KR20050000883A - A selective transmission-receipt system using single phone number and a method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A selective transmit-receive system using a single phone number and a method thereof are provided so that a transmitter can directly make a call to a desired receiver among a plurality of receivers using a single phone number in common, without an intermediary receiver. CONSTITUTION: A selective transmit-receive system using a single phone number comprises a transmitting terminal(100), an exchange(200), a receiving terminal, and a relay system(400). The exchange(200), interworking with the relay system(400), transmits a specific call, received to a single phone number registered in the relay system(400), to the relay system(400). The relay system(400) comprises a database part and an ARS(Automatic Response Service) part. The database part stores information on a plurality of receivers who share the receiving terminal. The ARS part, in case that a call request to a registered single phone number, that is, the phone number of the receiving terminal, is received, directs the caller to select a desired receiver among a plurality of receivers who use the single phone number in common.

Description

Selective transmission and reception system using a single phone number and its method {A SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION-RECEIPT SYSTEM USING SINGLE PHONE NUMBER AND A METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a selective transmission and reception system and a method using a single phone number, and more particularly to a system and method that allows a sender to directly talk to the desired recipient among the receivers using a single shared phone number. .

In the conventional case, when a sender requests a connection to a shared single phone number, it is inconvenient to make a call through another receiver in order to make a direct call with a receiver who wants to talk among a plurality of receivers sharing a single phone. Existed. In other words, there is a problem that is connected through a person other than the person who wants to call directly.

1 is a diagram schematically showing such a conventional telephone system. The conventional telephone system includes a transmitting terminal 10, an exchange 20, and a receiving terminal 30 using a single number. When the sender requests a connection to the receiver's single phone number using the transmitting terminal 10, the switch 20 finds the call and connects the call to the receiving terminal 30 of the receiver. In this case, when there are a plurality of receivers sharing a single number, there is a problem that a sender needs to make a call through another receiver in the middle as described above in order to make a call with a receiver who wants to connect directly.

In addition, there is a problem that the secret of each recipient can be leaked when a plurality of recipients in the single telephone number shared in the conventional telephone system as shown in FIG. In other words, there is a risk of secret leakage that may be caused by receiving a call by another recipient.

However, when using a separate number for a plurality of recipients, there is a problem in that additional investment costs for each recipient and facility investment or operation costs increase even for a provider providing a separate number.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to overcome the conventional problems described above, when using a single number shared by the sender can directly call the desired recipient and the receiver can be selectively received only when the call request for itself It is to provide a method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of solving a problem of leaking a secret between a plurality of recipients.

1 is a view schematically showing a conventional telephone system.

2 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a selective transmission and reception system using a single phone number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the relay system.

4 is a flow chart illustrating how multiple recipients sharing a single telephone number access a relay system and register their respective forms of identification.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of selectively selecting a receiver from among multiple receivers by requesting a call with a single number shared by the sender.

Selective transmission and reception system using a single phone number according to a feature of the present invention

A transmission and reception system comprising a receiving terminal for receiving a call request from a sender and connecting a receiver,

A switch unit for determining and transmitting a received telephone number when there is a call request from a sender; And

Inform the sender of a plurality of registered recipients corresponding to the received telephone number transmitted from the exchange, and receive a signal to be connected from the sender to a signal corresponding to the identification form of the corresponding recipient to the call corresponding to the received telephone number. And a relay system unit for transmitting, wherein the receiving terminal receives a signal corresponding to an identification form from the relay system unit and outputs a receiver distinguishing signal corresponding to the identification form.

Selective transmission and reception method using a single phone number according to another feature of the present invention

In a transmission / reception system for connecting a call with a corresponding receiver at a call request of a sender, a selective transmission / reception system using a single phone number corresponds to an exchange transmitting the call request of the sender and a call transmitted by the exchange. A relay system unit for transmitting an identification form to a receiving terminal unit, Selective transmission and reception method using the single phone number is

(a) receiving, by the relay system, a single telephone number shared by a plurality of receivers sharing a single telephone number and an identification form for each receiver;

(b) determining, by the exchange unit, a receiving telephone number when receiving a call request from a sender and transmitting the received telephone number to the relay system unit; And

(c) the relay system guides the sender to the registered plurality of recipients corresponding to the received telephone number transmitted from the switchboard, receives the receiver to which the receiver wants to connect, and sends a signal corresponding to the identification form of the receiver. And transmitting the signal to the receiving terminal corresponding to the received telephone number so that the receiving terminal outputs a receiver distinguishing signal corresponding to the identification type received from the relay system unit.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention. Like parts are designated by like reference numerals throughout the specification.

Now, a selective transmission and reception system and method using a single telephone number according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a selective transmission and reception system using a single phone number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Selective transmission and reception system using a single phone number according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a transmitting terminal 100, the switch 200, the receiving terminal 300, the relay system 400. Here, the transmitting terminal 100 and the receiving terminal 300 as a means for connecting the sender and the receiver can be easily understood by those skilled in the art according to an embodiment of the present invention will be omitted below.

The exchange 200 plays a role of relaying the call with the receiving terminal 300 in response to the call request of the transmitting terminal 100. In the embodiment of the present invention, the switch 200 performs the same function and the relay system 400. In the case of receiving a specific call (that is, a case where the telephone number registered in the relay system described below as a reception number) is received, it is transmitted to the relay system 300. Whether the call is a specific call in conjunction with the relay system 300 to share the target number information to recognize it.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the relay system 400. The relay system 400 includes a database unit 420 and an automatic response service unit (440). It includes.

The database unit 420 includes a registered single telephone number database 422 and a receiver information database 424, which is a database of a plurality of recipients sharing a single receiving terminal 300. The information is stored. That is, a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number (meaning the telephone number of the receiving terminal 300. The same also below) is connected to the relay system 400 to input a single telephone number and various types of identification. At this time, the connection of the relay system is made by a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number directly through the Internet or a telephone. That is, registration may be requested through a uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to the relay system 400 or by calling a representative telephone number.

Here, several single telephone numbers are stored in the registered single telephone number database 420, and identification forms of a plurality of recipients sharing a telephone number corresponding to several single telephone numbers are stored in the receiver information database 424. The form of identification may register its unique music, sound, text, etc. for multiple recipients sharing a single telephone number. Recipients are distinguished according to music or sound according to this identification form. In the above, the registered single telephone number database 420 and the recipient information database 424 are stored in each database, but they may be stored in one database.

The ARS unit 440 functions to guide the caller who the caller wants to talk to among the plurality of recipients sharing the single phone number when the call request is made to the registered single phone number. In this case, the sender selects a person who wants to talk from among a plurality of recipients through a method of selecting a number.

The relay system 400 having the above function may be configured in the form of an intelligent network switch. That is, the intelligent network switch assigns one virtual number corresponding to a plurality of actual telephone numbers registered to one recipient to the receiver and attempts to call the sender's virtual number, and the intelligent network exchange corresponds to the plurality of actual numbers corresponding to the virtual number. It is a system that allows a caller to make a call to a desired phone number among the phone numbers. When the function of the intelligent network switch is given to the relay system 400, the above function can be provided.

Hereinafter, a selective transmission and reception method using a single phone number according to an embodiment of the present invention under the system as shown in FIG. 2 will be described in detail.

In the selective transmission and reception method using a single telephone number according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number largely register their own identification form by accessing the relay system 400, and the sender is shared. Request a call with a single number to go through the step of selectively selecting a receiver from a plurality of recipients. Hereinafter, each of these steps will be described.

4 is a flow chart showing how a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number accesses the relay system 400 and registers their respective identification forms.

First, a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number to identify a plurality of recipients access the relay system 400 and request registration (S100, S110). In this case, as described above, a plurality of receivers access the relay system 400 by using a URL corresponding to the relay system 400 or by calling a representative telephone number corresponding to the relay system 400 to request registration. can do.

The relay system 400 receiving the request guides the registration procedure and method (S120). The guidance of the registration procedure and method is different depending on the connection of the plurality of recipients requesting registration to the relay system, for example, through an ARS (Automatic Response Service), a text transmission through a mobile terminal, or the Internet. In this case, the ARS guide broadcast sends out a guide from the ARS unit 440, which is a component of the relay system. In addition, the specific method of text transmission, guidance through the Internet can be easily implemented by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the description is omitted below.

Next, the plurality of recipients respectively select and input the identification type (S130). That is, multiple recipients enter a single telephone number that they share and their form of identification. At this time, the input of the identification form may input various identification forms, that is, the receiver can identify himself or herself from among music, voice, text, and the like. If the receiving terminal 300 has a function of inputting various types of identification, the identification system input to the receiving terminal 300 and a single telephone number shared by a plurality of recipients are relayed to the relay system 400. You can register by mapping. However, when the receiving terminal 300 does not have a function of inputting an identification form, a plurality of recipients may identify an identification form (which is provided through ARS, text transmission, or an Internet browser) guided by the relay system 400. Different types of identification can be selected and registered.

It is determined whether there is an error in the input content of the identification form (S140). If there is an error, the registration and procedure guide step (S120) proceeds again, and if there is no error, the relay system 400 receives a plurality of recipients. The single phone number and identification form inputted from the data are stored in the database 420 (S150). If the registration proceeded without error, the relay system guides the registered contents to the plurality of recipients (S160 and S170). That is, a single telephone number for each registered recipient and a form of identification thereof are guided.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of selectively selecting a receiver from among multiple receivers by requesting a call with a single number shared by the sender.

First, the sender attempts a call request to the receiver's telephone number through the transmitting terminal 100 (S200, S210). The sender's call request is sent to the exchange 200.

The exchange 200 receiving the call request determines whether the received telephone number is a telephone number registered in the relay system (S220). In order for the switch 200 to determine whether the received phone number is a phone number registered in the relay system, the switch 200 and the relay system 400 must be interworked with each other in advance. That is, the exchange 200 has information on a single telephone number in advance through interworking with the relay system a single telephone number registered in the relay system 400 in the same manner as in FIG. At this time, between the exchanger 200 and the relay system may be configured as one to N. Since a specific implementation method of the interworking between the exchange and the relay system can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this case, if the call request receiving number of the sender is not the registered phone number, the call is connected to the receiver through a normal call processing procedure (S230), and in the case of the registered phone number, the exchange 200 is a relay system 400. Send the call to).

If there is a call request for a registered telephone number registered from the exchange 200, the relay system 400 searches the database unit 420 and guides the sender to the receiver-specific information registered in the telephone number (S240). That is, the relay system 400 searches the database unit 420 and is registered in the corresponding single phone number to inform the sender of the information about the plurality of recipients through the ARS unit 440. For example, the names of a plurality of recipients registered in the reception number are guided.

When guiding information on a plurality of recipients corresponding to a single telephone number of the relay system 400, the sender selects the corresponding receiver (S250). In this case, the method of selecting a sender may be selected by pressing a telephone number, and may also be selected through voice when the relay system has a voice recognition device. The method of selecting by pressing a phone number and the specific method of selecting through a voice recognition device are easily understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

When the corresponding receiver is selected, the relay system 400 transmits the identification form (for example, music, voice, text, etc. corresponding to the corresponding receiver) of the corresponding receiver to the receiving terminal 300 corresponding to the received telephone number ( S260). At this time, the relay system 400 performs signal processing for the receiving terminal 300 to operate according to the identification form (music, voice, text) of the corresponding receiver and sends it out. That is, the transmission is transmitted to the receiving terminal 300 by using a method of transmitting a DTMF tone (DTMF Tone, Dual Tone MultiFrequency Tone) corresponding to the receiver (which may transmit an additional identification number). The specific signal processing method is easily understood by those skilled in the art of the present invention, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Receiving terminal 300 receives a signal according to the identification form transmitted from the relay system 400 and sends out the corresponding music, voice, text and the like. For example, the receiving terminal 300 exports the corresponding identification form according to the DTMF tone transmitted from the relay system 400. That is, the receiving terminal 300 capable of exporting music, voice, text, and the like stores music corresponding to the corresponding identification form in advance, and the signal according to the identification form from the relay system 400 is received by the receiving terminal 300. If it is transmitted to the music corresponding to the identification form will be exported. According to the identification form sent out from the receiving terminal 300, the receiver determines whether the call has been made to him, and thus a call is made between the sender and the receiver. If the receiving terminal 300 is not able to export various types of identification (music, voice, text, etc.), if any receiver hears the handset, the relay system 400 sends a call request to the receiver. Through the process of guiding can distinguish the recipient.

In addition, the authentication information can be registered when a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number register the identification form of the recipient in the step of accessing and registering the relay system 400 (step of FIG. 4). In this case, when the password is input as the authentication information at the time of registering the relay system, the relay system 400 requests the password input together with the transmission of the identification type signal to the receiving terminal 300. A plurality of recipients sharing the receiving terminal 300 not only knows whether the call is received by the user by receiving a signal according to an identification form, but also maintains the security of the call received by the user by inputting a password or the like. That is, the relay system 400 receives a password from the receiver and compares the password with a previously registered password and connects the call with the receiver.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD room, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, flash memory, etc.).

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of recipients use a single number that is shared, the sender can directly talk to a desired receiver without additional number assignment to a plurality of recipients and can efficiently use number resources. There is a significant effect. In addition, there is an effect of maintaining the security, such as confidentiality of the receiver by going through the authentication operation of the receiver.

Claims (12)

A transmission and reception system comprising a receiving terminal for receiving a call request from a sender and connecting a receiver, A switch unit for determining and transmitting a received telephone number when there is a call request from a sender; And Inform the sender of a plurality of registered recipients corresponding to the received telephone number transmitted from the exchange, and receive a signal to be connected from the sender to a signal corresponding to the identification form of the corresponding recipient to the call corresponding to the received telephone number. And a relay system unit for transmitting, wherein the receiving terminal receives a signal corresponding to an identification form from the relay system unit and outputs a receiver distinguishing signal corresponding to the identification form. system. The method of claim 1, The relay system unit A database unit for receiving and storing a single telephone number and identification form from a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number; Selective transmission and reception system using a single telephone number comprising an automatic answering service for guiding a plurality of recipients sharing the single telephone number to the sender. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The exchange unit in advance recognizes the telephone number of the receiver registered in the relay system unit in conjunction with the relay system unit, and transmits to the relay system unit when a call request corresponding to the registered received telephone number is requested. Selective transmission and reception system using a single phone number. The method of claim 1, A selective transmission and reception system using a single telephone number, characterized in that a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number is connected to the relay system to register a single telephone number and identification form. The method of claim 1, Selective transmission and reception system using a single telephone number, characterized in that the sender can directly talk to the desired receiver among a plurality of receivers sharing a single telephone number according to the distinguishing signal output from the receiving terminal unit. The method of claim 4, wherein The plurality of recipients further register a password to the relay system, and if the sender requests a call to the telephone number of the receiver whose password is registered, the relay system connects the call to the receiver's telephone number and further inputs the password to the receiver. Selective transmission and reception system using a single telephone number, characterized in that receiving. The method according to claim 1 or 5, The discriminating signal is a selective transmission and reception system using a single phone number, characterized in that one of the music, voice, text. In a transmission / reception system for connecting a call with a corresponding receiver when a caller of the originator requests, the selective transmission / reception system using a single telephone number corresponds to an exchange that transmits the caller's call request and a call transmitted by the exchanger. A relay system unit for transmitting an identification form to a receiving terminal unit, Selective transmission and reception method using the single phone number is (a) receiving, by the relay system, a single telephone number shared by a plurality of receivers sharing a single telephone number and an identification form for each receiver; (b) determining, by the exchange unit, a receiving telephone number when receiving a call request from a sender and transmitting the received telephone number to the relay system unit; And (c) the relay system guides the sender to the registered plurality of recipients corresponding to the received telephone number transmitted from the switchboard, receives the receiver to which the receiver wants to connect, and sends a signal corresponding to the identification form of the receiver. Transmitting to a receiving terminal corresponding to a receiving telephone number to cause the receiving terminal to output a receiver distinguishing signal corresponding to the identification type receiving the signal corresponding to the identification form from the relay system unit. Selective transmission and reception method using. The method of claim 8, Selective transmission and reception method using a single telephone number, characterized in that the sender can directly talk to the desired receiver from among a plurality of receivers sharing a single telephone number according to the distinguishing signal output from the receiving terminal unit. The method of claim 8, When the relay system unit registers more passwords from the plurality of recipients and the sender requests a call for the phone number of the receiver whose password is registered, the relay system unit connects the call to the receiver's phone number and inputs an additional password to the receiver. Selective transmission and reception method using a single phone number, characterized in that it further comprises a step. The method of claim 8, The exchange unit in advance recognizes the telephone number of the receiver registered in the relay system unit in conjunction with the relay system unit, and transmits to the relay system unit when a call request corresponding to the registered received telephone number is requested. Selective transmission and reception method using a single phone number. In a transmission / reception system for connecting a call with a corresponding receiver when a caller of the originator requests, the selective transmission / reception system using a single telephone number corresponds to an exchange that transmits the caller's call request and a call transmitted by the exchanger. A recording medium including a relay system for transmitting the identification form to the receiving terminal unit, recording the selective transmission and reception method using the single phone number is (a) a function of registering a single telephone number shared by a plurality of recipients sharing a single telephone number and an identification form for each receiver; (b) determining, by the exchange unit, the received telephone number when the call request is received from the sender and transmitting the received telephone number to the relay system unit; And (c) the relay system guides the sender to the registered plurality of recipients corresponding to the received telephone number transmitted from the switchboard, receives the receiver to which the receiver wants to connect, and sends a signal corresponding to the identification form of the receiver. A program is recorded that includes a function for transmitting to a receiving terminal corresponding to a receiving telephone number and causing the receiving terminal to output a receiver distinguishing signal corresponding to the identification type received from the relay system. Computer-readable recording medium.