TW201316730A - Communication system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The application is related to a communication system and method. The communication system includes a switch server connecting to a first server having a first database and a second server having a second database. The switch server connects to the first and the second servers via a network. The switch sever receives a call verify request including a second identification number, wherein the second identification number belongs to the second database. The switch server determines the second identification number to be requested of the call verify request belongs to the second database. The switch server transmits the call verify request to the second sever.

Description

Call system and method

The present application relates to a call system and method, and more particularly to a call system and method for connecting a first server having a first database and a second server having a second database.

With the advancement of voice transmission technology, more and more electronic devices use data transmission lines to transmit voice signals, and gradually replace the traditional voice transmission mode. For example, Google Voice, VOIP for academic networks, WiMAX, Face Time, and Skype. However, various technologies that use data transmission lines to transmit voice data often only transmit data to each other under the same server, and cannot communicate with other users under a server using a different technology. For example, Google Voice users can only communicate with Google Voice users and cannot communicate with other server users such as Skype. As a result, it will cause inconvenience to the user.

Therefore, there is a need for how different users of different servers can communicate with each other without worrying that the intended end of the communication does not have the communication protocol that the caller wants to use to make a call. One of the important directions.

The present application relates to a call system and method, which can use an additional transfer server, so that a caller having a first representative number belonging to the first database can be connected to the server via the transfer server. The second party of the second database communicates with the receiving end, so that there is no need to worry that the receiving end of the desired communication does not have the communication protocol that the calling terminal wants to use to make a call.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a call system is provided, including a transfer server, and a first server having a first database and a second server having a second database are coupled. The switching server connects the first server and the second server via a network. The transfer server receives a call confirmation request, and the call confirmation request includes a second representative number, and the second representative number belongs to the second database. The transfer server confirms that the second representative number to be uttered belongs to the second database according to the acknowledgment request, and the transfer server transmits the utterance confirmation request to the second server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a call method is provided, which is applied to a first server having a first database and a second server having a second database, comprising the steps of: receiving a network via the network The acknowledgment request, the utterance confirmation request includes a second representative number, the second representative number belongs to the second database; determining whether the second representative number of the utterance confirmation request to be uttered belongs to the second database; The utterance confirmation request is transmitted to the second server.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a call method is provided, which is applied to a first server having a first database and a second server having a second database, which is applicable to a call end, and includes the following steps. Downloading an application, the application establishes communication between the sender and a transfer server via the network; receiving a call confirmation request via the network, the call confirmation request includes a second representative number, the second representative number Having the second database; determining whether the second representative number of the utterance request to be uttered belongs to the second database; and transmitting the utterance confirmation request to the second server.

In order to make the above-mentioned contents of the present invention more comprehensible, a preferred embodiment will be described below, and in conjunction with the drawings, a detailed description is as follows:

Although the invention will be fully described with reference to the preferred embodiments of the invention, it should be understood that those skilled in the art can modify the invention described herein while achieving the effect of the invention. . Therefore, it is to be understood that the following description is a broad disclosure of those skilled in the art and is not intended to limit the invention.

Please refer to the first figure, which illustrates a system architecture diagram of the communication system 100 according to an embodiment of the invention. In an embodiment of the invention, the call system 100 includes at least one transit server 110. In an embodiment, the call system 100 further includes a first server 120, a second server 130, a call end 140, and a call end 150.

The transit server 110 is, for example, a data processing library with network connection capability, and can perform data processing according to data transmitted from the network, and responds according to different requirements. In one embodiment, the forwarding server 110 can include an ENUMBER database that stores various types of telephone numbers, e-mails, web addresses, and any information sufficient to identify the originating terminal 140 or the receiving terminal 150.

The first server 120 and the second server 130 are, for example, servers having a first database 121 and a second database 122, respectively, and the first and second servers 120 and 130 each have data. The processing capability can be processed according to the data transmitted. In an embodiment, the first server 120 and the second server 130 are communication systems of different systems; the first server 120 can be a server that processes and transmits data in a first data format, and the first server 120 The data transmitted in the first data format can be received and processed; the second server 120 can be a server that processes and transmits in the second data format, and the second server 120 can receive and process the data transmitted in the second data format.

The calling terminal 140 and the receiving terminal 150 are, for example, handheld electronic devices, computers, home appliances, game consoles, etc., and are all electronic devices having communication functions, and are within the scope of the present invention.

Referring to the third figure, a flowchart of a call method 300 is illustrated according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to the first figure, the first server 120 having a first database 121 has a second The second server 130 of the database 131.

In step S310, the transit server 110 receives a call confirmation request REQ via the network. The call confirmation request REQ includes a second representative number, and the second representative number belongs to the second database 131. In one embodiment, the utterance confirmation request REQ can be transmitted from the first server 120. In another embodiment, the utterance confirmation requires that the REQ can transmit a self-talking terminal. The representative number is, for example, a phone number, an e-mail, a web address, or any information sufficient to identify the sender. Although the utterance 140 is connected to the transit server 110 via the first server 120 as an example, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the utterer 140 may be connected to the first server 120 via a plurality of first servers 120. The transit server 110 is connected to the transit server 110 via a first server 120, regardless of the number of first servers 120, and is within the scope of the present invention.

In still another embodiment, the utterance confirmation request REQ may further include a first representative number, wherein the first representative number belongs to the first database 121.

For example, please refer to the second figure, which illustrates a system architecture diagram of the call system 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the transit server 210, the first server 220, the second server 230, and the receiver terminal 250 are shown. Similar to the transit server 110, the first server 120, the second server 130, the second database 131, and the receiving end 150 in the first figure, details are not described herein again. Compared with the originating terminal 140 in the first figure, the first server 120 is required to communicate with the switching server 110. The calling terminal in the second figure can directly communicate with the switching server 210 without having to go through the first picture. The first server 120.

In step S320, the transfer server 110 determines whether the second representative number that the utterance confirmation request REQ wants to utter belongs to the second database 131. For example, since the first server 120 in the first figure processes the data in the first data format, the calling terminal 140 sends the call confirmation request REQ to the first server 120 in the first data format, and the call confirmation request is performed. The REQ includes, for example, a first representative number and a second representative number. If the second representative number also belongs to the first database 121, the first server 120 can directly transmit the call confirmation request REQ to the called end with the second representative number in the first data format.

If the second representative number does not belong to the first database 121, the first server 120 may transmit the call confirmation request REQ to the transfer server 110 in the manner of the first data format, transfer the server 110 and confirm according to the call. The REQ is required to determine that the second representative number to be uttered does not belong to the first database 121, but belongs to the second database 131, and the transfer server 110 can confirm the converted call request REQ by means of the second data format. Transfer to the second server.

In step S330, the transfer server 110 transmits the call confirmation request REQ to the second database 131. For example, if the transit server 110 determines that the second representative number does not belong to the first database 121, the transfer server 110 transmits the call confirmation request REQ to the second server 130. In one embodiment, the transit server 110 receives and converts the utterance confirmation request REQ into a second data format, and transmits the converted utterance confirmation request REQ to the second server 130.

In another embodiment, please refer to the fifth figure, which is a system architecture diagram of the communication system 500 according to another embodiment of the present invention, and its components are similar to the first and second figures, and details are not described herein again. The third server 560 can be a server processed and transmitted in a third data format, the third server 560 can receive and process the data transmitted in the third data format, and the third server 560 has a third database. 561. Compared with the first picture and the second figure, the calling terminal 540 in the fifth figure is directly connected to the switching server 510, and the acknowledgment request sent by the calling terminal 540 requires the REQ to be directly transmitted to the switching server 510. The acknowledgment request REQ may be transmitted in the first data format or in a data format identifiable by the other transfer server 510. The call confirmation request REQ includes at least the second representative number to be uttered, and after the transfer server 510 receives and determines that the second representative number belongs to the second database, in an embodiment, the temporary representative number can be dynamically assigned to correspond to this. The calling terminal 540, the temporary representative number is a representative number of the second server that belongs to the second representative number. The transit server 510 can convert the utterance confirmation request REQ to be transmitted to the second server in the second data format, wherein the converted utterance confirmation request REQ includes the temporary representative number.

In addition, when the receiving end 150 having the second representative number receives the acknowledgment request REQ transmitted in the second data format, replying to a reply message ACK transmitted in the second data format to the transfer server 110, the transfer servo The device 110 converts the reply message ACK into a first data format or a data format identifiable by other utterers 140, and transmits the converted reply message ACK to the utterance end 140; thus, the receiver terminal 150 can The calling terminal 140 having the first representative number communicates.

In still another embodiment, the call system shown in the present invention is applicable to three-party communication, for example, and the fifth figure is taken as an example for illustration. For example, the calling terminal 540 can communicate with the receiving end 550 via the second server 530 via the switching server 510. At the same time, the remaining communication devices can be connected via the first server 520 and/or the third server 560 via the first server 520 and/or the third server 560. The transfer server 510 joins the call to the call end 540 and the call end 550. In this way, the communication device connected to different servers that process data in different data formats can realize the function of communication and even multi-party communication by switching the server 510.

Referring to the fourth figure, a flowchart of a call method 400 is illustrated according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to the first and second figures, the first server 120 having a first database 121 is provided with A second server 130 of a second database 131.

In step S410, the calling terminal 140 downloads an application, and the application establishes communication between the calling terminal 140 and a switching server 110 via the network. For example, the application is, for example, a program downloaded from APP STORE or a program downloaded via the Internet. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is within the scope of the present invention to download an application to the calling terminal 140 by various means.

In step S420, the transit server 110 receives a call confirmation request REQ via the network, and the call confirmation request REQ includes a first representative number and a second representative number; wherein the first representative number belongs to the first database 121. The second representative number belongs to the second database 131.

In step S430, the forwarding server 110 determines whether the second representative number that the utterance confirmation request REQ wants to utter belongs to the second database 131.

In step S440, the transfer server 110 transmits the call confirmation request to the second server 130.

In an embodiment, the calling terminal 240 is further configured to determine whether the second representative number of the desired message does not belong to the first database 121. If the second representative number does not belong to the first database 121, the calling terminal 240 The call confirmation request REQ is transmitted to the transfer server 110.

In another embodiment, the calling terminal 140 transmits a call confirmation request REQ to the first server 120, wherein the first server 120 determines that the second representative number of the call confirmation request REQ is intended to belong to the second data. The library 131, the transfer server 110 transmits the call confirmation request REQ to the second server 130.

In still another embodiment, referring to the fifth figure, the calling terminal 540 transmits the call confirmation request REQ to the transfer server 510, and the transfer server 510 determines that the call confirmation confirms that the REQ is to be transmitted to the server, for example, The second representative number that is determined according to the utterance confirmation request REQ determines that the desired utterance belongs to the second database 531. In this embodiment, if the server to be transmitted is the second server 530, the transfer server 510 transmits the call confirmation request REQ to the second server 530.

In summary, since the call system and method disclosed in the present invention has a transfer server, even if the first and second servers process data in different data formats, the caller with the first representative number and The receiving end having the second representative number can still communicate, wherein the first and second representative numbers respectively belong to the first and second databases of the first and second servers. In this way, the user can be prevented from applying for a new account in order to accommodate the other party, and a user has many accounts, which causes inconvenience in management.

In view of the above, the present invention has been disclosed in a preferred embodiment, and is not intended to limit the present invention. A person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100, 200, 500. . . Call system

110, 210, 510. . . Transfer server

120, 220, 520. . . First server

121, 221, 521. . . First database

130, 230, 530. . . Second server

131, 231, 531. . . Second database

140, 240, 540. . . Speaker

150, 250, 550. . . Receiving end

560. . . Third server

561. . . Third database

S310~S330, S410~S440. . . Process step

The first figure is a system architecture diagram of a call system according to an embodiment of the invention.

The second figure is a system architecture diagram of a call system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a method of calling according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a method of calling according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The fifth figure is a system architecture diagram of a call system according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

100. . . Call system

110. . . Transfer server

120. . . First server

121. . . First database

130. . . Second server

131. . . Second database

140. . . Speaker

150. . . Receiving end

Claims (18)

A call system is applicable to a first server having a first database and a second server having a second database, comprising: a transit server, connecting the first and the first via a network a second server; wherein the transfer server receives a call confirmation request, the call confirmation request includes a second representative number, and the transfer server confirms that the second representative number to be uttered belongs to the The second database, the transfer server transmits the call confirmation request to the second server. The call system of claim 1, wherein the first server receives and determines that the second representative number of the desired utterance of the acknowledgment request does not belong to the first database, and the acknowledgment request is Transfer to the transfer server. The call system of claim 1, further comprising a call end, wherein the call end determines that the second representative number to be uttered does not belong to the first database, and transmits the call confirmation request to the transfer Connect to the server. The call system of claim 1, further comprising a call end, wherein the call end transmits the call confirmation request to the transfer server, and the transfer server determines that the call confirmation request is desired to be uttered The second representative number belongs to the second database, and the transfer server transmits the call confirmation request to the second server. The call system of claim 2, 3 or 4, further comprising a call end, the call end having the second representative number, wherein the call confirmation further comprises a first representative number, the first The representative number belongs to the first database, and the receiving end receives the utterance confirmation request and communicates with the utterer having the first representative number. The call system of claim 1, wherein the first server and the second server each process data in a first data format and a second data format, and the transit server receives and The call confirmation request is converted to the second data format, and the transfer server transmits the converted call confirmation request to the second server. The call system of claim 6, wherein the conversion server generates a temporary representative number, the temporary representative number is a representative number of the second server, and the converted call confirmation request further includes the Temporary representative number. The call system of claim 7, further comprising a call end, wherein the caller determines that the second representative number to be uttered does not belong to the first database, and sends the call confirmation request to the Transfer the server. The call system of claim 7, further comprising a call end, wherein the call end transmits the call confirmation request to the transfer server, and the transfer server determines that the call confirmation request is desired to be uttered The second representative number belongs to the second database, and the transfer server transmits the call confirmation request to the second server. The call system of claim 8 or claim 9, further comprising a receiving end having the second representative number, the receiving end receiving the converted utterance confirmation request and the conversion having the temporary representative number The server communicates, and the conversion server processes the message transmitted by the receiving end and transmits the message to the calling terminal. A call method is applied to a first server having a first database and a second server having a second database, comprising: receiving a call confirmation request via the network, the call confirmation request including a a second representative number; determining whether the second representative number of the utterance request to be uttered belongs to the second database; and transmitting the utterance confirmation request to the second server. The method of claim 11, wherein the first server and the second server each process data in a first data format and a second data format, the method further comprising: receiving and The utterance confirmation request is converted into the second data format; and the converted utterance confirmation request is transmitted to the second server. The method of claim 12, further comprising: generating a temporary representative number, wherein the temporary representative number is a representative number of the second server, wherein the converted call confirmation request further includes the temporary Representative number. The method for calling according to claim 13 further includes: converting the message transmitted in the second data format into the first data format; and transmitting the processed data to a call end. A calling method is applied to a first server having a first database and a second server having a second database, which is applicable to a calling terminal, including: downloading an application, and the application is Establishing communication between the utterance and a transit server; receiving an acknowledgment request via the network, the utterance confirmation request includes a second representative number, the second representative number belongs to the second database; determining the utterance confirmation Requiring whether the second representative number to be uttered belongs to the second database; and transmitting the utterance confirmation request to the second server. The method as claimed in claim 15 further comprising: determining whether the second representative number of the desired utterance does not belong to the first database; and transmitting the utterance confirmation request to the transfer server. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising: transmitting the utterance confirmation request to the first server, wherein the first server determines the second representative number of the utterance request to be uttered Belonging to the second database, the first server transmits the call confirmation request to the transfer server. The method of claim 16, further comprising: transmitting the acknowledgment request to the transfer server, wherein the transfer server determines the second representative number of the utterance request to be uttered Belonging to the second database, the transfer server transmits the call confirmation request to the transfer server.