JP2004040482A - Telephone exchange or communication connection system, and telephone set or telephone terminal used for system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid accompanying problems, including an increase in the space for telephone numbers and related expenses caused by obtaining a plurality of telephone numbers in using the plurality of telephone numbers by classifying the plurality of telephone numbers into business telephone numbers and private telephone numbers, the revision procedure of a contract accompanied by the cumbersome operation procedure of related devices, labor and time required for accompanying various procedure expenses, a notice for number change, costs, or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A call is made through the equipment of a dedicated telephone number center without using information on an existing private dedicated telephone number applied to the subscription of a contractor or by assigning in parallel with the existing private dedicated telephone number information or separately a telephone number corresponding to a second telephone number for a subscriber. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
It relates to telephone exchange (fixed telephone, mobile telephone, Internet telephone, etc.). An arbitrary unused telephone number is allocated as a second telephone number to a subscriber (contractor) having an original acquired exclusive telephone number (first telephone number), in addition to an acquired exclusive telephone number unique to the subscriber. At the same time, a call transfer from the second telephone number and a call transfer to the second telephone number are provided, and other additional services are provided.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in communication using a subscribed telephone, when a subscriber makes a call, it is possible to notify a caller of a caller (caller telephone number) using a caller number notification function of the telephone. As a result, the caller was able to notify the other party of the call of his or her call origination together with the telephone number. Also, the recipient who received this call could confirm who the caller was from the telephone number before calling and select whether to respond to the call. Separately, the receiver can check the communication history of the caller ID for a caller calling from an unknown telephone number, and then return and call the caller. Was.
[0003]
However, on the other hand, being informed or known of any telephone number of the other party means that the telephone number as privacy is known to the other party. As a result, there is a risk that the contractor or the subscriber will receive a call even in a case where the user does not want to talk, or in a time zone when the call is not desired.
[0004]
Some proposals have been made in response to such a situation with the spread of mobile phones and the like in recent years. For example, a mobile phone that can have a plurality of arbitrary telephone numbers in one mobile phone has already been proposed (eg, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-167936). However, in the example of this disclosure, it is a precondition that a contract for a plurality of independent telephone numbers is acquired in advance. In other words, there has never been an idea of pooling unused telephone numbers as intended by the present invention and using the unused telephone numbers as the second telephone number of the user.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In today's society, where various electronic information and communication means are evolving from analog to digital, regardless of whether they are digital or analog, telephone calls, especially mobile phones, etc., have become popular due to the spread of telecommunications. The convenience of being able to communicate anytime, anywhere is being pursued in every situation.
On the other hand, the telephone number is one of the most private information in various senses, and there is a strong resistance to knowing it by an unspecified third party, including privacy protection. That is, once a telephone number is known to another person, a call may be made regardless of the intention or situation of the person, for example, regardless of day or night or on a holiday. Further, there may be a telephone call from a partner who does not want to answer (for example, a Wangiri telephone call as a so-called current big social problem).
[0006]
As a countermeasure against such a situation, measures to separate work and private phone numbers, contract multiple phone numbers and keep private phone numbers private, and a function to receive / reject specified numbers of telephones In some cases, some inconvenience can be avoided by measures such as the use of such a method. However, with respect to these countermeasures, there is a possibility that another problem such as an increase in space for telephone numbers and associated costs accompanying the acquisition of a plurality of telephone numbers may occur.
[0007]
At the same time, the operation procedure of the related equipment is often complicated. Furthermore, in order to relocate, add, or change the telephone number to be subscribed, it is necessary to carry out a procedure for changing the contract, etc., at the same time, and at the same time, the time and effort required for notification of various procedure costs and number changes. And other incidental problems. Along with this, there is a possibility that erroneous communication with a necessary partner or a situation in which a call cannot be made, or the like, rather than to be avoided, may occur.
[0008]
In addition, in public networks such as various types of mobile telephone systems, which have become increasingly popular these days, and in new telephone exchange and communication connection services, opportunities to actively change telephone companies due to comparison of services and costs are increasing. In this case, a different telephone number may be assigned to each telephone company, and the telephone number changes in accordance with the change of the subscribed telephone, so that it is troublesome to notify the telephone number change to many callers. Naturally, these complications can also occur in telephone calls and communications including mobile phones and the like.
Further, the setting of the related computer devices and terminals also requires a change.
[0009]
The present invention has been made to solve the above various problems relatively easily, and does not use the existing private dedicated telephone number information to which the subscriber subscribes, or Is to assign an unused second telephone number to the subscriber in parallel or separately, and to enjoy the convenience and the like by the associated number notification.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As a first invention according to the present invention, in a subscriber telephone exchange or communication connection system comprising a telephone subscriber terminal comprising a plurality of subscriber telephone numbers and a public telephone network connected to the plurality of telephone subscriber terminals, A dedicated telephone number center device connected independently to a network is provided, and an unused telephone number stored (including the first and second type communication business) of a communication carrier is accommodated in the dedicated telephone number center device. Means for individually allocating any one unused telephone number as a second telephone number from the group of unused telephone numbers to any one subscriber in addition to the acquired dedicated telephone number unique to the subscriber; Means for communicating via the dedicated telephone number center device using the second telephone number, and the telephone number of any other subscriber through the public telephone network using the second telephone number. A telephone exchange or communication connection system and means for signal.
The telephone exchange or communication connection system further comprises means for transferring a call received from a telephone or telephone terminal of an arbitrary subscriber to a dedicated telephone number center device to a telephone or telephone terminal of a subscriber. A means having additional functions such as message reception, call rejection, addition of a reference to a received call history, etc. to be performed in addition to a call received at the dedicated telephone number center device, and a subscriber-specific acquired dedicated telephone number as appropriate; A means for registering and displaying the subscriber's second telephone number, which is an unused telephone number assigned via the dedicated telephone number center device, is provided.
The telephone exchange system further comprises means for transferring a call received from a telephone or telephone terminal of an arbitrary subscriber to a dedicated telephone number center device to a telephone or telephone terminal of a subscriber.
Further, the telephone exchange system includes means having additional functions such as receiving a message, rejecting a call, rejecting a call, and referencing a call history to be added to a call received at the dedicated telephone number center device.
The second invention of the present application registers and displays a previously obtained dedicated telephone number unique to the subscriber and an unused telephone number assigned via the dedicated telephone number center device as a second telephone number of the subscriber. It is a telephone or a telephone terminal provided with the means.
[0011]
The service provider (service provider) of the second telephone number in the present invention uses an unused or empty telephone number from the first-type telecommunications carrier and accommodates it in the second telephone number center device. The first-class telecommunications business here is a business that provides telecommunications services by installing telecommunications line facilities by itself, as defined by the Telecommunications Business Law. A communication network provided by a first-class telecommunications carrier, which is divided into a long-distance system, a regional system, a satellite system, a mobile communication system, an international system, and the like, according to a business form, is referred to as a first-class telecommunications carrier network. In addition, the type II telecommunications business is a business provided by the type I telecommunications business and providing various telecommunications services, which is defined by the Telecommunications Business Law. Generally called VAN business.
[0012]
The service provider related to the subscribed telephone allocates and releases the free telephone number as a second telephone number for each service subscriber. The contractor of the second telephone number informs the other party of the call based on his / her own judgment of the second telephone number assigned by the present system when notifying the telephone number. In this case, the other party of the call talks to the contractor. At this time, the call is made not to the dedicated telephone number inherent to the contractor but to the second telephone number separately assigned by the subscriber telephone company. The second telephone number center device that has received the call transfers the received call to the subscriber's telephone or telephone terminal after necessary processing.
In other words, when a subscriber of a service makes a call from a telephone, the call is transmitted from his own telephone to the second telephone number center device, and then from the second telephone number center to the other party. Is notified of only the second telephone number of the contractor.
[0013]
Through the above operation, the service is provided from the other party to the service so that the second telephone number is not the contractor's original dedicated telephone number but the telephone number of the contractor. In addition, the second telephone number center device that receives a call can perform not only such call forwarding and number notification, but also various additional operations such as message reception, call rejection, and reference to the call history by the contractor's own desired setting. Call service can be provided separately.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
(Constitution)
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of one embodiment of the system of the present invention.
The public telephone network (1) in the figure includes an existing fixed telephone network, a mobile communication telephone network, and an Internet telephone network. This public telephone network, whether analog or digital, can be provided by a particular type 1 telecommunications carrier. It is also possible to cover a plurality of first-type telecommunications carriers that are interconnected. For the sake of convenience, the description will be made as long as the conditions of the public telephone network of the first-type telecommunications carrier are satisfied.
Each of the subscriber telephones is connected to the above-mentioned public telephone network in a wired or wireless manner. Telephone or terminal (2) of the contract user in the figure <the telephone means a telephone or a telephone terminal hereinafter. This includes not only fixed telephones but also mobile telephone terminals or Internet terminals. > The other party's telephone (3) and the close party's telephone (4) can communicate with each other by dialing the telephone number of the other party.
[0015]
The service provider connects the second telephone number center device (5) to the public telephone network by using a free telephone number of a first-class telecommunications carrier or another telecommunications carrier. The second telephone number center device can talk and communicate with any of the telephone (2) of the contract user, the telephone (3) of the call partner, and the telephone (4) of the close call partner. The second telephone number center device (5) stores the database of contractor information (6) and uses it when providing various services.
[0016]
[Action and Examples]
(motion)
Hereinafter, a procedure flow as an operation of the system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 1A shows the internal configuration of the second telephone number center device in the system configuration of the present invention. In the system, a plurality of communication protocols (network protocols) are mutually converted by the gateway from the public telephone network via the second telephone number center device, and data is transferred. The database server then processes and processes the database, the file server processes the files, the mail server processes and processes the mail, the WWW server processes and processes the Internet-related data, the DNS server processes and processes the domain name-related data, and the firewalls and routers operate illegally. Check for and prevent access intrusions and connect to the outside world via the Internet. Data management of the entire second telephone number center apparatus is performed by a separately provided management terminal. These devices constitute a second telephone number center device, and perform processing such as the allocation and release of the second telephone number. FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a series of operations or processing when a contractor joins the system of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a flow of an operation or a process at the time of an incoming call to a second telephone number to which a usage contractor is assigned.
FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an operation or a process when making a call from the second telephone number.
FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing operations and processes for receiving a message to the second telephone number, FIG. 6 for rejecting an incoming call, and FIG. 7 for confirming an incoming call history.
[0017]
Departure / arrival processing performed by the contractor of the second telephone number is as follows.
(A) Use contract of use contractor (contractor / subscriber) and allocation disclosure of second telephone number.
In FIG. 2, when the contractor A (2) makes a “service application” ((1) in the figure), the contractor A (2) is stored in the contractor information database (6) in the second telephone number center device (5). Is registered with the name and telephone number (03-XXXX-1234). At the same time, an arbitrary telephone number from the stored telephone number among the empty telephone numbers is allocated as the second telephone number (03-XXXX-4321) of the contractor ((2) in the figure).
The second telephone number is notified to the contractor A ((3) in the figure), and the contractor informs it to the telephone or terminal (3) (for example, a company / work-related partner or the like) of an arbitrary communication partner ( (4) in the figure).
Also, the telephone (4) of a close communication partner such as a family or a friend is to be notified of the original telephone number. However, the present invention is particularly applicable to a subscriber who is already using only a single telephone terminal. The present invention relates to a telephone exchange system for a second telephone number to be used separately from a dedicated telephone number.
[0018]
(B) Operation when receiving a call to the second telephone number In FIG. 3, when the telephone / terminal (3) of the other party calls or calls the contractor A, the second telephone number (03-XXXX) disclosed above is used. Dial (-4321) ((1) in the figure).
With this second telephone number, a call is connected from the telephone (3) of the other party to the second telephone number center device (5). The second telephone number center apparatus (5) recognizes that the called number is (03-XXXX-4321), and thus recognizes that it is a telephone call to the contractor A ((2) in the figure). This call is transferred to (2) (03-XXXX-1234) ((3) in the figure).
[0019]
Thereafter, a response is made from the telephone terminal (2) of the contractor A, and the telephone conversation between the telephone (3) of the call partner and the contractor A is started ((4) in the figure).
In FIG. 2, the original telephone number of the telephone / terminal (2) of the contractor A is changed by changing the condition setting such as when the telephone (4) of the close partner calls the contractor A. Since (03-XXXX-1234) has been notified, it is possible to directly communicate with telephone (2) of subscriber A without going through the second telephone number center device (5) ([5] in the figure). .
[0020]
Also, in FIG. 3, the telephone number (03-XXXX-1111) of the telephone (3) of the other party is notified to the second telephone number center device (5) as a caller number. Since the caller number is also used as it is in 3 ▼, the telephone (2) of the contractor A can know that the call is from the telephone (3) of the other party before receiving a response when receiving a call.
Similarly, in (5) in FIG. 3, the telephone number (03-XXXX-2222) of the telephone (4) of the close communication partner is notified as the caller number. Sometimes, before answering, it is possible to know that the call is from the telephone (4) of the close call partner. Here, "the telephone (4) of the close call partner" includes a call partner for whom a call is not a problem for the contractor A.
[0021]
(C) Operation and processing when making a call from the second telephone number In FIG. 4, when the telephone / terminal (2) of the contractor A makes a call / origin to the telephone (3) of the other party, first, a contract is made. Person A makes a call and makes a call to the second telephone number center device (5), and further dials the telephone number (03-XXXX-1111) of the telephone (3) of the other party ((1) in the figure).
[0022]
The second telephone number center device (5) transmits (calls) to the telephone number (03-XXXX-1111) of the telephone (3) of the other party. Since the calling number is (03-XXXX-1234), the second telephone number center device recognizes that the call is from the contractor A ((2) in the figure) and changes the caller number of the contractor A. The telephone number is overwritten from the telephone number of the telephone / terminal (2) to the second telephone number of the contractor A (03-XXXX-4321), and then the call is transferred ((2)-(3) in the figure).
In the process (3) in the figure, the second telephone number of the contractor A is notified to the telephone (3) of the other party as the caller number by the above processing. You can know that it is a phone call. On the other hand, when the telephone (3) of the other party answers, the telephone conversation with the telephone (2) of the contractor A is started ([4] in the figure).
[0023]
When the contractor A calls / calls the telephone (4) of the close partner, he dials the telephone number (03-XXXX-2222) of the telephone (4) of the close partner directly. Since the telephone (4) of the close call partner is informed of the telephone number of the contractor A (2) and the original telephone number (03-XXXX-1234), the telephone number of the contractor A does not go through the second telephone number center device (5). It is possible to talk directly with the telephone (2) of the contractor A ([5] in the figure). At this time, the telephone number of “the telephone of the contractor A (2)” is notified to the “telephone (4) of the close call partner” as the caller number, so that it is known that the call is from the contractor A. I can do it.
[0024]
(D) Examples of additional services when receiving a call (message reception, call rejection, call history reference, online application)
FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view showing an operation example when receiving a message using the system according to the present invention.
The telephone (3) of the other party dials the second telephone number (03-XXXX-4321) to the contractor A ((1) in the figure).
If the call cannot be transferred, the second telephone number center device (5) answers the call and plays back a message indicating that the call cannot be answered and a guidance for recording a message ((2) in the figure).
[0025]
On the other hand, when the other party's telephone (3) records the message in the second telephone number center ((3) in the figure), the recorded message is stored in the second telephone number center device (5). The second telephone number center device (5) recognizes that the call is from the second telephone number to the contractor A ((4) in the figure), and makes a call / call to the telephone (2) of the contractor A. Then, the subscriber notifies that there is a message from the telephone (3) of the other party, so that the subscriber can reproduce the message ([5] in the figure).
Thereafter, the user (contractor) of the telephone / terminal (2) of the contractor A can make a call to the second telephone number center device (5) to reproduce the message or confirm the display. (6 in the figure).
[0026]
FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory view showing an operation example when rejecting a call using the system of the present invention.
First, a call is made from the telephone set (2) of the contractor A to the second telephone number center device (5) to set a call rejection ((1)-(2) in the figure).
When the other party's telephone (3) dials the second telephone number (03-XXXX-4321) (3 in the figure) to the contractor A, the second telephone number center device (5) makes a contract. A message indicating that the call cannot be received because the call rejection setting of the person A is ON is reproduced ([4] in the figure).
On the other hand, the second telephone number center device (5) recognizes that the call is from the second telephone number to the contractor A, makes a call to the telephone / terminal (2) of the contractor A, and makes a call. It notifies that there is an incoming call from the other party's telephone (3) (5 in the figure).
[0027]
FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an operation example when confirming the incoming call history using this service.
After the other party's telephone (3) dials the second telephone number (03-XXXX-4321) to subscriber A ((1) in the figure), the telephone is disconnected ((2) in the figure).
The second telephone number center device (5) stores the telephone number itself of the call partner (3) and the time of receiving the call for the contractor A as the incoming call history ((3) in the figure). The user (including the contractor) of the telephone / terminal (2) of the contractor A makes a call to the second telephone number center device (5) or a notification from the "second telephone number center device (5)" It is possible to know the contents of the incoming call history by (4) in the figure.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
By using the contractor's second telephone number by one telephone terminal, it is possible to make a call using the caller notification, without making the original telephone number known to unspecified others. Even if the telephone is divided between work and private, the trouble of using multiple telephones is eliminated. Even if the telephone number of the contractor is once known, if the telephone number is the second telephone number, the second telephone number center is stopped, and it is possible to reject a call or accept a message. Even if the telephone number changes due to a change in contract, relocation, etc., it is not necessary to notify many callers if the second telephone number is used. As a result, the trouble and labor involved in such notification can be reduced.
Since this method can be adopted in addition to the usual method of using a telephone, a call can be made to a close partner such as a family using an original telephone number as before. The telephone number corresponding to the second telephone number is not contracted by the subscriber, but is rented and used. In other words, it is possible to reduce procedural troubles and associated costs when the same person subscribes to two independent telephone numbers.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the entire system of the present invention.
FIG. 1A is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a system configuration image of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of assigning and disclosing a user's contract and a second telephone number in the system of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an operation for explaining calling from a call partner to a telephone subscriber, reference to a subscriber telephone number from a second telephone number, and transfer through a second telephone number center device by the system of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory diagram of an operation when a telephone subscriber makes a call to a second telephone number according to the system of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a message receiving operation in the second telephone number center device of the telephone subscriber according to the system of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory diagram of an operation of rejecting an incoming call in the second telephone number center device in the system of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory diagram of an operation of confirming an incoming call history in the second telephone number center device according to the system of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1: public telephone network 2: telephone or telephone / terminal of a contract user 3: telephone / terminal of a communication partner 4: telephone / terminal of a close communication partner 5: second telephone number center device 6: subscriber information database

Claims (4)

In a subscribed telephone exchange or communication connection system including a telephone subscribed terminal including a plurality of subscriber telephone numbers and a public telephone network connected to the plurality of telephone subscribed terminals,
A dedicated telephone number center device independently connected to the public telephone network is provided, and the unused telephone number group stored by the telecommunications carrier is accommodated in the dedicated telephone number center device, and a dedicated exclusive telephone number unique to the subscriber is provided. Means for separately assigning any one unused telephone number to any one subscriber as a second telephone number from the unused telephone number group;
Means for the assigned subscriber to communicate with the second telephone number via the dedicated telephone number center device;
Means for communicating with the telephone number of any other subscriber through the public telephone network using the second telephone number. 2. A telephone exchange or communication connection according to claim 1, further comprising means for transferring a call received from said telephone or telephone terminal of said subscriber to said dedicated telephone number center device to said telephone or telephone terminal of said subscriber. system. 2. The telephone exchange or communication connection according to claim 1, further comprising means having an additional function of receiving a message, rejecting a call, referencing a received call history, and the like performed in addition to a call received at the dedicated telephone number center device. system. 2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for registering and displaying a previously acquired dedicated telephone number unique to the subscriber and a second telephone number of the subscriber, which is an unused telephone number assigned via the dedicated telephone number center device. Telephone or telephone terminal.

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