TW563325B - Multi-party conferencing phone system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a multi-party conferencing phone system and method thereof. The system comprises a host coupled to a public network used to control operation of multi-party conferencing phone system and at least operation platform in which every platform is coupled to the host via a cable so as to achieve multi-party conference call by virtue of the host control. In addition, the invention also discloses a method for multi-party conferencing call.

Description

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The present invention relates to a multi-party conference telephone system and method, and more particularly, to a 'multi-party conference telephone system and method using a general exchange internal line or dedicated line with low equipment cost. Multi-party video conferencing is becoming more and more popular because it can save transportation time. However, the multi-party video conference system currently used in the market has the following disadvantages: (1) video phones need broadband dedicated lines; (2) equipment costs are huge, often millions or even 10 million; (3) multipoint conferences are not easy; and (4) When conducting a video conference, the conference personnel must gather near the camera. The conference scene seems quite crowded, which is a flaw in the United States.

In view of this, Shen Yanren has been engaged in product development and production and marketing for many years, and has devoted himself to research to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings. After repeated experiments, he has invented the "multi-party conference telephone system and method" of the present invention. It uses the quite popular personal exchange (PBX) or general public network, (PSTN) dedicated line to cooperate with a host to replace the conventional video conference, which requires high technology and wide data dedicated lines, in order to reduce the required hardware. Physical cost, = frequency ^ Aya has a unified operation method to easily control and maintain a multi-party conference. In order to further disclose the specific technical content of the present invention, firstly, please refer to the diagram of the figure ω, /? 1, of which, the schematic diagram of the telephone system of the multi-party conference g. Figure 2 is the host of the multi-party conference telephone system of the present invention Block diagram, figure 丄 is a block diagram of the telephone system of the multi-party conference of the present invention, and the fourth is a flowchart of the operation of the multi-party conference telephone system of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 ', which is a schematic structural diagram of a multi-party conference telephone system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the present invention is a multi-party conference system, which includes: a host 1; and at least one operation station 2. ° 糸

Page 4 563325 V. Description of the invention (2) Among them, the host 1 is coupled to a public network (PSTN) to control the operation of the multi-party conference telephone system. a tongue line or a data line; and at least one operation station 2, each operation station 2 is coupled to the host computer 1 through a cable 3, and the operation station 2 is controlled by the host computer 1 to achieve the purpose of multi-party communication. Please refer to FIG. 2, which shows a block diagram of the host of the multi-party conference telephone system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the host 1 of the present invention further includes: a public network interface 11 for providing the interconnection of various circuits when the telephone system of the multi-party conference is connected with the external lines L1, L2; Coupled to the outside line, generating a control signal when a ringing signal or a dial-out signal appears on the outside line; a transmission signal generator 13 is coupled to the public network interface 11 'for generating the multi-party conference A multi-frequency signal (DTMF) required by the telephone system;-a sound channel gate control loop 14 coupled to the public network interface 11 for controlling the speaking right of the multi-party conference telephone system; a central controller 1 5. Coupling to the transmission signal generator 丨 3 and the incoming signal detection circuit 1 2 ′ for receiving the control signal and the multi-frequency signal to generate corresponding actions; an operation console interface 16 is coupled to the sound The channel gate control circuit 14 and the remote central controller 15 are used to transmit and / or receive signals to the operation console 'and a power circuit 17 to provide the power required by the host 1. The transmission signal generator 13 further includes a DTMp generator 1 3 1 ′ which is connected to the public network interface 丨 and the central controller 丨 5 for receiving control signals from the central controller 丨 5 Generating the multi-frequency signal to the public network interface 1 1; a busy tone and response detection circuit 丨 32, which is coupled to the public network interface 1 1 ′ for detecting the busy tone of the external line L 丨, L 2 and Response; 563325 5. Invention description (3) and a DTMF receiver 1 3 3 are coupled to the public network interface 11 and the central controller 15 to receive the information sent by the public network interface 丨 丨The complex frequency signal is processed by the central controller 15. Please refer to FIG. 3, which shows a block diagram of an operation console of a multi-party conference telephone system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the operation console of the multi-party conference telephone system of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal (LCD) screen control and display 21 for displaying various usage information of the operation console 2, which further includes a liquid crystal (LCD) A display 211 and a liquid crystal display control circuit 212; a touch panel and control circuit 21 are located at a relative position above the liquid crystal screen control and display 21 to provide a touch operation, and further includes a touch panel 221 And-a touch panel control circuit 222, wherein the touch panel 221 is used to display the conference status using a graphic;-a sound output control circuit 23 is used to control :: two Vs inputs / outputs, which further includes- 231 and-microphone 2 32; —character font production spit # y Yue Bazeng, ^ a raw storage state 24 for storing and displaying 3: the font needed for curtain control and display 21; one use The state record benefit 25 is used to record the various use states of the console 2. The controller 26 is connected to the LCD screen control and display 21, the touch panel and control circuit 22, the sound output control circuit 23, The word = and the use / State recorder 25, used to control the related actions of the console 2, a host control interface 27, bismuth $ # + 山 2 to communicate with the host !; and-electric: return to the remote center using the central station 2 Required power. Take the road to provide the operation. The character font generation storage 24 further includes. ^ ^ _ M to generate the required font; enclose it. A wide-type team will live on the code and font. R Α Μ

Page 6 V. Description of Invention (4) 242 is used to store the generated glyphs. ^ The operating principle of the invention can be divided into three types: call in, call out, and online functions. The principle of call in is: Host 1 is connected to the public network or PBX switch by analog signal telephone lines at two points: LI and L2. : When the external signal is received at two points L1 and L2, the central controller 15 receives this information, and at the same time transmits the sound through the voice channel of the receiving and returning circuit gate control back to # via the operation: the console interface 16 to the console Microphone 231 and speaker 22 !: = Profit: -Touch panel ΓΛ Λ / on the touch panel control circuit 22 / / Touch panel 221 speaks to the caller; if the same. If there is a power call at the same time, then The angler will use the voice channel to return to the choice of touching the upper panel under the control to control the order of the conference. The principle of cal 1 out at 4 o'clock hurts the rabbit. A Shi Yuqi, then select the original storage from the touch panel 221 ~ the user in the power register 24 to dial, at this time: the font is generated The store starts dialing at the same time, and the display 21 takes the user's LI and L2 status, and it will be online until all users are connected. ':, The principle of the online function of the user is: at ::: conference . All the functions of the multi-party conference phone system are beneficial = 纟 Invented conference can be held, recalled, and combined at the same time? k panel operation, fixed speech, broadcast signal confirmation and other functions; together: in addition to the conference, please refer to Figure 4, which shows the multi-party cooperation of the present invention. Make a flow chart. As shown in the figure, the present invention ^ The operation of the telephone system on the eve of the moon, the operation of the telephone system 563325 5. Description of the invention (5) The working process includes the following steps: steps (100) and (101) turning on a host 1 and at least one console 2 power supply; step (102) test whether the host computer 1 is normal, if abnormal, display abnormal information step (103); step (104) at least one user in the at least one console 2 Click on the object of the multi-party conference and wait for the host 1 to answer 'At this time, a telephone ringing graphic appears on at least one console 2 of the station. Step (106); Step (105) The host 1 accepts these Signal from at least one console 2 and start to perform the actions of starting the line and dialing; Step (107) The host 1 detects the line status after dialing, and if it is busy, it will restart.

Dial, if it is dialed, wait for the other party to answer; step (108) returns the signal of the other party's response to the at least one console 2 and the host 1 enters a multi-party conference state step (110); and the at least one console 2 Change the phone ringing pattern of the corresponding circuit into the phone pick-up pattern, and make a sound to remind the at least one user 'and enter the multi-party conference state at the same time, in which the host 1 enters the multi-party collaborator /

At the same time, host 1 will further perform a judgment whether it is right

, ρ If there is a meeting, the object asks for a signal from the company. If there is, then at least — drop # A 豕 ^ the starting number, and at the same time send the exact object to the meeting. The request k has been accepted, and To achieve the purpose of two-way communication. Orally, it is necessary to enter the multi-party preparations in these at least one operation platform 2 (i (111), the at least one operation is 2 at the same time and said "the meaning of sadness steps is reserved, reserved to retrieve, new Add, clear, and connect; now, clear the speech, detect whether there is still a conference loop, etc. Find the signal sent by the two hosts, and then switch to maintain the mouth of the conference. Therefore, each mouthpiece and Order. ~ Steam her, can make Dugu have the following advantages: (1)-Ship Thunder household & Α is the phone system of the knife and the electric k line exchange of Shi Youxia money inside line and any kind

Page 8 563325 V. Description of the invention (6) Applicable to special lines; (2) Low equipment cost; (3) The chairman of the conference can grasp the conference on the display of console 2 at a glance; (4) The conference phone can be dialed directly To the seat or mobile phone of the participant; and (5) the participant does not need to increase the equipment cost by using the original telephone. The disclosure of the present invention is a preferred embodiment, and it is easy for people who are familiar with the technology to derive partial technical changes or modifications from the technical idea of the present invention without departing from the scope of patent rights of the present invention. To sum up, the present invention shows that it is very different from the conventional technical characteristics, and its first invention is practical, and it also meets the patent requirements of the invention. I ask your reviewing committee to make a clear observation and pray that the patent will be granted early. Deben 0

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The drawing is a brief description. The drawing illustrates a schematic diagram of the multi-party conference telephone system of the present invention. Fig. = A block diagram of the host system of the multi-party conference telephone system of the present invention. And ·% Figure 4 is the operation flow chart of the multi-party conference telephone system of the present invention. Figure number description: 11 incoming call detection circuit 12 DTMF generator 131 DTMF receiver 1 ^ central controller 5 16 power circuit 17 2 LCD screen control And display 2 211 LCD display control circuit 2 1 2 22 touch panel 221 222 sound output control circuit 23 231 mouth stab eight 232 24 font ROM 241 242 use status recorder 25 26 host control interface 27 28 cable 3 host 1 Public network interface transmission wheel signal generator J 3 Busy tone and response "(Zheng test circuit 132 sound channel gate control circuit 1 4 console interface console LCD panel touch panel and control circuit touch panel and control circuit microphone characters Font generation memory phone number and font RAM Central controller power circuit

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Claims (1)

563325 VI. Scope of patent application 1. At least one machine of a main telephone system, by means of which. 2. As in Shentong, one of the public-external line is connected with a call signal or a dial-up transmission. The multi-party party will use a voice to control the central test circuit and use the action; to operate the central controller and the power circuit. To provide the power required by the host. 3. The multi-party conference call as described in item 2 of the scope of patent application is a multi-party conference telephone system, which includes: ^ connected to a public network to control the operation of the multi-party conference; and ^: each operation The station is coupled to the host's control via a cable to enable the consoles to achieve the purpose of multi-party calls ^ The multi-party conference call described in item 1 of the scope of interest further includes: a network interface, for use The connection between the telephone system for multi-party conferences and various circuits of k; the detection circuit, # is connected to the outside line, and a control signal is generated when the outside line appears a vibrating ^ sign; a signal generator is coupled to the public Network interface, used to produce a multi-frequency signal required by the telephone system; the channel gate control circuit is coupled to the public network interface, and the party has a say in the δ meaning of the electrical activity system; the controller, coupled To the transmission signal generator and the incoming signal detection to receive the control signal and the complex frequency signal to generate a corresponding station interface, coupled to the sound channel gate control loop and the, for transmitting and / or receiving signals The console; and Page 11 563325 6. The scope of patent application, wherein the transmission signal generator further includes: a DTMF generator, coupled to the public network interface and the central controller, for receiving the control generated by the central controller The multi-frequency signal is connected to the public network interface; a DTMF receiver is coupled to the public network interface and the central controller to receive the multi-frequency signal sent from the public network interface to the central control Device processing; and a busy tone and response detection circuit, coupled to the public network interface, for detecting the busy tone and response of the outside line. 4. The multi-party conference telephone system according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the operation console further includes: an LCD screen control and display for displaying various usage information of the operation console; a touch panel and control The circuit is located at the relative position above the LCD screen control and display to provide a touch-sensitive operation; a sound output control circuit is used to control the input / output of a sound signal; a character font generation memory is used to To store and display the fonts needed for the LCD screen control and display; a usage status recorder to record various usage states of the console; a central controller coupled to the LCD screen control and display, the A touch panel and a control circuit, the sound output control circuit, the character font generation memory, and the use status recorder, which are used to control the phase of the operation table Page 12 563325 VI. Scope of patent application Close action; a host control interface coupled to the central controller to communicate with the host; and a power circuit to provide the power required by the console. 5. The multi-party conference telephone system according to item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the LCD screen control and display further includes a liquid crystal display and a liquid crystal display control loop. 6. The multi-party conference telephone system according to item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the touch panel and control circuit further include a touch panel and a touch panel control circuit. 7. The telephone system for a multi-party conference as described in item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the touch panel displays the conference status using graphics. 8. The telephone system for a multi-party conference as described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the character font generating memory further includes: a font ROM; and a telephone number and font R A M. 9. The multi-party conference telephone system as described in item 4 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the sound output control loop further includes a microphone and a mouthpiece 8010. A method for operating a multi-party conference telephone, including the following steps: Turn on the power of a host and at least one console; test whether the host is normal, and display abnormal information if it is abnormal; at least one user clicks on the object of the multi-party conference on the at least one console and waits for the host to respond. Appears on at least one console Page 13