JP2002094700A - Telephone communication system, control system, telephone, and telephone communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone communication system, a control system, telephones, and a telephone communication method, where an advertisement is effectively made by the use of the telephones. SOLUTION: A portable telephone 12 is equipped with a storage 46 which stores advertisement voice information, a receiver 46 which receives call signals, a ringing tone output part 48 which outputs a ringing tone on the basis of the advertisement voice information when call signals are received, and a notification part 52 which notifies that call signals are outputted on the basis of the advertisement voice information. A control system 14 is equipped with a call signal transmitter 74 which transmits call signals, a notification receiver 80 which receives a notification that call signals are outputted on the basis of the advertisement voice information, and a restoration processing part 100 which returns a pecuniary value to the user of the portable telephone 12 on the basis of the notification.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone communication system, a management system, a telephone, and a telephone communication method for outputting a ringing tone when a calling signal is received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, mobile phones, PHS (Personal Han)
In the case of a telephone such as a dyphone system telephone, a ringing tone is output when a calling signal addressed to the telephone is received, so that voice information is downloaded from a server that provides audio information of the ringing tone to be used and set as the ringing tone. You can use it as your favorite ringtone.

[0003]

At present, wired telephones,
A considerable number of telephones such as a mobile telephone and a PHS telephone have become widespread, and attention has been paid to using these telephones for advertisement. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone communication system, a management system, a telephone, and a telephone communication system that can effectively perform advertisement using a telephone. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous embodiments of the present invention.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention focuses on using a ring tone of a telephone as an advertisement, and relates to a first embodiment of the present invention. The telephone communication system is a telephone communication system including a telephone and a management system that manages communication with the telephone, wherein the telephone stores a storage unit that stores advertisement voice information related to an advertisement and a reception unit that receives a call signal addressed to itself. A ring tone output unit that outputs a ring tone based on the advertisement voice information when a call signal is received, and an output notification unit that notifies that a ring tone has been output based on the advertisement voice information. The management system includes a calling signal transmitting unit that transmits a calling signal to the telephone, a notification receiving unit that receives a notification that a ringing tone has been output from the telephone based on the advertising voice information, and a call based on the advertising voice information. Based on the notification of the output the sound, reduction treatment to reduce the monetary value to the user of the telephone set,
Or, a monetary processing unit that performs at least one of charging processing for imposing a monetary value on the client of the advertisement.

[0005] The telephone further includes a voice information requesting unit for requesting the advertising voice information, a voice information receiving unit for receiving the advertising voice information, and a voice information registering unit for registering the received advertising voice information in the storage unit. The management system further includes a voice information storage unit that stores the advertisement voice information, and a voice information transmission unit that extracts and transmits the advertisement voice information from the voice information storage unit based on the request for the advertisement voice information. You may do so.

[0006] A management system according to a second aspect of the present invention is a management system for managing communication with a telephone, which is based on a call signal transmission unit for transmitting a call signal to the telephone, and on the basis of advertisement voice information on advertisement from the telephone. A notification receiving unit that receives a notification that a ringing tone has been output, and a return process of returning a monetary value to the user of the telephone based on the notification that the ringing tone has been output based on the advertising voice information, or A monetary processing unit that performs at least one of charging processing for imposing a monetary value on the client of the advertisement. The apparatus may further include a calling time detecting unit that detects a calling time at which the telephone outputs a ringing sound based on the advertisement voice information, and the money processing unit may determine a monetary value based on the calling time.

[0007] The telephone is portable and can be used, and further has a position detecting unit for detecting the position of the telephone. The money processing unit determines a monetary value based on the position of the telephone at the time of outputting the ringing tone. It may be determined. Further, the notification receiving unit may receive information for specifying the advertisement voice information used for the ringing tone, and the money processing unit may determine a monetary value based on the information. The system may further include a response detection unit that detects whether or not the user of the telephone has accepted the call, and the money processing unit may reduce or impose a monetary value only when the call is accepted. In addition, the apparatus further includes a time zone detecting unit that detects a time zone in which the ringing tone of the telephone is output, and the money processing unit returns or imposes a monetary value based on the time zone in which the ringing tone is output. Is also good.

A telephone according to a third embodiment of the present invention is a telephone that outputs a ringing tone when receiving a calling signal addressed to the self, a storage unit for storing advertising voice information related to an advertisement, and a telephone for the self. A receiving unit that receives a calling signal, a ringing sound output unit that outputs a ringing sound based on the advertising voice information when the calling signal is received, and a predetermined notification that a ringing tone has been output based on the advertising voice information And an output notifying unit for notifying first. The output notifying unit may notify information for specifying the advertising voice information used for the ring tone.

A telephone communication system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a telephone communication system having a telephone and a management system for managing communication with the telephone, wherein the management system includes a call for an advertisement to be output to the telephone. A specific information transmitting unit that transmits specific information specifying a sound to the telephone, and a call signal transmitting unit that transmits a calling signal to the telephone, the telephone has a specific information receiving unit that receives the specific information,
A receiving unit that receives a calling signal, and a ringing sound output unit that outputs a ringing sound related to the advertisement specified by the specific information when the calling signal is received, and the management system outputs the specific information and the calling signal. It is characterized by further comprising a money processing unit that performs at least one of a return process of returning a monetary value to a user of the transmitted telephone and a charging process of imposing a monetary value on a client of the advertisement. Here, the information for specifying the ringing tone related to the advertisement in the present specification may be, for example, voice information used when outputting a ringing tone related to the advertisement, or voice information used when outputting the ringing sound. May be the information for identifying.

[0010] A management system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a management system for managing communication with a telephone, which transmits specific information for specifying a ringing tone relating to an advertisement to be output to the telephone to the telephone. Unit, a call signal transmitting unit for transmitting a call signal to the telephone, a return process for returning the monetary value to the user of the telephone that transmitted the specific information and the call signal, or imposing a monetary value on the client of the advertisement. And a money processing unit that performs at least one of the charging processes. The telephone may further include a ringing time detecting unit that detects a ringing time at which the telephone outputs a ringing sound related to the advertisement, and the money processing unit may determine a monetary value based on the ringing time.

The telephone is portable and usable, and further has a position detecting unit for detecting the position of the telephone. The money processing unit determines a monetary value based on the position of the telephone at the time of outputting the ringing tone. You may make it. Money processing department,
The monetary value may be determined based on the specific information. The system may further include a response detection unit that detects whether or not the user of the telephone has accepted the call, and the money processing unit may reduce or impose a monetary value only when the call is accepted. In addition, the apparatus further includes a time zone detecting unit that detects a time zone in which the ringing tone of the telephone is output, and the money processing unit returns or imposes a monetary value based on the time zone in which the ringing tone is output. Is also good.

A telephone according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is a telephone that outputs a ringing tone when receiving a calling signal addressed to itself, and receives specific information for specifying a ringing tone related to an advertisement to be output. It has a specific information receiving unit, a receiving unit that receives a calling signal, and a ringing sound output unit that outputs a ringing sound related to the advertisement specified by the specific information when the calling signal is received.

[0013] The apparatus further includes a user voice information storage unit for storing voice information for outputting a ring tone set by a user in advance, wherein the ring tone output unit includes a ring tone based on the voice information;
A ringing tone may be output in combination with a ringing tone related to the advertisement specified by the specific information. When outputting a ringing tone related to an advertisement, a vibration generating unit that generates vibration may be further provided.

A telephone communication method according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is a telephone communication method for performing communication with a telephone,
A storage step of storing advertisement voice information related to the advertisement in the telephone, a call signal transmission step of transmitting a call signal to the telephone, a reception step of receiving the call signal addressed to the telephone, and a step of receiving the call signal when the telephone receives the call signal. A ring tone output step for outputting a ring tone based on the voice information; an output notification step for notifying that the ring tone has been output based on the advertisement voice information; and a notification that the ring tone has been output from the telephone based on the advertisement voice information. A notification receiving step of receiving a notification of
At least one of a return process of returning a monetary value to a telephone user or a charging process of imposing a monetary value on an advertisement requester based on a notification that a ringing tone based on the advertisement voice information has been output. And performing a money processing step.

A telephone communication method according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is a telephone communication method for performing communication with a telephone,
A specific information transmitting step of transmitting specific information specifying a ringing tone relating to an advertisement to a telephone, a specific information receiving step of receiving specific information, a paging signal transmitting step of transmitting a paging signal to the telephone, and receiving of a paging signal Step, a ringing tone output step of outputting a ringing tone related to the advertisement specified by the specific information when a calling signal is received, and a reduction of returning a monetary value to the user of the telephone that transmitted the specific information and the calling signal And a monetary processing step of performing at least one of processing and charging processing for imposing a monetary value on the client of the advertisement. Note that the above summary of the present invention does not list all of the necessary features of the present invention, and a sub-combination of these features may also be an invention.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the present invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and are described in the embodiments. Not all combinations of features are essential to the solution of the invention. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the telephone communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The telephone communication system 10 includes a mobile phone 12 as an example of a telephone.
And a management system 14 that manages communication between the mobile phone 12 and another phone, and a terminal 22 of an advertisement requester. The management system 14 includes a base station device 16 and a processing server 20. Base station device 16 and treatment server 20
Are connected via the Internet 18 as an example of a network. A terminal 22 is further connected to the Internet 18.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone 12 has an antenna 30
, A page communication unit 32, a page processing unit 34, a display unit 36, a voice information requesting unit 38, and a voice information receiving unit 40.
, An audio information registration unit 42, a storage unit 44, and a reception unit 46
A ringing tone output unit 48, a receiving unit 50, a notifying unit 52 as an example of an output notifying unit, a setting unit 54, and a communication unit 56.
, A voice input unit 58, a voice input terminal 60, and a microphone 6
2 and a call output unit 64.

The antenna 30 transmits and receives radio waves.
The display unit 36 displays various information, for example, a page.
The page communication unit 32 receives a page. Further, the page communication unit 32 transmits various types of information obtained by processing the page. When the page processing unit 34 receives the page display request, the page communication unit 32 transmits the page display request. The page processing unit 34 displays the page received by the page communication unit 32 on the display unit 36. The page processing unit 34 performs a process based on the input information when an input is made for a page. For example, when there is a request to transmit audio information, the page processing unit 34 notifies the audio information requesting unit 38 of the request.

The storage section 44 stores voice information to be output as a ring tone. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 44
Stores voice information prepared in advance, voice information acquired from the processing server 20, and voice information input from a microphone or a voice input terminal. Further, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 44 stores audio information relating to the advertisement (advertisement audio information),
The identification information (ring tone ID) of the ring tone output based on the advertisement voice information is stored in association with the information.

The audio information requesting section 38 includes a page processing section 34
Transmits a request to transmit the corresponding audio information to the processing server 20 based on the request notified from the server. The audio information receiving unit 40 receives the advertisement audio information transmitted from the processing server 20. In this embodiment, the voice information receiving unit 40 receives the advertisement voice information and the ringtone ID. The audio information registration unit 42 registers the advertisement audio information received by the audio information receiving unit 40 in the storage unit 44. In the present embodiment, the advertisement voice information and the ringtone ID are registered in the storage unit 44 in association with each other.

Receiving section 46 receives a paging signal addressed to itself from base station apparatus 16. When the receiving unit 46 receives a calling signal addressed to itself, the ringing sound output unit 48 extracts predetermined voice information from the storage unit 44 and outputs a ringing sound based on the voice information. Ring output section 48
When a setting is made to use the advertising voice information as a ringing tone, when receiving a calling signal addressed to itself, the device outputs a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information, and sends the advertising voice information to the notification unit 52. To notify that a ringing tone has been output based on.
In the present embodiment, the notification unit 52 notifies the user that a ringing tone has been output based on the advertising voice information by transmitting the ringing tone ID associated with the advertising voice information.

The receiving unit 50 receives various information inputs from the user. For example, the receiving unit 50 receives a page transmission request and notifies the page processing unit 34. The receiving unit 50 receives an input for a page. For example,
For the page from which the advertisement audio information is to be obtained, a search condition for audio information, a request for transmission of audio information, and the like are received and the page processing unit 34 is notified. In addition, when outputting the ringing tone, the receiving unit 50 receives a user response to the call and notifies the notifying unit 52 of the response. Further, the receiving unit 50 receives a setting instruction of voice information to be output as a ringing tone and notifies the setting unit 54 of the instruction.

When the notification unit 52 receives from the ring tone output unit 48 that a ring tone has been output based on the advertising voice information, the notification unit 52 notifies the base station device 16 of the content. In the present embodiment, the notification unit 52 transmits the ring tone ID of the used advertisement voice information to notify that the ring tone has been output based on the advertisement voice information. When receiving a notification from the accepting unit 50 that a response to the call has been received, the notifying unit 52 notifies the base station device 16 that the response to the call has been received. The setting unit 54 includes a reception unit 50
The ringing tone output by the ringing tone output unit 48 is set based on the setting instruction accepted by the user.

The communication unit 56 transmits and receives voice information related to a call. The audio input terminal 60 inputs an audio signal from an external device. The microphone 62 inputs an external sound. The voice input unit 58 stores the voice information input from the voice input terminal 60 in the storage unit 44 when registering the voice information of the ringtone. The voice input unit 58 is connected to the microphone 6
2 is converted into voice information and stored in the storage unit 44.
To be stored. Further, during a call, the voice input unit 58 passes the voice input from the microphone 62 to the communication unit 56 as voice information. The call output unit 64 outputs voice information received by the communication unit 56 during a call as voice.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the base station apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The base station device 16 includes the antenna 7
0, a communication management unit 72, a call signal transmission unit 74, a response detection unit 76, a call time detection unit 78, and a notification reception unit 80
, A position detection unit 82, a registration processing unit 64, a storage unit 86
, The information communication unit 88 for return, and the Internet relay unit 9
Has zero.

The antenna 70 transmits and receives radio waves.
When receiving the call instruction for the mobile phone from the public line or the like, the communication management unit 72 notifies the call signal transmission unit 74 that the call instruction for the mobile phone has been received. The communication management unit 7
2 connects the communication path between the telephone that has requested the call and the mobile phone 12 that has responded to the call when the notification that the response to the call has been obtained is received from the response detection unit 76. Enable calls. Paging signal transmission section 7
When receiving a notification indicating that the call instruction of the mobile phone 12 has been received, 4 transmits a call signal to the corresponding mobile phone 12 and notifies the call time detection unit 78 that the call signal has been transmitted. The response detection unit 76 detects a notification that the mobile phone 12 responds to the call, and notifies the communication management unit 72 and the call time detection unit 78 that the notification is detected.

The ringing time detecting section 78 detects the time (ringing time) when the ringing tone is output from the mobile phone 12. In the present embodiment, the call time detecting unit 78 detects the time from receiving the notification that the call signal has been transmitted until receiving the notification that the call is answered, as the call time. The notification receiving unit 80 receives a notification from the mobile phone 12 that a ringtone has been output based on the advertising voice information. In this embodiment,
The notification receiving unit 80 receives the ringing tone ID associated with the advertising voice information as a notification that a ringing tone has been output based on the advertising voice information. The position detection unit 82 is a mobile phone 1
2 is detected. For example, the position of the mobile phone 12 is
It can be detected based on the strength of the radio wave received from the mobile phone 12 or the like. In the present embodiment, the position detection unit 82 detects an area to which the position of the mobile phone belongs.

The registration processing unit 84 registers the situation in which the portable telephone 12 outputs the ringing tone based on the advertising voice information in the call situation management table stored in the storage unit 86.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the call status management table according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The call status management table is a mobile phone identification number for identifying a mobile phone, for example,
A mobile phone ID column 130 for storing a mobile phone number; a ring tone ID column 132 for storing a ring tone ID for identifying a ring tone generated by a mobile phone identified by the mobile phone number stored in the mobile phone ID column; , A ringing time column 134 for storing the ringing time at which the ringing tone generated in the ringing tone ID column is stored.
And an area column 136 for storing information for specifying the area where the ringing tone is generated.

Referring back to FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the registration processing unit 84 determines the calling time detected by the calling time detecting unit 78, the ring tone ID received by the notification receiving unit 80, and the position detecting unit 82.
The information for specifying the area to which the position of the mobile phone 12 detected by the user belongs and the mobile phone number are registered in the call status management table. The return information communication unit 88 transmits the information used for the return processing stored in the storage unit 86 to the processing server 20. In the present embodiment, the information communication unit for return 88 transmits a call status management table. Internet relay unit 90
Relays communication between the mobile phone 12 and a device connected to the Internet 18, for example, the processing server 20.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the processing server according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The processing server 20 includes a page communication unit 92, a search processing unit 94, a voice information communication unit 96,
It includes a return information receiving unit 98, a return processing unit 100 as an example of a money processing unit, and a storage unit 102. Storage unit 1
02 stores various information. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 102 stores a page to be transmitted when acquiring the advertisement sound, advertisement sound information, information used for the return processing, information on the result of the return processing, and the like. Examples of information stored in the storage unit 102 include a voice information management table for managing advertisement voice information and a return amount management table for storing information used for return processing.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the audio information management table according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The voice information management table stores a ring tone ID for storing a ring tone ID for identifying a ring tone.
A D column 138, an audio file name column 140 for storing a file name of audio information corresponding to the ringing tone ID, a genre name column 142 for storing the type (genre) name of the advertisement client of the audio information, It has a company name column 144 for storing the name of the main company and a title name column 146 for storing the title name of the ringtone output based on the voice information.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of the payout amount management table according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The return amount management table stores a ring tone ID for identifying a ring tone.
A column 150 and a return information column 152 for storing information of a return amount to be returned when the ringing tone of the ringing tone ID is output. The return information column 152 has a region-by-region column 154 that stores return amount information for each of a plurality of regions. 154 for each region
Is a redemption amount column 1 that stores a redemption amount per second in the region.
56, and a maximum return amount column 158 that stores the maximum return amount that is returned in the generation of one ringing tone.

Returning to FIG. 5, the page communication section 92 receives a page transmission request and various information on the page. In addition, when receiving a search condition of the advertising audio information as various information for the page, the page communication unit 92 passes the search condition to the search processing unit 94. Also, the page communication unit 9
2 receives the content for registering the advertisement audio information, and registers the content in the storage unit 102. Further, the page communication unit 92 extracts the requested page from the storage unit 102 and transmits the page to the request source. Also, the page communication unit 92
Transmits the page passed from the search processing unit 94.

The search processing unit 94 searches the voice information management table in the storage unit 102 based on the search conditions received by the page communication unit 92, and generates a page including the contents of the corresponding advertisement voice information candidate. , To the page communication unit 92. In the present embodiment, the genre of the advertisement client, the company name of the advertisement client, the title of the ring tone, and the like are accepted as search conditions. The voice information communication unit 96 receives the request for transmitting the advertisement voice information, and stores the corresponding advertisement voice information in the storage unit 102.
And send it to the requestor. In the present embodiment, the voice information communication unit 96 transmits the corresponding ringtone ID together with the advertisement voice information.

The return information receiving section 98 is connected to the base station device 16.
Receives information to be used for the return process from. In the present embodiment, the return information receiving unit 98 receives the call status management table shown in FIG. The return processing unit 100 performs a return process based on the information received by the return information receiving unit 98 and the information stored in the storage unit 102.

In the present embodiment, the following reduction processing is performed. Take out one record of the call status management table,
On the basis of the ringing tone ID and the area information of the record, the area column 154 in the record of the payout amount management table is specified. Next, a temporary return amount is calculated by multiplying the value of the return amount 156 in the region-specific column 154 by the calling time. As described above, since the return amount is calculated for each region, the return amount can be purchased for each region.
In areas where it is estimated that there are many people around downtown areas such as central Tokyo, the effect of advertising can be expected, so increase the return amount, and in areas where there are few people around the area, lower the amount of return. Can be. Here, when the provisional return amount exceeds the value of the maximum return amount 158 in the area column 154, the value of the maximum return amount 158 is determined as the return amount, and does not exceed the value of the maximum return amount 158. In this case, the provisional return amount is determined as the return amount. By setting the maximum return amount to be returned in this way, it is possible to appropriately prevent the calling time from becoming unnecessarily long only for the purpose of obtaining a large return amount. After that, the determined return amount and the mobile phone number are stored in the storage unit 102 in association with each other. The return amount associated with this mobile phone number is treated as the monetary value of the user of the phone number.

For example, in the case of the first record from the top of the call status management table shown in FIG. 4, the area column 154 of the first area B from the top of the return amount table shown in FIG. 15 seconds are multiplied by the return amount 1.2. As a result, the provisional return amount is 18 yen, but since the maximum return amount is 12 yen, in this case, the return amount is determined to be 12 yen. Also, for example, in the case of the second record from the top of the call status management table shown in FIG.
4 is specified, and the calling time 5 seconds is multiplied by the rebate amount 0.5. As a result, the provisional return amount is 2.5 yen, and the maximum return amount is less than 5 yen. In this case, the return amount is 2.
It is determined to be 5 yen.

As a method of directly returning the monetary value to the user, the user of the mobile phone registers the account number of the financial institution in advance and transfers the return amount stored in the storage unit 102 to the account. And may notify the base station device for calculating the usage fee of the mobile phone of the return amount,
The return amount may be subtracted from the mobile phone usage amount in the base station device.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The terminal 22 includes a communication unit 110, a page processing unit 112, a storage unit 114, a ring tone editing unit 116
, A display unit 118 and an input receiving unit 120. The communication unit 110 performs communication of various information via the Internet 18. The display unit 118 displays various information, for example, a page.

The input receiving unit 120 receives an input from the user of the terminal 22. For example, a request to display a page is received. Further, the input receiving unit 120 receives an input for the page displayed on the page display unit 118. In the present embodiment, for the voice registration page for registering the voice information of the ringtone in the processing server 20, the company name, the genre name, the voice file name of the voice information to be transmitted, the title name of the ringtone, and the amount of return in the region And input of the maximum return amount and the like. Further, the input receiving unit 120 receives an editing instruction such as creation and correction of voice information of a ringing tone.

When a page display request is received, the page processing unit 112 transmits the page display request through the communication unit 110. Also, the page processing unit 112
The page received by the communication unit 110 is displayed on the display unit 118. Further, when there is an input for a page, the page processing unit 112 performs processing based on the input information. For example, when an input is made to the voice registration page, the page processing unit 112
, The voice information of the voice file name included in the input content is extracted from the storage unit 114 and transmitted to the processing server 20 by the communication unit 110. The storage unit 114 stores various information. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 114 stores audio information. The ring tone editing unit 116 edits the voice information based on the instruction input by the input receiving unit 120 and stores the voice information in the storage unit 114.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram of a process in the telephone communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the mobile phone 12, when the receiving unit 50 receives a request for a voice acquisition page for obtaining advertisement voice information, the page processing unit 34 passes the request to the page communication unit 32. The page communication unit 32 transmits the request to the base station device 16 via the antenna 30 (S100). In the base station device 16, the Internet relay unit 90 receives the voice acquisition page request via the antenna 70, and transmits it to the processing server 20 via the Internet 18 (S102). In the processing server 20, the page communication unit 92 receives the voice acquisition page request, extracts the relevant voice acquisition page from the storage unit 102, and transmits the page to the base station device 16 via the Internet 18 (S104). Base station device 16
Then, the Internet relay unit 90 receives the page and transmits it to the requesting mobile phone 12 via the antenna 70 (S106).

In the mobile phone 12, the page communication unit 32 receives the page via the antenna 30, and the page received by the page processing unit 34 is displayed on the display unit 36 (S1).
08). Next, when the receiving unit 50 receives the input of the search condition of the advertisement voice information for this page from the user, the page processing unit 34 passes the search condition to the page communication unit 32, and the page communication unit 32 transmits the search condition. To the base station device 1
6 (S112).

In the base station device 16, the Internet relay unit 90 receives the search condition via the antenna 70 and transmits the search condition to the processing server 20 (S114). In the processing server 20, the page communication unit 92 receives the search condition and passes it to the search processing unit 94, and the search processing unit 94 searches the storage unit 102 for advertisement audio information that matches the search condition (S116). A search result page including information indicating information is created and passed to the page communication unit 92, and the page communication unit 92 transmits the search result page to the base station device 16 (S118). In the base station device 16, the Internet relay unit 90 receives the search result page and transmits it to the mobile phone 12 (S120).

In the mobile phone 12, the page communication unit receives the search result page (S122), and the page processing unit displays the search result page on the display unit (S124). When the accepting unit 50 receives a user's instruction to transmit the advertising audio information for this page, the page processing unit 34 notifies the audio information requesting unit 38 of the instruction to transmit the audio information.
The voice information request unit 38 transmits a request for the corresponding advertisement voice information to the base station device 16 (S126). Base station device 1
In 6, the Internet relay unit 90 receives the request for the advertising voice information and transmits it to the processing server 20 (S128).
In the processing server 20, the voice information communication unit 96 receives the request for the advertisement voice information, and stores the corresponding advertisement voice information in the storage unit 10.
2 and the ringtone I corresponding to the advertisement voice information
And D to the base station device 16 (S130). In the base station device 16, the Internet relay unit 90 receives the advertising voice information and the ringing tone ID and transmits them to the mobile phone 12 (S132).

In the portable telephone 12, the voice information receiving unit 40 receives the advertising voice information and the ringing tone ID, and the voice information registering unit 42 registers the advertising voice information and the ringing tone ID in the storage unit 44 (S134). In this way, the advertisement voice information that the user wants to use as a ring tone can be registered in the storage unit 44 from the processing server 20. After that, when the receiving unit 50 receives an instruction from the user to use the advertisement voice information as a ring tone, the setting unit 54 outputs the specified advertisement voice information as a ring tone so that the ring tone output unit 48 outputs.
Set. As a result, a ringing tone is output based on the advertising voice information.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of another processing in the telephone communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the base station device 16, when the communication management unit 72 receives a call request for the mobile phone 12 from a telephone (not shown) (S200), the communication management unit 72 sets the call signal transmission unit 74.
Is notified that there is a call request. Paging signal transmission section 7
4 transmits a calling signal to the mobile phone 12 (S202).
At the same time, it notifies the calling time detecting section 78 that the calling signal has been transmitted. The call time detection unit 78 starts measuring the call time (S204), and the response detection unit 76
The process of detecting the notification of the response to the call from is started (S206), and the position detection unit 82 detects the position of the mobile phone 12 (S208).

On the other hand, in the mobile phone 12, the receiving unit 46 receives the calling signal, the ringing sound output unit 48 acquires voice information from the storage unit 44, and outputs a ringing sound based on the voice information (S210). In the description of the sequence diagram, it is assumed that the ringing tone output unit 48 is set to output a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information. Thereafter, when the receiving unit 50 receives an instruction input of a response to the call from the user (S212), the notifying unit 52 notifies that the response to the call has been received (S214). Here, when outputting the ringing tone based on the advertising voice information, the notifying unit 52 gives a notification including the ringing tone ID corresponding to the advertising voice information. In the base station device 16, the response detection unit 7
6 has detected a notice that it has accepted the response to the call,
The communication management unit 72 and the call time detection unit 78 are notified that the notification has been detected. The communication management unit 72 includes the telephone that has requested the call and the mobile phone 1 that has responded to the call.
2 to enable communication (S21)
6).

The calling time detecting section 78 detects the calling time of the mobile phone 12 (S218). Next, the notification receiving unit 80 detects whether or not the ringing tone ID corresponding to the advertising voice information has been received from the notifying unit 52 (S220), and if not, outputs a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information. I don't do anything. On the other hand, when the ringing tone ID corresponding to the advertising voice information is received from the notifying unit 52, it means that the ringing tone is output based on the advertising voice information, so that the registration processing unit 84 The situation in which the ringing tone is output is registered in the storage unit 86 (S222).

Thereafter, the return information transmitting unit 88 stores the information in the storage unit 8.
6 is stored in the processing server 20.
(S224). Next, in the processing server 20, the return information receiving unit 98 receives the call status management table, the return processing unit 100 performs a return process based on the call status management table (S226), and stores the return result in the storage unit 102. I do. In this way, it is possible to appropriately output a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information to the mobile phone. In addition, it is possible to appropriately return a monetary value to a user of a mobile phone that uses a ring tone based on the advertisement voice information.
As a result, the user of the mobile phone can be interested in using the ring tone based on the advertisement voice information. In addition, since there are a wide range of users having mobile phones, there is an advertising advantage that a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information can be played over a wide range. In addition, there are many users of mobile phones, and a ringing tone is frequently output, so that a ringing tone can be generated frequently based on the advertising voice information. is there.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a telephone communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and different portions will be described. The telephone communication system 200 includes a mobile phone 202 and a management system 220. The mobile phone 202 includes an antenna 30, a communication unit 56, a voice input unit 58, a microphone 62, a call output unit 64, a reception unit 204, a ring output unit 206, a vibration generation unit 208, and a notification unit. 210,
And a receiving unit 212.

[0053] Receiving section 204 receives a calling signal addressed to itself including advertising voice information transmitted from base station apparatus 220. The ringing tone output unit 206 outputs a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information included in the ringing signal when the receiving unit 204 receives the ringing signal addressed to itself. Vibration generator 2
08 generates vibration when the receiving unit 204 receives a calling signal addressed to itself. The receiving unit 212 receives inputs of various information from the user. In the present embodiment, the reception unit 2
12 outputs a ringing tone, receives a user response to the call, and notifies the notification unit 210. When receiving a notification that the response to the call has been received from the reception unit 212, the notification unit 210 notifies the base station device 220 that the response to the call has been received.

The management system 220 includes an antenna 70,
It has a response detection unit 76, a call time detection unit 78, a position detection unit 82, a return processing unit 226, a call signal transmission unit 222 as an example of a specific information transmission unit, and a storage unit 224. The call signal transmitting unit 222, when receiving a notification that the call instruction of the mobile phone 202 has been received,
The advertisement voice information is extracted from the corresponding mobile phone 20.
2 transmits a calling signal including the advertising voice information. Also, the calling signal transmitting unit 222 notifies the calling time detecting unit 78 that the calling signal has been transmitted. Also, the call signal transmitting unit 222
Notifies the caller ID and the mobile phone number corresponding to the advertising voice information transmitted to the return processing unit 226.

The storage section 224 stores various information. For example, the storage unit 224 stores advertisement sound information for outputting a ring sound related to an advertisement in association with a ring sound ID for identifying the advertisement sound information. Also, the storage unit 224
Stores the return amount table shown in FIG. 7 of the first embodiment. The return processing unit 226 includes a ringing tone ID and a mobile phone number received from the calling signal transmitting unit 222, a calling time detected by the calling time detecting unit 78, a region information of the mobile phone 202 detected by the position detecting unit 82, The return processing is performed based on the information stored in the storage unit 224.

In the present embodiment, the following reduction processing is performed. Based on the ringing tone ID received from the ringing signal transmitting unit 222 and the region information detected by the position detecting unit 82, the region-by-region column 154 in the record of the payout amount management table is specified. Next, the provisional return amount is calculated by multiplying the value of the return amount 156 in the region-specific column 154 by the calling time detected by the calling time detection unit 78. Here, when the provisional return amount exceeds the value of the maximum return amount 158 in the area column 154, the value of the maximum return amount 158 is determined as the return amount, and does not exceed the value of the maximum return amount 158. In this case, the provisional return amount is determined as the return amount. Thereafter, the storage unit 22 associates the determined return amount with the notified mobile phone number.
4 is stored. The return amount associated with the mobile phone number is treated as the user's monetary value of the phone number.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram of processing in the telephone communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the management system 220, when the communication management unit 72 receives a call request for the mobile phone 202 from a telephone (not shown) (S300), the communication management unit 72
2 is notified that there is a call request. The call signal transmitting unit 222 extracts the advertising voice information from the storage unit 224,
A call signal including the advertising voice information is transmitted to the corresponding mobile phone 202 (S302). Also, the call signal transmitting unit 222
Notifies the calling time detecting unit 78 that the calling signal has been transmitted, and notifies the return processing unit 226 of the calling sound ID and the mobile phone number corresponding to the transmitted advertising voice information.

The calling time detecting section 78 starts measuring the calling time (S 304), and the response detecting section 76 sets the
2 starts a process of detecting a notification that the mobile phone 202 responds to the call from the mobile phone 202 (S306).
Is detected (S308).

On the other hand, in the mobile phone 202, the receiving unit 204
Receives the calling signal and the advertising voice information, and outputs a calling sound output unit 2
06 outputs a ringing tone based on the received advertisement voice information (S310). At the same time, the vibration generator 20
8 generates vibration. Since the ringing tone is generated together with the ringing tone as described above, even if the ringing tone is completely unknown to the user, the user can be made aware that the ringing tone is addressed to the user. Thereafter, when the receiving unit 212 receives an instruction input of a response to the call from the user (S312), the notifying unit 210 notifies that the response to the call has been received (S314). In the management system 220, the response detection unit 7
6 has detected a notice that it has accepted the response to the call,
The communication management unit 72 and the call time detection unit 78 are notified that the notification has been detected. The communication management unit 72 includes the telephone that has requested the call and the mobile phone 1 that has responded to the call.
2 to enable communication by connecting the communication path (S31).
6).

The calling time detecting section 78 detects the calling time of the mobile phone 202 (S318). Next, the return processing unit 100 performs a return process (S320), and stores the return result in the storage unit 102. In this way, it is possible to appropriately output a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information to the mobile phone. In addition, it is possible to appropriately return a monetary value to a user of a mobile phone that uses a ring tone based on the advertisement voice information. As a result, the user of the mobile phone can be interested in using the ring tone based on the advertisement voice information. In addition, since there are a wide range of users having mobile phones, there is an advertising advantage that a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information can be played over a wide range. Also,
Since there are many users of mobile phones, and a ringing tone is frequently output, a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information can be generated frequently, and there is also an advertising advantage in this respect.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, in the first and second embodiments, the management system 14,
220 is further provided with a time zone detecting section for detecting a time zone in which the ringing tone of the mobile phone 12, 202 is output, for example, early morning, morning, noon, evening, night, midnight, etc., and the return processing section 100, 226 may return the monetary value based on the time period during which the ringing tone is output. In this way, the effect of the advertisement, which changes according to the time zone, can be reflected in the value of appropriately returning.

In the first and second embodiments, examples in which the present invention is applied to a mobile phone are shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is installed at a predetermined position and communicates using a wired line. The present invention can also be applied to a telephone that performs. In the first and second embodiments, the return amount to be returned is determined based on the calling time and the like.
The present invention is not limited to this. For example, the return ratio for returning the communication charge of the mobile phone may be determined. In the above-described first and second embodiments, the monetary value is returned to the user of the mobile phone. However, by replacing the return amount with the amount charged to the advertisement client, the advertisement client can be monetized. Value can be imposed. In this case, the return amount in the above embodiment may be added for each advertisement client.

In the above-described second embodiment, the management system 220 transmits the advertisement sound information in the form of a call signal, and the mobile phone outputs the ringing sound based on the advertisement sound information. The present invention is not limited to this,
The advertisement voice information and the ring tone ID corresponding to the advertisement voice information are stored in advance in the mobile phone 202, and the management system uses the ring tone ID for specifying the advertisement voice information to be used.
May be transmitted in a call signal, and the mobile phone may output a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information corresponding to the transmitted call ID. By doing so, the data amount at the time of transmitting the calling signal can be suppressed.

In the second embodiment, the mobile phone outputs a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information. For example, a ringing tone set by the user and a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information are output. May be output simultaneously, or after outputting a ringing tone set by the user for a predetermined time, the advertising voice information may be output. By doing so, the user can appropriately recognize that the call is addressed to the user.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiment. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It is apparent from the description of the appended claims that embodiments with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, advertisement can be effectively performed using a telephone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a telephone communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a base station device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a call status management table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a processing server according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a voice information management table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a payout amount management table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram of a process in the telephone communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of another process in the telephone communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a telephone communication system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram of a process in the telephone communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 telephone communication system, 12 mobile phone, 14 management system, 16 base station device, 18 Internet,
20 processing server, 22 terminal, 44 storage unit, 46
Receiving section, 48 ringing tone output section, 74 ringing signal transmitting section,
80 notification receiving unit, 100 return processing unit.

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Claims (22)

[Claims] 1. A telephone communication system comprising: a telephone; and a management system that manages communication with the telephone, wherein the telephone receives a call signal addressed to the telephone, and a storage unit that stores advertisement voice information related to advertisement. A receiving unit that outputs a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information when a calling signal is received; and an output notifying unit that notifies that a ringing tone has been output based on the advertising voice information. The management system comprises: a calling signal transmitting unit that transmits a calling signal to the telephone; a notification receiving unit that receives a notification that a ringing tone has been output from the telephone based on the advertising voice information; Based on the notification that a ringing tone based on the advertisement voice information has been output, a return process of returning a monetary value to a user of the telephone or imposing a monetary value on a client of the advertisement And a money processing unit for performing at least one of charging processing. 2. The telephone, a voice information requesting unit that requests the advertisement voice information, a voice information receiving unit that receives the advertisement voice information, and a voice information that registers the received advertisement voice information in the storage unit. A registration unit, wherein the management system includes: a voice information storage unit that stores the advertisement voice information; and the advertisement voice information from the voice information storage unit based on a request for the advertisement voice information. The telephone communication system according to claim 1, further comprising a voice information transmitting unit that extracts and transmits the voice information. 3. A management system for managing communication with a telephone, a call signal transmission unit for transmitting a call signal to the telephone, and a notification that a ring tone has been output from the telephone based on advertisement voice information relating to an advertisement. And a return process of returning a monetary value to a user of the telephone based on a notification that a ringing tone based on the advertisement voice information has been output, or a payment process to the client of the advertisement. A money processing unit for performing at least one of charging processing for imposing a target value. 4. A calling time detecting unit for detecting a calling time at which the telephone outputs a ringing sound based on the advertisement voice information, wherein the money processing unit determines a monetary value based on the calling time. The management system according to claim 3, wherein: 5. The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising: a position detecting unit configured to detect a position of the telephone, wherein the cash processing unit is configured to detect the position of the telephone when outputting the ringing tone. The management system according to claim 3, wherein the monetary value is determined based on the following. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the notification receiving unit receives information for specifying the advertisement voice information used for the ringing tone, and the money processing unit determines a monetary value based on the information. Item 6. The management system according to any one of Items 3 to 5. 7. A response detecting unit for detecting whether or not the user of the telephone has accepted the call, wherein the money processing unit returns a monetary value only when the call is accepted. The management system according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein: 8. A time zone detecting unit for detecting a time zone of outputting the ringing tone of the telephone, wherein the money processing unit returns a monetary value based on the time zone of outputting the ringing tone. The management system according to any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the management system is imposed. 9. A telephone set for outputting a ringing tone when receiving a calling signal addressed to itself, a storage unit for storing advertising voice information relating to an advertisement, a receiving unit for receiving a calling signal addressed to self, When a signal is received, a ringtone output unit that outputs a ringtone based on the advertisement voice information, and an output notification unit that notifies a predetermined notification destination that a ringtone has been output based on the advertisement voice information. A telephone comprising: 10. The telephone according to claim 9, wherein the output notifying unit notifies information for specifying the advertising voice information used for the ring tone. 11. A telephone communication system comprising: a telephone; and a management system that manages communication with the telephone, wherein the management system transmits, to the telephone, specific information that specifies a ring tone related to an advertisement to be output to the telephone. A specific information transmitting unit that transmits a call signal to the telephone; a telephone; a specific information receiving unit that receives the specific information; and a receiving unit that receives the call signal. And a ring tone output unit that, when receiving the call signal, outputs a ring tone related to the advertisement specified by the specific information, wherein the management system transmits the specific information and the call signal. A money processing unit that performs at least one of a return process of returning a monetary value to a user of the telephone and a charging process of imposing a monetary value on a client of the advertisement. A telephone communication system, further comprising: 12. A management system for managing communication with a telephone, a specific information transmitting unit for transmitting specific information for specifying a ring tone relating to an advertisement to be output to the telephone to the telephone, and a call signal to the telephone. At least one of a call signal transmitting unit for transmitting, and a return process of returning a monetary value to a user of the telephone that transmitted the specific information and the call signal, or a charging process of imposing a monetary value on a client of the advertisement. And a money processing unit for performing the following. 13. The system according to claim 13, further comprising: a call time detecting unit that detects a call time at which the telephone outputs a ringing sound related to the advertisement, wherein the money processing unit determines a monetary value based on the call time. The management system according to claim 12, wherein: 14. The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising: a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the telephone, wherein the cash processing unit is configured to detect the position of the telephone when outputting the ringing tone. 14. The management system according to claim 12, wherein the monetary value is determined based on the following. 15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the money processing unit determines a monetary value based on the specific information.
15. The management system according to any one of 2 to 14. 16. The telephone further comprising a response detection unit for detecting whether or not the user of the telephone has accepted the call, wherein the money processing unit returns a monetary value only when the call is accepted, or Claim 1 characterized by imposing
16. The management system according to any one of 2 to 15. 17. A time zone detecting unit for detecting a time zone of outputting the ringing tone of the telephone, wherein the money processing unit returns a monetary value based on the time zone of outputting the ringing tone. The management system according to any one of claims 12 to 16, wherein the management system is imposed. 18. A telephone set for outputting a ringing tone when receiving a calling signal addressed to itself, a specific information receiving unit for receiving specific information for specifying a ringing sound related to an advertisement to be output, and A telephone comprising: a receiving unit that receives a call signal; and a ring tone output unit that outputs a ring tone for an advertisement specified by the specific information when the call signal is received. 19. A user voice information storage unit for storing voice information for outputting a ring tone set by a user in advance, wherein the ring tone output unit includes a ring tone based on the voice information; 19. The telephone according to claim 18, wherein a ringing tone is output in combination with a ringing tone related to an advertisement specified by the specifying information. 20. The telephone according to claim 18, further comprising a vibration generating unit that generates a vibration when outputting a ringing tone related to the advertisement. 21. A telephone communication method for communicating with a telephone, comprising: a storage step of storing advertisement voice information relating to an advertisement in the telephone; a call signal transmitting step of transmitting a call signal to the telephone; A receiving step of receiving a calling signal addressed to, a ringing sound outputting step of outputting a ringing sound based on the advertising voice information when the calling signal is received, and outputting a ringing tone based on the advertising voice information. An output notification step of notifying that the ring tone has been output from the telephone based on the advertisement voice information, and a notification that the ring tone has been output based on the advertisement voice information. A return process of returning a monetary value to a user of the telephone based on the above, or a small amount of a charging process of imposing a monetary value on a client of the advertisement Telephone communication method characterized by having a money processing step of performing one also. 22. A telephone communication method for performing communication with a telephone, comprising: a specific information transmitting step of transmitting specific information for specifying a ringtone relating to an advertisement to the telephone; a specific information receiving step of receiving the specific information; A calling signal transmitting step of transmitting a calling signal to the telephone; a receiving step of receiving the calling signal; and a ringing sound output for outputting a ringing sound relating to the advertisement specified by the specific information when the calling signal is received. And a monetary process of performing at least one of a return process of returning a monetary value to a user of the telephone that transmitted the specific information and the call signal, or a charging process of imposing a monetary value on a client of the advertisement. And a telephone communication method.