JP2002064658A - Communication terminal, communication system and call- in noticing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal for noticing a call-in to a called user by use of multimedia data for noticing the call-in set by a caller; a communication system; and a call-in noticing method. SOLUTION: A communication terminal notices a call-in based on a call setting message for setting a call of a communication to be received when calling in, and comprises a reception part for receiving a call setting message having multimedia data containing at least one of call-in noticing image data and voice data when calling in; a control part for extracting the multimedia data from the received call setting message; and an output part for noticing the call-in by use of the multimedia data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a communication terminal, a communication system, and an incoming call notification method. In particular, the present invention relates to a communication terminal, a communication system, and an incoming call notification method for notifying an incoming call using multimedia data set by a caller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telephone, an incoming call is notified by a ring tone or a melody set in advance on a receiving telephone.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-355393 (published on Dec. 24, 1999) discloses a mobile phone that sounds a ringing melody at the time of an incoming call based on a melody pattern transmitted from the calling mobile phone. Have been. JP-A-8-274895 (publication date: January 1, 1996)
(January 18th) discloses a telephone in which message data transmitted by a caller at the time of calling is displayed on a liquid crystal display at the time of receiving a call.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-146083 (published May 28, 1999) discloses a table in which a telephone number of a caller is associated with a URL of a home page on the Internet in an Internet telephone system using a computer. URL for Internet telephone communication
There is disclosed a system for displaying a homepage based on a computer on a called party's computer.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-3553
No. 93 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-274895, the data that can be transmitted by a caller when making a call is limited to melody patterns and message data. Are limited, and there is a problem that an incoming call notification using multimedia data such as image data and music data cannot be made.

In the Internet telephone system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-146083, it is necessary for a caller to prepare data such as image data to be displayed on a receiving computer on an Internet Web server in advance. Usage is restricted.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal, a communication system, and an incoming call notification method that can solve the above problems. 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.

[0008]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal for notifying an incoming call based on a call setup message for setting up a call for a call received at the time of an incoming call. A receiving unit that receives a call setup message having multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for notifying an incoming call, a control unit that extracts multimedia data from the received call setup message, And an output unit for notifying an incoming call using the data.

[0009] The control unit may extract image data for an incoming call notification from the call setting message, and the output unit may have a display unit for displaying the image data to notify the incoming call. The output part is
A sound output unit that outputs a preset ringtone may be further provided. The control unit extracts image data and sound data for incoming call notification from the call setting message, and the output unit
A display unit that displays image data to notify an incoming call and a sound output unit that outputs sound data to notify an incoming call may be provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal for notifying an incoming call based on a call setup message for setting up a call for a call received at the time of incoming call, and receiving the call setup message at the time of incoming call. A receiving unit, based on the received call setting message, a control unit that causes the receiving unit to receive multimedia data including at least one of image data or sound data for incoming call notification, and an incoming call using the multimedia data. And an output unit for notifying the user.

The control unit may cause the receiving unit to receive the multimedia data from an external server connected to the communication terminal via the communication network. The call setting message has identification information of the multimedia data, and the control unit extracts the identification information of the multimedia data and the calling number of the call from the received call setting message, and converts the extracted information into the calling number and the identification information. The receiving unit may receive the multimedia data based on the received multimedia data. The call setup message has an Internet URL indicating the location of the multimedia data,
The control unit may extract the URL from the received call setup message, and cause the receiving unit to receive multimedia data via the Internet based on the URL.

[0012] The information processing apparatus may further include a storage unit for storing an incoming call history in which the incoming call notification multimedia data is associated with the incoming call. The output unit may output at least a part of the multimedia data stored in the storage unit in response to the incoming call when one incoming call in the incoming call history is specified.
The receiving unit may receive voice data of a call from a channel for a call in mobile radio communication, and may receive multimedia data from a channel for a packet communication in mobile radio communication.

[0013] The communication terminal may have incoming call notification data for notifying an incoming call in advance, and further include a selection unit for selecting one of multimedia data and incoming call notification data as use data used for the incoming call notification. A setting unit that sets which of the multimedia data and the incoming call notification data is used as the use data for each communication terminal on the calling side may be further provided. A setting unit for setting which of the multimedia data and the incoming call notification data to use as the use data for each time zone may be further provided.

[0014] An address book for storing the telephone number of the call partner in association with the name of the call partner is further provided, and multimedia data for incoming call notification is added to the address book in association with the telephone number of the call partner. Good. The output unit may output at least a part of the multimedia data stored in the address book corresponding to the calling communication terminal when one calling communication terminal is specified in the address book.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal for transmitting a call setup message for setting up a call when a call is originated, the multimedia including at least one of image data and sound data for incoming call notification. A storage unit for storing data, a control unit for attaching multimedia data to the call setting message as data for notification of incoming call,
A transmission unit for transmitting a call setup message accompanied by multimedia data.

The storage unit may store the multimedia data in association with the called number, and the control unit may attach the multimedia data corresponding to the called number of the call to the call setting message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal for transmitting a call setup message for setting up a telephone call at the time of calling, wherein the multimedia includes at least one of image data and sound data for incoming call notification. A storage unit for storing data identification information, a control unit for appending multimedia data identification information to a call setup message, and a transmission for transmitting a call setup message with multimedia data identification information upon calling Unit.

The storage unit may store the identification information of the multimedia data in association with the called number, and the control unit may attach the identification information of the multimedia data corresponding to the called number of the call to the call setting message. .

According to another aspect of the present invention, a call setup message for setting up a call for a call is received from an originating communication terminal,
A relay station for transmitting a call setup message to a called communication terminal, wherein the multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for notification of incoming call is stored in association with a calling number of the calling communication terminal. A receiving unit for receiving a call setting message from a calling terminal, a multimedia data associated with the same calling number as the calling number by extracting a calling number of the call from the received call setting message; From the multimedia database, and a control unit for adding the multimedia data to the call setting message, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the call setting message with the multimedia data to the receiving communication terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a call setup message for setting up a call from a calling communication terminal is received,
A relay station for transmitting a call setup message to a called communication terminal, wherein the multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for notification of incoming call is stored in association with a calling number of the calling communication terminal. A database, a receiving unit that receives the call setting message from the calling communication terminal, a transmitting unit that sends the call setting message to the receiving communication terminal, and, when requested by the receiving communication terminal that receives the call setting message, A control unit that extracts, from the multimedia database, multimedia data associated with the same calling number as the calling number of the call in the call setting message, and causes the transmitting unit to transmit the multimedia data.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including an originating communication terminal for transmitting a call setup message for setting up a call and a receiving communication terminal for receiving the call setup message. The terminal includes a storage unit that stores multimedia data including at least one of image data or sound data for incoming call notification, a control unit that adds the multimedia data to the call setting message as incoming call notification data, A transmitting unit for transmitting a call setup message with multimedia data attached thereto, wherein the receiving-side communication terminal receives a call setup message having multimedia data when receiving a call, and a received call setup message A control unit for extracting multimedia data from the message, and an output unit for notifying an incoming call using the multimedia data. Obtain.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an originating communication terminal for transmitting a call setup message for setting up a call, a receiving communication terminal for receiving the call setup message, and a calling communication terminal and a destination communication terminal A communication system that includes a relay station that relays a call, wherein the originating communication terminal includes a transmission unit that transmits a call setting message at the time of calling, and the relay station performs at least one of image data or sound data for incoming call notification. A multimedia database that stores multimedia data including the calling data of the calling communication terminal in association with a calling number, a receiving unit that receives a call setting message from the calling communication terminal, and a call setting process based on the received call setting message. The calling number is extracted, and the multimedia data associated with the same calling number as the calling number is extracted from the multimedia database, and the multimedia data is extracted. And a transmitting unit for transmitting a call setting message with multimedia data to the called communication terminal.The called communication terminal transmits the multimedia data when receiving the call. A receiving unit for receiving a call setup message having
A control unit for extracting multimedia data from the received call setup message, and using the multimedia data,
An output unit for notifying an incoming call.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a calling communication terminal for transmitting a call setup message for setting up a call, a called communication terminal for receiving the call setting message, and a calling communication terminal and a called communication terminal. A communication system that includes a relay station that relays a call, wherein the originating communication terminal includes a transmission unit that transmits a call setting message at the time of calling, and the relay station performs at least one of image data or sound data for incoming call notification. A multimedia database that stores multimedia data including the communication data associated with the calling number of the calling communication terminal, a receiving unit that receives the call setting message from the calling communication terminal, and transmits the call setting message to the called communication terminal The transmitting unit and, when requested by the receiving communication terminal that has received the call setting message, the same calling number as the calling number of the call in the call setting message. Extracting multimedia data associated with the number from the multimedia database,
A control unit for transmitting the multimedia data to the transmitting unit, the receiving side communication terminal, when receiving a call, a receiving unit for receiving a call setting message, and the relay station, based on the received call setting message, Determine whether to request data, and when requesting multimedia data,
A control unit that causes the receiving unit to receive multimedia data from the relay station, and an output unit that notifies an incoming call using the multimedia data are provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a communication terminal for receiving a telephone call receives an incoming call based on multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for an incoming call notification set by a caller. The method includes the steps of receiving multimedia data set by a caller at the time of an incoming call, and notifying an incoming call using the received multimedia data.

Note that the above summary of the present invention does not list all of the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these features may also constitute the present invention.

[0026]

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 claimed invention and have the features described in the embodiments. Not all combinations are essential to the solution of the invention.

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an overall view of the communication system of the present embodiment. The communication system includes the transmitting side mobile phone 11,
Originating telephone 12, receiving mobile telephone 21, receiving telephone 22, public line network 30, mobile switching center 50, base station 7
0, and the local exchange 90. The calling side mobile phone 11, the calling side telephone 12, the called side mobile phone 21, and the called side telephone 22 are examples of the communication terminal of the present invention.
The connection between the telephones is established by the mobile switching center 50, the subscriber switching center 90.
It is realized through several exchanges such as.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of functions of the transmitting side mobile phone 11 and the receiving side mobile phone 21 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Calling side mobile phone 11 and receiving side mobile phone 21
Are the CPU 100, the data interface 140, the operation key interface 150, the operation keys 155, the antenna unit 190, the timing control unit 240, and the speaker unit 26.
0, microphone unit 270, transmitting / receiving unit 900, modem unit 50
0, audio processing unit 600, output unit 700, and storage unit 80
Has zero. The transmission / reception unit 900 includes the frequency synthesizer 1
80, receiving unit 200, duplexer 210, and transmitting unit 290
Having. The modem unit 500 has a demodulation unit 220 and a modulation unit 280. The voice processing unit 600 includes the data conversion unit 2
30 and an audio CODEC 250. Output unit 700
Has an LDC driver 160, a display unit 170, and a sound output unit 300. The storage unit 800 includes a RAM 11
0, a ROM 120, and a flash memory 130. CPU 100 is an example of a control unit, a selection unit, and a setting unit.

A CP for uniformly controlling the operation of each component
The U100 reads and writes data from and to the RAM 110, the ROM 120, and the flash memory 130. Further, the CPU 100 controls the data interface 140 that captures image data and sound data, the operation key interface 150 that transmits input from the operation keys 155, and the LDC driver 160 that drives the display unit 170,
Input and output data.

The shared device 210 connects the antenna unit 190 to either the receiving unit 200 or the transmitting unit 290 in a time-division manner, outputs a signal received from the antenna unit 190 to the receiving unit 200, and transmits a signal from the transmitting unit 290. Signal to antenna unit 1
90. The frequency synthesizer 180 determines a transmission / reception frequency of a radio wave input / output by the antenna unit 190.

Receiving section 200 receives a radio wave matching the receiving frequency from antenna section 190. The demodulation unit 220
Demodulate the received signal. The timing control unit 240 extracts one slot of data at a predetermined timing from the data input from the demodulation unit 220, and
The audio data is output to the data conversion unit 230 at U100. The data converter 230 decodes and expands the demodulated audio data. The audio CODEC 250 converts the decoded signal into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal to the speaker unit 260.

The voice CODEC 250 is connected to the microphone 270
Converts the sound signal captured in step 1 into a digital signal. The data converter 230 encodes and compresses the signal from the audio CODEC 250. The timing control unit 240 outputs the audio data input from the data conversion unit 230 to the CPU 100
Is added to the control data to generate data for one throttle, and output to the modulation unit 280 at a predetermined timing. Modulation section 280 modulates a signal output from timing control section 240. Transmitting section 290 transmits the modulated signal from antenna section 190 at a predetermined transmission frequency.

In the transmitting side portable telephone 11, multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for incoming call notification is transmitted through a data interface 140 to an information device such as a memory card, a computer, a digital camera, or a digital video camera. And stored in the flash memory 130. In addition, sound data for an incoming call notification may be input from the microphone unit 270 and stored in the flash memory 130 as sound data for an incoming call notification.

At the time of outgoing call, CPU 100 extracts multimedia data for incoming call notification stored in flash memory 130, attaches the extracted multimedia data for incoming call notification to a call setting message, and generates timing data as control data. Input to the control unit 240, the transmission unit 290
A call setup message with multimedia data for incoming call notification is transmitted.

In the receiving side portable telephone 21, the receiving unit 2
00 receives a call setup message accompanied by multimedia data for incoming call notification at the time of an incoming call. CPU10
0 indicates that the call setting message is acquired from the timing control unit 240 as control data, multimedia data for incoming call notification included in the call setting message is extracted, and the output unit 3
00 to output multimedia data for an incoming call notification, and perform an incoming call notification. When the image data and the sound data included in the incoming call notification multimedia data are compressed data, the CPU 100 decompresses the data in accordance with the image data and sound data compression method. When the image data is included in the incoming call notification multimedia data, the CPU 100 controls the LCD driver 160,
The image is displayed on the display unit 170. If sound data is included in the incoming call notification multimedia data, the CPU 10
0 causes the sound output unit 300 to output sound based on sound data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the format of a call setup message. The call setting message includes data necessary for calling such as a protocol identifier, a calling number, a message type, a called number, a header section 400 for image data, a data section 410 for image data, a header section 420 for sound data,
And a data section 430 of sound data. The protocol identifier is information for identifying a communication protocol. The calling number is the telephone number of the calling mobile phone 11. The message type is information for identifying a message type such as a call setting message and a response message. The called number is the telephone number of the called mobile phone 21. Header sections 400 and 42
0 has a data file format, a data size, and a data compression method, and the data sections 410 and 430 have image data or sound data. For example, image data is attached in a file format such as JPEG or MPEG, and sound data is attached in a file format such as MIDI or MP3. The incoming call notification multimedia data is attached to the call setting message in the calling side mobile phone 11 before calling.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the processing flow of the calling mobile phone 11 and the called mobile phone 21. In the calling side mobile phone 11, the caller operates the operation key 155.
To dial the telephone number of the other party using (S10).
0). The CPU 100 adds the incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the flash memory 130 to the call setting message (S102). CPU 100 causes transmitting section 290 to transmit a call setup message including multimedia data for incoming call notification, and makes a call (S104).
In the receiving-side mobile phone 21, the receiving unit 200 receives the call setting message transmitted from the calling-side mobile phone 11, and receives a call (S106). CPU 100 extracts multimedia data for incoming call notification from the call setting message (S108) and stores it in flash memory 130. The output unit 300 notifies an incoming call based on the extracted incoming call notification multimedia data (S110).
The called party responds after confirming the incoming call with the multimedia data for incoming call notification (S112). The caller confirms the response (S114). A call is started between the calling mobile phone 11 and the receiving mobile phone 21 (S11).
6).

The receiving side mobile phone 21 may leave the incoming call notification multimedia data included in the received call setting message in the incoming call history or the address book. In the case of the address book, the receiving-side mobile phone 21 stores the multimedia data in the RAM 110 or the flash memory 130 in association with the caller. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the incoming call history table. Received call history is
It has fields for calling number, image data file name, and sound data file name. When a call is received, the receiving-side mobile phone 21 stores the multimedia data for notification of the incoming call included in the call setting message in the RAM 110 or the flash memory 130 as an incoming call history in association with the calling number. For example, when the answering side mobile phone 21 is set to answering machine, the called party can obtain the information of the calling party by the incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the received call history. In the case of an answering machine, the caller often only makes a call and does not leave a message, and the callee cannot obtain the caller's information or knows the purpose and situation of the caller making the call. Can not. Even in such a case, the multimedia data for the incoming call notification transmitted by the caller at the time of calling is acquired from the incoming call history, and the output unit 700
, A wealth of information about the sender can be obtained. Further, when an incoming call is received during a call, information about the caller can be obtained from the incoming call notification image data and sound data stored in the incoming call history after the call is over. Even during a call, it is also possible to display image data for an incoming call notification transmitted by the caller, confirm the information of the caller, switch the call using a call waiting service or the like, and respond to the call of the caller. .

The user may edit the address book based on the incoming call history.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the address book table. The address book has fields for calling number, name, image data file name, and sound data file name. The user wants to register in the address book,
The image data file name or the sound data file name is selected from the incoming call history using the operation keys 155. The user
Further, the name of the caller is input using the operation keys 155. The receiving side mobile phone 21 stores the calling number selected by the user, the image data file name, the image data corresponding to the image data file name, the sound data file name, the sound data corresponding to the sound data file name, and the name input by the user. RAM 110 or flash memory 13 as address book
Store to 0.

As described above, when the user edits the address book, the receiving-side mobile phone 21 responds to the user's instruction, and at least a part of the multimedia data stored in the address book, for example, the image data. And at least one of sound data. As illustrated in FIG. 6, since the image data or the sound data is stored in the address book in association with the caller who called the multimedia data, the user inputs the name registered in the address book with the operation keys. Upon selection at 155, the receiving-side mobile phone 21 outputs image data and sound data corresponding to the selected name. Therefore, the user can obtain information on the caller at any time by outputting the image data or the sound data stored in the address book to the receiving-side mobile phone 21. The address book is also used when making a call. For example, when the user dials the telephone number of the other party, the calling mobile phone 11 searches the address book and causes the display unit 170 to display the name and image data corresponding to the telephone number of the other party. At this time, the user can make a call after confirming the called party with the displayed name and image data.

In the above description, the preset multimedia data for incoming call notification is attached to the call setup message and transmitted, but a plurality of multimedia data for incoming call notification are stored in the flash memory 130 in advance. In addition, the caller may select one of the incoming call notification multimedia data to be attached to the call setting message when calling. For example, when calling from home, you can select photo data of a casually dressed caller or family member as multimedia data for call notification,
When calling from the company, multimedia for incoming call notification according to the situation and purpose when the caller makes a call, such as selecting photo data of the caller in a suit as multimedia data for incoming call notification Data may be selected.

Further, the called number and the multimedia data for incoming call notification may be stored in association with each other. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table in which the called number and the multimedia data for incoming call notification are associated with each other. The CPU 100
When the caller dials the telephone number of the called party, multimedia data for incoming call notification corresponding to the called number of the called party is extracted, attached to the call setting message, and the call is made. This allows the caller to use the incoming call notification multimedia data that differs depending on the call destination. For example, multimedia data for incoming call notification can be made different depending on the other party, such as a friend, supervisor at work, or family.

In the above description, the receiving side portable telephone 21
When an incoming call is received, the image data is displayed on the display unit 1 based on the incoming call notification multimedia data in the call setting message.
70, the sound data is emitted from the sound output unit 300, and the callee previously sends the image data and the sound data included in the call setting message to the RAM 110 or the flash memory of the called mobile phone 21 as an incoming call notifying means. A ringtone or a ringtone previously stored in 130 is
How they are used in combination may be set.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a method of determining the incoming call notification means. This figure shows an example of a method for determining the use data to be used for the incoming call notification based on the incoming call notification multimedia data transmitted from the caller and the incoming call notification means set by the caller. In the figure, "Ringtone"
Is an example of incoming call notification data provided in the incoming call side mobile phone 21 in advance. The incoming call notification data is, for example, a ring tone or an incoming melody set by the callee and stored in the RAM 110 or the flash memory 130.

The called party uses the operation keys 155 to instruct the called-side mobile phone 21 to use either the multimedia data or the incoming call notifying data as the incoming call notifying means.
The CPU 100 selects one of the multimedia data and the incoming call notification data as the use data used for the incoming call notification based on the instruction of the callee. CPU 100
Is an example of a selection unit. Here, the CPU 100 may select any one of the image data and the sound data included in the multimedia data and the incoming call notification data as the use data.

Hereinafter, a case will be described in which the caller has transmitted both image data and sound data as multimedia data for incoming call notification. If the called party has selected the setting to use both image data and sound data as the incoming call notifying means, CPU 100 sets both the image data and sound data as the use data, and sets Let both notify you of an incoming call. When it is set to use only the image data among the multimedia data sent from the caller, the CPU 100 sets the image data and the ring tone as the use data, and notifies the incoming by the image data and the ring tone. Let it. When using only sound data and rejecting image data sent from the sender, the CPU 100 sets the sound data as use data and notifies the incoming call only with the sound data. If the setting is to reject neither the image data nor the sound data sent from the caller, the CPU 100 sets the ring tone as the use data, and notifies the incoming call with the ring tone.

FIGS. 9A and 9B are examples of setting tables for setting use data. The user can set usage data for each communication terminal on the calling side.
For example, the user uses the operation keys 155 to set, for each calling number of the calling communication terminal, whether to use image data and sound data for incoming call notification as use data.
When both the image data and the sound data for the incoming call notification are not set as the use data, the incoming call notification data is set as the use data. The use / non-use of the image data and the sound data input in association with the calling number is stored in the RAM 110 or the flash memory 130 as a setting table as shown in FIG.

Upon receiving the call setting message from the calling side, CPU 100 extracts the calling number from the call setting message. Subsequently, the CPU 100 searches the setting table for a calling number that matches the extracted calling number. CPU1
00 sets any of image data, sound data, and incoming call notification data for incoming call notification as use data based on use / non-use of the setting table corresponding to the calling number.

The user can set usage data for each time zone. For example, the user uses the operation keys 155 to input permission / non-permission of an incoming call notification using multimedia data for each time period. The permission / non-permission inputted in association with the time zone is stored in the RAM 110 or the flash memory 130 as a setting table as shown in FIG.

Upon receiving the call setting message from the calling side, CPU 100 determines whether the current time is a permitted time zone or a non-permitted time zone based on the setting table.
If the current time is not permitted, the CPU 100
Selects incoming call notification data as use data. On the other hand, if the current time is in the permitted time zone, the CPU 1
00 selects multimedia data as use data.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the processing flow of the transmitting mobile phone 11 and the receiving mobile phone 21 when the setting of the use data is included. The called party inputs in advance to the receiving-side mobile phone 21 the time zone in which the incoming call notification using the multimedia data is permitted and the calling party number of the communication partner to whom the incoming call notification using the multimedia data is permitted. In the calling side mobile phone 11, the caller operates the operation key 155.
To dial the telephone number of the other party using (S15).
0). The CPU 100 adds the incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the flash memory 130 to the call setting message (S152). The CPU 100 causes the transmitting unit 290 to transmit a call setting message including multimedia data for incoming call notification, and makes a call (S154).
In the receiving side mobile phone 21, the receiving unit 200 receives the call setting message transmitted from the calling side mobile phone 11, and receives a call (S156). CPU 100 determines whether or not the current time of the incoming call is in a time zone in which the incoming call notification using the multimedia data is permitted (S15).
8). If the current time is in the allowed time zone,
Proceed to S160, and if it is not the permitted time zone, S1
Proceed to 66. In S160, it is determined whether or not the received calling number is a calling number permitted to receive an incoming call notification using multimedia data. If the received calling number is a permitted calling number, the process proceeds to S162, and if not, the process proceeds to S166. In S162, the CP
U100 extracts multimedia data for incoming call notification from the call setting message and stores it in flash memory 130. The output unit 300 notifies an incoming call based on the extracted incoming call notification multimedia data (S16).
4). On the other hand, in S166, the receiving side mobile phone 21 is set in advance.
The incoming call is notified based on the incoming call notification data provided in. The called party responds after confirming the incoming call using the incoming call notification multimedia data or incoming call notification data (S168). The caller confirms the response (S170).
A call is started between the calling mobile phone 11 and the receiving mobile phone 21 (S172).

A vibration function may be used in place of the above ringtone. In this way, by setting the use data by the called party, for example, when the user is in the office, during a business reception, during an important meeting, or the like, the caller rejects the sound data to be transmitted. It is possible to prevent music transmitted by the caller from ringing when receiving a call.

In the above description, as an example of the communication terminal,
Although the description has been made using the calling side mobile phone 11 and the receiving side mobile terminal 21 that make a call by wireless communication, as an example of the communication terminal, the calling side telephone 12 that makes a call using a telephone line
Alternatively, in the case of the receiving side telephone set 22, similarly, the incoming call notification can be performed by attaching multimedia data for the incoming call notification to the call setting message.

The above-mentioned incoming call notification image data includes a still image, a moving image, and a video, and the incoming call notification sound data includes a melody, music, and voice. Further, the multimedia data for incoming call notification may include text data. For example, callers can use their face photos as image data for incoming notifications,
The callee can confirm the caller before answering the call. In addition, the caller can send the data of the photograph at work or home, so that the callee can know the location of the caller. The caller can also include a message such as "Immediately urgent" in the incoming call notification multimedia data.

As described above, the callee can grasp the purpose and situation when the caller makes a call based on a wealth of information such as image data and sound data for the incoming call notification transmitted by the caller. Can be. Further, it is possible to determine whether or not to respond to the incoming call and make a call according to the purpose and situation of the caller.

In the above description, the incoming notification multimedia data is transmitted through the data interface 140.
The mobile phone incorporates a CCD camera or a CMOS image sensor, and captures image data for notifying an incoming call to a flash memory 130, which is taken from a memory card, an information device such as a computer, a digital camera, and a digital video camera.
May be stored. Using LAN, such as USB, RS-232C, Ethernet (registered trademark), short-range wireless communication, such as Bluetooth, or optical communication, such as IrDA, communicates with information devices such as computers, digital cameras, and digital video cameras, and notifies incoming calls. May be input and stored in the flash memory 130.

The mobile phone 11 and the mobile phone 21 of the present embodiment receive voice data for a call using a channel for a call that is guaranteed to be real-time in mobile radio communication. It is possible to transmit and receive multimedia data for incoming call notification using a channel for packet communication without guarantee. For outgoing and incoming calls, multimedia data for incoming call notification is transmitted and received using a channel for packet communication. When the incoming call is accepted and the call is started, during the call, voice data is transmitted and received using the channel for the call. When the incoming call notification multimedia data is moving image data or video data, the incoming call notification moving image data or video data may be continuously received after the incoming call is received and the call is started. Even in this case, the multimedia data for the incoming call notification is transmitted and received using a packet communication channel that is not provided with the real-time property and is provided separately from the channel that has the real-time property for the call. Call quality and call quality are not degraded.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
By displaying image data and text data based on multimedia data for notification of an incoming call set by the caller and emitting sound data, the receiver can be notified of the incoming call. Incoming call notification can be made based on multimedia data for incoming call notification created by the caller freely, and a wealth of information expressing the purpose and situation of the caller when making a call is received at the time of incoming call Can be told.

By storing the called party's telephone number and incoming call notification multimedia data in association with each other, the caller can use incoming call notification multimedia data that differs depending on the other party. Also, by storing received multimedia data for incoming call notification in the incoming call history, even if a call is received during a call or when you are absent, the called party can check the incoming call history and make a call using the image data and sound data for incoming call notification. Information about the person.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment, the incoming call notification multimedia data is stored in the memory of the communication terminal. However, in the present embodiment, the incoming call notification multimedia data is stored in a database connected to the relay station or an Internet server. Is different from the first embodiment. A description of the same structure and operation as in the first embodiment will be omitted, and portions different from the first embodiment will be described.

FIG. 11 is an overall view of the communication system of this embodiment. The communication system includes the transmitting side mobile phone 11,
Outgoing telephone 12, Incoming mobile telephone 21, Incoming telephone 22, Public line network 30, Incoming call notification multimedia database 35, Internet 40, Personal computer 45, Mobile switching center 50, Server 60, Base station 7
0, and the local exchange 90. The calling side mobile phone 11, the calling side telephone 12, the called side mobile phone 21, and the called side telephone 22 are examples of the communication terminal of the present invention.
The local exchange 90 and the mobile exchange 50 are examples of relay stations. In the present embodiment, the incoming call notification multimedia database 35 includes the mobile switching center 50 and the subscriber switching center 9.
0, but may be connected to the base station 70.

FIG. 12 is a functional explanatory diagram of the mobile switching center 50 or the subscriber switching center 90 of the present embodiment. Mobile switching center 5
0 and the local exchange 90, the receiving unit 51, the control unit 53,
And a transmission unit 55. The mobile switching center 50 and the subscriber switching center 90 have a database interface (not shown), access the incoming call notification multimedia database 35, search multimedia data information 350,
Can be stored and updated.

The receiving section 51 receives the call setting message from the transmitting side mobile phone 11, and the transmitting section 55 transmits the call setting message to the receiving side mobile phone 21. Control unit 53
Extracts the incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the incoming call notification multimedia database 35, attaches it to the call setting message, and causes the transmitting unit 55 to transmit it.

FIG. 13A shows an example of the format of a call setup message. The call setup message in FIG. 13A includes data necessary for calling such as a protocol identifier, calling number, message type, called number, and registration number 5.
With 10. The registration number 510 is an example of identification information of incoming call notification multimedia data, and specifies the incoming call notification multimedia data set in the multimedia data information file 350 of the incoming call notification multimedia database 35 by the caller. It is a registration number. In addition to the registration number 510, the header part 4 of FIG.
Header information of incoming call notification multimedia data such as 00 or 420 may be added to the call setup message. The header information is used as identification information for identifying the type and size of multimedia data for incoming call notification.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the data format of the multimedia data information file 350 stored in the incoming call notification multimedia database 35. It has fields for calling number, registration number, image data file name, and sound data file name. Calling side mobile phone 1
The file names of the image data and sound data for incoming call notification are stored in association with the registration numbers for each of the 1 calling numbers. Either image data or sound data may be associated with one registration number, or both image data and sound data may be associated with one registration number.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the processing flow of the transmitting-side mobile phone 11, the relay station 50 or 90, and the receiving-side mobile phone 21. In the calling side mobile phone 11,
The caller dials the telephone number of the other party using the operation keys 155 (S200). The CPU 100 attaches the registration number of the incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the incoming call notification multimedia database 35 to the call setting message (S202). CPU 100 causes transmitting section 290 to transmit a call setting message including multimedia data for incoming call notification, and makes a call (S203). In the relay station 50 or 90, the receiving unit 51 receives the call setting message transmitted from the calling side mobile phone 11 (S204). The control unit 53 extracts the calling number of the telephone call and the registration number of the multimedia data for the incoming call notification from the call setting message, and outputs the incoming call notification multimedia data associated with the same calling number as the calling number. Extracted from the incoming call notification multimedia database 35 (S20
5) The transmitting section 55 transmits a call setting message including multimedia data for incoming call notification (S206). In the receiving-side mobile phone 21, the receiving unit 200 receives the call setting message transmitted from the relay station 50 or 90, and receives a call (S207). CPU 100 extracts multimedia data for incoming call notification from the received call setting message (S208), and stores it in flash memory 130. The output unit 300 notifies an incoming call based on the extracted incoming call notification multimedia data (S21).
0). The called party responds after confirming the incoming call by the incoming call notification multimedia data (S212). The caller confirms the response (S214). Calling side mobile phone 11
And a call is started between the receiving side mobile phone 21 (S2).
16).

In the above description, the relay station 50 or 90
The call originating number of the call and the registration number of the multimedia data for the incoming call notification are extracted from the call setting message received from the calling side mobile phone 11, and the incoming call notification multi-call associated with the same calling number as the calling number is extracted. The media data was extracted from the incoming call notification multimedia database 35, and a call setup message including the incoming call notification multimedia data was transmitted. As a modified example, the relay station 50 or 90 extracts multimedia data for incoming notification from the incoming call notification multimedia database 35 when there is a request from the receiving mobile phone 21 that has received the call setting message, and It may be transmitted to the mobile phone 21.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the processing flow of the transmitting-side mobile phone 11, the relay station 50 or 90, and the receiving-side mobile phone 21. In the calling side mobile phone 11,
The caller dials the telephone number of the destination using the operation keys 155 (S300). The CPU 100 attaches the registration number of the multimedia data for incoming call notification and the header information of the multimedia data stored in the multimedia database for incoming call notification 35 to the call setting message as identification numbers (S302). CPU 100 causes transmitting section 290 to transmit a call setting message including multimedia data for incoming call notification, and makes a call (S304). In the relay station 50 or 90, the receiving unit 51 receives the call setting message transmitted from the calling mobile phone 11 (S306). The control unit 53 causes the transmitting unit 55 to transmit the call setting message (S308). Incoming mobile phone 2
1, the receiving unit 200 receives the call setup message transmitted from the relay station 50 or 90, and receives a call (S3).
10). The CPU 100 confirms the type, size, and the like of the incoming notification multimedia data stored as identification information in the call setting message, and determines whether to receive the multimedia data.
It requests the relay station 50 or 90 to extract the multimedia data for incoming call notification (S312). Relay station 50 or 90
, When the receiving side mobile phone 21 requests extraction of multimedia data for incoming call notification, the control unit 53
Extracts multimedia data for incoming call notification from the incoming call notification multimedia database 35 based on the calling number of the call and the registration number of incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the call setting message (S31).
4) The transmitting section 55 transmits the multimedia data for incoming call notification (S316). In the receiving-side mobile phone 21, the receiving unit 200 receives the incoming notification multimedia data transmitted from the relay station 50 or 90 (S3).
18), the CPU 100 stores the received incoming call notification multimedia data in the flash memory 130.
The output unit 300 notifies an incoming call based on the received incoming call notification multimedia data (S320). The called party responds after confirming the incoming call using the incoming call notification multimedia data (S322). The caller confirms the response (S324). A call is started between the calling mobile phone 11 and the receiving mobile phone 21 (S326).

As described above, when the receiving-side mobile phone 21 that has received the call setting message requests the multimedia data for the notification of the incoming call, it receives the multimedia data for the notification of the incoming from the relay station 50 or 90. By
For example, when the memory of the receiving-side mobile phone 21 is insufficient, or when the function of the output unit 700 is insufficient to output the multimedia data, control is performed so as not to receive the incoming notification multimedia data. It is possible to

In the above description, in the calling side mobile phone 11, the CPU 100 attaches the registration number of the incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the incoming call notification multimedia database 35 to the call setting message. The URL of the Internet Web page that stores the multimedia data for notification may be attached to the call setup message. FIG. 13B is a diagram illustrating an example of the format of a call setting message. FIG. 13 (B)
The call setting message is a server 60 that stores data required for calling such as a protocol identifier, calling number, message type, called number, and multimedia data for incoming call notification.
Has an Internet URL 520 indicating the Web page of the Internet.

When notifying the incoming call using the incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the URL of the Internet, the CPU 100 of the calling side communication terminal 11 executes the incoming call notification in the processing 202 of FIG. 15 and the processing 302 of FIG. A URL of the Internet indicating the storage location of the multimedia data is attached to the call setting message. Also,
In the process 205 of FIG. 15 and the process 314 of FIG.
The control unit 53 of the relay station 50 or 90 extracts a Web page including multimedia data for incoming call notification from the Internet server 60 based on the URL of the Internet. The receiving side mobile phone 21 has a Web page browser function, and receives the W from the relay station 50 or 90.
display an eb page and output image data and sound data to the output unit 7
00 can be output.

In the above description, the incoming call notification multimedia data stored in the incoming call notification multimedia database 35 is stored in association with the registration number.
Instead of the registration number, multimedia data for incoming call notification may be associated with the called number as described in the first embodiment.

The multimedia data information file 350 stored in the incoming call notifying multimedia database 35 and the incoming call notifying multimedia data stored in the server 60 of the Internet 40 are stored in the communication terminal for making a call. Can be edited on different terminals 45. The terminal 45 is a desktop personal computer,
It may be a mobile computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like. For example, when the terminal 45 is a personal computer, the personal computer 45 connects to the Internet 40 and edits multimedia data stored in the server 60.

The relay station 50 or 90 may leave the incoming call notification multimedia data included in the call setting message in the incoming call history. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the incoming call history table. It has fields for called number, calling number, incoming date and time, image data file name, and sound data file name. When the called mobile phone 21 is turned off or out of reach of radio waves, the incoming call notification multimedia data transmitted from the caller is stored for each called number in association with the calling number. Is done. Registration number of multimedia data for incoming call notification or Internet URL indicating storage location of multimedia data for incoming call notification
, A registration number or a URL may be stored.

In the above description, the relay station 50 or 90
Multimedia data for incoming call notification set by the caller is attached to the call setting message and transmitted to the called communication terminal.However, advertisement information is added to the call setting message as multimedia data and transmitted to the called communication terminal. You may. Thereby, the caller can transmit the advertisement information to the other party of the call at the time of calling, and the called party can see the advertisement information at the time of receiving the call. For example, when a caller calls a customer,
Since the advertisement information of the caller's company can be provided to the receiver, the advertisement effect is improved.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the incoming call notification multimedia data is stored in the database of the relay station 50 or 90. Even when there is not enough memory for storing data, the relay station 50 or 90 can store multimedia data for incoming call notification. Also, by storing the incoming call notification number multimedia data for the incoming call notification in association with the called number of the call, it is possible to notify the incoming call using the incoming call notification multimedia data that differs depending on the called party.

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. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It should be noted that such modified or improved embodiments may be included in the technical scope of the present invention.
It is clear from the description of the claims.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to notify the called party of the incoming call based on the incoming call notifying multimedia data set by the calling party.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a communication system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an originating mobile phone 11 according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of functions of a receiving-side mobile phone 21.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a call setup message.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of a calling mobile phone 11 and a called mobile phone 21;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an incoming call history table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an address book table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table in which a called number is associated with incoming call notification multimedia data.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method of determining incoming call notification means.

FIG. 9 is an example of a setting table for setting use data.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow of the calling side mobile phone 11 and the called side mobile phone 21 when setting of use data is included.

FIG. 11 is an overall view of a communication system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of functions of a mobile switching center 50 or a subscriber switching center 90 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a call setup message.

FIG. 14: Multimedia database 3 for incoming call notification
5 multimedia data information file 35 stored in
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a data format of 0.

FIG. 15: Calling side mobile phone 11, relay station 50 or 9
0 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of the receiving-side mobile phone 21. FIG.

[FIG. 16] Caller-side mobile phone 11, relay station 50 or 9
0 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of the receiving-side mobile phone 21. FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of an incoming call history table.

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Claims (26)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal for notifying an incoming call based on a call setting message for setting a call of a call received at the time of incoming call, wherein at least one of image data or sound data for incoming call notification at the time of incoming call A receiving unit that receives the call setup message having multimedia data including: a control unit that extracts the multimedia data from the received call setup message; and an output that notifies an incoming call using the multimedia data. And a communication terminal. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit extracts the image data for notifying the incoming call from the call setting message, and the output unit includes a display unit for displaying the image data and notifying the incoming call. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the output unit further includes a sound output unit that outputs a preset ringtone. 4. The control unit extracts the image data and the sound data for notifying the incoming call from the call setting message, and the output unit displays the image data to notify the incoming call. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: a sound output unit that outputs the sound data to notify the incoming call. 5. A communication terminal for notifying an incoming call based on a call setup message for setting up a call for a call received at the time of an incoming call, comprising: a receiving unit that receives the call setup message at the time of an incoming call; A control unit that causes the receiving unit to receive multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for an incoming call notification based on the received call setting message, and that an incoming call is notified using the multimedia data. A communication terminal comprising: an output unit. 6. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the control unit causes the receiving unit to receive the multimedia data from an external server connected to the communication terminal via a communication network. 7. The call setup message includes identification information of the multimedia data, and the control unit determines, based on the received call setup message, the identification information of the multimedia data and the call of the call. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein a calling number is extracted, and the receiving unit receives the multimedia data based on the calling number and the identification information. 8. The Internet connection URL indicating a storage location of the multimedia data.
Wherein the control unit extracts the URL from the received call setup message and causes the receiving unit to receive the multimedia data via the Internet based on the URL. Item 6. The communication terminal according to item 5. 9. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that stores an incoming call history in which the multimedia data for the incoming call notification is associated with the incoming call. 10. When one incoming call in the incoming call history is designated, the output unit transmits at least a part of the multimedia data stored in the storage unit in response to the incoming call. The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein the communication terminal outputs. 11. The receiving unit receives voice data of the call from a channel for a call in mobile radio communication, and receives the multimedia data from a channel for a packet communication in the mobile radio communication. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein: 12. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an incoming call notification data for notifying an incoming call, and further comprising a selection unit for selecting one of the multimedia data and the incoming call notification data as use data used for the incoming call notification. The communication terminal according to claim 1 or 5, wherein: 13. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: a setting unit for setting, for each communication terminal on the calling side, which of the multimedia data and the incoming notification data is used as the use data. Communication terminal. 14. The communication terminal according to claim 12, further comprising: a setting unit that sets which of the multimedia data and the incoming call notification data is used as the use data for each time zone. 15. An address book for storing a telephone number of a call partner in association with a name of the call partner, wherein the multimedia data for the incoming call notification is associated with the telephone number of the call partner. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is added to an address book.
A communication terminal according to claim 1. 16. The method according to claim 16, wherein, when one calling communication terminal is specified in the address book, at least one of the multimedia data stored in the address book corresponding to the calling communication terminal. The communication terminal according to claim 15, wherein a part of the communication terminal is output. 17. A communication terminal for transmitting a call setup message for setting up a call at the time of calling, a storage unit for storing multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for incoming call notification. A control unit that adds the multimedia data as incoming call notification data to the call setup message; and a transmission unit that transmits the call setup message with the multimedia data attached when a call is made. Communication terminal. 18. The storage unit stores the multimedia data in association with a called number, and the control unit attaches the multimedia data corresponding to the called number of the call to the call setting message. The communication terminal according to claim 17, wherein: 19. A communication terminal for transmitting a call setting message for setting up a call at the time of calling, storing identification information of multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for incoming call notification. A storage unit; a control unit that adds the identification information of the multimedia data to the call setting message; and a transmission unit that transmits the call setting message to which the identification information of the multimedia data is added when a call is made. A communication terminal comprising: 20. The storage unit stores the identification information of the multimedia data in association with a called number, and the control unit stores the identification information of the multimedia data corresponding to the called number of the call. The communication terminal according to claim 19, wherein the communication terminal is attached to the call setting message. 21. A relay station for receiving a call setup message for setting up a call from a caller communication terminal and transmitting the call setup message to a receiver communication terminal, wherein the image data or sound data for the call notification is provided. A multimedia database that stores multimedia data including at least one of the following in association with a calling number of the calling communication terminal; a receiving unit that receives the call setting message from the calling communication terminal; and the received call. Extracting a calling number of the call of the call from a setting message; extracting the multimedia data associated with the calling number that is the same as the calling number from the multimedia database; And a control unit for attaching the multimedia data to the call setup message. Relay stations, comprising a transmission unit for transmitting to the receiving communication terminal. 22. A relay station for receiving a call setting message for setting up a call from a calling communication terminal and transmitting the call setting message to a called communication terminal, wherein the image data or the sound data for the notification of the incoming call is provided. A multimedia database that stores multimedia data including at least one of the following in association with the calling number of the calling communication terminal; a receiving unit that receives a call setting message from the calling communication terminal; A transmitting unit that transmits the call setting message; and, when requested by the receiving communication terminal that has received the call setting message, corresponding to the calling number that is the same as the calling number of the call in the call setting message. Extracting the attached multimedia data from the multimedia database, and Relay stations; and a control unit for transmitting to the transmitting unit. 23. A communication system including a calling communication terminal for transmitting a call setting message for setting a call of a call and a receiving communication terminal for receiving the call setting message, wherein the calling communication terminal includes: A storage unit for storing multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for use; a control unit for attaching the multimedia data as incoming call notification data to the call setting message; and A transmission unit for transmitting the call setup message with media data attached thereto, wherein the receiving-side communication terminal receives the call setup message having the multimedia data when receiving a call; A control unit for extracting the multimedia data from the call setup message; Te, and an outputting unit for notifying an incoming communication system. 24. An originating communication terminal for transmitting a call setting message for setting up a call for a call, a receiving communication terminal for receiving the call setting message, and a relay for relaying the calling communication terminal and the receiving communication terminal. A communication system including a station, wherein the originating communication terminal includes a transmitting unit that transmits the call setting message when a call is made, wherein the relay station transmits at least one of image data or sound data for incoming call notification. A multimedia database that stores multimedia data including the calling data of the calling communication terminal in association with a calling number; a receiving unit that receives the call setting message from the calling communication terminal; The calling number of the call is extracted, and the multimedia data associated with the calling number that is the same as the calling number is output to the multimedia. A control unit that extracts the multimedia data from the media database and attaches the multimedia data to the call setting message; and a transmitting unit that transmits the call setting message with the multimedia data attached to the receiving side communication terminal. A receiving-side communication terminal, when receiving a call, a receiving unit that receives the call setting message having the multimedia data; a control unit that extracts the multimedia data from the received call setting message; A communication system comprising: an output unit that notifies an incoming call using 25. An originating communication terminal for transmitting a call setting message for setting up a call, a receiving communication terminal for receiving the call setting message, and a relay for relaying the calling communication terminal and the receiving communication terminal. A communication system including a station, wherein the originating communication terminal includes a transmitting unit that transmits the call setting message when a call is made, wherein the relay station transmits at least one of image data or sound data for incoming call notification. A multimedia database for storing multimedia data including the calling data of the calling communication terminal in association with a calling number; a receiving unit for receiving the call setting message from the calling communication terminal; and a call setting for the called communication terminal. A transmitting unit for transmitting a message, wherein the call setting message is received when requested by the receiving communication terminal that has received the call setting message. A control unit that extracts the multimedia data associated with the same calling number as the calling number of the call in the multimedia database from the multimedia database, and transmits the multimedia data to the transmitting unit. The receiving side communication terminal, when receiving a call, a receiving unit that receives the call setup message, and determines whether to request the multimedia data from the relay station based on the received call setup message. A control unit that, when requesting the multimedia data, causes the receiving unit to receive the multimedia data from the relay station; and an output unit that notifies an incoming call using the multimedia data. Communication system. 26. An incoming call notification method for notifying an incoming call based on multimedia data including at least one of image data and sound data for incoming call notification set by a caller in a communication terminal receiving a call. Receiving an incoming call, receiving the multimedia data set by the caller; and notifying the incoming call using the received multimedia data. Incoming call notification method.