KR100314652B1 - Apparatus and method for dialing telephone numbers in multi-line telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for a telephone calling in a multi-line telephone and a device thereof are provided to receive a telephone number by connecting to the Internet through one line and to telephone using the received telephone number through the other line in a multi-line telephone servicing more than two communication channels. CONSTITUTION: An input unit(110) is provided for inputting a dial, a character, or various functions. A display unit(120) displays information from an Internet network or displays a function state of a telephone. A line connection unit 1(170) and a line connection unit 2(180) are provided for connecting to each telephone line. A modem is provided for performing a data communication through one line. A dialer(150) is provided for dialing a telephone number through another line. A transmitting and receiving circuit(160) is provided for performing a voice calling through another line. A control unit(130) controls the operations of the above elements.

Description

How to make a call in a multi-line phone and its device {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIALING TELEPHONE NUMBERS IN MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE}

The present invention relates to a method for making a call in a multi-line telephone and a device thereof. In particular, the multi-line telephone accesses a telephone directory through the Internet network and makes a call to a person listed in the telephone directory. The present invention relates to a method of allowing a user to directly call a advertiser by clicking a banner advertisement or the like and a multi-line telephone employing the method.

It is a common feature to click on a banner ad or link site in a worldwide web browser to point to that site. However, in order to make a call to a connected site, there is an inconvenience that a user needs to dial a phone number displayed on the site directly using a telephone.

In order to solve this inconvenience, US Patent No. 5,850,433 proposes an online directory service. In this patent, when a user's computer accesses a directory service center via the Internet, the directory service center shows a list of desired telephone numbers. When a user clicks on a phone number that he wants to call, the directory service center uses the phone server to dial the phone number through the telephone network. Then, the telephone server converts the call with the corresponding telephone through the general telephone network to the user's computer by converting the call appropriately for the internet network, so that the user can make a call with the desired person through the internet network.

However, this method has a disadvantage in that it is impossible to use a user who connects to the Internet through a slow connection means such as a telephone modem by making a call through the Internet network. In addition, since the directory service center makes a call to the corresponding telephone, a telephone fee is charged to the directory service center, and the directory service center needs to bill the user again.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, in a multi-line telephone that accommodates two or more communication channels, one line is connected to the Internet, and a telephone number is provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for making a call using the Internet network in a multiline telephone that can be dialed.

In particular, in recent years, as the number of communication services that can simultaneously connect to the Internet and make regular calls through a single line, such as ISDN or ADSL services, the dialing service using these services becomes possible. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for making a call using the Internet network in a multi-line telephone capable of making a call using a phone book on the Internet using such a multi-line service.

1 is a schematic diagram of a multi-line telephone of the present invention gathers the state connected to the Internet network and a general telephone network,

2 is a schematic block diagram showing an internal configuration of an embodiment of a multi-line telephone of the present invention;

3 is a schematic block diagram showing an internal configuration of another embodiment of a multi-line telephone of the present invention;

4 to 13 are views showing screens of the display unit according to the operation of the multi-line telephone of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic block diagram showing how a multi-line telephone is connected to an internet network and a general telephone network.

The multi-line telephone 100 may be configured to be connected to two or more lines or channels through one line or to two or more lines through two or more lines. 1 shows that the multi-line telephone 100 is connected to the switch 200 through a single line, and is connected to the Internet network 300 and the general telephone network 400 in the switch 200 again. As shown in FIG. 1, the multi-line telephone 100 may connect to the Internet network 300 through one line and search the database 500 while making a voice call on the other line. Of course, it is also possible to use both lines as a voice call, as in a three-way call, or to use both lines for the Internet when a fast internet connection speed is desired.

In this way, the multi-line telephone 100 which can be connected to two or more lines can be configured in various forms.

2 is an internal block diagram when the multi-line telephone 100 is configured as a telephone which can be connected to two ordinary telephone lines. The multi-line telephone of FIG. 2 includes an input unit 110 for inputting dials, texts, various functions, and the like, a display unit 120 for displaying information from the Internet network, or a function state of the telephone, and the like. Line connecting unit 1 170 and line connecting unit 2 180 for connecting to a telephone line, modem 140 for enabling data communication through one line, and dialing a telephone number through one line A dialer 150 for providing a call, a handset circuit 160 for making a voice call through one line, and a controller 130 for controlling the operation thereof.

A general button or a touch screen may be used as the input unit 110, and an LCD may be used as the display unit 120, but is not limited thereto. The controller 130 also includes a web browser, which serves to display on the display unit 120 using data from the modem 140.

In the figure, the modem 140 is connected to the line connecting portion 1 (170), the dialer 150 and the handset circuit 160 is connected to the line connecting portion 2 (180), but the line connecting portion (170, 180) and A switch may be configured between a modem, a dialer, and a handset circuit so that a user can select a line to connect the modem 140 to. In addition, the modem 140 has a built-in dialer so that the telephone number can be dialed when connecting to the Internet.

FIG. 3 schematically shows an internal configuration of a telephone which can be connected to an ISDN BRI line as another embodiment of the multi-line telephone 100. The ISDN BRI line provides two 64kbps B channels and one 16kbps D channel. Therefore, if each B channel is treated as one line, it becomes a two-line telephone. Therefore, it is possible to perform internet communication on one B channel and voice communication on the other B channel. Alternatively, when using AO / DI (Always On / Dynamic ISDN), you can make a voice call using one B channel or high quality video call using two B channels while using the Internet as the D channel.

The multi-line telephone 100 of FIG. 3 has an input unit 110, a display unit 120, and a handset circuit 160, similarly to the multi-line telephone 100 of FIG. 2, and has one line through the line connection unit 175. It is connected to the ISDN line. The ISDN BRI interface unit 145 extracts the 2B + D signal from the signal from the line connection unit 175, and converts the B channel signal during the voice call into an analog voice signal through a codec 155. The B channel signal, which is sent to the handset circuit 160 and is in data communication, is sent to the control unit 130 so that the display unit 120 can display the signal.

Next, an operation example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 13.

First, an example of a screen when a user accesses the Internet using the multi-line telephone 100 and then accesses a homepage which provides a web phone number service is shown in FIG. The multi-line telephone 100 converts information from the Internet using a built-in web browser to display on the display unit 120.

The person who wants to receive web phone number service is given ID and password through the registration process. The reason for assigning a password is because it configures its own phone book on the web. If the service does not know the phone number or the service tells the phone number of a person, such as 114 service on a regular phone, the step of entering an ID and password May be omitted. In the present embodiment, a case where a user configures his / her own phone book on the web will be described.

In FIG. 4, when the user inputs his ID and password, the phone book of the person is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 5. In FIG. 5, registered phone numbers appear on the left side of the screen, and various function buttons appear on the right side of the screen. However, the location may be located on either side, and the registered phone numbers may not appear on the screen. .

FIG. 6 illustrates a case where a user directly finds a desired phone number on the screen of FIG. 5 and clicks the number. This example shows an example in which the user clicks 'Go to (Note)'.

In FIG. 5, when the user clicks 'to go to the main', the controller 130 of the multi-line telephone 100 brings a phone number linked to 'to go to the main'. This link may for example be made as follows.

<a href='telto:0343-123-4567'> Canada State </a>

If you click on 'Link to (Note)' linked in this way, the multi-line telephone (100) brings the telephone number '0343-123-4567', grabs a line other than the line currently connected to the Internet, and dials the telephone number. At the same time, the display unit 120 of the telephone is displayed as shown in FIG. 6.

When the user wants to register a new phone number on the screen of FIG. 5, the user presses a button labeled 'new input'. The screen at this time is shown in FIG. In the screen of FIG. 7, the user inputs a new phone number and its name and clicks the 'input' button. This telephone number is then registered in the web phone book of the user.

When the user wants to call a phone number that is not registered in the web phone book, the user presses a button called 'call' on the screen of FIG. 5. An example of the screen at this time is shown in FIG. 8. In FIG. 8, when the user enters a phone number and presses the 'call' button, the number is transferred to the web phonebook homepage and at the same time, the control unit 130 of the phone 100 catches another line and calls the phone number. do. If the name is entered together, the name is also delivered to the web phone book homepage and is listed in the 'phone list' of the web phone book, and the user can call the web phone book again later. Or, if the call is made in this way it may be automatically listed in the web phone book.

When a user wants to make a call by searching for a phone number registered in a web phone book with a name, the user presses a 'name search' button on the screen of FIG. An example of the screen at this time is shown in FIG. 9. In FIG. 9, when a user inputs all or part of a name of a person or an institution to be searched and presses a 'find' button, a telephone number having a matching name is listed.

An example of a search for a phone number with the name 'kim' is shown in FIG. 10. In FIG. 10, when a user clicks a desired name, the user calls the corresponding phone number through another line as described above.

If the user knows only a part of the telephone number and does not know the name, the user presses the 'number search' button on the screen of FIG. An example of the screen at this time is shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, when a user inputs a part of a phone number to be searched and presses a 'find' button, a phone number having a matching phone number is listed.

An example of searching for a telephone number with the number '2689' is shown in FIG. In FIG. 12, when the user clicks a desired name, the user calls the corresponding phone number through another line as described above.

Up to now, a description has been given of making a call by selecting an item listed in the web phone book, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, as shown in Fig. 13, when the banner advertisement is displayed in the web phone book, the user may call the advertiser's phone when the user clicks on the banner advertisement.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 14, an icon 10 representing a phone number may be provided in the banner advertisement, and when the user clicks the icon, the call may be made to the corresponding phone number. In other words, if a part of the banner advertisement other than the telephone number icon is pressed, the advertisement is converted to the homepage of the advertiser as in the conventional banner advertisement, but when the telephone number icon 10 is clicked, the advertiser is called.

As such, when the advertisement is placed in the web phone book, the web phone book operator can operate the web phone book homepage with only the advertising import fee without receiving a separate fee from the web phone book user.

Up to now, the case of selecting a phone number by entering the web phone book homepage on the Internet has been described, but a general homepage may have a link to make a call as described above. Alternatively, as described above, a banner advertisement on a general homepage may have an icon linking to the advertiser's phone number. In this case, when the user using the multi-line telephone 100 of the present invention clicks the link, it is very convenient because the user can make a call to a line other than the line using the Internet.

Also, in this case, the telephone number dialed through the Internet is automatically stored in the telephone directory in the multi-line telephone 100 so that the telephone can be called later using the telephone book or in the memory in the multi-line telephone 100. It is also possible to upload these stored numbers automatically when you access the web directory later.

In addition, the present invention is not limited only to voice calls. That is, when the video communication function is provided to the multi-line telephone 100, that is, when the camera is installed on the multi-line telephone 100 and the software for video communication is installed, the icon for the video communication is used while using the Internet. By clicking, the user can make a video call with the linked video telephone.

In addition, although the present invention has been described with respect to a multi-line telephone, the multi-line in the present invention can be applied to not only a physical multi-line but also a virtual multi-line. For example, if you are using the Internet on your computer and you use your Internet phone software to make calls over the Internet, you can virtually use the Internet on one line and then on another line, even if you are actually using only one line. You might be using an internet phone. Even in this case, the present invention can be applied by connecting to the web phone book on the Internet and clicking on a desired phone number so that the user can make a call with the corresponding user by driving the Internet phone software.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using several Example, this invention is not limited to this, A person of ordinary skill in the art can understand that many changes can be added without deviating from the idea of this invention. will be.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to make a call to a desired party by clicking a phone number or banner advertisement displayed on the screen while connected to the Internet network.

In addition, the web phone book exists in the Internet network that can be accessed from anywhere, there is an effect that you can make a call using your own phone book from any phone.

In addition, since the phone number once called using the web phone book is stored, there is an effect that it is convenient for the next call.

In addition, since the telephone number dialed through the Internet is stored in the multi-line telephone, it is convenient to make a call later.

Claims (8)

A telephone number dialing method in a telephone having a multi-line connection function capable of connecting to the Internet, Registering a phone number of the person whom he wants to call on the website, Accessing the Internet through a single line, Accessing the website via the one line; Reading the phone number as the user selects a desired phone number from the phone numbers listed on the site; Occupying a second line other than the one line, Automatically dialing the read telephone number through the second line Method for making a call in a multi-line phone, characterized in that it comprises a. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, The user registering an ID and password at the website; Entering the registered ID and password when accessing the site to make a call Method for making a call in a multi-line phone, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1, And after selecting a telephone number listed in the site and calling the telephone number, the telephone number is stored in a memory of the telephone. In a multi-line telephone having a control unit, an input unit, a display unit, two or more line connection units, a dialer, a modem, and a handset circuit, The control unit is provided with a web browser, The control unit connects to the Internet through a modem using a first line connection unit of the two or more line connection units, When the user selects a portion of the information received from the Internet to which the telephone number is linked, the controller dials the selected telephone number using the dialer through a second line connection unit of the two or more line connection units, and transmits the transmission. And a handset circuit connected to said second line connecting portion. In a multi-line telephone comprising a control unit, an input unit, a display unit, a line connection unit capable of simultaneously connecting two or more channels, a data communication circuit unit, and a voice communication circuit unit, The control unit is provided with a web browser, The controller connects to the Internet through a data communication circuit using a first channel of the two or more channels, If the user selects a portion of the information received from the Internet to which the telephone number is linked, the controller dials the selected telephone number through a second channel of the two or more channels, and the voice communication circuitry unit dials the second channel. Multi-line telephone, characterized in that connected to.