WO2006125388A1

WO2006125388A1 - Number binding method and calling method and system of employing the binding method

Info

Publication number: WO2006125388A1
Application number: PCT/CN2006/001076
Authority: WO
Inventors: Min Zhang
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Priority date: 2005-05-23
Filing date: 2006-05-23
Publication date: 2006-11-30
Also published as: CN1863250A

Abstract

A number binding method and calling method and system of employing the binding method based on Wireless Local Loop(WLL) system. The said WLL system comprises call control module and user management module. The said number binding method comprises: 1) the user management module provides binding number for user; 2) the call control module and the user management module relate the plural of user numbers of user to the binding number, respectively. The present invention provides convenient call service of called multi-user number, also saves user calling charge (e.g. reduce possibility of roaming or mobile call) by setting priority while user can be found out timely. The present invention increases benefit of provider by the adding service while provides perfect service to user.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention generally relates to a number binding technology in a network communication technology, and more particularly to a method for binding multiple numbers of a user to a special one according to user needs. A method on the number to facilitate contact between others and the user. The present invention also relates to a method and system for making a call using the method of number binding.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A Wireless Local Loop (LL) system is a solution for wireless access to a fixed network. Usually, the system can provide voice services, fax services, high-speed packet services, and short message services. Figure 1 is a diagram showing the composition and working principle of a conventional WLL system. As shown in FIG. 1, the WLL system 100 generally includes, but is not limited to: a call control module 110 for performing processing of signaling when a user accesses a system; a user management module 120 that is responsible for management of user data, such as a service Permission information, location information, user status information (shutdown, in-call, idle, etc.), etc.; a short message module 130 for implementing a short message transceiving function; and an OMC (Operator & Maintenance Center) 140 for use Maintain the operation of the system.

However, in practice, a more intelligent approach is needed to allow users to bind their own account number to a special number according to their own wishes, so that others can contact themselves. This demand has not yet been implemented in the WLL system.

Summary of the invention

The present invention provides a number binding method, which enables a user to bind some predetermined numbers of users to a special number according to their own needs to facilitate others to contact the user.

The present invention also provides a call method and system using the above number binding.

The present invention is based on call forwarding binding services, but it provides a more intelligent method, which gives each user a virtual user identity number, a user can have multiple mobile phones (numbers) or fixed numbers, and the system can also be based on mobile phones. And the location and status of the fixed station (such as whether the user is turned off, roaming, call status, etc.) and the user priority setting to select the called number And objects, and can give prompt information through short messages.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a number binding method based on a wireless local loop WLL system, the WLL system includes a call control module and a user management module; and the method includes:

1) the user management module provides a binding number for the user;

2) The call control module and the user management module respectively associate a plurality of user numbers of the user to the binding number.

In the step 1), the user management module provides the user with the binding number after the user selects the number binding service; and associates the binding number with the user.

The step 2) further includes:

2-1) before the association, receiving a request and a policy of binding the plurality of user numbers to the binding number;

2-2) After the association, the call control module stores information related to the association in the user management module.

In the step 2-1), the process of receiving the request and the policy that the multiple user numbers are bound to the binding number is performed by the user playing the supplementary service code.

The supplementary service code is defined by an operator.

Wherein, in the step 2-2), the information is stored in a number binding list in the user management module.

The information includes priority information of multiple user numbers.

The step 2) includes: after receiving the request of the user, the call control module queries the user information in the account opening subscription information of the user management module, and implements association between the user number and the binding number according to the user information.

Another aspect of the present invention, a call method based on a wireless local loop system,

The WLL system includes a call control module and a user management module; the method includes:

Γ) binding the plurality of user numbers of the user to the binding number provided for the user; 2)) when calling the binding number, the call control module is managed by the user The module queries information about the plurality of user numbers;

3') The call control module implements a call to the user based on the plurality of subscriber numbers queried in step 2').

The step Γ ) includes:

11,) the user management module provides a binding number for the user;

12) The call control module and the user management module respectively associate a plurality of user numbers of the user to the binding number.

In the step 11, the user management module provides the user with the binding number after the user selects the number binding service, and associates the binding number with the user.

The step 12, ) further includes:

12-1') before the association, setting requirements and policies for binding the plurality of user numbers to the binding number;

12-2') After the association, the call control module stores information associated with the binding number and the binding of the plurality of user numbers in the user management module.

In the step 12-1, the step of setting the requirement and the policy that the multiple user numbers are bound to the binding number is performed by the user playing the supplementary service code.

The step 3) further includes: the step of the call control module sorting the plurality of user numbers according to the priority information of the multiple user numbers.

Wherein, in the step 3,), if one of the plurality of subscriber numbers is dialed, the call to the other numbers of the plurality of subscriber numbers is stopped.

The method further includes: querying the binding information of the binding number and the multiple user numbers, and / wherein, the step 2, further comprises: the calling control module searches for the status of the user number.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a wireless local loop system includes a number association unit and a user management module;

The user management module is configured to provide a binding number for the user; The number association unit is configured to query the binding number corresponding to the user in the user management module after receiving the request of the user, and implement association between the user number and the binding number.

The number association unit is disposed in a call control module of the system.

The call control module further includes a user number querying and calling unit, configured to query, by the user management module, the information of the plurality of user numbers when calling the binding number; The plurality of subscriber numbers are described to implement a call to the subscriber.

Since the present invention provides the user with the binding number and realizes the association between the multiple user numbers and the binding number, the user can be provided with a convenient called multi-user number calling service.

In addition, since the present invention intelligently selects the called number and the object according to the position and state of the mobile phone and the fixed station and the setting of the user priority, it is saved by the priority setting while facilitating the user to be found in time. User's call charge (reducing the possibility of roaming or mobile calls). In addition, through this supplementary service, it can improve the efficiency of operators while providing users with better services.

The above described objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of the appended claims. In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the composition and working principle of a conventional WLL system;

2 is a flow chart of number binding service registration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of call control in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flow chart of query binding according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of delete binding according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flow chart of modifying a password in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a WLL system includes a call control module and a user management module, wherein the user management module includes an account opening subscription information, a binding number list, and a user status database. The account opening information is used to store information associated with the user binding number, and the binding number list is used to store specific information of the user binding number, and the user status database is used to store all kinds of information of the user. The account opening information includes: user ID, user number (binding number) Code), security information (password, etc.), associated user number and priority (up to 5), etc.; The list of binding numbers includes: user number, priority.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the service code is first supplemented, i.e., a batch of supplementary service code words needs to be defined first. Among them, the codeword can be defined by the operator, for example:

* 11* Binding number #Priority # : Indicates that the calling user is bound to the binding number and the priority is assigned;

*22*Binding number# : Indicates to cancel the binding of the calling user to the binding number; *33* Binding number #: Indicates to query all binding numbers of the binding number;

*44*Binding number #: Indicates the password used to manage the binding number;

*55*Binding number# : Indicates the binding of the calling number in the binding number. Here, the above-defined codewords are merely a software-implemented manner in which embodiments of the present invention are exemplified. One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that there are other codeword implementations.

The user notifies the WLL system of the call binding requirements and policies by dialing the above predefined codewords. The WLL system processes the call binding requirements and policies according to the user. For example, the user can add and subtract or modify his own virtual user identity number (i.e., the processing is done by the user management module and the call control module.

When the user (for example, user A) opens an account, it is selected according to the user's needs whether or not to activate the supplementary service. The user management module in the WLL system uniformly manages the attribute. If the number binding service is selected, the user will be given a special binding number and an initial password for managing the binding number, and the first initial binding. For example, "The user management module in the WLL system provides the special number X for user A, and the first number of user A is initially bound to X, that is, A and X have associations, and other numbers can be added later. It will be recognized by those skilled in the art that the user A referred to herein is a logical user entity and can correspond to the special number X. The user indicated by the user A can have multiple fixed or mobile numbers, respectively. Correspond to a phone or mobile phone.

The user then performs supplementary service registration processing. Figure 2 is a flow chart showing the supplementary service registration of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, first, the user (for example, user A) broadcasts the supplementary service code, that is, dials the above service codeword defined by the operator, and binds the call request and policy. Notifying the WLL system (step S201), after receiving the supplementary service code broadcasted by the user, the call control module of the WLL system queries the user's information through the account opening subscription information that is included in the user management module and is established when the user opens the account ( Step S202), and prompting the user to input a password for verification, where the password refers to the initial password of the management binding number or the modified password provided by the user management module of the WLL system when the user A opens the account for supplementary service (step S203), if the user passes the password verification in step S203, the call control module stores the number binding information in the binding number list in the user management module (ie, stores the control information in the user management module), and checks The number of numbers that can be bound at most is preferably five in the preferred embodiment of the present invention (step S204), after which the user is prompted to operate successfully by voice (step S206), otherwise, the voice is utilized. The user password is prompted to be incorrect (step S205). For example, in the above operation, the user A binds his office number 丫, home number Z to the number X by inputting the supplementary service code word, and sets the bound number Y to the highest priority. Specifically, the user inputs "*11*Y 30 # 1 #,,," *11*Ζ # 2 #, where the number 1 indicates that the number 最高 has the highest priority, and the number 2 indicates Ζ is the second priority. , and so on, you can enter no more than 5 other supplementary service code words. If the number of input exceeds 5, the system will reject more than 5 parts and reject the message by short message prompt. The WLL system saves this information in the list of binding numbers in the User Management Module.

A call control flow diagram in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. The call control flow of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 3, the user Β calls the user Α bound number, that is, the user B broadcasts the number X (step s301). The call control module of the WLL system queries the binding number information and the priority information of the user A by using the matching search method through the binding number list in the user management module (step s302). The call control module checks the number status, such as: whether the power on, roaming, call status, etc. are searched in the binding number list in turn, and skips the inactivated (ie, powered off) user binding number (step s303). Then, the call control module determines whether the binding number list is empty. If the result of the determination is empty, the voice prompting the call fails (steps s304, s310). If the result of the determination is non-empty, the call control module follows the above. The priority of the search result sorts the user binding number, that is, the above number Y 15 is placed in front of the number Z, and the sorted result is guaranteed. There is a user control module (steps s304, s305). Next, the call control module initiates a call to the highest priority number according to the priority of the binding number of the user A, that is, initiates a call to the number Y (step s306). If there is a response to the call of the highest priority number Y, the call is started, and the call to the other number is stopped (step s307, step s309). If there is no answer, the call control module according to the user B's 20 binding number Priority, the call is initiated to the next priority number Z (step s308), and if the call is not answered, step s308 is repeated. If the call to all of the user A's binding numbers is not answered, the call fails (step s310). Here, each time a call is initiated, a certain voice prompt is made so that the calling user does not hang up for time reasons. The number binding method of the wireless local loop system according to the present invention also supports the functions of query binding, deleting a binding number, and modifying a binding number password. These features are described separately below.

4 is a flow chart of query binding according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the user A queries his or her number binding service code by making a call, that is, the user broadcasts the code word "*33*X#" (step s401). WLL system by call control module subscription account of the user information management module to query the user information (Step s ⁴ 0 ²⁾ includes a user name, a user password and user number, etc. to bind, and prompts the user for a password ^30, i.e., the user input management The initial password of the binding number of A or the modified password of the user, the user inputs the password, and after three errors, it indicates that the user A is illegal, and the process ends (step s403, step 405). If the password is correct, the user management module extracts the corresponding information of the binding number of the user A in the user state database, that is, extracts the information of the numbers Y and Z, and broadcasts the binding numbers by voice (step s404, step s406).

Figure 5 is a flow diagram of a delete binding in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the user A deletes his or her number binding service code by making a call, that is, the user A broadcasts "*55*Y#" (step s501). The call control module of the WLL queries the user information through the account opening subscription information of the user management module (step s502), and prompts the user A to input a password, that is, inputs an initial password for managing the binding number of the user A or a modified password of the user, and the user A inputs The password, after three errors, indicates that user A is illegal, and the process ends (step s503, step 505). If the password is correct, the user management module deletes the corresponding information of the binding number of the user A in the user state database, that is, the binding of the number Y is deleted, and the number is bound by the voice broadcast (step s504, Step s506).

Figure 6 is a flow chart of a modified password in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, user A modifies his or her number binding password service code by dialing a call, that is, user A broadcasts "*44*X 15 #,, (step s601). The call control module of WLL passes The account management information of the user management module queries the user information (step s602), and prompts the user A to input the password, that is, enters the initial password of the binding number of the management user A, and the user A enters the password. After three errors, the user A is illegal, the process The process ends (step s603, step 605). If the password is correct, the user management module modifies the password of the binding number X in the user state database, and the voice broadcast operation succeeds (step s604, step s606).

Accordingly, the present invention also provides an improved wireless local loop system, including a number association unit and a user management module;

The user management module is configured to provide a binding number for the user;

The number association unit is configured to query a binding number corresponding to the user in the user management module after receiving the request of the user, and implement association between the user number and the binding number.

In one embodiment of the invention, the number association unit is disposed in a call control module of the system.

In addition, the call control module may further include a user number querying and calling unit, configured to query, by the user management module, the information of the multiple user numbers when the binding number is called; The plurality of subscriber numbers implement a call to the user.

Although the above description of the invention has been made with reference to the specific embodiments thereof, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible within the scope and spirit of the invention, and It is intended to be within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

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A number binding method based on a wireless local loop WLL system, the WLL system includes a call control module and a user management module, and the method includes:

1) the user management module provides a binding number for the user;

The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step 1), the binding number is associated with the user.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the step 2) further comprises:

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein in the step 2-1), the process of receiving the request and policy of binding the plurality of user numbers to the binding number is The user broadcasts the supplementary service code to complete.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the supplementary service code is defined by an operator.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein in the step 2-2), the information is stored in a number binding list in the user management module.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the information comprises priority information for a plurality of subscriber numbers.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the step 2) comprises: after receiving the request of the user, querying, by the call control module, the user information in the account opening subscription information of the user management module, according to the user The information implements the association between the user number and the binding number.

A call method based on a wireless local loop system, the WLL system includes a call control module and a user management module, and the method includes:

Γ) binding the plurality of user numbers of the user to the binding number provided for the user; 2)) when calling the binding number, the call control module queries the multiple by the user management module Information of user numbers;

3') The call control module implements a call to the user based on the plurality of subscriber number information queried in step 2, .

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step 1') comprises: 11.) the user management module provides a binding number for the user;

12') The call control module and the user management module respectively associate a plurality of user numbers of the user to the binding number.

The method according to claim 10, wherein, in the step 11, a, the user management module provides the user with the binding number after the user selects a number binding service; The binding number is associated with the user.

The method of claim 10, wherein the step 12, further comprises:

12-2,) After the association, the call control module stores information associated with the binding number and the binding of the plurality of user numbers in the user management module.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein in the step 12-Γ), the step of setting the requirement and policy of binding the plurality of user numbers to the binding number is by the The user broadcasts the supplementary service code to complete.

The method according to claim 9, wherein the step 3, further comprising: the call control module sorting the plurality of user numbers according to priority information of the plurality of user numbers step.

The method according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein in the step 3, if the one of the plurality of subscriber numbers is dialed, the A call to another number of multiple subscriber numbers.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising querying binding information of the binding number and the plurality of user numbers, and/or deleting the multiple user numbers and the binding The processing steps for number binding.

The method according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein the step 2') further comprises: the call control module performing a search according to the status of the user number.

18. A wireless local loop system comprising a user management module and a number association unit; wherein:

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the number association unit is disposed in a call control module of the system.

The system of claim 19, wherein the call control module further comprises a user number query and call unit, configured to query the plurality of user management modules by the user management module when calling the binding number Information of the subscriber number; the call to the subscriber is implemented according to the plurality of subscriber numbers that are queried.