JPH1042348A - Position retrieval system for telephone terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To retrieve position information of terminals at any time by providing a position storage part storing the storage positions of the portable terminals, giving the inquiry of position information and working and outputting the inquired result. SOLUTION: The portable terminals a31 and b41 are stored in an exchange 10 through terminal storage devices a30 and a40 and the storage information are stored in a position information storage circuit 11. A management device 20 is connected to an input device 21, an output circuit 22, a storage circuit 23 and the exchange 10. Physical position information on a terminal storage circuit is stored in the storage circuit 23. When the number of the portable terminal a31 is inputted from the input device 21 and position retrieval is indicated, the management device 20 reads that the storage destination of the portable terminal a31 is stored in the terminal storage device a30 from the position information storage circuit 11 connected to the exchange 10. The management device 20 reads position information for the respective terminal storage device stored in the storage circuit 23 and displays them to the output circuit 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone terminal location search system, and more particularly to a portable terminal location information search system in an exchange.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art of this kind, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-276566 discloses a mobile station in which a user of a mobile station can easily and accurately know the location of a mobile station of a communication partner. As a communication system, an exchange is provided with a mobile location management unit and a location notification unit, and the mobile location management unit monitors the location of each of a plurality of mobile stations in units of wireless zones of a plurality of fixed stations, and monitors the monitoring results. Is stored as position information, and the existence position notifying means detects the presence of another mobile station with respect to any of the plurality of mobile stations based on the position information stored in the movement position management means. There has been proposed a system for notifying information indicating a position. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-205116 proposes a telephone system in which, when a communication partner is a mobile station, the current location of the mobile station of the communication partner can be displayed on the terminal as information about the communication partner. Have been.

[0003] These conventional techniques are based on the premise that the called party (communication partner) is busy, and a system for knowing where the partner is located when a call cannot be made with the partner has been realized.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems.

(1) The first problem is that since the called party is assumed to be busy, it is only possible to know where the other party is located when it cannot contact the other party. That is. For this reason, the calling side cannot determine whether or not to make a call according to the importance of the business.

(2) The second problem is a problem concerning a service method for telephone calls from outside the company. For example, notifying the location information of the terminal to an incoming call from outside the company has a problem in terms of confidentiality. Further, it is convenient to be able to search and determine the location information of the telephone terminal to determine whether or not to connect a telephone, for example, to an officer without a secretary at a relay console that relays incoming calls from outside the company.

(3) The third problem is that in the prior art,
There is a need for facilities to notify location information by voice, etc.
It is costly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone terminal location search system capable of searching for terminal location information at any time. is there.

[0009]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephone exchange accommodating a portable terminal via a terminal accommodating device, comprising: a position storage section for storing the accommodating position of the portable terminal; Means for making an inquiry about information, processing and outputting the result of the inquiry.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a portable terminal a31 and a portable terminal b41 are accommodated in an exchange 10 via a terminal accommodating device a30 and a terminal accommodating device b40, respectively, and the accommodating information is stored in a position information storage circuit 11. The management device 20 includes an input device 21, an output circuit 21, and a storage circuit 2.
3. Connected to the exchange 10. In the storage circuit 23,
Physical position information of the terminal accommodation circuit is stored.

When a position search is instructed by inputting the number of the portable terminal a from the input device 21, the management device 20
0 from the position information storage circuit 11 connected to the mobile terminal a.
It is read that the accommodation destination of 31 is accommodated in the terminal accommodation device a30. The management device 20 reads out the position information of each terminal accommodation device stored in the storage circuit 23 and displays it on the output circuit 22.

With such a configuration, in the embodiment of the present invention, the conventional problem that the location of the partner can be known only when the partner cannot be contacted can be solved. I have.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, since the location information storage circuit is usually realized as a function of the telephone exchange, the management device and the input circuit, output circuit and storage circuit associated therewith are installed in the exchange. This has the advantage that the cost can be reduced.

[0015]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

The first effect is that, since the location information of the terminal can be searched at any time, the conventional technique cannot know where the partner is located only when the partner cannot be contacted. The point has been resolved. This allows
The calling side can determine whether or not to make a call according to the importance of the business.

The second effect solves the problem of confidentiality because there is no means for notifying the location information of the terminal to a telephone call from outside the company.

A third effect is that it is possible to determine whether or not there is no way to connect a telephone to an officer who does not have a secretary by searching the position of the terminal in a relay console for relaying telephone calls from outside the company.

The fourth effect is that, since the location information storage circuit is usually realized as a function of the exchange, in realizing the present invention, the management device and its associated input circuit, output circuit, and storage circuit are provided outside the exchange. Since it only needs to be installed at the same time, there is an advantage that the cost for realization is small.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 switch 11 location information storage circuit 20 management device 21 input circuit 22 output circuit 23 storage circuit 30 terminal accommodating device a 31 portable terminal a 40 terminal accommodating device b 41 portable terminal b

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A telephone exchange accommodating a portable terminal via a terminal accommodating device, a position storage unit for storing an accommodation position of the portable terminal, an inquiry about position information, and processing and outputting the inquiry result. Means for searching for a position of a telephone terminal. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said location storage unit stores location information of a terminal accommodating device.