KR100919490B1 - System for connecting phone call based on set-top box - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a set-top box-based telephone connection system comprising a set-top box and a telephone interface server, wherein the set-top box includes a user input receiver for receiving user input, a subscriber telephone number storage unit for storing a plurality of telephone numbers, and a counterpart. A counterpart phone number acquiring unit for acquiring a telephone number, a subscriber telephone number acquiring unit for acquiring a subscriber telephone number based on the user input among the plurality of telephone numbers stored in the subscriber telephone number storage unit, the counterpart telephone number and A telephone connection command generation unit that generates a telephone connection command based on the subscriber telephone number, and a telephone server interface unit that transmits the telephone connection command to the telephone interface server, wherein the telephone interface server includes the telephone connection. Set-top box interface to receive commands And a telephone connection intermediated to perform a telephone connection between the counterpart phone number and the subscriber phone number based on the telephone connection command, and designating the counterpart phone number as a receiving side or a transmitting side to perform the telephone connection. It relates to a set-top box-based telephone connection system comprising a control unit.

According to the present invention, by eliminating the inconvenience of directly inputting a telephone number into a telephone by acquiring a telephone number of the other party using a set-top box and performing a telephone connection based on the set-top box, a call due to an input error when entering a telephone number Minimize the inaccuracy of the connection and minimize the cost by setting the other party's phone number as the receiving or sending side.

Description

Set-top box-based telephone connection system {SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING PHONE CALL BASED ON SET-TOP BOX}

With the development of broadcasting and communication technology, so-called "triple play" services are being introduced.

The triple play service means that a cable broadcast service provider or a communication service provider simultaneously provides a digital broadcast reception service, an Internet access service, and a telephone service through a network such as a cable network or a high speed communication network.

The triple play service is expected to spread because it has the convenience of receiving digital broadcasting, internet access, and telephone service through a service provider in the home.

On the other hand, in the conventional case, in order to make a call with the other party, a call is made by directly inputting a phone number or by inputting a phone number of the other party using a speed dial number stored in advance in the phone.

However, if you manually enter the phone number of the other party, it is inconvenient to memorize the phone number or report the pre-recorded phone number. If you enter the wrong number, the call is directed to a different phone number than the intended party. There is a disadvantage.

For example, a user who is provided with a triple play service or a user who receives a digital broadcast through a set top box but is provided with a conventional telephone service although not provided with a triple play service.

However, even in this case, as in the conventional telephone connection set-top box-based telephone connection system, it is inconvenient to enter a telephone number directly, and due to carelessness, the possibility of incorrectly entering a telephone number becomes larger.

The present invention is to improve the shortcomings of the telephone call in the conventional TV reception environment, and when the telephone connection is performed to a method for easily performing a telephone connection by obtaining the telephone number of the other party using a set-top box.

It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the inconvenience of directly inputting a telephone number into a telephone by acquiring a telephone number of the other party using a set-top box and performing a telephone connection based on the set-top box, It is to provide a set-top box-based telephone connection system that minimizes the inaccuracy of the call connection.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention is a set-top box-based telephone connection system comprising a set-top box and a telephone interface server, the set-top box, the other party's telephone number acquisition unit for obtaining the other party's telephone number and subscriber's telephone number; A subscriber telephone number acquisition unit to acquire; a telephone connection command generation unit for generating a telephone connection command based on the counterpart telephone number and the subscriber telephone number; and a telephone server interface for transmitting the telephone connection command to the telephone interface server. The telephone interface server includes: a set-top box interface unit for receiving the telephone connection command, and a telephone intermediary to perform a telephone connection between the counterpart phone number and the subscriber telephone number based on the telephone connection command. Set top that includes a connection control It provides a switch-based telephony system.

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In the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the counterpart phone number obtaining unit may receive the counterpart phone number by receiving the user input indicating the counterpart phone number.

In addition, in the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the counterpart phone number acquisition unit may receive the counterpart phone number by receiving the user input indicating the extraction of the counterpart phone number.

According to the present invention, by eliminating the inconvenience of directly inputting a telephone number into a telephone by acquiring a telephone number of the other party using a set-top box and performing a telephone connection based on the set-top box, a call due to an input error when entering a telephone number Minimize the inaccuracy of the connection and minimize the cost by setting the other party's phone number as the receiving or sending side.

In the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the set-top box includes a broadcast program providing unit for receiving and providing a broadcast program, and the counterpart phone number obtaining unit includes the counterpart phone included in the broadcast program. The number may be extracted based on the user input.

In the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the subscriber's telephone number acquisition unit may read the subscriber's telephone number stored in the set-top box in advance.

In addition, in the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the set-top box further comprises a subscriber telephone number storage unit for storing a plurality of telephone numbers, wherein the subscriber telephone number acquisition unit, the subscriber telephone number storage unit The subscriber telephone number may be obtained based on the user input among the stored plurality of telephone numbers.

In addition, in the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the subscriber management server for managing the subscriber telephone number further, wherein the subscriber telephone number acquisition unit may obtain the subscriber telephone number from the subscriber management server. .

In addition, in the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the telephone interface server further comprises a telephone connection state generation unit for generating telephone connection state information indicating a state of the telephone connection, the set-top box interface unit The telephone connection state information may be transmitted to the set top box.

In addition, in the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the telephone connection status information indicates whether the telephone connection between the counterpart phone number and the subscriber telephone number succeeds or fails, or whether the telephone connection is started or terminated. May contain information that indicates.

In the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the telephone server interface unit receives the telephone connection state information, and the set-top box controls to display the telephone connection state information on a corresponding display device. The apparatus may further include a telephone connection state display control unit.

In addition, in the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the telephone connection control unit may perform the telephone connection by designating the counterpart phone number as a receiving side.

In addition, in the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the telephone connection control unit may perform the telephone connection by designating the counterpart's telephone number as a transmitting side.

In the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the telephone connection control unit may mediate the telephone connection by using VoIP or PSTN.

In addition, in the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the set-top box and the telephone interface server may be implemented in an integrated form.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings an embodiment of the set-top box-based telephone connection system of the present invention will be described in more detail.

1 is a view showing the environment of use of the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention includes a set-top box 100 and a telephone interface server 200. In addition, the display apparatus 300 corresponding to the set-top box 100 may be provided, and the set-top box 100 may include a user input receiver 110. In addition, the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention may further include a subscriber management server (400). Meanwhile, the telephone interface server 200 mediates a telephone connection between the subscriber side telephone 500 and the counterpart side telephone 600.

The set top box 100 is, for example, a device for receiving and providing digital broadcasting. Alternatively, it is also possible to receive and provide analog broadcast. The set top box 100 receives, for example, a digital broadcast signal transmitted through a cable network or a communication network, and processes the digital broadcast signal to display the received digital broadcast signal on a screen of the display device 300 such as a monitor of a television or a computer. In the case of the present invention, the set-top box 100 is configured to further perform a function for telephone connection.

The user input receiver 110 is provided in the set top box 100 and receives a user input transmitted through, for example, a remote controller input or a button input.

The telephone interface server 200 is a device for mediating a telephone connection between the subscriber side telephone 500 and the counterpart side telephone 600. The telephone connection can be brokered using a conventional telephone system such as, for example, a PSTN network, or an internet telephone using VoIP.

The telephone interface server 200 may also be implemented integrally with the set-top box 100. That is, when a digital broadcasting reception and telephone service can be provided using a single communication network, the telephone interface server 200 may be implemented as an integrated form with the set top box 100 to be embedded as a function of the set top box 100. have.

The display apparatus 300 is provided in correspondence with the set top box 100 and receives and provides a broadcast signal. Also, as will be described later, the phone connection status information can be displayed. Also, user input may be displayed.

The subscriber management server 400 is a server for performing subscriber management, for example, in a cable broadcasting company or an IP-TV provider. In the present invention, the subscriber management server 400 may manage subscriber telephone numbers.

The subscriber side telephone 500 and the counterpart side telephone 600 may each be a landline telephone or a mobile telephone. In addition, the other side phone 600 may be operated in the form of ARS system or call center.

Hereinafter, the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is an exemplary block diagram of a set top box based telephone connection system according to the present invention.

2 shows an exemplary block diagram of the set-top box 100 and the telephone interface server 200 in particular of the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention.

First, the set-top box 100 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 2, the set-top box 100 of the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention includes a counterpart telephone number acquisition unit 120, a subscriber telephone number acquisition unit 130, and a telephone connection command generation unit ( 140 and a telephone server interface unit 150.

In addition, the set-top box 100 of the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention, the user input receiving unit 110 or the other party's telephone number storage unit 160 or the broadcast program providing unit 170 or subscriber telephone number storage unit 180 ) Or a telephone connection state display control unit 190 may be further included.

As described above, the user input receiver 110 is provided in the set top box 100 and receives a user input transmitted through, for example, a remote controller input or a button input.

The counterpart phone number obtaining unit 120 performs a function of obtaining the counterpart phone number.

The acquisition of the other party's telephone number will be described in more detail as follows.

For example, a description will be given of obtaining the other party's telephone number based on the user input received by the user input receiving unit 110.

First, user input indicates the other party's telephone number. That is, for example, when the user directly inputs the other party's telephone number using a remote controller or the like.

In this case, since the counterpart phone number is displayed on the display device corresponding to the set-top box 100, the user can simply input the counterpart phone number.

In this manner, the user input receiving unit 110 may obtain the counterpart phone number through a user input indicating the counterpart phone number.

Alternatively, the counterpart phone number may be stored in advance in the set-top box 100, or the counterpart phone number may be transmitted together through a broadcast program.

For example, when digital broadcasting is performed in a broadcasting channel such as home shopping, the phone number may be included in the broadcasting signal and transmitted.

When the set-top box 100 includes a broadcast program providing unit 170 that receives and provides a broadcast program, it is possible to extract the other party's phone number included in the broadcast program.

That is, the counterpart phone number obtaining unit 120 may extract the counterpart phone number included in the broadcast program based on the user input of the user input receiving unit 110.

In this case, the user input may be generated corresponding to, for example, a specific button of the remote controller.

Alternatively, it may be considered that the set-top box 100 further includes a counterpart phone number storage unit 160 storing a plurality of counterpart side phone numbers.

In this case, the counterpart phone number acquiring unit 120 may obtain the counterpart phone number by selecting the counterpart phone number based on a user input of the user input receiver 110 among a plurality of phone numbers stored in the counterpart phone number storage unit 160. .

In this case, preferably, the set-top box 100 is configured to display a plurality of counterpart phone numbers on the display device 300 and allow the user to select any one of the plurality of phone numbers.

In this way, the other party's telephone number can be obtained.

The subscriber's telephone number acquisition unit 130 performs a function of obtaining a subscriber's telephone number.

The acquisition of the subscriber's telephone number will be described in more detail as follows.

For example, a description will be given of obtaining a subscriber's telephone number based on the user input received by the user input receiving unit 110.

For example, the subscriber phone number is stored in the set top box 100 in advance.

In this case, the subscriber's telephone number acquisition unit 130 can acquire the subscriber's telephone number by reading the stored subscriber's telephone number.

Alternatively, the set top box 100 may further include a subscriber telephone number storage unit 180 storing a plurality of subscriber side telephone numbers.

For example, various subscriber-side telephone numbers, such as a landline telephone and a mobile phone of each user, are stored in the set-top box 100 in advance.

In this case, the subscriber's telephone number obtaining unit 130 may select a subscriber's telephone number based on the user input received from the user input receiving unit 110 among a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the subscriber's telephone number storage unit 180.

In this case, preferably, the set-top box 100 displays a plurality of subscriber-side telephone numbers stored in the subscriber telephone number storage unit 180 on the display device 300 and allows the user to select any one of the plurality of telephone numbers. do.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 1 further comprises a subscriber management server 400, the set-top box 100 may be configured to access the subscriber management server 400 when necessary to obtain a subscriber telephone number.

In this case, the subscriber telephone number acquisition unit 130 may obtain the subscriber telephone number through communication with the subscriber management server 400.

The call connection command generation unit 140 generates a call connection command based on the counterpart phone number acquired by the counterpart phone number obtaining unit 120 and the subscriber phone number obtained by the subscriber phone number obtaining unit 130.

The telephone connection command includes a counterpart phone number and a subscriber telephone number, and is then configured to perform telephone connection based on the telephone interface server 200 based on this.

The telephone server interface unit 150 transmits the telephone connection command generated by the telephone connection command generation unit 140 to the telephone interface server 200.

In addition, as will be described later, when the telephone interface server 200 generates the telephone connection state information indicating the state of the telephone connection, the telephone server interface unit 150 may perform a function of receiving and displaying it from the telephone interface server 200. Can

In this case, the set top box 100 may further include a phone connection state display control unit 190.

The telephone connection state display control unit 190 controls to display the telephone connection state information received by the telephone server interface unit 150 on the corresponding display apparatus 300. That is, it performs a function of controlling the phone connection state information to be displayed on the display device 300 by signal processing.

Hereinafter, the telephone interface server 200 will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 2, the telephone interface server 200 of the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention includes a set-top box interface unit 210 and a telephone connection control unit 220.

In addition, the telephone interface server 200 of the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention may further include a telephone connection state generator 230.

The set top box interface unit 210 is an interface for receiving a telephone connection command generated and transmitted from the set top box 100. For example, the implementation form of the set-top box interface unit 210 may be changed according to the connection type between the set-top box 100 and the telephone interface server 200.

The telephone connection control unit 220 relays the telephone connection between the counterpart phone number and the subscriber telephone number based on the telephone connection command received from the set-top box interface unit 210.

The telephony connection control unit 220 may have a different implementation form, for example, when using VoIP or a conventional PSTN network. However, the telephony connection control unit 220 is the same in terms of mediating a telephone connection between the counterpart phone number and the subscriber phone number.

In this case, the telephone connection control unit 220 may designate the other party's telephone number as the sender to perform a telephone connection, or designate the other party's telephone number as the receiving party to perform the telephone connection.

Preferably, the subscriber's telephone number is the sender and the counterpart's telephone number can be designated as the receiver. However, the subscriber's telephone number is the receiver and the counterpart's telephone number can be designated as the sender according to the telephone connection setting. This can be especially true if the other party bears the cost of the call. Alternatively, in the case of using a toll free telephone, the subscriber's telephone number may be the transmitting side and the other party's telephone number may be designated as the receiving side.

The telephone interface server 200 may further include a telephone connection state generator 230.

The telephone connection state generator 230 generates telephone connection state information indicating a state of the telephone connection performed by the telephone connection control unit 220.

The telephone connection status information may include, for example, information indicating whether the telephone connection between the counterpart phone number and the subscriber telephone number succeeds or fails, or information indicating whether the telephone connection starts or ends.

Information that the phone is connecting, for example, "Connecting", "Calling", "Call started." Or "The call has ended." Character information such as can be generated as the telephone connection state information.

As described above, the phone connection state information is displayed on the display device 300 corresponding to the set-top box 100 so that the user can easily confirm the phone connection state.

Meanwhile, the set-top box-based telephone connection system according to the present invention has been described on the assumption that the set-top box 100 and the telephone interface server 200 are separately implemented, but the telephone interface server 200 is also integrated with the set-top box 100. Can be implemented. That is, when a digital broadcasting reception and telephone service can be provided using a single communication network, the telephone interface server 200 may be implemented as an integrated form with the set top box 100 to be embedded as a function of the set top box 100. have.

Although the configuration of the present invention has been described in detail, these are merely illustrative of the present invention, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. This will be possible.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed herein are not intended to limit the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the spirit and scope of the present invention are not limited by these embodiments. It is intended that the scope of the invention be interpreted by the following claims, and that all descriptions within the scope equivalent thereto will be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention eliminates the inconvenience of directly inputting a telephone number into a telephone by acquiring a telephone number of the other party using a set-top box and performing a telephone connection based on the set-top box while watching TV. Inaccuracies in the call connection due to input errors can be minimized.

The present invention relates to a set-top box-based telephone connection system, and more particularly, to eliminate the inconvenience of directly inputting a telephone number into a telephone by acquiring a telephone number of a counterpart using a set-top box and performing a telephone connection based on the set-top box. The present invention relates to a set-top box-based telephone connection system which minimizes the inaccuracy of a call connection due to an input error when a telephone number is input and minimizes the cost by setting a counterpart phone number as a receiving side or a transmitting side.

2 is an exemplary block diagram of a set top box based telephone connection system according to the present invention.

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100: set-top box 110: user input receiving unit

120: counterpart phone number acquisition unit 130: subscriber phone number acquisition unit

140: telephone connection command generation unit 150: telephone server interface unit

160: counterpart phone number storage unit 170: broadcast program providing unit

180: subscriber telephone number storage 190: telephone connection status display control unit

200: telephone interface server 210: set-top box interface unit

220: phone connection control unit 230: phone connection state generation unit

It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the inconvenience of directly inputting a telephone number into a telephone by acquiring a telephone number of the other party using a set-top box and performing a telephone connection based on the set-top box, It is to provide a set-top box-based telephone connection system that minimizes the inaccuracy of the call connection and minimizes the cost by setting the other party's telephone number as the receiving side or the transmitting side.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention is a set-top box-based telephone connection system comprising a set-top box and a telephone interface server, the set-top box, a user input receiving unit for receiving a user input, and storing a plurality of telephone numbers Acquiring a subscriber telephone number for acquiring a subscriber telephone number based on the user input from among a subscriber telephone number storage unit, a counterpart telephone number acquiring unit for acquiring the counterpart telephone number, and the plurality of telephone numbers stored in the subscriber telephone number storage unit. And a telephone connection command generation unit for generating a telephone connection command based on the counterpart phone number and the subscriber telephone number, and a telephone server interface unit for transmitting the telephone connection command to the telephone interface server. Telephone interface server, the telephone connection Intermediary to perform a telephone connection between the set-top box interface unit for receiving a command and the counterpart phone number and the subscriber phone number based on the telephone connection command, and designating the counterpart phone number as a receiving side or a transmitting side; It provides a set-top box-based telephone connection system comprising a telephone connection control unit for performing the telephone connection.

Claims (17)

A set top box based telephone connection system including a set top box and a telephone interface server, The set top box, A user input receiver for receiving user input, A subscriber telephone number storage unit for storing a plurality of telephone numbers; A counterpart phone number acquisition unit for acquiring the counterpart phone number; A subscriber telephone number acquisition unit for obtaining a subscriber telephone number based on the user input among the plurality of telephone numbers stored in the subscriber telephone number storage unit; A telephone connection command generation unit for generating a telephone connection command based on the counterpart phone number and the subscriber telephone number; It includes a telephone server interface for transmitting the telephone connection command to the telephone interface server, The telephone interface server, A set-top box interface unit for receiving the telephone connection command; A telephone connection control unit configured to perform a telephone connection between the counterpart phone number and the subscriber phone number based on the telephone connection command, and to designate the counterpart phone number as a receiving side or a transmitting side to perform the telephone connection; Set-top box-based telephone connection system comprising a. delete The method of claim 1, The counterpart phone number obtaining unit or the subscriber phone number obtaining unit; And obtaining the counterpart phone number or the subscriber phone number based on the user input. The method of claim 3, The counterpart phone number obtaining unit may receive the user input indicating the counterpart phone number to obtain the counterpart phone number. The method of claim 3, The counterpart phone number obtaining unit may receive the user input indicating the extraction of the counterpart phone number to obtain the counterpart phone number. The method of claim 5, The set top box further includes a counterpart phone number storage unit for storing a plurality of phone numbers, And the counterpart phone number obtaining unit obtains the counterpart phone number based on the user input among the plurality of phone numbers stored in the counterpart phone number storage unit. The method of claim 5, The set top box includes a broadcast program providing unit for receiving and providing a broadcast program. And the counterpart phone number obtaining unit extracts the counterpart phone number included in the broadcast program based on the user input. The method of claim 1, The subscriber telephone number acquisition unit, the set-top box-based telephone connection system that reads the subscriber telephone number stored in the set-top box in advance. delete The method of claim 1, Subscriber management server for managing the subscriber telephone number More, The subscriber telephone number acquisition unit, the set-top box-based telephone connection system to obtain the subscriber telephone number from the subscriber management server. The method of claim 1, The telephone interface server, Telephone connection state generation unit for generating telephone connection state information indicating the state of the telephone connection To include more, The set-top box interface unit, the set-top box-based telephone connection system for transmitting the telephone connection state information to the set-top box. The method of claim 11, The telephone connection state information is set-top box-based telephone connection system that includes information indicating whether the telephone connection between the other party telephone number and the subscriber telephone number succeeds or fails, or whether the telephone connection is started or terminated. The method of claim 11, The telephone server interface unit is to receive the telephone connection state information, The set-top box, the telephone connection state display control unit for controlling to display the telephone connection state information on the corresponding display device The set-top box-based telephone connection system that further comprises. delete delete The method of claim 1, The telephone connection control unit, the set-top box-based telephone connection system to mediate the telephone connection using the VoIP or PSTN. The method of claim 1, Set-top box-based telephone connection system that the set-top box and the telephone interface server is implemented in an integrated form.