KR100406964B1 - internet-phone having an user state displaying function and controlling method therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an Internet phone status information providing step of transmitting the current status information of the Internet phone to the information server, and read the individual address information of the other Internet phones stored in the memory unit after the Internet phone status information providing step, respectively, to the corresponding Internet phone. Internet phone status information request step for requesting the information server to transmit the status information about the server, and if the response signal is received from the information server after the internet phone status information request step from the information server, from the information server. After the status information of the individual Internet phone arranged to clean up the status information to update the list, and the status information display step to display the status information for the Internet phone specified by the user after the display of the status information through the display unit Equipped with user status display function Internet provides a phone and a control method.

The present invention as described above by searching the Internet phone address list stored in the memory to receive the Internet phone information for each address periodically from the information server to display to the outside, the user without having to make a direct call to the Internet The status of the phone can be grasped so that the convenience of the Internet phone can be considerably improved. Also, the information on the address listed in the Internet phone address list can be provided through the LCD as a graphic screen. Significantly improved.

Description

Internet phone with an user state display function and control method thereof

The present invention relates to an internet phone having a user status display function and a control method thereof. In particular, an Internet phone address list stored in a memory is searched to receive internet phone information for each address periodically from an information server. The present invention relates to an internet phone equipped with a user status display function capable of grasping the state of another internet phone without a user making a phone call, and a control method thereof.

In general, an Internet phone refers to a system or service used as a normal phone by transmitting and receiving voice via the Internet. These phones became popular since 1995, when US venture company vocal tech developed a system for making calls through microphones and speakers that connect to personal computers (PCs). And PC, PC and phone or between phone and phone. In particular, the telephone-type Internet phone refers to a communication that converts the relay network portion of the telephone network to the Internet by connecting in the form of a telephone network-internet-telephone network. There may be delays in voice transmission, poor sound quality, or limited phone coverage.

Then, referring to the conventional Internet phone network as described above with reference to Figure 1, the Internet phone (71, 72) for converting and transmitting the voice or video signal to the IP signal through the Internet 70, and the Internet phone (71, 72) Gateways (73, 74) for analyzing the communication signal transmitted from the) converted to a signal suitable for the other landline telephone.

The Internet phones 71 and 72 provide data services, e-mail, voice-mail, and fax-mail services in addition to voice services.

On the other hand, referring to the operation of the conventional Internet phone as described above, first, when the user specifies the phone number, that is, the Internet address in the Internet phone 71, the Internet phone 71 brings a profile (profile) set on the internal memory codec Set the method. The Internet phone 71 converts the other party's telephone number and voice signal set by the user into a digital signal, codes them with the set codec method, and transmits the packet data via the gateway 73 and the Internet 70. At this time, the gateway 74 located near the destination of the Internet phone 71 analyzes the communication signal through an auto-negotiation process, checks the corresponding codec method, and calls the corresponding Internet phone 72. To make a normal call.

However, the conventional Internet phone as described above can only recognize the state of the other party's Internet phone only when the call application to the other party's Internet phone over the Internet, so you cannot know the status of the other party's Internet phone without making a call. Even if the user of the other party's Internet phone is absent, the phone signal must be repeatedly transmitted and confirmed, thereby significantly reducing the convenience of the Internet phone.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and searches the Internet phone address list stored in the memory and periodically receives the Internet phone information for each address from the information server and displays it to the outside. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a user status display method of the Internet phone that can significantly improve the convenience of the Internet phone can be grasped the state of the other Internet phone without the user to make a direct call.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying the user status of an Internet phone that can provide information on the address listed in the Internet phone address list through the LCD also according to the functionality of the Internet phone significantly.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a memory unit for storing the Internet address information of the Internet phone, and read the respective user address information from the Internet address list stored in the memory unit corresponding to the Internet phone status information request signal Provides an Internet phone with a user status display function including a CPU for transmitting to the information server and displaying the responded Internet phone status information, and an LCD for displaying Internet phone status information as an image signal according to the display control signal of the CPU. do.

Another feature of the present invention is the Internet phone status information providing step of transmitting the current status information of the Internet phone to the information server, and after reading the individual address information of the other Internet phone stored in the memory after the Internet phone status information providing step, respectively Internet phone status information requesting step of requesting information server to transmit status information about internet phone, and when response signal for status information request signal of the corresponding internet phone is received from information server after internet phone status information requesting step. The status information cleaning step of organizing the status information of the individual Internet phone responded from the information server and updating it in the list, and the status information for displaying the status information of the corresponding Internet phone designated by the user after the status information cleaning step through the display unit. User status display with display steps It provides a control method of the Internet phone with a function.

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a conventional internet phone.

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of the present invention.

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1: Memory 2: Information Server

3: CPU 4: LED

5: Display control unit 6: LCD

7: handset 8: codec section

9: key panel unit 10: Internet phone

11: internet 12: gateway

13: gateway

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

The Internet phone of the present invention reads each user address information from a memory unit 1 for storing other information including Internet address information as shown in FIG. 2 and from an Internet address list stored in the memory unit 1. The CPU 3 transmits the corresponding Internet phone status information request signal to the information server 2 and displays the responded Internet phone status information, and through the LED 4 according to the display control signal of the CPU 3. A display control section 5 for displaying internet phone status information, and an LCD 6 for displaying internet phone status information as an image signal in accordance with a display control signal of the CPU 3;

In addition, at one end of the CPU 3, a key panel for inputting a codec unit 8 for coding or decoding an analog voice signal of the user input through the handset 7 with a set digital codec method and a function set by the user. The part 9 is connected.

Here, on the paths of the Internet phone 10 and the Internet 11, the gateways 12 and 13 for analyzing the communication signals transmitted from the Internet phone 10 and calling the Internet phone, and the Internet 11 through the Internet (11). It may be provided with an information server 2 for managing the transmitted information.

Next, a control method applied to the apparatus of the present invention as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, the present invention proceeds from the initial state S1 to the Internet address request determination step S2 to determine whether the current user requests the IP address of the stored Internet phone. At this time, if the current user requests the IP address of the stored Internet phone as a result of the determination in the step of requesting the Internet address (S2), proceeds to the general call function execution step (S3) and transmits a call signal to the IP address set by the user Initiate normal call mode.

If the user does not request the IP address of the stored Internet phone as a result of the determination in the Internet address request determination step (S2), the process proceeds to the Internet phone status information providing step (S4) and periodically provides the current status information of the Internet phone. Send to Information Server.

That is, when the user specifies a phone number, that is, an Internet address in the Internet phone 10, the CPU 3 of the Internet phone 10 is set by the user in the IP address list of another Internet phone stored in the memory unit 1. It reads the IP address, converts it into a digital signal, codes it with the set codec method, and transmits the packet data through the gateways 12 and 13 and the Internet 11. At this time, the gateway 13 located near the destination of the Internet phone 10 analyzes a communication signal through an auto-negotiation process to check the set codec method and calls the Internet phone 14. To form an ordinary arc. When the user of the Internet phone 14 inputs a voice signal through the handset 7, the codec unit 8 codes the voice signal under the control of the CPU 3, and the other party's Internet phone through the Internet 11. Transfer to 14 to make a normal call.

Here, when the call is terminated or the state is changed, the Internet phone 10 transmits the state information of the Internet phone 10 to the information server 2 via the gateways 12 and 13 and the Internet 11. do. Then, the information server 2 continues to update the information with the status information input from each Internet phone, for example, available, busy, missed, unable to talk.

For example, when the user is absent, the user usually presses a voice mail server (VMS) button to announce his or her absence to the outside, wherein the Internet phone 10 uses this information to present his / her own absence through the Internet 11. Packet data indicating that the IP address is absent is made and transmitted to the information server 2. Then, the information server 2 updates the information sent from each Internet phone, and if there is no status information notification for a certain time, the IP address is processed as a call disabled.

On the other hand, after the Internet phone status information providing step (S4) to proceed to the Internet phone status information request step (S5) to read the individual address information of the other Internet phone stored in the memory unit to transmit the status information for the Internet phone, respectively. Requested by Information Server.

In addition, after the Internet phone status information request step (S5), and proceeds to the status information response determination step (S6) to determine whether a response signal for the status information request signal of the Internet phone from the information server. When the response signal for the status information request signal of the Internet phone is not received from the information server as a result of the determination during the status information response determining step S6, the process returns to the previous step S5 and repeats the loop.

However, when the response signal for the status information request signal of the Internet phone is received from the information server as a result of the determination during the status information response determination step (S6), the process proceeds to the status information arrangement step (S7) and the individual responded from the information server. Clean up the status information of the Internet phone and update it from the list. After the state information arranging step (S7), the process proceeds to the state information display step (S8) and displays state information on the corresponding Internet phone designated by the user through the display unit.

That is, the Internet phone 10 reads each individual IP address from the list of IP addresses stored in the memory unit 1 when there are no requests for IP addresses of other users stored in the memory unit 1 from the user, and their simple addresses. Information and status request commands are made into packet data and transmitted to the information server 2 through the gateway 12 and the Internet 11 to request status information on the Internet phone. Then, the information server 2 transmits the status information of the requested Internet phone to the corresponding Internet phone 10 requesting the status information again. Then, the Internet phone 10 updates the stored state information of the memory unit 1 with the state information on the corresponding IP address responded from the information server (2).

The Internet phone 10 continuously updates the state information of the IP address stored in the memory unit 1 through the above process.

In this case, when the user designates an IP address through the key panel unit 9, the Internet phone 10 displays status information on the corresponding IP address by an icon or other display method on the LCD 6.

Here, the status information displayed on the LCD 6 may display a plurality of at a time.

If the IP address is stored on the shortcut button of the key panel unit 9, the CPU 3 of the Internet phone 10 displays the status information of the corresponding IP address through the display control unit 5 with a plurality of LEDs. It is displayed separately by (4).

Therefore, the user does not need to make unnecessary operations by checking the status information of the IP address displayed on the LCD 6 or the LED 4 before making a call.

As described above, the present invention searches the Internet phone address list stored in the memory and periodically receives the Internet phone information for each address from the information server and displays it to the outside, without the user making a direct call. Since it is possible to grasp the status of other Internet phones, it has the advantage of significantly improving the convenience of Internet phones.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the information on the address described in the Internet phone address list can be provided as a graphic screen through the LCD, the functionality of the Internet phone is also significantly improved accordingly.

Claims (3)

In the internet phone, A memory unit for storing the Internet address information of the Internet phone, and reads user address information from the Internet address list stored in the memory unit, and transmits a corresponding Internet phone status information request signal to the information server, and responds to the status of the Internet phone. And an LCD for displaying information and an LCD for displaying Internet phone status information as an image signal according to a display control signal of the CPU. The Internet phone according to claim 1, wherein a display control unit for displaying Internet phone state information through an LED is connected to one end of the CPU according to a display control signal of the CPU. Internet phone status information providing step of transmitting the current status information of the Internet phone to the information server, and after receiving the individual phone address information of the other Internet phone stored in the memory after the Internet phone status information providing step, the status information for the Internet phone Internet phone status information request step of requesting to the information server to transmit the data, and if a response signal for the status information request signal of the Internet phone is received from the information server after the internet phone status information request step, the individual responded from the information server. After the status information of the Internet phone is cleaned up, the status information cleaning step of updating from the list, and after the status information cleaning step, the status information display step of displaying the status information for the Internet phone specified by the user through the display unit User status indicator The control method of the provided VoIP.