KR20000030593A - Telephone service system and method using a remote phone number - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A telephone service system using a remote telephone number is provided to enable a remote telephone number subscriber to receive a call via a desired communication network by converting the remote telephone number into a local telephone number of a call arrival area so that it can make a remote phone call just by paying a domestic phone expense. CONSTITUTION: The remote phone service system using a remote telephone number comprises a phone exchanger of a call sending side(22), a remote phone communication apparatus(23) and a phone exchanger of a call arrival side(27). The phone exchanger(22) of a call sending side transmits a call to the remote phone communication apparatus(23) if a telephone number, input via a subscriber line, is correspondent to the remote telephone number, and transmits an arrival area telephone number signal to the call arrival side phone exchanger(27). The remote phone communication apparatus(23) transmits the call arrival phone number signal, corresponding to the remote telephone number, to a set communication network. The arrival side phone exchanger(27) transmits the call arrival phone number signal to a local phone registered for the remote telephone number.

Description

Telephony service system and method using a remote phone number}

The present invention relates to a telephone service system and method, and more particularly, to control a communication network so that a remote telephone number subscriber can receive a telephone call from a remote place via a communication network that a subscriber wants a remote telephone number from a remote place. The present invention relates to a telephone service system and a method using a remote telephone number that allows a caller to make an international call to a remote caller at a domestic telephone charge.

As shown in Fig. 1, a general telephone communication network is composed of exchanges A and B (11 and 12), telephones A and B (13 and 14) and a general international communication network (15).

When telephone subscriber A makes a telephone call to telephone subscriber B outside the country using telephone A 13, switch A 11 which has jurisdiction over telephone subscriber A area connects switch B 12 having jurisdiction over telephone subscriber B area. A call request signal is transmitted to telephone B14 of telephone subscriber B through a general international telecommunication network 15 constructed of an optical cable to generate a ring tone. When the user B responds by hooking off the phone B 14, the phone A 13 and the phone B 14 are connected to each other so that a call is connected.

Therefore, in general, the telephone service system can be used when a customer in country A operates a remote business in country B. In order for the customer to make a phone call to the service provider, an international call must be made to the country operator's phone number. . As a result, local customers are not only reluctant to call remote service providers due to international call charges, but they also operate local businesses with foreign phone numbers. There was a problem with difficulty.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to automatically send to the called party's telephone number when the user makes a call to a local remote telephone number from a remote place to solve the above problems, the user can be sent to the foreign country only by the burden of the local domestic phone bill The present invention provides a telephone service system and method using a remote telephone number to enable an international telephone call to a resident remote receiver.

1 is a configuration diagram of a general telephone communication network system.

2 is a block diagram of a telephone service system using a remote telephone number according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the exchangers 1 and 2 shown in FIG. 2.

4 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the telecommunication device of FIG. 2.

5 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the Internet phone terminal shown in FIG. 2.

6 is a flowchart of a telephone service method using a remote telephone number according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the telephone service system using the remote telephone number according to the present invention is a remote telephone service system, in which the telephone number of a signal input through a subscriber line or a relay line corresponds to the remote telephone number. A source exchanger for transmitting a signal to a remote telephone communication device and transmitting a signal of a destination telephone number transmitted from the remote telephone communication device to a destination exchange managing a destination telephone number, a signal transmitted from the source exchange A remote telephone communication device for transmitting a signal of a destination telephone number corresponding to a remote telephone number of a telephone signal transmitted from the remote telephone communication device or the source exchange through the set communication network; Subscribed to the destination phone number And a destination exchange for sending to the telephone.

In order to achieve the above another technical problem, a telephone service method using a remote telephone number according to the present invention is a remote telephone service providing method, comprising: (a) determining whether a signal of a remote telephone number registered as an exchange is received; b) when the signal of the remote telephone number is received as a result of the determination of step (a), transmitting the signal of the remote telephone number to a remote telephone communication apparatus; and (c) a communication network registered in the remote telephone communication apparatus. And accessing a signal of a destination telephone number corresponding to the remote telephone number.

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

As shown in Figure 2, the telephone service system using a remote telephone number according to the present invention, the telephone 1, 2 (21, 28), switch 1, 2 (22, 27), remote telephone communication device 23, the Internet A phone terminal 29, a general international communication network 24, an international dedicated network 25 and an internet network 26 are provided.

Switch 1, 2 (21, 28) is composed of a subscriber connection 31, switching network 32, inter-station line connection 33, switch controller 34 and database 35, as shown in FIG. It is.

Referring to the operation of the switches 1, 2 (21, 28), the switching network 32 performs the exchange connection function of the actual signal, and the subscriber connection 31 and the station line connection 33 receive signals from the subscriber and the relay line. Are converted into a form suitable for connection with the switching network 32. The database 35 stores subscriber information and telephone number information, and also stores information on remote telephone numbers. And, the cumulative monthly call rate information for each subscriber is stored.

The exchange control unit 34 controls the connected peripheral means to control the inter-station line connection unit 33 and the switching network 32 to transmit to the remote telephone communication apparatus 23 when a signal of the remote telephone number is received. Then, the signal of the destination telephone number transmitted from the remote telephone communication apparatus 23 is transmitted to the switch 2 (destination exchanger 27) through the switching network 32. In addition, when the telephone exchange unit 34 calls the remote telephone number from the telephone 1 (the caller's telephone), the switching unit 34 calculates an interval telephone fee from the telephone 1 to the remote telephone communication apparatus and updates the database 35. Let's do it.

As shown in FIG. 4, the remote telephone communication apparatus 23 includes a line connection part 41 between stations, a communication network connection part 42, a system control part 43, a codec 45 and a packet processing part 46. have.

Referring to the operation of the remote telephone communication apparatus 23, the inter-station line connecting portion 41 converts a signal transmitted from the relay line into a signal of a form that can be interpreted by the system control section 43, and the incoming call read from the database 44. The phone number is converted into a form suitable for the communication network to be connected. In the communication network connection unit 41, according to the result interpreted by the system control unit 43, the destination telephone number is transmitted through the international dedicated network 25 or the Internet network 26, or the destination is transmitted through the general international communication network 24. Connect to switch 1 (22) to dial the telephone number.

In the database 44, a destination telephone number corresponding to a remote telephone number is stored, and a type of a communication network for performing a telephone connection to the destination telephone number is determined and stored according to a user's selection. For reference, the communication network includes a general international communication network 24, an international dedicated network 25, and an internet network 26. Then, when a call to a remote telephone number is received, the section call charge from the remote telephone communication device 23 to the destination is calculated and updated in the database 44, and the call charge for this section is the remote call number. Calculate the burden on the called party.

The system control unit 43 interprets the signal of the transmitted remote telephone number, reads destination telephone number information and communication network information corresponding to the remote telephone number from the database 44, and sends it to the line connection unit 41 between stations. Output Then, after converting the signal into a standard suitable for the communication network to be connected in the inter-line line connecting portion 41 and outputting it to the communication network connecting portion 42 to select a communication network corresponding to the communication network information read from the database 44, The connection part 41 transmits the signal of the destination telephone number converted.

The codec 45 and the packet processing unit 46 are circuit configurations for data communication, and when the telephone call is made to the Internet phone terminal 29 or the telephone 2 28 of the destination via the Internet network 26, the codec 45 After coding the analog voice signal into a digital signal, the coding is performed, the packet processing unit 46 processes the packet to meet the data transmission standards of the Internet network, and then the Internet is selected through the Internet network 42 selected by the network connection unit 42. Packet data is transmitted to the phone terminal 29 or the switch 2 27.

When the communication network selected by the communication network connection unit 42 is a general international communication network 24, a signal of the destination telephone number is transmitted to the switch 1 (22), and when the international dedicated network 25 or the internet network 26 is selected It sends the signal of the destination telephone number directly to the communication network.

When the remote telephone number subscriber wants to receive an incoming call by using the Internet phone terminal 29, the telephone number is executed by using the circuit configuration detailed in FIG.

That is, as shown in Figure 5, the Internet phone terminal 29 is composed of a terminal 51 and the phone 3 (52), the terminal 51 is in detail operating system 511, web browser 512, Internet access program 513, which is a program for receiving Internet services such as TCP / IP, PPP, a computer basic block 514 composed of a central processing unit, a storage device and a peripheral device, a modem 515, and a voice codec (VOICE CODEC): 516).

The signal received by the modem 515 through the Internet network 26 is demodulated and then decoded by the voice codec 516, converted into an analog signal, and received by the telephone 3 52, and the telephone 3 52. The signal input through the microphone of) is converted into a digital signal by the voice codec 516, encoded, and modulated by the modem 515 and then transmitted to the Internet network 26.

Then, the process of accessing the call path to the destination telephone number by the remote telephone number of the telephone service system using the remote telephone number shown in FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6.

First, it is determined at the switch 1 (22) whether a signal of a telephone number requesting a call is received from the telephone subscriber (step 601). If the telephone number signal of the call request is received by the switch 1 (22), it is determined whether the telephone number of the received signal corresponds to the remote phone number stored in the database 35 of the switch 1 (22). Determine (step 602).

If the telephone number of the signal to be called corresponds to the registered remote telephone number, a signal of the remote telephone number is transmitted to the remote telephone communication device (RTNS) 23 (step 603). Then, the destination telephone number corresponding to the remote telephone number and the information on the registered communication network are read from the database 44 of the remote telephone communication apparatus 23, and the destination telephone number read out by selecting the communication network registered by the user. Signal (step 604).

However, if the telephone number of the telephone request signal received as a result of the determination in step 602 is a general international telephone number that does not correspond to the registered remote telephone number, it is transferred to the exchange 2 (27) of the destination area through the general international communication network 24. Send (step 605).

Then, a telephone signal is received by the destination telephone through the communication network registered by the user who has subscribed to the remote telephone number, and a ringing tone indicates that a call is received from the telephone 2 28 or the Internet phone terminal 29 having the destination telephone number. (Step 606).

Then, it is determined whether the subscriber who registered the remote telephone number has answered the incoming call and has turned off the hook of the telephone (step 607).

If it is determined in step 607 that the incoming call is answered and the hook of the telephone is turned off, the caller is connected to the call path so as to make a telephone call (step 608).

In the above process, when the switch 1 (22) and the remote telephone communication device (23) make a call using a remote telephone number, the section call charge from the calling party's telephone to the remote telephone communication device is borne by the caller. The section call charge from the telephone communication device to the called party's telephone is managed by the called party registered with the remote telephone number.

Therefore, if the person who registered the remote phone number resides in the country A and operates a business or branch office in a virtual space in the country B, the phone number registers the local phone number of the country B as the remote phone number. When a call is received, the remote telephone communication apparatus 23 automatically sends a call to the destination telephone number of the registered country A so that the person who registered the remote telephone number can receive the call. In addition, the caller bears the domestic call charge from the caller's telephone to the remote telephone communication device in the country B, and the international call charge from the remote telephone communication device 23 in the country B to the caller's telephone in the country B is the remote call. The registered subscriber should pay the number.

Accordingly, the caller can make a call to a foreign recipient by paying a domestic phone number at a domestic phone number, so that a branch office or office in a virtual space in another country can be conveniently operated remotely. It became.

The present invention has been described by limiting the remote telephone number to the other country for convenience of description, but the remote telephone number can be selected and applied to other regions in the same country, which is also within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, a remote telephone number is registered in a virtual space, and when a telephone call is made to a remote telephone number, the telephone signal is automatically switched to a telephone number of a destination corresponding to the remote telephone number, and a telephone signal is sent. The caller pays only the section fee to the communication device managing the domestic remote phone number, and the section call fee to the destination after that is controlled to be paid by the called party who registered the remote phone number. It has the effect that you can operate unmanned branches or businesses abroad by using local domestic phone numbers with branches or businesses.

Claims (10)

In the remote telephone service system, When the telephone number of the signal input through the subscriber line or the relay line corresponds to the remote telephone number, the input signal is transmitted to the remote telephone communication apparatus, and the signal of the destination telephone number transmitted from the remote telephone communication apparatus is received. A source exchange for transmitting to the destination exchange managing the telephone number; A remote telephone communication apparatus for transmitting a signal of a destination telephone number corresponding to a remote telephone number of a signal transmitted from the source exchange through a set communication network; And A destination telephone exchange for sending a signal of a destination telephone number transmitted from the remote telephone communication apparatus or the source exchange through the set communication network to a telephone subscribed to the destination telephone number; Telephone service system using The telephone service system using a remote telephone number according to claim 1, wherein the communication network settable by the telecommunication device is a general international communication network, an international dedicated network, or an internet network. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the telecommunication device is A database for storing a destination telephone number corresponding to the remote telephone number and a communication network to which access is made; A station line connection unit for receiving a remote telephone number signal transmitted from the source exchange; A system control unit for decoding a remote telephone number of a signal received from the inter-line connection and obtaining information on a destination telephone number corresponding to the remote telephone number and a communication network to be connected in the database; And And a network connection unit for accessing a communication network corresponding to the information obtained by the system control unit and transmitting a signal of the destination telephone number. 4. The device of claim 3, wherein the telecommunication device is A codec for coding / decoding a speech signal when connected via an internet network; And And a packet processing unit for constructing and transmitting a packet according to a predetermined standard in order to transmit data through the internet network. 2. The remote telephone number according to claim 1, wherein the call charge to the remote telephone communication device is borne by the caller, and the call charge from the remote telephone communication device to the destination is shared by the called party. Telephone service system using The telephone service system of claim 1, wherein the destination telephone number is a foreign telephone number, and the remote telephone number is a domestic telephone number. In the remote telephone service providing method, (a) determining whether a signal of a remote telephone number registered with the exchange is received; (b) transmitting a signal of the remote telephone number to a remote telephone communication device when the signal of the remote telephone number is received as a result of the determination of step (a); And and (c) accessing a registered communication network in the remote telephone communication apparatus and transmitting a signal of a destination telephone number corresponding to the remote telephone number. The call charge is calculated by the caller, and the call charge from the remote phone communication device to the called party is charged by the called party. Telephone service method using a remote telephone number. The telephone service method of claim 7, wherein the registered communication network is determined by a communication network selected by a user who registers the remote phone number from a general international communication network, an international dedicated network, or an internet network. The telephone service method using a remote telephone number according to claim 7, wherein the destination telephone number is a foreign telephone number, and the remote telephone number is a domestic telephone number.