JP3320897B2 - Telephone system and control method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone system using a telephone line and a control method thereof, and more particularly to a user who searches a database provided in a network from a telephone terminal connected to the telephone line. , You can easily extract the target phone number and easily connect the line,
In addition, the telephone company can reduce the time and cost required for creating and distributing a telephone number book, and furthermore, can improve the service by quickly responding to changes in information and control the telephone system. About the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A telephone company is provided with a database for storing line user names and corresponding telephone numbers for line management. To distribute or provide a directory service.

Conventionally, when a user wants to look up a telephone number from an occupation such as "clinic" or "bank", the telephone number is classified by occupation using an occupational telephone number book (hereinafter referred to as a telephone book) distributed by a telephone company. There is a method of checking a name (line user name), a telephone number, and an address (location) from a telephone number list. Another method of checking a telephone number is to use a telephone company's directory assistance service.

[0004]

However, in the conventional method using the telephone directory, the telephone company takes a lot of time and money to create and distribute the telephone directory.
There was a problem that it was not possible to respond quickly to changes in information such as changes in telephone numbers.

[0005] In addition, the above-mentioned conventional method using a telephone directory is inconvenient for the user because if the telephone number is changed, the telephone directory cannot be checked, and the telephone directory is too thick. There is a problem that it is difficult to use because of its heavy weight and requires a storage space.

Further, the above-mentioned conventional method of using the telephone number guidance service has a problem that it is troublesome to make a call and receive guidance.

The present invention has been made in view of the above practical use, and a database in which a telephone number book is digitized is provided in a network, and a user searches the database from a telephone terminal connected to a telephone line. By doing so, it is possible to easily check the telephone number without using a telephone directory or telephone number guidance service and easily connect the line, and for a telephone company, the time and cost required for creating and distributing the telephone directory It is another object of the present invention to provide a telephone system and a control method therefor, which can reduce the number of calls, and can improve the service by responding quickly to changes in information.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone system for connecting a telephone terminal and a database via a public line.
The database includes a telephone directory memory for classifying and storing telephone number information using address and occupation search items as keys, a first address and a second address transmitted from the telephone terminal.
Reads less, said first address and a second address
The phonebook reading the searched by phone number information memory, and a control section for returning the telephone number information via the public line to the telephone terminal based on the telephone terminal,
A display unit for displaying the telephone number information returned, the first test
Address as a search item and a first address in the telephone directory memory.
And a second table that associates
Pair with the second address in the telephone directory memory.
And a first table corresponding to the input / designated address by reading the input / designated address.
Read the dress from the first table and enter
Read the specified occupation and enter the specified / specified occupation
Reading a second address corresponding to
The first address and the second address.
And a terminal control unit for transmitting the telephone number information returned from the database via the public telephone line, receiving the telephone number information, and displaying the telephone number information on the display unit.

[0009] The invention of the prior art according to claim 2 for solving the problem of a control method in telephone systems, the terminal control unit of the telephone terminals, address input of the first search item・ If specified, the first address corresponding to the address
Is read from the first table, and when an occupation as a second search item is input / designated, a second address corresponding to the occupation is read from the second table, and the first address and The second address is transmitted to a database via a public line, and the control unit of the database reads the first address and the second address transmitted from the telephone terminal, and reads the first address. The telephone directory memory is searched based on the address and the second address to read out the telephone number information, and the telephone number information is returned to the telephone terminal via the public line, and the terminal control unit of the telephone terminal returns a reply from the database. The received telephone number information is received and displayed on a display unit.

[0010]

[0011]

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone system according to the first aspect, wherein a telephone terminal is displayed by a cursor on a display unit with telephone number information returned from a database. And a line connection key for instructing to make a line connection to the telephone number indicated by the cursor, and the terminal control unit presses the line connection key. In this case, the terminal control unit releases the line if the line is in use, reads the telephone number indicated by the cursor from the memory unit, and connects the line to the telephone number.

[0013] invention of the prior art problems solved according to claim 4 for the, in the control method of the telephone system according to claim 2, the terminal control unit, and the telephone number information returned from the database, the cursor The displayed telephone number is stored in the memory unit, and when the line connection key is pressed, the telephone number displayed by the cursor is read from the memory unit. If the line is in use, the line is released. And making a line connection to the telephone number.

[0014]

[0015]

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone directory memory of the database is a telephone directory memory for classifying and storing telephone number information using the address and the occupation as keys, and the control unit is transmitted from the telephone terminal. And a control unit for reading out telephone number information based on the first address and the second address, wherein the table of the telephone terminal includes: a first table for associating an address with the first address; The terminal control unit reads from the first address first table corresponding to the input / designated address, and reads the second table corresponding to the input / designated occupation. The telephone system is a terminal control unit that reads addresses from the second table and transmits the first address and the second address to the database. And sending the address and the address corresponding to the profession in the database, by replying to the telephone terminal reads out the telephone number information corresponding to the address received on the database side, the user telephone number book and number plan
If you enter and specify the address and occupation as search keys without using the inside, you can get the target phone number information, you can easily work on the phone number search , and the telephone company,
Reduce the time and expense required to create and distribute phone numbers,
Improve services by responding quickly to changes in information
It is Ru can.

According to the second aspect of the invention, there is provided a control method in a telephone system, the terminal control unit of the telephone terminal, a first address corresponding to the input-designated address from the first table Reading a second address corresponding to the specified occupation from the second table;
The first address and the second address are transmitted to the database, and the control unit of the database reads out telephone number information based on the first address and the second address transmitted from the telephone terminal, and returns the information to the telephone terminal. The telephone system control method allows the user to input and specify the address and occupation as a search key without using a telephone number book or directory guide to obtain the target telephone number information. The work can be facilitated, and the telephone company can reduce the time and cost required for creating and distributing a telephone number book, and can quickly respond to changes in information and improve services.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the telephone terminal stores the telephone number information returned from the database and the telephone number displayed by the cursor, and connects the line to the telephone number displayed by the cursor. The terminal control unit reads the telephone number displayed by the cursor from the memory unit when the line connection key is pressed, and connects the line to the telephone number. Since the telephone system according to claim 1 is a terminal control unit, the user checks the search result displayed on the display unit, and presses the line connection key when the target telephone number is displayed with a cursor. For example, the terminal control unit reads the telephone number indicated by the cursor from the memory unit, temporarily opens the line, and then connects the line to the telephone number. It is possible to easily perform the line connection to the telephone number.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a method of controlling a telephone system according to claim 2, the terminal control unit,
The telephone number information returned from the database and the telephone number indicated by the cursor are stored in a memory unit, and when the line connection key is pressed, the line is temporarily released, and the telephone number indicated by the cursor is stored in the memory. Section, and a telephone system control method for connecting a line to the telephone number is used, so that the user can confirm that the target information is displayed on the cursor and press the line connection key to easily perform the operation. You can make a line connection to the desired telephone number.

[0020]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The telephone system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes:
In the past, a database having a telephone directory memory storing the telephone line user names and their corresponding addresses and telephone numbers by occupation, which was described in the telephone directory by occupation, was provided in telephone companies in the network. , A user can input / designate a search item from a telephone terminal and search a telephone directory memory via a telephone line.
When a target telephone number is extracted, a line connection can be made to the number with one touch.

A configuration of a telephone system according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of the telephone system of the present embodiment. The telephone system according to the present embodiment includes a transmission / reception unit 11 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the public line 3 in a database of the telephone company 1.
And a control unit 12 for reading received data and reading information from a telephone directory memory 13, and a telephone directory memory 13 for storing telephone line user names and corresponding telephone numbers and addresses for each occupation. The telephone terminal 2 which is provided and connected to the public line 3 includes a control processing unit 20 for performing control and processing, a display unit 30 such as a liquid crystal panel, and a key input unit 40 for inputting / designating a search item and the like. And modem 31
, An interface 32 for connecting to the telephone company 1 via the public line 3, and a handset 33.

Next, each component will be specifically described with reference to FIG. The telephone directory memory 13 of the database provided in the telephone company 1 stores telephone number information (telephone line user names and corresponding telephone numbers and addresses) according to addresses and occupations. Addresses such as "Kawasaki City" and "Yokohama City" are classified as the first key, and the portion corresponding to each address is classified as the second key by occupations such as "Clinic" and "Bank". It has the function of a telephone directory for each occupation.

When the address (first key) and the address corresponding to the occupation (second key) input and specified by the user are transmitted from the telephone terminal 2, the transmission / reception unit 11 of the telephone company 1 receives the address. The control unit 12 reads the received address, searches the telephone directory memory 13, reads out the telephone number information stored at the address in the memory 13, and
1 returns a search result as a search result to the telephone terminal 2 via the public line 3.

The telephone directory memory 13 can easily write and rewrite information in the telephone company 1, so that the latest telephone number information can always be stored.

Next, each component of the telephone terminal 2 will be described. The key input unit 40 of the telephone terminal 2 is provided with a character key 41 for inputting a search item, a line connection key 42 for instructing a line connection, and a cursor key 43 for scrolling displayed information.

The character keys 41 are numbers from 0 to 9 and # and * keys. By assigning alphabets and kana to each key or a combination thereof, it is possible to input search characters such as addresses and occupations in Roman characters. ing. still,
The menu of a plurality of search items is displayed on the display unit in advance, and the
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which selection is designated by a sol movement, scrolling, or the like, or selection and designation is performed in a directory system in which multiple options are sequentially selected. Further, the telephone number extracted by searching the telephone directory memory 13 is displayed on the display unit 30.
Is a key for instructing that a line connection be made to the telephone number indicated by the cursor. Therefore, the user looks at the search result and determines whether or not the other party indicated by the cursor is OK.
When 2 is pressed, the terminal control unit 21 performs the line connection based on the telephone number information stored in the memory unit 23. If there is no information corresponding to the displayed information, the cursor key 43 is pressed to move the cursor, thereby scrolling the display information and displaying the corresponding name.

The control processing means 20 of the telephone terminal 2 reads the data from the key input section 40 and controls a search, display and transmission, and a search item input / specified by the key input section 40. A code table 22 for associating the address with the address of the telephone directory memory 13 of the telephone company 1;
And a memory unit 23 for storing search results read from the telephone directory memory 13.

Further, the code table 22 includes the first
An address code table 22a for associating an address which is a key with an address in the telephone directory memory 13 of the telephone company 1, an occupation such as "clinic" and "bank" of a second key, and an address specified by an address of the first key. An occupation code table 22b is provided for associating addresses that further limit the area. That is, the code table 22a manages a code (address) of a city such as “Yokohama”, and the code table 22b manages a code (address) such as “clinic”.

Then, the terminal control section 21 operates the key input section 4
The search item (address and occupation) input / designated from 0 is read, and the address in the telephone directory memory 13 corresponding to the address of the first key is read from the address code table 22a.
Further, the address corresponding to the occupation of the second key is read from the occupation code table 22b, the data read from both tables is converted by the modem 31 and the interface 32, and is converted to the database of the telephone company 1 through the public line 3. To be sent.

When the search result is transmitted from the database of the telephone company 1, the terminal control unit 21 temporarily stores the telephone number information in the memory unit 23, and further stores the display unit 3.
0 to be displayed. Further, the memory unit 23 stores which information is displayed with the cursor in association with each other, and when the line connection key 42 is pressed, the terminal control unit 21 releases the line once, The displayed telephone number is read from the memory unit 23 and a line connection is made to the telephone number.

Next, a control method of the telephone system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of the telephone terminal 2, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of the database on the telephone company 1 side. Here, in order to describe a flow of a series of processing, description will be first made with reference to FIG. 2, then FIG. 3, and again with FIG.

In the telephone terminal 2, when the address and the occupation are inputted and designated as the retrieval items from the key input section 40 from the standby state (FIG. 2 (102)), the terminal control section 21 makes the input / output.
The designated address and occupation are read (FIG. 2 (10
4)), the address of the telephone directory memory 13 corresponding to the input / designated address is read from the address code table 22a (FIG. 2 (106)), and further, the address of the telephone directory memory 13 corresponding to the entered / designated occupation is read. The address is read from the occupation code table 22 (b) (FIG. 2 (108)). Then, the read address is transmitted to the telephone company 1 via the modem 31 and the interface 32 (FIG. 2 (11)
0)).

On the other hand, in the database of the telephone company 1, when the transmitting / receiving unit 11 receives a signal from the telephone terminal 2 from the standby state ((202) in FIG. 3), the address received by the control unit 12 is read (FIG. 3). (204)), the telephone directory memory 13 is searched based on the received address, and the stored telephone number information is read (FIG. 3 (20)).
6)). Then, the read telephone number information is returned as a search result from the transmission / reception unit 11 to the telephone terminal 2 via the public line 3 ((208) in FIG. 3), and the apparatus returns to the standby state.

When the telephone terminal 2 receives the search result (FIG. 2 (112)), the terminal control section 21 stores the search result in the memory section 23 (FIG. 2 (114)) and sends it to the display section 30. (FIG. 2 (116)).

Then, if there is the next key input (FIG. 2 (1)
18)), it is determined whether the key input is an end instruction, the cursor key 43 is pressed, or the line connection key 42 is pressed (FIG. 2 (120)). The process is completed, and the process returns to the standby state. If the key input is the cursor key 43, scroll display processing is performed (FIG. 2 (122)), the cursor is moved, and processing 11 is executed.
Return to before 8. If the key input is the line connection key 42, the communication with the telephone company 1 is terminated to release the line ((124) in FIG. 2), and then the telephone number indicated by the cursor stored in the memory unit 23 is displayed. (Fig. 2 (1)
26)). Thus, the search processing of the telephone system according to the present embodiment is performed. Note that the scroll display processing of the processing 122 in FIG. 2 is generally widely known, and thus description thereof is omitted here.

Next, a search method in the telephone system of this embodiment will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of a search result of the telephone system according to the present embodiment. When the user inputs and designates “Yokohama” and “medical office” as search items from the telephone terminal 2, the terminal control unit 21 sets the address code table 22
The address corresponding to “Yokohama” is read from “a”, the address corresponding to “clinic” is read from the occupation code table 22b, and transmitted to the database of the telephone company 1. In the database of the telephone company 1, the control unit 12 searches the telephone directory memory 13 based on the received address, extracts the telephone number information about “Clinic” of “Yokohama”, and returns it to the telephone terminal 2.

In the telephone terminal 2, the returned search result is stored in the memory unit 23, and as shown in FIG. 4, the telephone number information corresponding to the "medical office" of "Yokohama" as the search result is stored. It is displayed on the display unit 30. When the target information is not displayed, the user presses the cursor key 43 to move the cursor at the left end of the screen and scroll the display information. When the target information is displayed, the cursor is moved to the target information, and when the line connection key 42 is pressed, the communication with the telephone company 1 ends, and the line is connected to the telephone number indicated by the cursor. Has become.

According to the telephone system of this embodiment, the telephone directory memory 13 in which the telephone number information is classified and stored in the database of the telephone company 1 according to the address and the occupation, and the address transmitted from the telephone terminal 2 are stored. A control unit 12 for reading and searching the telephone directory memory 13 to read out the telephone number information of the address, and transmitting the telephone number information to the telephone terminal 2;
3 is read, and the input and designated address and occupation are read, and the telephone directory memory 1 corresponding to the address and occupation is read from the code table 22.
3 is read and sent to the telephone company 1, and the terminal control unit 21 for displaying the search result returned from the telephone company 1 on the display unit 30 is provided as a telephone system and its control method. , Without using the phonebook,
If the address and occupation are input / designated from the telephone terminal 2, desired telephone number information is displayed on the display unit, and the telephone number can be easily checked.

After searching the telephone number, the result is stored in the memory unit 23 of the control processing means 20 in the telephone terminal 2,
Since the line connection key 42 for instructing the line connection to the telephone number displayed on the display unit 30 is provided, there is an effect that the line can be connected to the destination of the searched telephone number with one touch.

Furthermore, since the telephone directory memory 13 can easily write and rewrite information in the telephone company 1, the telephone directory memory 13 can always store the latest telephone number information. It is convenient to be able to know information, and for the telephone company 1, the time and cost required for creating and distributing a telephone number book can be reduced, and services can be improved by responding quickly to changes in information. There is an effect that can be achieved.

[0041]

[0042]

[0043]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone directory memory of the database is a telephone directory memory for classifying and storing telephone number information using the address and the occupation as keys, and the control unit transmits the telephone directory information from the telephone terminal. A control unit for reading out telephone number information based on the transmitted first address and second address, wherein the table of the telephone terminal includes: a first table for associating an address with the first address; And a second table for associating the two addresses with each other.
A first address corresponding to the input / designated address is read from the first table; a second address corresponding to the input / designated occupation is read from the second table;
And the second address are transmitted to the database, so that the telephone system transmits the address corresponding to the address and occupation entered and specified by the user to the database, and the database side transmits the address to the database. By reading out the telephone number information corresponding to the received address and returning it to the telephone terminal, the user can read the telephone number book.
And if the input and specify the address and occupation without the use of a number guide as a search key it is possible to obtain the telephone number information of purpose, it is possible to facilitate the work of the telephone number examined, also, Telephone
The company spends time and money on phone book creation and distribution
Improve services by responding quickly to information changes
There is a Ru can be achieved effect.

[0044] According to the second aspect of the invention, there is provided a control method in a telephone system, the terminal control unit of the telephone terminal, a first address corresponding to the input-designated address from the first table Reading a second address corresponding to the specified occupation from the second table;
The first address and the second address are transmitted to the database, and the control unit of the database reads out telephone number information based on the first address and the second address transmitted from the telephone terminal, and returns the information to the telephone terminal. The telephone system control method allows the user to input and specify the address and occupation as a search key without using a telephone number book or directory guide to obtain the target telephone number information. It can make work easier, and the telephone company can reduce the time and expense required to create and distribute a telephone directory, improve the service by responding quickly to changes in information, and improve services. is there.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the telephone terminal stores the telephone number information returned from the database and the telephone number indicated by the cursor, and connects the line to the telephone number indicated by the cursor. The terminal control unit reads the telephone number displayed by the cursor from the memory unit when the line connection key is pressed, and connects the line to the telephone number. Since the telephone system according to claim 1 is a terminal control unit, the user checks the search result displayed on the display unit, and presses the line connection key when the target telephone number is displayed with a cursor. For example, the terminal control unit reads the telephone number indicated by the cursor from the memory unit, temporarily opens the line, and then connects the line to the telephone number. It is possible to easily perform the line connection to the telephone number.

[0046] According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a method of controlling a telephone system according to claim 2, the terminal control unit,
The telephone number information returned from the database and the telephone number indicated by the cursor are stored in a memory unit, and when the line connection key is pressed, the line is temporarily released, and the telephone number indicated by the cursor is stored in the memory. Section, and a telephone system control method for connecting a line to the telephone number is used, so that the user can confirm that the target information is displayed on the cursor and press the line connection key to easily perform the operation. There is an effect that a line can be connected to a target telephone number.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a telephone system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of the telephone terminal 2.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a database on the telephone company 1 side;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a search result of the telephone system of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Telephone company, 2. Telephone terminal, 3. Public line, 1.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Transmission / reception part, 12 ... Control part, 13 ... Phonebook memory, 20 ... Control processing means, 21 ... Terminal control part, 2
2 code table, 23 memory unit, 30 display unit, 31 modem, 32 interface, 40
... key input section, 41 ... character key, 42 ... line connection key, 43 ... cursor key

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-285559 (JP, A) JP-A-63-191451 (JP, A) JP-A-2-2285 (JP, A) 77958 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04M 3/42-3/58 H04M 1/26-1/57 H04M 11/00-11/10

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone system for connecting a telephone terminal and a database via a public line, wherein the database is a telephone directory memory for classifying and storing telephone number information using address and occupation search items as keys, The first address and the second address transmitted from the telephone terminal
Reads less, said first address and a second address
Reading the searched by phone number information the phone book memory based on, and a control unit for returning via the public line to the telephone number information in the telephone terminal, the telephone terminal, a reply telephone A display unit for displaying number information, an address as a first search item, and the phonebook memo
A first table corresponding to a first address of the
The occupation as the second search item and the second in the telephone directory memory
And a second table for associating the input address with the address of the input / designated address.
Reading the corresponding first address from said first table
Input, read the specified occupation and input
The second address corresponding to the designated occupation is the second address;
From the first address and the first address
And a terminal control unit for transmitting the address No. 2 to the database via a public line, receiving the telephone number information returned from the database, and displaying the information on the display unit. Phone system. 2. A control method in a telephone system, the terminal control unit of the telephone terminal, the address of the first search item is input and specifies the first address corresponding to the address first When the occupation as the second search item is input / designated, a second address corresponding to the occupation is read from the second table, and the first address and the second address are read from the second table. An address is transmitted to a database via a public line, and the control unit of the database reads the first address and the second address transmitted from the telephone terminal, and reads the first address and the second address. 2. The telephone directory memory is searched based on the address 2 and the telephone number information is read out, and the telephone number information is returned to the telephone terminal via the public line. The terminal control unit of the telephone terminal Control method for a telephone system, characterized in that to be displayed on the receiving and display unit and the telephone number information returned from the scan. 3. A telephone terminal, comprising: a memory unit for storing telephone number information returned from a database and a telephone number indicated by a cursor on a display unit; and performing a line connection to the telephone number indicated by the cursor. A line connection key for instructing, when the line connection key is pressed, the line is released if the line is in use and the telephone number indicated by the cursor is stored in the memory unit. 2. A telephone system according to claim 1, further comprising a terminal control unit for reading from a telephone number and making a line connection to said telephone number. 4. A method of controlling a telephone system according to claim 2, the terminal control unit, and the telephone number information returned from the database, may be stored the telephone number displayed cursor memory unit When the line connection key is pressed, the telephone number indicated by the cursor is read from the memory unit, and if the line is in use, the line is released and the line is connected to the telephone number. How to control the phone system.