KR100349933B1 - System and method for providing phone to phone call service by WEB control - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone service system and method, and more particularly, to a phone-to-phone under the control of the web while enjoying the Internet by making a phone call using a general telephone of a caller and a receiver on a web screen through an internet network. PHONE) A web control phone-to-phone telephone service system and method for simultaneously executing a phone call.

According to the present invention, by controlling the web screen of the Internet so that both parties can make calls using a general telephone, firstly, there is an effect that can take advantage of the advantages of the Internet and the advantages of the general telephone, and secondly Even if the other party cannot use the computer, it is possible to make a phone call, and thirdly, it is possible to make a phone call without exposing the phone number to the other party. The fifth effect is that you can connect the phone while searching the Internet for the status of the fifth party to be called. The sixth effect is to have both computer chat and telephone call at the same time. As a result, video chatting can be performed while making a voice call to a regular phone.

Description

System and method for providing phone to phone call service by WEB control

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone service system and method, and more particularly, to a phone-to-phone under the control of the web while enjoying the Internet by making a phone call using a general telephone of a caller and a receiver on a web screen through an internet network. PHONE) A web control phone-to-phone telephone service system and method for simultaneously executing a phone call.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Internet phone system according to the related art includes an Internet network 100, a user computer 110, an Internet phone 120, a gateway 130, and a public switched telephone network (PSTN). Network 140, and telephone 150.

In order to receive an Internet service, a user connects to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) using a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), a modem and software for accessing the Internet, to obtain an Internet Protocol (IP) address. You must be assigned and become a member of the Internet. In this way, after the user PC 110 is registered as an Internet terminal, the Internet service can be used through a World Wide Web (WWW) browser or the like. You can also make voice calls over the Internet with other users on the Internet using the same software, such as Vocaltech's Internet phones. Where appropriate modem speeds (18.8 Kbps or higher) and adequate Internet bandwidth services are guaranteed, voice calls and data services (WWW, file transfer, etc.) using the above-described software for Internet phones can be used simultaneously. The following components are required.

That is, Intel 80486 or higher PCs, modems, sound cards, microphones, speakers, operating systems such as Windows 95, PPP, and Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP), Web browsers ( Web Browser), software for Internet phones, etc. are required.

Looking at the operation of the prior art by the above configuration as follows.

The user PC 110 attempts to connect to a terminal server of an ISP (not shown) by driving a modem. When the connection with the server's modem is complete and data can be exchanged, PPP is activated to obtain an IP address from the server. As soon as the IP address is assigned, TCP / IP is ready to run and various programs for the Internet can be run to connect with hosts (computers connected to the Internet) on the Internet. At this time, in order to receive WWW service, a web browser such as Netscape Nevigater and Microsoft Internet Explorer is started and connected to a desired web server to receive a desired document. At this time, the protocol used is HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), and can receive pictures, text, and various multimedia. At this time, in order to make a voice call, when an Internet phone program such as a VocalTec Internet phone is started and an attempt is made to make a call, it is connected to a public circuit switched telephone network 140 via a gateway 130 and is connected to a public circuit switched telephone network ( It is connected to the telephone 150 of the telephone number to be called by the exchange that operates 140 and can talk to the other party through the Internet phone 120. If the Internet service is provided through a dedicated line such as an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), of course, it is possible to connect to the Internet network without operating PPP.

According to the conventional technology as described above, the Internet phone service system has a problem that a caller can execute a phone call in an Internet access environment only by using a computer or an Internet phone dedicated hardware incorporating an Internet phone program instead of a general phone. In a web environment connected to the Internet, there was a problem in that the phone-to-phone telephone call by the public circuit switched telephone network could not be controlled.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a web control phone-to-phone telephone service system and method for controlling dialing using a public circuit switched telephone network in a web environment connected to the Internet network in order to solve the above problems. .

1 is a block diagram of a conventional Internet phone telephone service system.

2 is a block diagram of a web control phone-to-phone telephone service system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the gateway shown in FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart of a web control phone-to-phone phone service method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a web control phone-to-phone phone service method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the web-controlled phone-to-phone telephone service system according to the present invention is a web-controlled telephone service system, comprising: a user computer connectable to the Internet network and a web-controlled dialing program connected to the Internet network. And a server computer for outputting phone-to-phone dialing information including a caller-side phone number, a receiver-side phone number and a dialing command corresponding to the phone-to-phone call menu and data selected by the user computer. And a gateway that analyzes the phone-to-phone dialing information input from a computer and controls a call path to be connected to the caller-side telephone number and the receiver-side telephone number through a public circuit switched telephone network.

In order to achieve the above another technical problem, a first embodiment of a web control phone-to-phone call service method according to the present invention is a web control phone service method. Determining whether a command for selecting a menu has been input, (b) outputting a menu screen for inputting caller and receiver telephone numbers when the menu of the web control phone call mode is selected, and (c) the menu Transmitting caller and receiver telephone number information input through an input window of a screen to a gateway; and (d) interpreting the caller and receiver telephone number information at the gateway, and calling the caller telephone number and receiver through a public circuit switched telephone network. And dialing a call number to connect the caller and the caller. Gong.

In order to achieve the above another technical problem, a second embodiment of a web controlled phone-to-phone telephone service method according to the present invention is a web controlled telephone service method, comprising: (a) a user computer providing a web controlled phone-to-phone telephone service; Determining whether a user is connected to a server site, (b) when the user computer is connected to the server site, transmitting a menu screen including a phone-to-phone call menu of registered members, (c) the menu Receiving, by the user, the phone-to-phone call information of the member selected by the user computer from the web-controlled phone-to-phone call menu of the registered members through the screen; and (d) the phone number information of the selected member in the database. Searching and reading; (e) receiving telephone number information of a user input by the user, (f) the member Transmitting the telephone number information and the telephone number information of the user to the gateway; and (g) interpreting the telephone number information of the user and the member at the gateway, and calling the user's telephone number and the member's telephone through a public circuit switched telephone network. And dialing the call paths of the user and the member, respectively, by dialing the number.

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

As shown in FIG. 2, the web-controlled phone-to-phone telephone service system according to the present invention includes the Internet network 200, the user computer 210, the server computer 220, the gateway 230, and a public circuit switched telephone network (PSTN). 240, telephones A and B (250, 260).

Specifically, the server computer 220 includes a firewall server 220a, a web server 220b, a database 220c, a controller 220d, and an application program 220e.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the gateway 230 includes a line connection unit 300, a gateway control unit 310, a database 320, and a communication network connection unit 330.

Then, the operation of the constituent means of the server computer 220 is as follows.

The firewall server 220a is comprised of hardware and software for protecting the information assets inside the server computer 220 when exchanging information using the Internet network 200 and blocking the inflow of harmful information from the outside. For example, an illegal information leakage is protected by a program that restricts external access by using an IP address, a user authentication number, and a port number.

When the user computer 210 is connected to the server computer 220 through the Internet network 200, the web server 220b transmits menu screen information related to the phone-to-phone telephone service according to the present invention, and the menu screen information. The user computer 210 or the gateway 230 by using a transmission protocol commonly used by the Internet network 100 for the result of executing the process by the application program 220e corresponding to the menu and the input data selected in FIG. Execute the role of sending to.

The database 220c stores menu screen information including a registered member's phone number and a phone-to-phone call menu.

The control unit 220d collectively controls the server computer 220, executes an application program according to the input data, searches the database 220c, and includes a caller-side phone number, a receiver-side phone number, and a dialing command. And outputs phone-to-phone dialing information.

The application 220e is a program for retrieving the phone number information of the member selected by the user through the menu screen and performing the phone-to-phone telephone service by web control.

Next, the control process of the web control phone-to-phone telephone service system according to the present invention of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5.

First, it will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The controller 220d determines whether the user computer 210 is connected to the Internet network 200 by running the Internet access program (step 401).

In a state where the user computer 210 is connected to the Internet network 200, it is determined whether the web control phone call mode provided by the server computer 220 is clicked and selected (step 402).

Here, the web control phone call mode allows the caller (user) and the called party's regular telephone to be dialed through the public circuit switched telephone network under the control of the web screen, thereby enabling the telephone call by the ordinary telephone in the web environment. It is a mode to realize.

When the user selects the web control phone call mode as a result of the determination in step 402, menu screen information for inputting a caller and a receiver phone number for providing a phone-to-phone call service is output to the user computer 210 (step 403). ).

Then, the user computer 210 starts the web browser to display the transmitted menu screen information on the monitor, and inputs the sender and receiver telephone numbers through an input window of the menu screen (step 404).

The caller and receiver telephone numbers input by the user computer 210 are received by the web server 220b, and the caller and receiver telephone number information together with the caller and receiver telephone number information according to a control command by the controller 220d of the server computer 220. The phone telephone service command is sent to the gateway 230 (step 405).

Then, the gateway 230 operates specifically as follows by the circuit configuration of FIG. 3.

After the caller / receiver telephone number information and the phone-to-phone telephone service command transmitted from the server computer 220 are received at the line connection unit 300, the data and command inputted by the gateway controller 310 are interpreted (step 406). ), After retrieving the caller / recipient phone number and line information to execute a call from the database 320 through the public circuit switched telephone network 240, the caller to the public switched telephone network 240 by the network connection 330. A call is attempted to the telephone number and the recipient telephone number (step 407). When the caller's phone and the callee's phone respond to the call request signal, respectively, the call path is connected to allow the general telephone to make a telephone call through the web control (step 408).

Next, a description will be given with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5.

In operation 501, it is determined whether the user computer 210 is connected to the server site that provides the web control phone-to-phone telephone service while the user computer 210 runs the Internet access program and is connected to the Internet network 200.

When connected to the server site, the server computer 220 transmits home page screen information stored in the database 220c to the user computer 210 (step 502).

The homepage screen information is connected to menu screens by a hyperlink method, and the menu screen may be configured to hold web control phone call menus of members registered in divided screens, respectively.

For example, in the case where the server site is a site providing a web control phone service for guiding foreign language learning, the menu screen is divided into a plurality of foreign language instructor screen information, and each divided screen information has a web control phone call menu. It also has the possibility of calling.

In addition, when the server site is an e-commerce site, the menu screen may be configured by programming a web control phone call menu configured to directly make a web control phone call to members operating various commerce registered on the server site.

The control unit 220d of the server computer 220 determines whether the web control phone call menu of the member to be called directly is selected from the web control phone call menu of the plurality of members displayed on the menu screen by the user computer 210. (Step 503).

When the web control phone call menu is selected as a result of the determination in step 503, the phone number of the selected member corresponding to the receiver is retrieved from the database 220c and read (step 504).

The server computer 220 transmits a menu screen for inputting a user's telephone number corresponding to the caller to the user computer 210. At this time, if the user asks the user to use the user's telephone number as the telephone number entered during the membership registration, and then uses the registered user's telephone number as it is, there is no need to input the user's telephone number separately. Search for and read the user's telephone number stored in database 220c. However, if the user wants to use a phone number different from the registered phone number, the user can input the user's phone number separately through the input window (step 505).

A phone-to-phone telephone service command is sent to the gateway 230 along with the caller and receiver telephone number information retrieved or entered in step 504 and step 505 (step 506).

Then, the gateway 230 operates specifically as follows by the circuit configuration of FIG. 3.

The caller / recipient telephone number information and the phone-to-phone telephone service command transmitted from the server computer 220 are received by the line connection unit 300, and then the data and commands inputted by the gateway controller 310 are interpreted (step 507). ), After retrieving the caller / recipient phone number and line information to execute a call from the database 320 through the public line switched telephone network 240, the caller to the public circuit switched telephone network 240 by the network connection 330. By calling the telephone number and the recipient's telephone number (step 508), when the calling party's phone and the calling party's phone respond to the call request signal, the call path is connected to enable a telephone call by web control through the general telephone. (Step 509).

By the above-described operation, the flow chart of FIG. 4 allows a general web control phone-to-phone call service to be provided by web control in the Internet access state, and the flow chart of FIG. Using the web menu screen information connected to the server site that provides the two-phone telephone service, the user can receive the phone-to-phone telephone service through the public circuit switched telephone network by direct web control with the members registered on the server site. It became.

For convenience of explanation, the present invention has been described in the case where a foreign language learning site and an e-commerce site are used as server sites. However, the present invention applies to international general telephone calls over the Internet, when making a telephone pen pal through the Internet, and using the Internet. It can also be applied to a case where a plurality of users have a conference call.

As described above, according to the present invention, by controlling the web screen of the Internet so that both parties can make a call using a general telephone, firstly, the advantages of using the advantages of the Internet and the advantages of a general telephone can be at the same time. Secondly, even if the other party cannot use the computer, it is possible to make a phone call. Thirdly, it is possible to make a phone call without exposing the phone number to the other party. The effect is that the call can be connected at the same time, and the fifth is the effect of connecting the call while searching the Internet for the status of the called party, and the sixth is the effect of having the computer chat and the call at the same time. The seventh time, you can make a video chat via internet while making a voice call using a regular phone. It has an effect.

Claims (8)

In the web control telephone service system, A user computer capable of accessing the Internet network; A phone connected to the Internet network, having a web control dialing program embedded therein, including a caller-side phone number, a receiver-side phone number and a dialing command corresponding to the phone-to-phone call menu and data selected by the user computer; A server computer for outputting two-phone dialing information; And And a gateway that analyzes the phone-to-phone dialing information input from the server computer and controls a call path to be connected to the caller-side telephone number and the receiver-side telephone number through a public circuit switched telephone network. Web control phone-to-phone phone service system. The method of claim 1, wherein the server computer A database storing menu screen information including a registered member's phone number and a phone-to-phone call menu; Search the database according to the data on the phone-to-phone call menu input by the user computer to output phone-to-phone dialing information including a caller-side phone number, a receiver-side phone number and a dialing command; A control unit for collectively controlling the system; And And a web server for receiving data through the Internet network and transmitting the results executed by the controller to a computer connected to the Internet network and the gateway by a transmission protocol commonly used in the Internet network. Web controlled phone-to-phone phone service system. The method of claim 1, wherein the gateway is A database for storing telephone number information, network information and personal information of subscribers; A line connection unit for receiving the phone-to-phone dialing information input through the Internet network; The phone-to-phone dialing information received by the line connection unit is analyzed to determine the calling party's telephone number read from the database, the line information and the recipient's telephone number to be transmitted, and the public circuit switched telephone network to be transmitted. A gateway controller for acquiring circuit information and transmitting a signal corresponding to the obtained information; And And a communication network connection unit for selecting a line of the public line telephone network corresponding to the information obtained by the gateway control unit and sending a call request signal to the caller's telephone number and the receiver's telephone number. Service system. The method of claim 1, wherein when the user computer is connected to the server computer through the Internet network, the server computer transmits menu screen information including a phone to phone call menu of registered members to the user computer. Web-controlled phone-to-phone phone service system, characterized in that. The system of claim 4, wherein the phone to phone call menu includes information for confirming whether a registered member can make a call. In the web control telephone service method, (a) determining whether a command for selecting a menu of a web control phone call mode is input while connected to the Internet network; (b) if a menu of the web control phone call mode is selected, outputting a menu screen for inputting caller and receiver telephone numbers; (c) transmitting caller and receiver telephone number information input through an input window of the menu screen to a gateway; And (d) interpreting the caller and receiver telephone number information at the gateway, and making a call to the caller telephone number and the receiver telephone number through a public circuit switched telephone network to connect the caller and receiver telephone lines; Web controlled phone-to-phone phone service method characterized in that. In the web control telephone service method, (a) determining whether a user computer is connected to a server site that provides a web controlled phone to phone telephone service; (b) when the user computer is connected to the server site, transmitting a menu screen including a phone to phone call menu of registered members; (c) receiving, by the user, the phone-to-phone call information of the member selected by the user computer from the web-controlled phone-to-phone call menu of the registered members through the menu screen; (d) searching and reading the telephone number information of the selected member in a database; (e) receiving telephone number information of the user input by the user; (f) transmitting the phone number information of the member and the phone number information of the user to a gateway; And (g) interpreting the telephone number information of the user and the member at the gateway, and making a call to the user's telephone number and the member's telephone number through a public circuit switched telephone network to connect the user's and member's call paths; Web control phone-to-phone phone service method, comprising the steps. The method of claim 7, wherein the phone to phone call menu includes information for confirming whether a registered member is available for call. 9.