KR100431021B1 - System for providing caller's Information Service Including Name and Location - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a caller information service providing system including a caller's name and location information, which transmits the caller's telephone number information to the CTI unit, and transmits the caller's telephone number, name and location information to the caller ID transmitter. Control unit; Receives caller's phone number information from the control unit and transmits the phone number information to the information providing server through the Internet to request the name and location information of the caller, and receives the name and location information from the information providing server to the controller. CTI unit for transmitting; Stores location and name information according to the subscriber's phone number, and receives the caller's name and location information request by receiving the phone number from the CTI unit, and retrieves the name and location information of the caller according to the received phone number An information providing server for transmitting to the CTI unit; And a caller ID transmitter for receiving the caller's telephone number, name and location information from the control unit, converting the sender's phone number, person's name, and location information to be transmitted to the called party's terminal, and transmitting the converted information to the called party's terminal.

According to the system according to the present invention, by providing the name and location information of the caller as well as the caller's telephone number, there is an advantage that the called party can more easily identify the caller.

Description

System for providing caller's information service including name and location information

The present invention relates to a caller information service providing system including a caller's name and location information, and more particularly, to establish a database of the caller's name and location information according to the caller's phone number, when the caller makes a call The present invention relates to a system capable of providing the called party with the name and location information of the calling party as well as the calling party's telephone number by transmitting the stored information to the exchange through the Internet.

1 illustrates a system configuration for providing a conventional caller information service.

As shown in FIG. 1, a system for providing a caller information service includes a control unit 10, a switcher 13 including a subscriber line circuit 11 including a caller number transmitter 12, and a caller. And a called party terminal 14 having a number recognition function.

In FIG. 1, when the calling subscriber tries to make a call and the exchange recognizes the calling party's phone number information, the control unit 10 transmits the calling phone number information to the subscriber line circuit 11.

The subscriber line circuit 11 is a board for interfacing a general telephone at the exchange. When the subscriber line circuit 11 receives the caller's telephone number information from the control unit 10, the subscriber line circuit 11 passes it to the internal subscriber number transmitter 12.

The calling party number transmitter 12 transmits the caller's telephone number information to the terminal 14 having the calling party number recognition function. In general, the calling party number transmitter 12 sends a ring alarm signal to the terminal 14 to stop the ringing period after the ringing. Sends caller's phone number information to.

The terminal 14 having the calling party number recognition function serves to receive and decode the phone number information received from the calling party number transmitter 12, to display and store it to the called party.

The operation of the system for providing a conventional caller information service having the configuration as described above is as follows.

When the caller makes a call for the call, the exchange 13 connected to the caller's telephone grasps the caller's telephone number, and the control unit 10 transmits the caller's telephone number information obtained by the switch 13 to the subscriber line circuit 11. do.

The subscriber line circuit 11 transmits the government to the subscriber number transmitter 12 of the subscriber line circuit by the calling party telephone number received from the control unit 10. The subscriber number transmitter 12 converts the received telephone number information into information that can be decrypted by the called terminal. Conversion methods include a method using frequency shift keying (FSK) and a method using dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) tones. In the case of using FSK, the subscriber number is composed of binary data of 0 and 1, and the modulation frequency of the binary data is transmitted differently. In case of using DTMF tones, a DTMF tone signal corresponding to the received caller's phone number is generated. This is transmitted to the called party's terminal.

The called party terminal detects the difference in frequency when the signal from the calling party number transmitter 12 is transmitted to the FSK, and decodes the calling party number when using the DTMF tone, and decodes the calling party number by using the DTMF tone. Display on the screen. The caller ID information displayed should be stored in the terminal in case the called party fails to answer the call.

As the conventional caller information providing service as described above provides only the caller's telephone number, it is difficult to identify the caller unless the called subscriber memorizes the caller's telephone number.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention provides a caller information service providing system that can provide the caller's name as well as the caller's name and the caller's location information when the mobile subscriber is calling. I would like to suggest.

1 illustrates a system configuration for providing a conventional caller information service;

Figure 2 shows the configuration of a caller information service providing system including the name and location information of the caller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the caller information service providing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the caller information service providing system including the caller's name and location information according to the present invention transmits the caller's telephone number information to the CTI unit, the caller's phone number, name and location A control unit which transmits the information to the caller ID transmitter; Receives caller's phone number information from the control unit and transmits the phone number information to the information providing server through the Internet to request the name and location information of the caller, and receives the name and location information from the information providing server to the controller. CTI unit for transmitting; Stores location and name information according to the subscriber's phone number, and receives the caller's name and location information request by receiving the phone number from the CTI unit, and retrieves the name and location information of the caller according to the received phone number An information providing server for transmitting to the CTI unit; And a caller ID transmitter for receiving the caller's telephone number, name and location information from the control unit, converting the sender's phone number, person's name, and location information to be transmitted to the called party's terminal, and transmitting the converted information to the called party's terminal.

The information providing server may include a wired telephone information providing server providing life and subscription area information of a wired subscriber and a mobile telephone information providing server providing life and current location information of the mobile telephone subscriber.

In addition, the CTI unit receives the caller's telephone number information from the control unit, and determines whether the caller's telephone number is a landline phone number or a mobile phone number, and transmits the phone number information to the landline telephone information providing server if the landline phone number is a telephone number. In the case of a mobile telephone number, the telephone number information is transmitted to the mobile telephone information providing server.

On the other hand, the caller ID transmitter is characterized in that the conversion of the caller's telephone number, name, location information to the FSK modulation of the information.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the caller information service providing system including the name and location information of the caller according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a system for providing a caller information service including name and location information of a caller according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the caller information providing system according to the present invention includes a control unit 21, a computer telephony integration (CTI) unit 22, a subscriber line circuit 23, and a caller ID transmitter included in the switch 20. And a telephone line information providing server 25 and a mobile telephone information providing server 26 connected to the receiver terminal 27, the exchanger 20, and the Internet.

In FIG. 2, when the calling subscriber attempts to make a call and the exchange finds the calling party's telephone number, the control unit 21 transmits the caller's telephone number information to the CTI unit 28, and is also transmitted from the CTI unit 28. It serves to pass information to subscriber line circuit 23.

The CTI unit 22 is an interface unit that connects the exchange and the computer, and serves as an interface for the exchange and the computer or server connected thereto to exchange information with each other. In the present invention, the CTI unit 22 receives the caller's telephone number information from the control unit 21 to determine whether the telephone number is a landline phone number or a mobile phone number. The phone number information is transmitted to the server 25, and in the case of a mobile phone number, the phone number information is transmitted to the mobile phone information providing server 26. In addition, when receiving information from the wired telephone information providing server 25 and the mobile telephone information providing server 26 serves to deliver it to the control unit 21.

The caller ID transmitter 24 receives a caller's telephone number, name, and location information from the controller and transmits the caller ID to the called party's terminal. In general, when the ring alarm signal sounds, the information is transmitted during the idle period.

The wired telephone information providing server 25 and the wireless telephone information providing server 26 are connected to the switch 20 and the Internet, and serve to provide the caller's name and location information to the switch.

The wired telephone information providing server 25 receives the caller's telephone number from the CTI unit 22 and outputs the name and subscription area of the caller when the caller is a wired subscriber. Therefore, the landline telephone information providing server 25 stores the subscriber's name and subscription area information according to the telephone number, and when receiving the telephone number information from the CTI unit 22, retrieves the corresponding persons' name and location information, The inquired information is transmitted to the CTI unit 22 via the Internet. Such a server could be provided by Korea Telecom, which manages wired telephones.

The mobile phone information providing server 26 receives the caller's telephone number from the CTI unit 28 and outputs the caller's name and current location when the calling party is a mobile subscriber. Therefore, the mobile phone information providing server 26 stores name and location information according to the phone number of the mobile phone subscriber, and when receiving the phone number information from the CTI unit 22, the name and location of the subscriber corresponding to the phone number. The information is inquired, and the inquired information is transmitted to the CTI unit 22 via the Internet. Such a server may be provided by a provider of mobile phone service.

3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a caller information service providing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 3 describes the operation of the caller information service providing system according to the present invention having the above configuration as follows.

When the caller requests a call connection to the called party, the exchange 20 performs a number translation on the caller's phone number (S300). The control unit 21 transmits the translated phone number information to the CTI unit 22 in order to request the name and location information of the caller according to the corresponding phone number, rather than directly transmitting it to the subscriber line circuit 23 as in the related art. (S301). The CTI unit 23 receives the telephone number information from the control unit 21 and determines whether the telephone number is a landline telephone number or a mobile telephone number (S302).

If the translated phone number is a landline phone number, the CTI unit 22 transmits the phone number information to the landline phone information providing server 25 that provides the wireline subscriber's name and subscription area information according to the phone number through the Internet. (S303). If the translated phone number is a mobile phone number, the CTI unit 22 transmits the phone number information to the phone information providing server 26 that provides the name and location information according to the phone number of the mobile communication subscriber. It transmits (S304).

The wired telephone information providing server 25 or the mobile telephone information providing server 26 uses the telephone number information received from the CTI unit 22 to inquire the name and location information of the subscriber according to the telephone number, and retrieves the information. Is transmitted to the CTI unit 22 via the Internet (S305).

The CTI unit 22 transmits the received caller's name and location information back to the control unit 21, and the control unit 21 transmits the caller's name and location information received from the CTI unit and the caller's telephone number information translated by the exchange. Is transmitted to the caller ID transmitter 24 in the subscriber line circuit 23 (S306).

The caller ID transmitter 24 converts the received caller's telephone number, name and location information into information for transmission to the called party's terminal. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, since there is more information to be transmitted than in the conventional case, it is preferable to perform FSK modulation on the information. Also, as in the prior art, the first ring alarm signal sounds while the ring notification signal is transmitted, and the information is transmitted in the idle period before the next notification signal sounds.

The called party's terminal 27 should be capable of decoding the modulated information transmitted from the caller ID transmitter 24, and detects and decodes the received FSK modulated signal in frequency (S308). ). The decrypted caller's telephone number, name and location information are displayed on the called party's terminal 27, and stored in case the called party fails to answer the call (S309).

As described above, according to the caller information service providing system including the caller's name and location information according to the present invention, the caller can easily identify the caller by providing the caller's name and location information together with the caller's telephone number. There is an advantage to this.

Claims (4)

A control unit for transmitting the caller's telephone number information to the CTI unit and transmitting the caller's telephone number, name and location information to the caller ID transmitter; Receives caller's phone number information from the control unit and transmits the phone number information to the information providing server through the Internet to request the name and location information of the caller, and receives the name and location information from the information providing server to the controller. CTI unit for transmitting; Stores location and name information according to the subscriber's phone number, and receives the caller's name and location information request by receiving the phone number from the CTI unit, and retrieves the name and location information of the caller according to the received phone number An information providing server for transmitting to the CTI unit; And The name and location information of the caller comprising a caller ID transmitter for receiving the caller's telephone number, name and location information from the control unit to convert the sender's phone number, person's name and location information to be transmitted to the called party's terminal, and to transmit the converted information to the called party's terminal. Caller information service providing system including. The method of claim 1, The information providing server includes a wired telephone information providing server for providing a lifespan and subscription area information of a wired subscriber and a mobile telephone information providing server for providing the names and current location information of a mobile telephone subscriber. Caller information service providing system including location information. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The CTI unit receives the caller's telephone number information from the control unit, and determines whether the caller's telephone number is a landline telephone number or a mobile telephone number, and transmits the telephone number information to the landline telephone information providing server when it is a landline telephone number. Caller information service providing system including the name and location information of the caller, characterized in that for transmitting the phone number information to the mobile phone information providing server in the case of a mobile phone number. The method of claim 1, Transmitting the caller's telephone number, name, location information in the caller ID transmitter unit FSK modulation of the information characterized in that the caller information service providing system including the name and location information of the caller.