JPH06164578A - Data terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To automatically calculate the charge for each exchange method based on the transmitted data and to transmit the data to the partner terminal according to the specified exchange method. [Structure] When transmission data regarding a transmission destination address, transmission data amount, line connection time, and average data length is input to the charge calculation unit 102, each exchange table 1011 is based on the transmission time zone according to the internal calendar 106. 101
The stored data of 2,1013 are searched, and the data transmission fee by circuit switching and the data transmission fee by packet switching are calculated. When the calculation result of the charge calculation unit 102 is transferred to the mode switching unit 103, the mode of the low-price exchange method is designated, and the circuit switching processing unit 104 or the packet switching processing unit 105 is requested to make a call. Then, the circuit switching processing unit 104 or the packet switching processing unit 1 that received the call request
05 activates a calling procedure according to each exchange method.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data terminal device, and more particularly to a data terminal device suitable for transmitting data to a partner terminal via an ISN net.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus shown in FIG. 4 is known as an ISDN-compatible data terminal apparatus. This apparatus is provided with an ISDN compatible data terminal 1, and a line switching processing unit 1a and a packet switching processing unit 1b are provided in this data terminal. The data terminal 1 is connected to the INS net 3 via the line 2. The INS net 3 is connected to the partner terminal 4 via the line 5.
In the data terminal device shown in FIG. 4, when data transmission is performed from the data terminal 1 to the partner terminal 4 via the INS net 3, the sender makes a sender address, a send data amount, a line connection time and an average data length. The data transmission fee for circuit switching and the data transmission fee for packet switching are calculated based on the above, and the transmission terminal is set to a low-cost switching system based on each calculation result.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional data terminal device, in order to perform data transmission by a low-priced exchange method, complicated fee calculation is required, and data for performing the fee calculation is required. is necessary. Moreover,
Each time data is transmitted, it is necessary to switch the terminal setting to the selected switching method.

The present invention is to solve such a conventional problem and automatically calculates the charge of each exchange method based on the transmission data and transmits the data to the partner terminal according to the designated exchange method. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data terminal device that can be used.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a line distance storage means for storing data relating to a line distance between a calling terminal and a partner terminal in association with a sender address, and each time. A line connection charge storage unit that stores data relating to a line connection charge per unit time in a band in association with a line distance, and a packet processing charge storage unit that stores data related to a packet processing charge in each time period in association with a packet length And a transmission data input means for inputting transmission data relating to the transmission destination address, transmission data amount, line connection time and average data length, and time zone detection for detecting the transmission time zone from the time zone at the time of data input by the transmission data input means. Means and the transmission time when the transmission data is input by the transmission data input means and detected by the time zone detection means A charge calculating means for calculating the data transmission rates according to the retrieved data transmission rates and packet switched circuit switched and data stored in the storage means based on,
A transmission mode designating unit that designates a switching system with a low data transmission rate from the calculation result of the rate calculation unit, a packet switching processing unit that executes data transmission by packet switching when designated by the transmission mode designating unit, and a transmission mode designation And a circuit switching processing means for executing data transmission by circuit switching when designated by the means.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the data transmission fee by the circuit switching and the data transmission fee by the packet switching are transmitted only by inputting the transmission destination address, the transmission data amount, the line connection time and the transmission data concerning the average data length. It is calculated according to the time zone. Then, an exchange method with a low data transmission fee is designated from the result of calculation of the fee, and the data transmission is executed according to this designation. Therefore, it is not necessary for the caller to perform complicated charge calculation and switch terminal settings for each communication, which improves operability and saves charges required for data communication.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an ISDN-compatible data terminal device according to the present invention. The ISDN-compatible data terminal device 10 is configured to include a memory 101, a charge calculation unit 102, a mode switching unit 103, a line switching processing unit 104, a packet switching processing unit 105, and a built-in calendar 106, and the INS via the line 20. It is connected to the net 30. The INS net 30 is connected to the partner terminal 40 via the line 50. Then, the line address 201 is assigned to the line 20 and the line 50
The other party's line address 501 is assigned to.

The memory 101 includes exchange tables 1011 and 1
012 and 1013 are provided. In the exchange table 1011, data regarding the line distance between the line 20 and the line 50 is stored in the line address 201 and the transmission destination address 5.
It is stored in association with 01. Exchange table 101
As shown in FIG. 2, data regarding the line connection charge per unit time in each time zone is stored in 2 in association with the line distance. Also, the exchange table 1013
In FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 3, data regarding packet processing charges in each time zone is stored in association with the packet length.

In the charge calculation unit 102, a transmission destination address, a transmission data amount, a transmission data input unit (not shown),
Transmission data relating to the line connection time and the average data length are input. Then, when the transmission data is input to the charge calculation unit 102, the transmission time zone is detected by the built-in calendar 106 from the time zone when the data is input. Furthermore, the charge calculation unit 102
When the transmission data is input, the storage data of each exchange table 1011, 1012, 1013 is searched based on the transmission time zone, and the data transmission charge by circuit switching and the data transmission charge by packet switching are calculated. ing. Then, the calculation result is transferred to the mode switching unit 103.

The mode switching unit 103 is a charge calculation unit 10
In accordance with the calculation result from 2, the mode based on the exchange method with the low data transmission fee is designated. The circuit switching processing unit 104 is adapted to execute data transmission by circuit switching when designated by the mode switching unit 103. On the other hand, the packet switching processing unit 105 is configured to execute data transmission by packet switching when designated by the mode switching unit 103.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. First, when the sender operates the transmission data input means to input the transmission destination address, the transmission data amount, the line connection time, and the transmission data regarding the average data length, these transmission data are input to the transmission calculation unit 102. Charge calculator 1
02, when the transmission data is input, the built-in calendar 10
Each exchange table 1011 and 1 based on the transmission time zone of 6
The stored data of 012 and 1013 are searched, and the data transfer fee by circuit switching and the data transmission fee by packet switching are calculated. Then, the calculation result is transferred to the mode switching unit 103. The mode switching unit 103 designates a circuit switching mode as a switching method when the data transmission charge by the circuit switching is cheaper, and designates a packet switching mode in the opposite case. When the circuit switching mode is designated, the circuit switching processing unit 104 executes data transmission by circuit switching. On the other hand, when the mode by packet switching is designated, the packet switching processing unit 105 executes data transmission by packet switching. When the data transmission is executed by any of the exchange processing units, the calling procedure according to each exchange system is activated, and the data is transmitted as soon as the call is connected to the partner terminal 40.

[0012]

As is apparent from the above embodiment, the present invention calculates the data transmission charge by circuit switching and the data transmission charge by packet switching according to the transmission time zone only by inputting transmission data. A designated exchange method is designated from the result, and data transfer according to the designated exchange method is automatically performed, so that operability can be improved and the fee required for data communication can be saved. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an ISDN-compatible data terminal device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a charge conversion table for circuit switching.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a charge exchange table for packet exchange.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional ISDN-compatible data terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ISDN-compatible data terminal device 20, 50 line 30 INS net 40 partner terminal 101 memory 102 charge calculation unit 103 mode switching unit 104 circuit switching processing unit 105 packet switching processing unit 106 built-in calendar

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A line distance storage means for storing data relating to a line distance between a calling terminal and a partner terminal in association with a destination address, and data relating to a line connection charge per unit time in each time zone corresponding to the line distance. A line connection charge storage means for additionally storing, a packet processing charge storage means for storing data relating to a packet processing charge in each time zone in association with a packet length, a destination address, a transmission data amount, a line connection time and average data When the transmission data is input by the transmission data input means for inputting the transmission data regarding the length, the time zone detecting means for detecting the transmission time zone from the time zone at the time of data input by the transmission data input means Based on the transmission time zone detected by the time zone detection means, the stored data in each of the storage means is searched to switch the circuit. And a charge calculation means for calculating a data transmission charge by the packet and a data transmission charge by the packet exchange,
A transmission mode designating unit that designates a switching system with a low data transmission rate from the calculation result of the rate calculation unit, a packet switching processing unit that executes data transmission by packet switching when designated by the transmission mode designating unit, and a transmission mode designation And a circuit switching processing means for executing data transmission by circuit switching when designated by the means.