KR20050026216A - Method of calling identification display using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing a CNIP(Caller Number Information Presentation) service using the Internet is provided to manage caller IDs through personal computers so as to provide a CNIP service to users, who use generic wire telephones. A communication program installed at a user's PC is connected with a telephone system through the Internet(S51). If call origination is attempted to the user(S52), the telephone system confirms the caller number(S53), and rings a bell to the user's phone(S54). Also the telephone system, communicating with the communication program, transmits the caller number to the user's PC(S55). The user's PC displays the caller number on the screen(S56). If the user answers the phone(S57), the telephone system connects the user's phone to the caller's phone so that they can speak by telephone(S58).

Description

Method of calling identification display using Internet}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for displaying a caller using the Internet, and more particularly, to a method for providing a caller ID display service over the Internet to a recipient of a public telephone network (PSTN) or a VoIP telephone network using a wired telephone.

Currently, each wired / wireless communication service provider provides a caller ID service, and a caller ID service is a service for informing a called party number to a called party.

A wireless device such as a mobile phone does not need a special device to provide caller ID service. This is because it has all the functions (hardware / software) necessary for the cordless phone itself. However, in order to use the caller ID service, a user who uses a landline phone must use a wired phone equipped with a special caller ID function, and a user of a wired phone without such a function cannot use the caller ID service.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, by providing a caller display service to a landline telephone user through the Internet, users using a general landline telephone without a caller display function can also use the caller display service The goal is to provide a way to make it work.

In order to achieve the above object, the caller display method using the Internet according to the present invention, the communication program installed in the computer terminal of the called party is connected to the telephone system through the Internet network; The telephone system, if the call is attempted to the called party, transmitting the calling party number to a communication program installed in the called party's computer terminal; Displaying, by the computer terminal of the called party, a calling party number received from the telephone system on a display screen; And processing the caller to connect the caller and the caller's phone to each other so that the caller can receive a call.

The called party's computer terminal may be configured to store and manage the calling party number received from the telephone system.

In addition, the telephone system may be configured to manage a predetermined telephone number requested from the called party's computer terminal as a desired number, and to prohibit incoming calls to the same calling party number as the set telephone number. . Then, from the user's point of view, the call connection from the other party that does not want to call can be blocked.

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

1 is an example of a system for providing a caller ID service according to the present invention. When a caller makes a call to a called party, the calling party's telephone 10 and the called party's telephone 41 are connected to each other through a predetermined telephone network 20 to make a call. You can do The telephone network 20 includes a telephone system 21 for connecting the calling telephone 10 and the called telephone 41 to each other, regardless of the name, a telephone system used for the connection between the telephones. It will be called a system. At this time, the receiving telephone 10 may be a landline telephone without a calling party display function.

In addition to the landline telephone 41, the called party is provided with a computer terminal capable of accessing the telephone system 21 through the Internet network 30 such as a desktop (desk-top) computer or a notebook computer. The computer terminal 42 includes a telephone. A communication program is installed that can communicate with the system 21.

The telephone system 21 transmits the calling party number to the called party's computer terminal 42 through the Internet network 30 in addition to allowing the calling party and the called party to make a telephone call with each other through the telephones 10 and 41. That is, as shown in the example shown in FIG. 2, the calling party number is displayed on the monitor screen of the user, and the called party can check the calling party number through his monitor screen when the phone 41 rings.

Referring to Figure 3 will be described in detail the caller display method using the Internet according to the present invention.

First, the communication program installed in the computer terminal 42 of the called party is connected to the telephone system 21 through the Internet network 30 (S51). In other words, the destination computer terminal 42 is pre-socketed with the telephone system 21. The socket connection may be made by automatically executing a program when the power of the computer terminal 42 is increased, or by manually executing a program.

On the other hand, when the telephone system 21 is attempted to make a call to the called party (S52), and checks the calling party number (S53), ringing the called party phone 41 (S54). In addition, it communicates with the communication program installed in the computer terminal 42 of the called party and transmits the calling party number (S55).

The called party's computer terminal 42 displays the calling party number received from the telephone system 21 on the display screen (S56). The form displayed on the display screen may be configured in various ways for the convenience of the user. The user can know from step S56 who the incoming call is from and can determine whether to answer the call.

Then, when the called party receives the call (in the hook-off state), the telephone system 21 connects the caller and the called party's phone and processes the call so as to talk to each other (S57, S58).

While the caller and the called party are talking to each other, another caller may receive another call.

In such a case, the telephone system 21 transmits the caller's number to the called party's computer terminal 42 as to a call attempt made to the called party when the called party is busy, and the called party's computer terminal 42 sends the calling party's number. Can be configured to display on the display screen. Then, the called party can check all the status of the incoming call.

As another embodiment of the present invention, the telephone system 21 manages by setting the desired telephone number from the called party's computer terminal 42 to a number that does not want to receive the call, and to the same caller number as the set telephone number. It can also be configured to prohibit incoming calls.

Referring to FIG. 4, the user transmits a predetermined telephone number to the telephone system 21 as a telephone number that he / she does not want to call at any time (S61). Then, the telephone system 21 stores / manages the telephone number in the database as a call-inhibition number for the user (S62).

On the other hand, the telephone system 21 when the call is attempted to the called party (S63), after confirming the calling party number (S64), by querying the database (S65), among the caller ID specified by the called party and the caller number It is determined whether there is the same (S66).

Then, according to the determination result, a procedure (S68: S54 to S58) of connecting the caller and the called party's phone to each other and providing the caller's number through the Internet is prohibited or the call is prohibited (S67). If the incoming call is prohibited, it may be able to provide a schedule message informing the caller 10 of the call.

As described above, the calling party number is received at the called party's computer terminal 42, and the called party's computer terminal 42 may include a computer program for storing and managing the calling party number received from the telephone system 21. Therefore, various processes related to the calling party number are possible.

The above-described embodiments are intended to help the understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be variously modified and implemented by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. to be.

According to the present invention, since the caller display service can be provided using the Internet, it is possible to provide the caller display service to users who use a general landline telephone. From the user's point of view, there is no need to purchase a landline phone that includes a special device in order to receive caller identification services. In addition, since caller information is managed in a user's computer terminal, various additional functions can be provided.

1 is an overview of a system for providing a caller ID service according to the present invention;

2 is an example of a screen displaying a caller number;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a caller display method according to the present invention;

Figure 4 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of the incoming call ban.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: calling telephone 20: telephone network

21: Telephone system 30: Internet network

41: called party's phone 42: called party's computer terminal

Claims (4)

In the method for displaying the calling party number in the telephone service using a landline telephone, Connecting the communication program installed in the called party's computer terminal to the telephone system through the Internet network; The telephone system, if the call is attempted to the called party, transmitting the calling party number to a communication program installed in the called party's computer terminal; Displaying, by the computer terminal of the called party, a calling party number received from the telephone system on a display screen; And The telephone system comprises the step of processing the caller and the caller's phone to be connected to each other when the called party receives a call processing to enable the call. The method of claim 1, The telephone system also transmits the calling party number to the called party's computer terminal in relation to the calling attempt made to the called party when the called party is busy. And the computer terminal of the called party displays the calling party number on a display screen. The method of claim 1, And the computer terminal of the called party is configured to store and manage a calling party number received from the telephone system. The method of claim 1, The telephone system manages by setting the desired telephone number from the called party's computer terminal to a desired number, Caller display method using the Internet, characterized in that configured to prohibit incoming calls for the same caller number as the set phone number.