JPH11296465A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give the clear judgement material of line connection start time to an user and to disperse line use time by calculating line connection start time based on a data storage means at every weekday line use rate time, a data storage means at every holiday line use rate time and a random number generation means. SOLUTION: It is judged whether a data storage means at every weekday line use rate time 4 or a data storage means at every holiday line use rate time 5 is used from a present date/time storage means 2. The present day/time storage means 2 is adjusted based on information from a connection destination server by a present date/time management means 1 at every line connection success. The data storage means at every weekday line use rate time 4 and the data storage means at every holiday line use rate time 5 are updated at every line connection. A time band becoming a candidate is extracted based on setting data of a user, which is to connect a system to the time band whose line use rate stored in a user setting data storage means 7 is not more than 30%, for example. Connection time is decided from the candidates by using random numbers generated in a random number generation means 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device having means for automatically calculating a connection start time, redialing, and making a connection reservation when using an e-mail or Internet content service through a public line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional method for automating a line connection starts a connection by designating a connection start time by a user as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-326795. The call was repeated for a certain period of time. The user had to predict and set the time when the line was free.

[0003]

A general method for the user to determine the connection start time is a method of arbitrarily selecting a time from a late-night time zone in which many people go to sleep and the line usage rate decreases. However, in recent years, due to the widespread use of the Internet, the line of the connection destination server is not always free even in the late night time zone. In addition, even when there is a free time in the line, there is little opportunity to notify the user, and the user has no clear judgment.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a communication terminal device according to the present invention comprises: means for acquiring data of a line usage rate and a current date and time from a telephone station or a connection destination server; Weekday line utilization time-based data storage means and holiday line utilization time-based data storage means for storing rate data; current date and time storage means for storing the acquired current date and time; and means for acquiring user setting data from the user. A means for storing the acquired user setting data and a random number generating means for generating a random number; the current date and time storage means; the weekday line usage time data storage means; the holiday circuit usage time data storage means; And a connection start time calculating means for calculating a line connection start time based on the random number generating means.

[0005] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user with clear judgment information of the line connection start time, and to disperse the line use time.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a means for acquiring data of a line utilization rate and a current date and time from a telephone station or a connection destination server, and a weekday for storing the acquired line utilization rate data. Line usage time data storage means and holiday line usage time data storage means, current date and time storage means for storing the obtained current date and time, means for obtaining user setting data from the user, and obtained user settings Means for storing data and random number generating means for generating a random number, the current date and time storage means, the data storage means for each weekday line usage time, the data storage means for the holiday line usage time,
The apparatus further comprises a connection start time calculating means for calculating a line connection start time based on the user setting data storage means and the random number generating means. When using a service that does not require a service and requires a periodic check, the user does not need to be aware of the connection time or line congestion.
The connection time is automatically determined and the service can be used.

Next, the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that the line usage rate data includes discount time zone data, and the telephone station and the connection destination server are used by the user. You can set up a discount service at the time you want to use it.

Next, the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention provides a means for acquiring a current average data transfer rate from a connection destination server, a means for storing the acquired average data transfer rate, Means for acquiring setting data, means for storing the acquired user setting data, and redial determining means for performing redial determination based on the average data transfer rate storing means and the user setting data storing means. If a sufficient data transfer rate cannot be obtained due to congestion of service use, etc., the current connection can be temporarily suspended and postponed, even though the line connection is successful.

Next, the invention according to claim 4 of the present invention provides a means for acquiring a line use reservation candidate from a user, a means for storing the acquired reservation candidate, and a connection destination based on the reservation candidate storage means. Means for acquiring a line use reservation from a server;
It is characterized by having a means for storing the acquired reservation data, and can reserve a line connection in advance when using a service that requires real-time properties such as a communication-compatible game.

(Embodiment 1) Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a program information display device according to claim 1 of the present invention. The communication terminal device of the present invention includes a current date and time management means 1 for managing the current date and time, a current date and time storage means 2 for storing the current date and time, and a line utilization rate acquisition for acquiring hourly line utilization data from the connection server. Means 3, weekly line use rate data for storing weekday line use rates in a table for each hour, weekly circuit use rate hourly data storage means 4, holiday line use rates for each hour, holiday line use rates for each hour Data storage means 5, random number generation means 6 for generating a random number for determining the line connection time, user setting data storage means 7 for storing instructions from the user, current date and time storage means 2, weekday line usage rate data for each hour It is composed of a storage unit 4, a holiday line usage rate per-hour data storage unit 5, a random number generation unit 6, and a connection start time calculation unit 8 for calculating a line connection start time based on the user setting data storage unit 7.

Referring to FIG. 2, a procedure for determining a line connection start time according to the present invention will be described. At S1, whether to use the data storage means 4 for each weekday line usage rate from the current date and time storage means 2 in FIG.
It is determined whether or not to use the data storage unit 5 for each day of the line usage rate on holidays. The current date and time storage means 2 is adjusted by the current date and time management means 1 based on information from the connection destination server every time the line connection is successful. Further, the weekday line utilization time-based data storage means 4 and the holiday line utilization time-based data storage means 5 are updated for each line connection.

In S2 and S3, candidate time zones are extracted based on the user setting data stored in the user setting data storage means 7 such as connecting to a time zone in which the line usage rate is 30% or less. .

In S4, the connection time is determined from the candidates using the random number generated by the random number generation means 6. In addition, the user can specify a time frame from 11 pm to 8 am for candidate extraction.

FIG. 3 shows an example of discount time zone data according to claim 2 of the present invention. One hour data is represented by one byte. The line usage rate (1 to 100) is represented by 7 bits, and the remaining 1 bit represents whether or not it is a time zone to be discounted.

FIG. 4 shows a communication terminal device according to a third aspect of the present invention. Average data transfer rate acquisition means 9 for acquiring the current average data transfer rate from the connection destination server, average data transfer rate storage means 10 for storing the acquired average data transfer rate, based on the user setting data and the average data transfer rate. Redial determination means 11 for determining whether the current connection should be discarded, for example, user setting data storage means 12 for storing user setting data such as a minimum allowable communication rate. It is also possible to specify an allowable predicted amount as user setting data, predict the line usage fee required for data acquisition from the acquired data amount and the average data transfer rate, and use the same for redial determination.

FIG. 5 shows a communication terminal device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention. Reservation candidate acquisition means 13 for acquiring a candidate for the time zone that the user wants to reserve, reservation candidate storage means 14 for storing the acquired candidates, reservation for communicating with the connection destination server based on the setting of the reservation candidate to acquire the reservation Acquisition means 15 and reservation information storage means 16 for storing the acquired reservation. Reservation acquisition may be restricted by monthly total reservation time or reservation fee.

[0018]

As described above, according to the communication terminal device of the present invention, for a service that does not require real-time properties, such as e-mail, the user does not need to be aware of line congestion and can clearly specify the connection time. The service can be used for cheap time zones without being aware of the service.

Further, as described above, according to the communication terminal device of the present invention, it is possible to automatically use a service only when a sufficient data transfer rate is obtained, in addition to a successful line connection. As a result, communication costs can be reduced.

Further, as described above, according to the communication terminal device of the present invention, it is possible to reserve a line use for a service that requires real-time properties, such as a communication-compatible game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of connection start time calculation according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure for storing discount frames and line usage rates according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of sign]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Current date and time management means 2 Current date and time storage means 3 Line usage data acquisition means 4 Weekday line usage data storage means 5 Holiday line usage data storage means 6 Random number generation means 7 User setting data storage means 8 Connection start time calculation means Reference Signs List 9 average data transfer rate acquisition means 10 average data transfer rate storage means 11 redial determination means 12 user setting data storage means 13 reservation candidate acquisition means 14 reservation candidate storage means 15 reservation acquisition means 16 reservation information storage means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for acquiring data on a line utilization rate and a current date and time from a connection destination, a data storage means for each weekday line utilization time and a data storage means for a holiday line utilization time which store the acquired line utilization data. Current date and time storage means for storing the obtained current date and time; means for obtaining user setting data from the user; means for storing the obtained user setting data; random number generating means for generating a random number; Calculating a line connection start time based on the storage unit, the weekday line utilization time-based data storage unit, the holiday line utilization time-based data storage unit, the user setting data storage unit, and the random number generation unit A communication terminal device comprising connection start time calculation means. 2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the line usage rate data includes discount time zone data. 3. A means for acquiring a current average data transfer rate from a connection destination server, a means for storing the acquired average data transfer rate, a means for acquiring user setting data from a user, and an acquired user setting A communication terminal device comprising: means for storing data; and redial determination means for performing redial determination based on the average data transfer rate storage means and the user setting data storage means. 4. A means for acquiring a line use reservation candidate from a user, a means for storing the obtained reservation candidate, a means for acquiring a line use reservation from a connection destination server based on the reservation candidate storage means, A communication terminal device comprising means for storing the reserved data.