JPH08223615A - Method and device for customer control for high-level communication service control data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide the method and device for customer control for high-level communication service control data with which a service contracted person (user) can freely reload service conditions, etc., in real time. CONSTITUTION: Concerning a high-level communication service system provided with a service subscriber data managing part 13, service subscriber control data base 11 storing general subscriber ID and information concerning high-level communication service, and control part 12 for receiving the connection request of a service subscriber and connecting a communication channel corresponding to service contents contracted by the service subscriber while referring to the service subscriber control data base 11, a customer terminal 8 connected through a packet communication network 7 to the service subscriber data managing part 13 is prepared on the side of service subscriber in advance and the customer terminal 8 performs control so that the reloading of data contents concerning high-level communication service can be permitted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an advanced communication service such as a virtual private line network (also referred to as a virtual private network, VPN) using a public electricity, radio wave or optical communication network. The present invention relates to a customer control method for advanced communication service control data that can be easily rewritten by a service subscriber according to his / her own conditions, and an apparatus directly used for the implementation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a main service of the advanced communication service system, there is a virtual private network service using the communication service system of FIG. In this virtual private network (VPN) service, the VPN
Extension number (a VPN that works within a group of subscribers with the same VPN)
Subscriber ID) enables call connection within the same members net group. This is because the VPN extension number designated and registered by the user is translated into a general telephone number (general subscriber ID) by the network service control station 5, and then the general telecommunications network is provided to the called subscriber by the general telephone number. It adopts a method that is realized by connecting α.

In this type of communication service system, the calling subscriber A and the called subscriber B are connected in the public communication network α by the following procedure. First, the calling subscriber A (V
When the PN contractor dials the VPN extension number “233”, the general subscriber ID (telephone number) of the VPN subscriber A and the VPN extension number “233” are transmitted via the subscriber exchange 1 and the common line signaling network 4. It is transmitted to the network service control station 5.

The network service control station 5 identifies the group (subscriber group) of the virtual private network from the general subscriber ID, and also receives the VPN extension "233" as the incoming general subscriber ID.
Translate to (phone number). And the incoming VPN subscriber B
In addition to the general subscriber ID of the as the routing number,
The public telecommunications network α is used to connect the subscriber exchange 1 on the calling side and the subscriber exchange 2 on the called side, and further, the calling VPN.
It handles the connection between subscriber A and the terminating VPN subscriber A.

Therefore, according to the communication service method, by using the public telecommunications network α among the business offices within the same company dispersed all over the country, the call by the VPN extension number is used as in the case of using the leased line. Service becomes possible (invention title: "wide-area subscriber group service realization method"; see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-319844).

In this type of advanced communication service system, when the service function is added or changed, the network service management station (SMS) 6 and the network service control station (SCP) 5 are registered in the following procedure. Has been realized.

First, a general subscriber and a service manager (communication carrier) make a contract for service content,
Arrange the conditions. Then, the service manager registers the service setting information having the agreed contents in the network service management station 6 using a service order terminal (not shown).

When the service setting information is registered, the network service management station 6 automatically creates a connection control program for realizing the service based on the service setting information, and then controls the network service. Download to station 5.

The network service control station 5 converts the logical number into a routing number (physical number) according to the received connection control program, and at the same time, transmits a control signal for executing the additional service to the subscriber exchange, etc. Performs service connection control.

[0010]

By the way, in the above-mentioned advanced communication service system, in consideration of the security of data contents, etc., after the service provider and the service user make a contract for the service contents, The method of changing the contract is used. Therefore, there is a problem that the service contents cannot be changed in real time and finely when the user of the service desires.

For example, in the case of a VPN incoming call screening service using a password, even if the user urgently requests the start of the service or desires to change the password, the service can be provided. It takes several days, and there is a problem that it is not possible to provide a highly satisfactory advanced communication service to users.

In the case of the VPN connection destination changing service for changing the destination, it is necessary to change the destination according to the user's schedule change, but the user cannot directly change the destination, so the request is flexible. There is a problem that it is difficult to answer.

The main objects to be solved by the present invention are as follows. A first object of the present invention is to provide a customer control method and apparatus for advanced communication service control data that allows a service contractor (service subscriber) to freely add or change service conditions and the like in real time. To do.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a customer control method and device for advanced communication service control data capable of changing the setting of advanced communication service contents from an interface suitable for a terminal device of a service subscriber. To do.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a customer control method and apparatus for advanced communication service control data, which can eliminate the trouble of a communication carrier providing advanced communication services.

Other objects of the present invention include the specification, drawings,
In particular, it will be apparent from the description of the claims.

[0017]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the above-mentioned object is achieved by adopting the novel characteristic construction method and means listed below by the present invention.

That is, the first feature of the method of the present invention is a service subscriber control database for controlling connection of advanced communication services to service subscribers connected to a public communication network including a subscriber exchange through a common line signaling network. In the rewriting process, the service management data is directly accessed by each service subscriber side via a packet communication network separate from the public communication network and the common line signaling network, so that once the service subscriber management database In the customer control method of advanced communication service control data, the service control data generated corresponding to the rewriting management process is downloaded, and the service subscriber control database is rewritten at any time.

A second feature of the method of the present invention is that the packet communication network in the first feature of the method of the present invention is a public packet communication network, an INS (advanced information communication system) public packet communication network, or a telephone network connection. It is a customer control method for advanced communication service control data consisting of a public packet communication network.

A third feature of the method of the present invention is that the service subscriber management database in the first or second feature of the method of the present invention provides a password to the service subscriber when making an access connection at the service subscriber side. Request input,
In the customer control method of the advanced communication service control data, management processing is performed so as not to allow the service subscriber to rewrite the data content related to the advanced communication service when the password is incorrect.

A fourth feature of the method of the present invention is that the password entered in the service subscriber side in the service subscriber management database in the first, second or third feature of the method of the present invention is incorrect. In this case, the customer control method for advanced communication service control data is such that management processing is performed so as to request re-entry and disconnect the connection with the service subscriber side when the password resulting from re-entry is incorrect.

The fifth feature of the method of the present invention corresponds to the data rewritten by the service subscriber management database in the first, second, third or fourth feature of the method of the present invention. Then, it is checked whether the communication service can be physically provided, and if the communication service cannot be provided, a processing error, or a processing error and an error reason is displayed, and management processing is performed so as to interrupt the change processing. There is a customer control method of the advanced communication service control data.

A sixth feature of the method of the present invention is that the service subscriber management database in the first, second, third, fourth or fifth feature of the method of the present invention is provided on the service subscriber side. It is a customer control method of advanced communication service control data, which is managed so that the data content relating to the communication service can be rewritten in an interactive form or in a batch form.

A seventh feature of the method of the present invention is to rewrite a service subscriber control database for controlling connection of an advanced communication service to a service subscriber connected to a public communication network including a subscriber exchange through a common line signaling network. In processing, the service subscriber side control database is stored in the service control data transmitted by the service subscriber side directly accessing the service subscriber side via the public communication network and the common line signaling network. This is a customer control method of advanced communication service control data in which the service control data is further uploaded after the rewriting control process and the rewriting management process of the main service subscriber management database is executed at any time.

An eighth feature of the method of the present invention is that the service subscriber control database in the seventh feature of the method of the present invention requires the service subscriber to enter a password when making an access connection on the service subscriber side. However, in the customer control method of the advanced communication service control data, control processing is performed so as not to allow the service subscriber to rewrite the data content related to the advanced communication service when the password is incorrect.

The ninth feature of the method of the present invention is that the password entered in the service subscriber side in the service subscriber control database in the seventh or eighth feature of the method of the present invention is incorrect. , A customer control method of advanced communication service control data which is control-processed so as to disconnect the connection with the service subscriber side when re-input is requested and the password due to re-input is incorrect.

The tenth feature of the method of the present invention is that the service subscriber control database in the seventh, eighth or ninth feature of the method of the present invention communicates in correspondence with the data rewritten by the service subscriber. It checks whether the service can be physically provided, and if the communication service cannot be provided, it displays a processing error, or a processing error and the reason for the error, and controls the processing so as to interrupt the change processing. It is in the customer control method of service control data.

The eleventh feature of the method of the present invention is that the service subscriber control database according to the seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth feature of the method of the present invention is interactive on the service subscriber side, Alternatively, there is a customer control method for advanced communication service control data, which is control-processed so that the data content related to the communication service can be rewritten in a batch format.

The twelfth feature of the method of the present invention is the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth or eleventh aspect of the method of the present invention. The public communication network in the above feature is a customer control method for advanced communication service control data using electricity, radio waves or light as a communication medium.

The thirteenth feature of the method of the present invention is the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh aspects of the method of the present invention. Alternatively, in the twelfth feature, the service subscriber side is a terminal composed of one or more kinds of equipment such as a wired telephone, a wireless telephone, a facsimile machine or a personal computer, or a private branch exchange PB.
It is a customer control method of advanced communication service control data accessed by an extension terminal of X.

A first feature of the device of the present invention is a network service management station for managing advanced communication services for service subscribers connected to a public communication network including a subscriber exchange, and a pre-stored information from the network service management station. A network service control station for controlling connection of the advanced communication service to the service subscriber through the common line signaling network based on the service control data
A customer terminal connected to the network service management station through a packet communication network and installed on the service subscriber side is provided, and the subscriber exchange is provided with a sapp unit for exchanging control signals with the network service control station. The network service management station includes a service subscriber data management unit that manages a service subscriber management database regarding service subscribers, and the service subscriber based on the service management data regarding advanced communication services sent from the customer terminal. Allow rewriting of management database contents,
A data generation unit for generating service control data corresponding to the rewriting, and a transmission / reception unit for downloading the service control data generated by the data generation unit to a service subscriber control database of the network service control station, The network service control station includes a general subscriber ID that identifies the service subscriber connected to the public communication network,
And the service subscriber control database storing the service control data relating to the advanced communication service, and the advanced communication contracted by the service subscriber by referring to the service subscriber control database upon receiving a connection request from the service subscriber. A customer control device for advanced communication service control data, comprising: a control unit for sending a control signal of service contents to a SUP unit of the subscriber exchange.

A second feature of the device of the present invention is that the packet communication network in the first feature of the device of the present invention is a public packet communication network, an INS public packet communication network, or a telephone network connection type public packet communication network. It is in the customer control unit for advanced communication service control data.

A third feature of the device of the present invention is that when the subscriber data management section of the network service management station in the first or second feature of the device of the present invention connects to the customer terminal, Advanced communication service control including a safety measure for requesting a password input and not allowing the service subscriber to rewrite the contents of the service subscriber management database if the password is incorrect The data is in the customer control unit.

A fourth feature of the device of the present invention is that the service subscriber data management unit of the network service management station in the first, second or third feature of the device of the present invention is rewritten by the service subscriber. Checking means for checking whether or not the advanced communication service can be physically provided corresponding to the data, and when the advanced communication service corresponding to the rewritten data cannot be provided, a processing error, or a processing error and the error reason are displayed. An advanced communication service control data customer control device having an error processing means for displaying and interrupting the change processing.

A fifth feature of the device of the present invention is that a network service management station manages an advanced communication service for service subscribers connected to a public communication network including a subscriber exchange, and is stored in advance from the network service management station. A network service control station for controlling connection of the advanced communication service to the service subscriber through the common line signaling network based on the service control data
A service subscriber terminal connected to the network service control station via the public communication network and the common line signaling network;
The subscriber exchange is provided with a SUP unit for exchanging control signals with the network service control station, and the network service control station is a general subscriber for identifying a service subscriber connected to the public communication network. An ID and a service subscriber control database that stores the service control data relating to the advanced communication service, and an altitude that the service subscriber has contracted by referring to the service subscriber control database upon receiving a connection request from the service subscriber. The control signal of the communication service content is sent to the SUP portion of the subscriber exchange, and the service subscriber terminal permits rewriting of the content of the service subscriber control database regarding the advanced communication service, and the rewritten service control data is stored. And a control unit for transmitting, the network service management station, the service subscriber A service subscriber data management unit that manages a service subscriber management database related to the service subscriber management database, and the service subscriber management database that receives and generates corresponding service control data uploaded from the control unit of the network service control station. A customer control device for advanced communication service control data, comprising: a data generation unit for rewriting contents.

A sixth feature of the device of the present invention is that the control unit of the network service in the fifth feature of the device of the present invention is sent from the service subscriber terminal through a public communication network and a common line signaling network. Detecting means for detecting an instruction signal for rewriting communication service, and when the detecting means detects the instruction signal, the service subscriber terminal is connected to the service subscriber control database of the network service control station, and the service subscriber is connected. Advanced communication comprising rewriting means for controlling the control database so as to allow the service subscriber to rewrite the data content of the advanced communication service, and transmitting means for uploading the rewritten data to the data generation section of the network service management station. Located in customer control equipment for service control data.

A seventh feature of the device of the present invention is that the control unit of the network service control station in the fifth or sixth feature of the device of the present invention makes an advanced communication corresponding to the data rewritten by the service subscriber. Checking means to check whether the service can be physically provided, and when the advanced communication service corresponding to the rewritten data cannot be provided, display the processing error, or the processing error and the error reason, and perform the rewriting process. And a customer control device for advanced communication service control data, which comprises error processing means for interrupting.

An eighth feature of the device of the present invention is that the public communication network in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh feature of the device of the present invention is electricity or radio wave. Alternatively, it is in a customer control device for advanced communication service control data using light as a communication medium.

A ninth feature of the device of the present invention is that the common line signal network according to the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth feature of the device of the present invention is , A customer control device for advanced communication service control data using electricity, radio waves or light as a signal medium.

The tenth feature of the device of the present invention is the service subscription according to the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth feature of the device of the present invention. Worker terminal
A customer control device for advanced communication service control data, which is a terminal composed of one or more types of equipment such as a wired telephone, a wireless telephone, a facsimile machine, or a personal computer, or an extension terminal of a private branch exchange PBX.

[0041]

The present invention takes the following actions because it takes the novel method and means as described above.

According to the present invention, the service subscriber control database or the service subscriber manager database for providing the advanced communication service and the service subscriber terminal or the customer terminal of the service subscriber can be connected to each other. It is possible to add or change service conditions etc. freely and in real time.

Further, according to the present invention, when the service subscriber accesses the service subscriber management database or the service subscriber control database, a plurality of interfaces such as a customer terminal and a service subscriber terminal can be used. The contents of the advanced communication service can be rewritten and the setting can be changed from the interface suitable for the terminal device of the subscriber.

Further, according to the present invention, since the service subscriber of the advanced communication service directly adds and changes the service content,
It is possible to eliminate the trouble of the service change operation conventionally performed by the telecommunications carrier.

[0045]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings on the basis of its apparatus and method. In addition,
In the reference drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the components having the same names as the components of the communication system of FIG. 6 used in the description of the related art.

In this example of the apparatus and the example of the method, the service subscriber terminals A'and B'are constituted by general telephones, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a wired telephone, a wireless telephone, a facsimile apparatus or a personal telephone. The service subscriber terminal may be composed of one or more kinds of computers among the computers, or an extension terminal of a private branch exchange. Further, although the public telecommunications network α and the common line signaling network 4 which use electricity as a communication medium and a signal medium are exclusively used in the example of the apparatus and the method of the present invention, the public wave and the optical wave which uses the radio wave or light as the communication medium and the signal medium are used. The present invention can also be realized by utilizing a communication network and a common line signaling network.

(Apparatus Example) FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an advanced communication service system apparatus, and FIG. 2 shows a system configuration of essential parts of this apparatus example.

As shown in FIG. 1, the advanced communication service system apparatus includes subscriber exchanges 1 and 2 connected to service subscriber terminals A'and B ', and these subscriber exchanges 1 and 2 to a public telecommunication network α. A repeater exchange 3 connected via a common line signaling network 4 to each of the service subscriber terminals A'and B'and a network service control station 5 for controlling the provision of advanced communication services via the subscriber exchanges 1 and 2. , Network service management station 6 that manages advanced communication services for each service subscriber
And a customer terminal 8 and a service order terminal 9 which can be connected to the network service management station 6 through the packet communication network 7,
It is composed by.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the subscriber exchanges 1 and 2 has a SUP portion (Service Access Poi).
abbreviation nt) 10 is provided. The sup unit 10 functions as a device for exchanging control signals S1 and S2 with the network service control station 5 for inquiring service information and general subscriber ID of the incoming service subscriber.

The network service control station 5 is a network control node (SCP or NS) in the intelligent network.
Called "P" (for example, "Information Network Handbook" edited by the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, October 1992, "Chapter 3 Basic Information Network Technology 3.
3 Intelligent network ”). The network service control station 5 of this device example further includes a service subscriber control database 11 and a control unit 12.

The service subscriber control database 11 is
Service subscriber terminals A ', B'connected to the public communication network
It functions as a search table that stores general subscriber IDs that specify the like, and information about advanced communication services. Here, "general subscriber ID" refers to a physical number that functions as a routing number, and "information related to advanced communication service" includes extension number of virtual private network, presence / absence of guidance transmission, password, or connection of transfer service. Refers to service information such as the destination number.

Although not shown in the figure, the control unit 12 has
The following system function means are provided. The first functional means is a checking means for checking whether or not the advanced communication service can be physically provided by the service subscribers A and B corresponding to the rewritten data such as addition and change, and the rewritten data such as addition and change. It is an error processing system means comprising an error processing means for displaying a processing error, or a processing error and an error reason, and interrupting change processing when it is not possible to provide an advanced communication service corresponding to.

The second function means is a data change system means using a computer so that the service subscriber terminals A'and B'can add or change the data contents relating to the advanced communication service in an interactive form or in a batch form. is there.

The third function means is the service subscriber terminal A'through the common line signaling network 4 and the subscriber exchanges 1, 2.
A security function that requires the service subscriber to enter a password when connecting to B'and does not allow the service subscriber to additionally change the contents of the service subscriber database 11 if the password is incorrect. It is a system means. The first to third functional means may be incorporated in the service subscriber control database 11 itself.

Further, the control unit 12 of the network service control station 5
Receives a connection request from the subscriber terminals A'and B'to the service subscriber control database 11, and refers to the service subscriber control database 11 to send the control signal S2 of the contracted advanced communication service content to the subscriber exchange 1 2 to the SUP unit 10 for connection processing to the called subscriber.

Although illustration is omitted, the control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 is provided with the advanced communication service transmitted from the subscriber terminals A ', B', etc. through the public telecommunications network α and the common line signaling network 4. Detecting means for detecting the change instruction control signal S2 relating to the additional change, and when the detecting means detects the change instruction control signal S2, the subscriber terminals A'and B'are controlled by the service subscriber of the network service control station 5. Database 11
And rewriting means for controlling the service subscriber control database 11 so as to allow the service subscriber to add or change the service content.

The network service management station 6 is connected to the network service control station 5 so that data can be transmitted and received, and is further connected to the customer terminal 8 and the service order terminal 9 through the packet communication network 7. In the network service management station 6,
Further, a service subscriber data management unit 13, a data generation unit 14, a transmission / reception unit 15, and a service subscriber management database 16 are provided.

The service subscriber data management unit 13 has a function of managing the customer terminal 8 and the service order terminal 9 through the packet communication network 7 and the service subscriber management database 16 relating to the service subscriber, and is installed on the service subscriber side. When connecting to the customer terminal 8, a safety measure is required to require the service subscriber to enter a password, and not to allow the service subscriber to additionally change the contents of the service management data when the password is incorrect. I have it.

The data generator 14 permits addition / modification of the service management data contents relating to the communication service from the customer terminal 8 of the service subscriber, and generates service control data corresponding to the addition / modification. The transmission / reception unit 15 also downloads the service control data generated by the data generation unit 14 to the service subscriber control database 11 of the network service control station 5 through the control unit 12.

The customer terminal 8 is provided for each service subscriber who receives the advanced communication service, and is a public packet communication network, an INS (advanced information communication system) packet communication network, a telephone network connection type public packet communication network, or the like. It functions as an input device that is connected to the network service management station 6 via the packet communication network 7 and can freely add or change service conditions and the like in real time.

The service order terminal 9 is operated by a telecommunications carrier that provides an advanced communication service, and is connected to the network service management station 6 via the packet communication network 7 to perform maintenance of service subscriber data. Functions as a device.

(Example of Method) Next, referring to the drawings, an example of a method of changing the user of the advanced communication service using the above-described example of the device will be described. Telephones A'and B'are separately described in detail when they are used. In this method example, a personal computer is used as the customer terminal 8.

(1) In case of using customer terminal First, the service subscriber (user) A of the network service management station 6 from the customer terminal 8 through the packet communication network 7 according to the procedure of no procedure or a predetermined protocol. The service subscriber data management unit 13 is connected through the transmission / reception unit 15 (see FIG. 2).

The service subscriber data management section 13 of the network service management station 6 displays the service menu M shown in FIG. 3 on the display of the customer terminal 8. In this service menu M, buttons a to g of various services to be activated
And the guidance "Please specify the service to start" are displayed. After that, the service subscriber data management unit 13 prepares to receive the service number by designating the button.

At the customer terminal 8, when the user follows the guidance and specifies the buttons a to g of the service to be changed, the service subscriber data management unit 13 activates the corresponding service menu M, and registers the registration ID and password. Guidance for requesting the input of the number and the input number are transmitted and received by the transmitting / receiving unit 15
Prepare to receive through.

The user follows his / her guidance and registers himself / herself.
When the user inputs D "XXX" and the personal identification number "YYY", the service subscriber data management unit 13 causes the personal identification number "YY".
If "Y" is the personal identification number of the registration ID, and if the coincidence is confirmed, the data generation unit 14 is activated to prepare for receiving the guidance for inputting the change data and the input data.

The service subscriber data management unit 6 is
If you confirm that it is not the PIN code of the registered ID of the subscriber,
When the user is requested to re-input and the password input by re-input is confirmed to be incorrect, the transmission / reception unit 15 is controlled to disconnect.

When the user finishes inputting the changed contents according to the guidance, the changed information of the service subscriber management database 16 is temporarily rewritten, and the service subscriber control of the network service control station 5 is performed via the transmitting / receiving unit 15. It is downloaded to the database 11 through the control unit 12.

The network service control station 5 changes the contents of the service subscriber control database 11 based on the down data from the network service management station 6. As a result, the subscriber can receive the advanced communication service such as the service conditions added and changed by himself / herself in real time.

(2) General telephone (service subscriber terminal)
(Interactive Registration Method) FIG. 4 shows an example of a sequence when the service function of the advanced communication service is additionally changed by the service subscriber terminal by the interactive registration method.

First, when the subscriber A using the service subscriber terminal A'hooks off the hook, the sap unit 1 of the subscriber exchange 1 is called.
0 detects the off-hook of the telephone of the subscriber A using the DC loop detection method or the like, and sends an identification dial tone (second dial tone) to the service subscriber terminal A '. Subsequently, a special number "1" for the subscriber to connect to the service subscriber control database 11 of the network service control station 5
When dialing "XY", the sup section 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 receives the dial.

Upon identifying the dial signal of the special number "1XY", the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 sends the inquiry control signal S1 to the control unit 12 of the network service control station (SCP) 5 through the common line signaling network 4. Send.

The control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 activates the service processing program and, based on the information sent from the subscriber exchange 1, the service subscriber database 1
Guidance G requesting selection of service to be changed
1 and a response control signal S2 for dial reception are transmitted to the sap unit 12 of the subscriber exchange 1.

In response to the instruction from the network service control station 5, the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 "selects the service to be changed" to the service subscriber terminal A'of the using subscriber.
A voice or simple text guidance G1 is sent, and preparations for receiving a number input are made.

When the subscriber A dials the menu number "N" of the service to be changed according to the guidance,
The subscriber exchange 1 notifies the control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 of the received menu number "N" to inquire.

The control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 activates the corresponding service menu program to issue the guidance G2 for requesting the input of the registration ID of the service subscriber database 11 and the control signal S2 for instructing the dial reception. It is transmitted to the sap unit 10 of the exchange 1.

In response to the instruction from the network service control station 5, the sup section 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 instructs the subscriber terminal A'of the user A to enter the registration ID "G".
Send 2 and prepare to receive a number input.

When the service subscriber A dials his / her registration ID "XXX" according to the guidance, the subscriber exchange 1 notifies the control section 12 of the network service control station 5 of the received registration ID number "XXX" to inquire. .

The control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 extracts the service subscriber table corresponding to the registration ID "XXX" from the data table of the service subscriber control database 11 and provides the guidance G3 for requesting the input of the personal identification number.
And a control signal S2 for instructing dial reception to the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1.

In response to the instruction from the network service control station 5, the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 sends a guidance G3 to the service subscriber terminal A'of the subscriber A, "Please enter your PIN". And prepare to receive the number input.

When the using subscriber A dials the personal identification number "YYY" according to the guidance, the subscriber exchange 1 notifies the control portion 12 of the network service control station 5 of the received personal identification number "YYY" to inquire.

The control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 checks whether the personal identification number "YYY" is the personal identification number of the registration ID, and if the coincidence is confirmed, it instructs the guidance for inputting the change data and the dial reception. The control signal S2 to be transmitted is transmitted to the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1. If the control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 confirms that the password is not the password of the registration ID, it transmits the control signal S2 requesting re-input, and if the password input by re-input is confirmed to be incorrect,
Control to disconnect.

The sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 receives an instruction from the network service control station 5 requesting the input of change data,
The guidance of the changing procedure is sent to the subscriber A in the interactive mode, and preparations for receiving the number input are made.

When the subscriber A using the service dials the contents of the change in accordance with the guidance, the subscriber exchange 1 notifies the controller 12 of the network service control station 5 of the received contents of the change and inquires.

When the changing operation by the utilizing subscriber A is completed, the control section 12 of the network service control station 5 sends a guidance G4 indicating that the data alteration has been registered to the utilizing subscriber A, while the changed service control data is transmitted. Network service management station 6
The data is uploaded to the data generating unit 14 through the transmitting / receiving unit 15.

The service subscriber data management unit 13 of the network service management station 6 sends a data load confirmation signal to the control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 via the transmission / reception unit 15, and at the same time sends the data load confirmation signal from the network service control station 5. The data generation unit 14 generates service management data based on the rewriting update data, and rewrites the service subscriber management database 16. Since the service control data is basically that of the service subscriber data management unit 13, it is downloaded to the service subscriber control database 11 of the network service control station 5 to collate the data. As a result, the subscriber A can use the general telephone to add and change the contents of the advanced communication service in real time by himself / herself without using the customer terminal 8.

(Batch type registration method) FIG. 5 shows an example of a sequence when the service function of the advanced communication service is additionally changed by the service subscriber terminal A'by the batch type registration method.

First, when the subscriber A using the service subscriber terminal A ′ goes off-hook, the sap unit 1 of the subscriber exchange 1 is called.
0 is the service subscriber terminal A'by the DC loop detection method, etc.
Off-hook is detected and an identification dial tone (second dial tone) is sent to the service subscriber terminal A '.
Then, the subscriber A dials the special number "1XY" for connecting to the service subscriber control database 11 of the network service control station 5, and the sup section 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 receives the number.

When the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 identifies the dial signal of the special number "1XY", the inquiry control signal S1 is sent to the control unit 12 of the network service control station (SCP) 5 through the common line signaling network 4. Send.

The control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 activates the service processing program and requests the service subscriber control database 11 to select the service to be changed based on the information sent from the subscriber exchange 1. The guidance G11 and the control signal S2 for instructing dial reception are transmitted to the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1.

In response to the instruction from the network service control station 5, the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 sends a guidance G11 to the subscriber A, "Please select the service you want to change", and also inputs the number. Prepare to receive.

When the subscriber A uses the service subscriber terminal A'to dial the menu number "N" of the service to be changed in accordance with the guidance, the subscriber exchange 1 assigns the received menu number "N" to the network service control station 5 Control unit 12
Notify and inquire.

The control section 12 of the network service control station 5 executes the service program of the corresponding menu, and outputs the guidance G12 requesting the input of the registration ID, the secret code and the changed contents and the control signal S2 instructing the dial reception. It is transmitted to the SUP unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1.

Upon receiving an instruction from the network service control station 5, the sap unit 10 of the subscriber exchange 1 sends a "registration ID,
Please input the password and the details of change "and prepare to receive the number input.

Subscriber A uses his registration ID "XXX" and password "Y" at subscriber terminal A'in accordance with the guidance.
When dialing "YYY" and the changed contents, the subscriber exchange 1 notifies the control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 of the received number.

The control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 verifies whether the personal identification number "YYY" is the personal identification number of the registration ID, and when the coincidence is confirmed, it is confirmed that the data change is registered with the user A. While sending the guidance G13, the changed service control data is uploaded to the data generation unit 14 through the transmission / reception unit 15 of the network service management station 6. When the control unit 12 of the network service control station 5 confirms that the password is not the password for the registration ID, it transmits the control signal 2 requesting re-input, and if the password for re-input is confirmed to be incorrect, the connection is confirmed. Control to cut.

The subscriber data management unit 13 of the network service management station 6 transmits a data load confirmation signal to the network service control station 5 based on the update data from the network service control station 5, and at the same time, the network service control station 5 The data generation unit 14 generates service management data on the basis of the update data from the above and updates the service subscriber management database 16.
Since the service control data is basically based on the service subscriber management database 16 of the subscriber data management unit 13, the service control data is downloaded to the service subscriber control database 11 of the network service control station 5 to collate the data. As a result, the service subscriber A can add and change the contents of the advanced communication service by himself / herself in real time by using a general telephone even if he / she does not have the customer terminal 8.

[0098]

As described above, according to the present invention, the contents of the service subscriber control database provided by the advanced communication service can be directly accessed by the service subscribers to be additionally modified, so that the subscribers of the service desire. The effect is that the service contents can be changed in real time and in fine detail. In particular, the utilizing subscriber can access the service subscriber control database or the service subscriber management database through a plurality of interfaces such as a customer terminal and a service subscriber terminal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an advanced communication service system device used in an example device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed explanatory diagram according to the device example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a service menu used in the example method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a sequence when rewriting a service function of an advanced communication service by an interactive registration method in the method example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a sequence when rewriting a service function of an advanced communication service by a collective registration method in the method example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an advanced communication service system device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 ... Subscriber switch 3 ... Relay switch 4 ... Common line signaling network 5 ... Network service control station 6 ... Network service management section 7 ... Packet communication network 8 ... Customer terminal 9 ... Service order terminal 10 ... Sap section 11 ... Service Subscriber control database 12 ... Control unit 13 ... Service subscriber data management unit 14 ... Data generation unit 15 ... Transmission / reception unit 16 ... Service subscriber management database A, B ... Service subscriber A ', B' ... Service subscriber terminal S1 , S2 ... Control signal α ... Public telecommunication network

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takatoshi Iwasa 1-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Takashi Anzai 1-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. Japan Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Claims (23)

[Claims] 1. When rewriting a service subscriber control database for controlling connection of an advanced communication service to a service subscriber connected to a public communication network including a subscriber exchange through a common line signaling network, the public communication After the service management data is directly accessed by each service subscriber side through a packet communication network separate from the network and the common line signaling network, once the main service subscriber management database is rewritten, the management processing is performed,
Further, the customer control method for advanced communication service control data, characterized in that the service control data generated corresponding to this is downloaded and the service subscriber control database rewriting process is executed at any time. 2. The packet communication network is a public packet communication network, INS (advanced information communication system).
The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to claim 1, comprising a public packet communication network or a telephone network connection type public packet communication network. 3. The service subscriber management database requires the service subscriber to enter a password when making an access connection on the service subscriber side, and when the password is incorrect, the service subscriber management database is sent to the service subscriber. The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to claim 1 or 2, wherein management processing is performed so as not to allow rewriting of data content related to the advanced communication service. 4. The service subscriber management database requests re-entry when the password entered by the service subscriber is incorrect, and the service subscriber when re-entry password is incorrect. 4. The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein management processing is performed so as to disconnect from the side. 5. The service subscriber management database checks whether or not the communication service can be physically provided corresponding to the data rewritten by the service subscriber, and if the communication service cannot be provided, a process is performed. The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein an error, or a processing error and an error reason are displayed and management processing is performed so as to interrupt the change processing. . 6. The service subscriber management database is managed so that the service subscriber side can rewrite the data content relating to the communication service in an interactive format or in a batch format. 2. The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to 2, 3, 4 or 5. 7. When rewriting a service subscriber control database for controlling connection of a high-grade communication service to a service subscriber connected to a public communication network including a subscriber exchange through a common line signaling network, said service subscription After performing rewrite control processing on the service subscriber side control database to the service control data sent by directly accessing on the service subscriber side through the public communication network and the common line signaling network from the person side, further, A customer control method for advanced communication service control data, characterized in that the service control data is uploaded and rewriting management processing of the Omoto service subscriber management database is executed at any time. 8. The service subscriber control database requires the service subscriber to input a password when making an access connection on the service subscriber side, and when the password is incorrect, the service subscriber control database is sent to the service subscriber. 8. The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to claim 7, wherein control processing is performed so as not to allow rewriting of data content related to advanced communication service. 9. The service subscriber control database requests re-entry when the password entered by the service subscriber is incorrect, and when the password entered by the re-entry is incorrect, the service subscriber 9. The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to claim 7, wherein the control processing is performed so as to disconnect from the side. 10. The service subscriber control database checks whether or not a communication service can be physically provided corresponding to the data rewritten by the service subscriber, and if the communication service cannot be provided, a process is performed. The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to claim 7, 8 or 9, wherein an error, or a processing error and an error reason are displayed and control processing is performed so as to interrupt the change processing. 11. The service subscriber control database is control-processed so that the service subscriber can rewrite the data content regarding the communication service in an interactive format or a batch format on the service subscriber side. The customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to item 8, 8, 9 or 10. 12. The public communication network uses electricity, radio waves, or light as a communication medium, and the public communication network is characterized in that:
8. A customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to 8, 9, 10 or 11. 13. The service subscriber side is accessed by a terminal made up of one or more of a wire telephone, a wireless telephone, a facsimile machine or a personal computer, or an extension terminal of a private branch exchange PBX. Claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, characterized in that
8. A customer control method for advanced communication service control data according to 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12. 14. A network service management station that manages an advanced communication service for service subscribers connected to a public communication network including a subscriber exchange, and the service based on prestored service control data from the network service management station. A network service control station for controlling connection of advanced communication services to a subscriber through a common signaling network, and a customer terminal connected to the network service management station through a packet communication network and installed on the service subscriber side are provided. The subscriber exchange comprises a SUP unit for exchanging control signals with the network service control station, and the network service management station includes a service subscriber data management unit for managing a service subscriber management database for service subscribers. , The service management data related to the advanced communication service sent from the customer terminal A data generation unit that allows rewriting of the contents of the service subscriber management database and generates service control data corresponding to the rewriting, and the service control data created by the data generation unit to the service of the network service control station. The network service control station includes a general subscriber ID for identifying the service subscriber connected to the public communication network, and the service control data regarding the advanced communication service. In response to the connection request of the service subscriber, the control signal of the advanced communication service contents contracted by the service subscriber is referred to by referring to the service subscriber control database. It is provided with a control section for sending to the SUP section of the exchange. Customer control device advanced communication services control data. 15. The advanced communication service control data according to claim 14, wherein the packet communication network comprises a public packet communication network, an INS public packet communication network, or a telephone network connection type public packet communication network. Customer control equipment. 16. A subscriber data management unit of the network service management station requests a service subscriber to input a password when connecting to the customer terminal. If the password is incorrect, the service data subscriber is requested to the service subscriber. 16. The customer control device for advanced communication service control data according to claim 14 or 15, further comprising safety means for managing so as not to allow rewriting of the contents of the service subscriber management database. 17. A service subscriber data management unit of the network service management station, and checking means for checking whether or not the advanced communication service can be physically provided corresponding to the data rewritten by the service subscriber. 15. An error processing unit for displaying a processing error, or a processing error and the reason for the error, and interrupting the change processing when the advanced communication service corresponding to the rewritten data cannot be provided. , 15 or 16, a customer control device for advanced communication service control data. 18. A network service management station that manages an advanced communication service for service subscribers connected to a public communication network including a subscriber exchange, and the service based on prestored service control data from the network service management station. A network service control station that controls connection of an advanced communication service to a subscriber through a common line signaling network, and a service subscriber terminal that is connected to the network service control station through the public communication network and the common line signaling network, The subscriber exchange is provided with a SUP unit for exchanging control signals with the network service control station, and the network service control station is a general subscriber for identifying a service subscriber connected to the public communication network. A service subscriber control database storing the ID and the service control data relating to the advanced communication service; In response to the continuation request, the service subscriber control database is referred to, the control signal of the advanced communication service content contracted by the service subscriber is sent to the SUP unit of the subscriber exchange, and the service subscriber terminal is advanced. A control unit which allows rewriting of the contents of the service subscriber control database relating to a communication service and transmits the rewritten service control data, wherein the network service management station has a service subscriber management database relating to the service subscribers. Data for rewriting the contents of the service subscriber management database by the service management data generated by receiving the service control data uploaded from the control unit of the network service control station and the service subscriber data management unit for managing And a generator. Customer control device advanced communication service controlling data. 19. The network service control unit includes a detection unit for detecting an instruction signal for rewriting the advanced communication service transmitted from the service subscriber terminal through a public communication network and a common line signal network, and the detection unit. When the instruction signal is detected, the service subscriber terminal is connected to the service subscriber control database of the network service control station, and the service subscriber control database allows the service subscriber to rewrite the data content of the advanced communication service. 19. The customer control device for advanced communication service control data according to claim 18, further comprising: a rewriting unit that controls so that the rewriting data is transmitted, and a transmitting unit that uploads the rewriting data to a data generation unit of the network service management station. . 20. A control unit of the network service control station, a check unit for checking whether or not the advanced communication service can be physically provided corresponding to the data rewritten by the service subscriber, and the rewritten data. 20. An error processing unit for displaying a processing error, or a processing error and an error reason, and interrupting the rewriting process when the advanced communication service corresponding to the above cannot be provided. 20. Customer control equipment for the described advanced communication service control data. 21. The public communication network uses electricity, radio waves or light as a communication medium.
8. A customer control device for advanced communication service control data according to 8, 19, or 20. 22. The common line signal network uses electricity, radio waves or light as a signal medium.
Customer control device for advanced communication service control data according to 8, 19, 20 or 21. 23. The service subscriber terminal is a terminal made up of one or more of a wire telephone, a wireless telephone, a facsimile machine or a personal computer, or an extension terminal of a private branch exchange PBX. Claims 14, 15, 16, 17, 1
Customer control device for advanced communication service control data according to 8, 19, 20, 21 or 22.