need for troublesome time management by a subscriber by sending a call signal to plural terminal equipments to be connected when a connection reservation time and an output time of a clock are coincident and holding tentatively or interconnecting terminal equipments making a reply to the call signal. CONSTITUTION: The controller is provided with a timer 14 being a clock and a storage device 15 storing in advance information of a telephone number of a telephone set being a terminal equipment to be connected and connection reservation time information, and also with communication control sections 11, 17 being means to send a call signal to a telephone set when the connection reservation time and an output time of the timer 14 are coincident, a means tentatively holding the telephone set having a signal corresponding to the call signal, and a line connection device 16 as a means interconnecting the two telephone sets when the two telephone sets make a reply. Thus, the communication is surely and accurately started from the reserved time. Furthermore, the communication channel is effectively utilized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is used for telephone communication. The present invention is used for a special telephone service using a public communication network. The present invention relates to a communication control technique in which a communication start time is reserved in advance from a communication terminal and communication is started at this reserved time according to a call back from the communication network side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional example of a public communication network will be described.
Conventionally, when there is a request between telephone terminals accommodated in a public communication network to start communication at a specified time, (1) the time is managed with the communication partner and the communication is started at this time. (2) For example, like a wake-up call, request a notification of a specified time from a communication control device or a switch that can manage the time via a telephone terminal, and then perform communication after receiving the notification at this time. Start.
(3) For example, in the case of a two-shot dial, in which one side performing communication is connected to a communication control device or the like in advance and is on standby, the communication partner connects to the communication control device and starts communication at this time. Etc. were adopted.

[0003]

However, in each of the conventional methods described above, it is necessary for the subscriber of the telephone terminal to manage the connection time until the start of communication, which is troublesome. Further, there is a drawback that the communication time becomes inaccurate because the communication source or the communication destination forgets the predetermined connection reservation time, and the communication line is secured for an extra time.

The present invention has been made against such a background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication control apparatus and method which do not require a troublesome time management for a subscriber. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication control device and method capable of starting communication accurately and surely from a reserved time. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication control device and method capable of effectively using a communication line.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when it is desired to start communication at an intended time, connection reservation time information and subscriber number information of a communication source and a communication destination are provided to a communication control device on the communication network side. By designating in advance, at this connection reservation time, the communication control unit on the communication network calls the communication source and the communication destination, and the trigger from the communication network side makes it possible to accurately identify the other terminal that is reserved at this connection reservation time. The main feature is to reliably start communication.

That is, a first aspect of the present invention is a communication control device for controlling connection between a plurality of communication terminals.

Here, the feature of the present invention is that it is provided with a clock, a table in which subscriber number information of the terminal to be connected and its connection reservation time information are stored in advance, and the connection reservation time and the clock are stored. Means for sending a calling signal to the plurality of terminals to be connected when the output times match,
It is provided with means for temporarily holding a terminal that has received a response signal to the calling signal, and means for connecting the plurality of terminals to each other when all of the plurality of terminals have received a response.

It is desirable to include means for prompting the terminal to input the connection reservation time information and writing the information input from the terminal in the table.

A second aspect of the present invention receives a connection reservation input from one communication terminal, and stores the connection reservation time input from the communication terminal and subscriber number information of a plurality of terminals to be mutually connected. When the connection reservation time arrives according to the clock output written in the table, the call signal is sent to the plurality of terminals, the terminals that have responded are temporarily held, and there is a response from all of the plurality of terminals. In this case, the communication control method is characterized by connecting the plurality of terminals to each other.

As a result, the subscriber does not need to perform troublesome time management, and the communication can be started accurately and surely from the reserved time. Further, the communication line can be effectively used.

[0011]

The subscriber number information of the communication terminal to be connected and the connection reservation time information are stored in advance, and a call signal is sent to the communication terminal to be connected according to the connection reservation time information. A response signal to the communication terminal is received and the communication terminals are connected.

The subscriber of the communication terminal registers the connection reservation time in advance in the communication control device, for example, via the communication terminal, and thereafter the connection reservation time comes until the call signal from the communication control device arrives. The convenience of the subscriber is improved because no complicated operation is required. Further, even when the subscriber of the communication source or the subscriber of the communication destination does not notice that the connection reservation time has come, the call signal from the communication control device side arrives so that the communication can be started. For this reason, the time for keeping the public communication line unnecessarily reserved can be reduced, so that the communication line can be effectively used.

In the communication control device, the connection reservation time information is stored in the storage device in association with the subscriber number information of the communication terminal to be connected. At this time, a clock for notifying the arrival of the connection reservation time is provided. I have it.

The connection reservation time information is preferably input by the communication terminal. For example, it is possible to easily register by inputting with a push button signal.

According to the present invention, a means for temporarily holding a terminal that has received a response signal to a ringing signal and a plurality of terminals that are written in a table are connected to each other when a response is received from all the terminals. It differs from the conventional wake-up call system in that it is provided with a means.

[0016]

【Example】

(First Embodiment) The configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. The first and second embodiments of the present invention are embodiments in a public communication network.

The present invention is a communication control device 23 for controlling the connection between the telephones 21 and 22 via a public communication network.

Here, the feature of the present invention is that the timer 14 as a clock, the information of the telephone numbers DN1 and DN2 of the telephones 21 and 22 which are the terminals to be connected, and the connection reservation time information are stored in advance. And a communication control section 11 and 17 as means for sending a call signal to the telephones 21 and 22 when the connection reservation time and the output time of the timer 14 match, and a response signal to the call signal. And a line connection device 16 as a means for temporarily holding the telephone 21 or 22 and a means for connecting the telephones 21 and 22 to each other when there is a response to both the telephones 21 and 22.

The voice response device 12 for prompting the telephones 21, 22 to input the connection reservation time information, and the telephones 21,
The monitoring control unit 13 is included as a unit for writing the information input from the storage device 22 into the storage device 15.

The communication control units 11 and 17 include a conventional communication control function. The voice response device 12 makes a voice response when receiving an incoming call. The monitoring control unit 13 monitors the input signal and controls the timer 14, the storage device 15, the communication control units 11 and 17, and the line connection device 16. The timer 14 is a clock and notifies the monitoring control unit 13 of the reserved time. The storage device 15 stores and stores the input setting information. The line connection device 16 controls the communication control unit 11 under the control of the monitoring control unit 13.
And 17 line connection control.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. The communication control unit 11 is directly connected to the public communication network 2 via a branch line, and the monitoring control unit 13 controls the voice response device 12 when an incoming call is received by the communication control unit 11 to respond by voice and connect. Prompt for reservation time information, telephone number information and other setting signals. The monitoring control unit 13 is directly connected to the branch line from the public communication network 2 and records the setting signal information from the calling terminal device such as the telephone 21 or 22 input in accordance with the voice response in the storage device 15, and at the same time, The timer 14 is started according to the reserved time.

When the timer 14 notifies the supervisory control unit 13 that the reserved time has come, the supervisory control unit 13 reads out from the storage device 15 the telephone numbers of both communication terminal devices desired to start communication. The communication control units 11 and 17 are instructed to make a call to the respective telephone numbers, the communication control units 11 and 17 complete the communication connection, and the monitoring control unit 13 sends a response signal from both networks to indicate the completion of the communication connection. At the stage of receiving the message, the line connection device 16 can connect the communication connections controlled by the communication control units 11 and 17 to each other.

From the telephone 21 to the telephone 22, "1"
To make a call at 9:30 ", the telephone 21 connects to the communication control unit 11 in the communication control device 23, and requests a reserved time according to the voice response from the voice response device 12 of the communication control device 23. For "1930 #"
To request the telephone number DN1 of the telephone 21 which is the communication source and the telephone number DN2 of the telephone 22 which is the communication terminal of the other party who wants to communicate at the reserved time, the telephone numbers DN1 and DN2 are Input "#" with push button signal. The monitoring control unit 13 receives a push button signal from the telephone 21 through the public communication network 2, stores it in the storage device 15, stores it in the push button signal, and when the communication with the telephone 21 is disconnected, the monitoring is performed. The control unit 13 reads the time reservation information “1930” from the storage device 15 and sets it in the timer 14.

When the timer 14 notifies the supervisory control unit 13 that the connection reservation time has come, the supervisory control unit 1
3 reads out the telephone numbers DN1 and DN2 of both communication terminal devices which want to start the set communication from the storage device 15 and sends them to the communication control units 11 and 17, respectively.
And DN2 to issue a call, and communication control units 11 and 1
7 connects the communication connections controlled by the communication control units 11 and 17 to each other by the line connection device 16 at the time point when the respective communication connections to the telephone sets 21 and 22 are completed, and the telephone call between the telephone sets 21 and 22 is performed. Can be started at 19:30 of the reserved time.

Next, the sequence of connection between the terminals A and B will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows terminals A and B.
It is a sequence diagram which showed the signal between the communication control apparatus 23 and time. The communication control device 23 sends a call signal to both terminals A and B at the stage when the connection reservation time comes. After that, when each of the terminals A and B goes into an off-hook state, a response signal enters the communication control device 23, and communication is established when the response signals from both terminals A and B arrive. After an appropriate communication time, the end signal from each of the terminals A and B arrives at the communication control device 23, and this sequence ends.

Next, the line connection in the line connection device 16 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the line connection device 16. In FIG. 4, relay circuits 51 and 52 receive a signal from a control line and simultaneously switch connection from two communication paths. The hold circuits 53 and 54 hold the communication established on the communication path.

Before the start of communication, the relay circuits 51 and 52 are set to connect the communication paths and the hold circuits 53 and 54, and the communication control units 11 and 17 start and hold the communication on the respective communication paths. Subsequently, the relay circuits 51 and 52 operate upon receiving a signal from the monitoring control unit 13 on the control line upon completion of connection of both communication paths, and both communication paths can be connected to start communication.

Next, the time management table configured in the storage device 15 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a time management table. By using this time management table, it is possible to manage the connection of a plurality of lines such as a telephone conference system. The “registered telephone number” in the first field is the telephone number of the terminal device (telephone) that has requested the communication waiting, and the “designated time” in the second field is the time when the communication is waited, that is, the connection reservation time. . The "destination telephone number" in the third field is the telephone number of the destination with which communication is to be waited for, and the "plural connection flag" is a flag that is set when waiting for connection of multiple lines such as a telephone conference system. .

The first column is the communication waiting requester (telephone number 03-3311-1111) and the other party (telephone number 0).
3-3322-2222) to wait for connection with "1
It shows that what is to be done at 9:30 "is set in the time management table. The second column is from the communication waiting requester (telephone number 03-3321-1234).
Since there are multiple connection flags, it has the same reservation time "19:00" in the second column, and the call waiting requester (telephone number 03-
3321-1234). In the first embodiment of the present invention, telephone number is 03-3314-2321.
And that connection waiting for the telephone number 03-3314-2322 is performed at "19:00".

Due to such a structure, the connection control time information and the information of the telephone numbers DN1 and DN2 of the telephones 21 and 22 which are desired to make a call are designated in advance to the communication control device 23. By making the connection reservation, the communication control device 23 sends a call signal to the telephone 21 and the telephone 22 at the connection reserved time to connect the two communication connections to each other to start a call between the telephone 21 and the telephone 22. can do.

As an effect thereof, the communication control device 23 can accurately and surely start a call between the designated telephones 21 and 22 at a time preset in the communication control device 23.

For example, when the telephone 21 or 22 is a mobile telephone and it is expected that the mobile telephone will move to an area where radio waves do not reach, it is possible to make a call by reserving the call restart time in advance. We can meet you. The present invention is useful in such applications.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 6 in the case where communication is started between the data terminal devices 31 and 32 at the connection reservation time. Figure 6
FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the data terminal devices 31 and 32 have telephone numbers DN1 and DN2, respectively. The public communication network 2 has a function of notifying the telephone number of the calling communication terminal device to the communication terminal device on the receiving side.

Data terminal device 31 to data terminal device 3
2 to communicate at “19:30” to start data transmission / reception between the data terminal devices 31 and 32,
The data terminal device 31 connects to the communication control unit 11 in the communication control device 23, and the monitoring control unit 13 sends a notification signal indicating the originating telephone number DN1 from the public communication network 2 and the data terminal device 31 to the public communication network 2. Reservation time "1930"
And a push button signal representing the data communication destination telephone number DN2 are received and recorded in the storage device 15, and when the reception of the push button signal is completed and the communication with the data terminal device 31 is disconnected, the monitoring control unit 13 stores the data. The time reservation information “1930” is read from the device 15 and set in the timer 14.

When the timer 14 notifies the supervisory control unit 13 that the reserved time has come, the supervisory control unit 13 sets the telephone numbers DN1 and DN2 of the two communication terminal devices which are set in the storage device 15 and want to start communication. Is read out, and the communication control units 11 and 17 are instructed to make outgoing calls to the telephone numbers DN1 and DN2, respectively.
7 completes the respective communication connections to the data terminal device 31 and the data terminal device 32, and connects the communication connections controlled by the communication control units 11 and 17 by the line connection device 16 to each other. Data communication between the data terminal 31 and the data terminal device 32 is reserved time "19:30"
You can start at.

With such a structure, the connection reservation time and the telephone number DN2 of each data terminal device 32 to make a call are designated in advance to the communication control device 23 on the public communication network 2 side. Accordingly, at this connection reservation time, the communication control device 23 sends a call signal to the data terminal device 31 and the data terminal device 32, which have set the communication at the reservation time, and connects the two to each other. A programmed data communication can be initiated between the device 31 and the data terminal device 32.

As an effect thereof, the communication control device 23 can start the data communication between the designated data terminal devices 31, 32 accurately and surely at the time set in advance for the communication control device 23.

For example, when the data terminal device 31 or 32 is a mobile data terminal device and it is expected that the mobile data terminal device will move to an area where radio waves do not reach, reservation of a communication restart time is made in advance. By doing so, communication can be waited for. The present invention is useful in such applications.

In the first or second embodiment of the present invention, the telephone numbers DN1 and DN2 have been described. However, the telephone numbers DN1 and DN2 are not considered to be the personal ID currently being studied, that is, the telephone or the data terminal device, but the subscribers. The same explanation can be made by replacing the communication ID assigned to each person.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The subscriber can start the communication accurately and surely from the reserved time without requiring the troublesome time management. As a result, the communication line can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of an apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing signals between a terminal and a communication control device in time series.

FIG. 4 is a block configuration diagram of a line connection device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a time management table.

FIG. 6 is an overall configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 public communication network 12 voice response device 13 monitoring control unit 14 timer 15 storage device 16 line connection device 11, 17 communication control unit 21, 22 telephone 23 communication control device 31, 32 data terminal device 51, 52 relay circuit 53, 54 hold Circuit DN1, DN2 Telephone number

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication control device for controlling connection between a plurality of communication terminals, comprising: a clock; a table for preliminarily storing subscriber number information of terminals to be connected and connection reservation time information thereof; Means for sending a calling signal to the plurality of terminals to be connected when the reserved time and the output time of the clock match, means for temporarily holding the terminal that has received a response signal to the calling signal; And a means for connecting the plurality of terminals to each other when all respond to the communication control apparatus. 2. The communication control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for urging a terminal to input the connection reservation time information and writing the information input from the terminal in the table. 3. A connection reservation input from one communication terminal is received, a connection reservation time input from the communication terminal and subscriber number information of a plurality of terminals to be connected to each other are written in a table and output as a clock. Therefore, when the connection reservation time arrives, the call signal is sent to the plurality of terminals, the terminal that responds is temporarily held, and when all of the plurality of terminals respond, the plurality of terminals A communication control method characterized in that they are connected to each other.