JP2003116175A - Call notification control device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a call notification control device capable of automatically selecting an appropriate notification destination and performing an incoming call notification when a call to a mobile device is made. A network system 100 having a service center 230 is constructed. Service Center 230
When the mobile device 220 detects a call to the mobile device 220 in a state where it cannot receive a call, the location information of the mobile device 220 periodically transmitted from the mobile device 220 and the information stored in the database unit 206 are stored. An incoming call notification destination is determined based on the user table. Service Center 230
Determines the incoming call notification destination, creates an incoming call notification message according to the communication performance of the device that performs the incoming call notification, and transmits the created incoming notification message to the device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a call notification control device for notifying a user who owns a mobile device that a call has been made to the mobile device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile devices such as mobile phones and PHS are
It is widely used due to the progress of network maintenance and the downsizing and cost reduction of mobile devices themselves. Such a mobile device has the convenience that it can not only make a call at any time and anywhere, but can also receive an incoming call at any place such as whereabouts.
However, at present, there are many places where radio waves do not reach, and "anytime, anywhere" is not completely satisfied. In addition to places such as underground and San'in where radio waves do not reach, there are also places where the radio waves are intentionally cut off (theater, conference room, etc.) considering the damage caused by the use of mobile devices. For the theater and the meeting room side, it is possible to prevent the performer, other spectators, other conference participants, etc. from annoying by completely preventing ringing tones and talking from mobile devices.
For mobile users, it makes no sense to have a mobile.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Despite the fact that a mobile device is held for the purpose of keeping important information at any time and anywhere, it is socially prohibited to use the mobile device. If you are intentionally in a place where the radio waves are blocked, you cannot achieve its purpose. In particular, if you are forced to attend a conference in a conference room where the radio wave from the mobile device is cut off despite waiting for an emergency call, you do not need to make a call There is a great demand to know that there was. There is a method to use an answering machine service etc. as a method to judge whether there is an incoming call while in a place where the signal does not reach or where the signal is blocked. Use the answering machine service. In this case, the mobile device holder must perform certain operations before entering the theater or meeting room, and after leaving the theater or meeting room, access the answering machine service center to store the stored messages. Unless you read
I couldn't know if there was an incoming call. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and when a call is made to a mobile device, a call that can automatically select an appropriate notification destination and notify an incoming call An object is to provide a notification control device.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a calling notification control device according to the present invention calls a mobile device accommodated in a mobile communication network to a user of the mobile device. A call notification control device for notifying that there was
A setting storage unit that stores the identification information of the mobile device in association with the setting information in which the position and the communication device of the notification destination are associated with each other,
Acquisition means for detecting a call to a mobile station accommodated in the mobile communication network and acquiring identification information for identifying the called mobile station, and position information indicating the position of the called mobile station. When receiving the identification information from the position information acquisition unit and the acquisition unit, the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit is indicated in the setting information stored in association with the received identification information. It is characterized by further comprising: notifying means for specifying the setting information including a position and notifying the communication device indicated by the specified setting information that a call is made to the mobile device.

According to this configuration, an appropriate notification destination is selected based on the position information of the mobile device, and the incoming notification is given to the selected notification destination. Therefore, the user who owns the mobile device can surely receive the incoming call notification.
Further, since the incoming call notification destination is switched based on the position information of the mobile device, the user does not need to perform a complicated operation for switching the incoming call notification destination each time the user moves.

Further, the call notification control device according to the present invention is
A call notification control device for notifying a mobile device accommodated in a mobile communication network that a call has been made to a user of the mobile device, wherein the identification information of the mobile device indicates time and communication destination. Setting storage means for storing setting information associated with a communication device in association with each other, and detecting a call to a mobile device accommodated in the mobile communication network, and obtaining identification information for identifying the called mobile device. Acquisition means, time information acquisition means for acquiring time information indicating the time when a call to the mobile device is detected, and when identification information is received from the acquisition means, the identification information is stored in association with the identification information. Among the setting information, the setting information including the time indicated by the time information acquired by the time information acquisition means is specified, and the communication device indicated by the specified setting information makes a call to the mobile device. I Characterized by comprising a notification unit that notifies.

According to this structure, an appropriate notification destination is selected based on the time information indicating the time when the call is made to the mobile device, and the incoming notification is given to the selected notification destination. Therefore, the user who owns the mobile device can receive a reliable incoming call notification. Further, since the incoming call notification destination is switched based on the time information indicating the time when the call is made to the mobile device, the user does not need to perform a complicated operation for switching the incoming call notification destination for each time.

Further, the call notification control device according to the present invention is
A calling notification control device for notifying a mobile device accommodated in a mobile communication network that a user of the mobile device has made a call, wherein time and the user's identification information are included in identification information of the mobile device. A first setting storage unit that stores first setting information associated with an action schedule in association with each other; and a second setting storage unit that associates the identification information with the action schedule of the user and the communication device of the notification destination.
Second setting storage means for storing the setting information in association with each other, acquisition means for detecting a call to a mobile device accommodated in the mobile communication network, and acquiring identification information for identifying the mobile device, A time information acquisition unit that acquires time information indicating a time at which a call to the mobile device is detected; and, when identification information is received from the acquisition unit, the first setting information stored in association with the identification information. Of the second setting information stored in association with the identification information, the first setting information including the time indicated by the time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit is specified. , The second setting information including the action schedule of the user indicated in the specified first setting information is specified, and a call to the mobile device is made to the communication device indicated in the specified setting information. Characterized by comprising a notification means for notifying that the Broken.

With such a configuration, an appropriate notification destination is selected based on the user's action schedule corresponding to the time, and the incoming notification is given to the selected notification destination. Therefore, the user who owns the mobile device can receive a reliable incoming call notification. Further, since the incoming call notification destination is switched based on the user's action schedule corresponding to the time when the call is made to the mobile device, the user performs a complicated operation for switching the incoming call notification destination each time he / she acts. No need.

Further, the call notification control device according to the present invention is
A calling notification control device that notifies a mobile device accommodated in a mobile communication network that a call has been made to a user of the mobile device, and the identification information of the mobile device indicates the status of the mobile device. Setting storage means for storing setting information associated with a communication device of a communication destination in association with each other, and detecting a call to a mobile device accommodated in the mobile communication network, and obtaining identification information for identifying the mobile device. Acquisition means, status information acquisition means for acquiring status information indicating the status of the mobile device from the mobile device when a call to the mobile device is detected, and identification information when the identification information is received from the acquisition device. Of the setting information stored in association with the information, the setting information including the state of the mobile device indicated by the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit is specified and indicated in the specified setting information. Be To telecommunications equipment, characterized by comprising a notification unit for notifying the calling for said mobile station is performed.

With such a configuration, an appropriate notification destination is selected based on the state of the mobile device (power OFF, out of service area, etc.), and the incoming notification is given to the selected notification destination. Therefore, the user who owns the mobile device can receive a reliable incoming call notification. Further, since the incoming call notification destination is switched based on the state of the mobile device, the user does not have to perform a complicated operation for switching the incoming call notification destination each time the state of the mobile device is switched.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments will be described below in order to make the present invention easier to understand. Such an embodiment shows one aspect of the present invention, does not limit the present invention, and can be arbitrarily modified within the scope of the present invention.

A. First Embodiment (1) Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network system 100 according to the first embodiment. Network system 1
Reference numeral 00 denotes a mobile communication network 200 composed of a mobile packet communication network, a mobile telephone network, etc., and various wireless communication services provided by the mobile communication network 200 via an exchange (not shown) accommodated in the mobile communication network 200. A mobile device 220 that can be enjoyed, a communication network 300 including a public telephone network, an Internet network, etc., a mobile communication network 200, and a communication network 30.
Service center 230 connected to 0 and communication network 300
A personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a PC) 310, a facsimile device 320, a landline telephone 330 connected to the
a, 330b and the like. In FIG. 1, in order to prevent the drawing from becoming complicated, the mobile device 220 and the PC 31
0, facsimile device 320, fixed telephones 330a, 33
0b is shown for each one or two. Less than,
A detailed configuration of the service center 230 that provides the incoming call notification service using the network system 100 will be described. In addition, the following description is for the fixed telephone 330b.
It is assumed that the user makes a call to the mobile device 220.

A) Service Center 230 FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the service center 230. The service center 230 has a function of determining an incoming call destination based on the position information of the mobile device 220 and the like, and transmitting an incoming call notification message to the determined incoming call destination. The position information acquisition unit 202 and the call control unit are provided. 203, an incoming call notification destination determining unit 204, and an incoming call notification message creating unit 20
5 and a database unit 206. The position information acquisition unit 202 periodically receives the service center 230.
Access all the mobile units that have a contract to enjoy the incoming call notification service provided by (hereinafter, the mobile unit that has a contract to receive the incoming call notification service is referred to as mobile unit 220),
It requests each mobile device 220 to transmit position information. The mobile device 220 according to the present embodiment uses a GPS (global positron).
ionizing system) a receiver 220a is provided, and when there is a request for transmission of position information from the service center 230, the latitude at the current position, based on the received radio wave from a GPS satellite (not shown) in response to the request, The position information including the longitude and the time of radio wave reception is obtained, and the obtained position information is sent to the service center 230 via the mobile communication network 200.
It is configured to be transmitted to the position information acquisition unit 202. The position information acquisition unit 202 is
The position information periodically transmitted from 0 is received, and the received position information is associated with each mobile device 220 and stored in the memory 202b.
Remember.

The call control unit 203 detects a call to the mobile device 220, and when a call to a mobile device 220 is detected, the call control unit 203 refers to the status flag stored in the call control unit 203. , Its mobile 2
It is determined whether 20 is in the incoming call rejection state. The status flag indicates that the mobile device 220 is in the “call acceptance mode”.
This is information indicating whether it is set to (flag; “1”) or “incoming call rejection mode” (flag; “0”). Specifically, when the user who owns a certain mobile device 220 operates the operation unit (not shown) of the mobile device 220 to set the "call rejection mode", the service center 230 receives the "call rejection mode". Is notified, and the status flag is set to "0". After that, when the user operates the operation unit of the mobile device 220 to release the “call rejection mode”, the service center 230 is notified that the “call rejection mode” has been released, and the status flag is set to “1”. Is set.

The call control unit 203 refers to this status flag and determines that a certain mobile unit 220 is set in the "incoming call permission mode", that is, the mobile unit 220.
When it is determined that the mobile device 220 is ready to receive a call, the mobile device 220 performs a normal call origination process. On the other hand, when the call control unit 203 determines that the call rejection mode is set, the identification number of the mobile device 220 that made the call (for example, if the mobile device 220 is a mobile phone or the like, a telephone number Etc.) to the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204,
Communication device that made the call (fixed telephone 330b in FIG. 1)
To a voice guidance (for example, "I can't answer the phone right now. Please call back later").

The incoming call destination deciding unit 204 includes a call control unit 20.
3 receives the identification number of the mobile device 220 called from the position information acquisition unit 202 using the identification number as a search key.
The memory 202b of the memory 202b is searched and the position information stored in association with the mobile device 220 that has called is stored.
Then, the database unit 206 is searched using the read position information and the identification number of the mobile device 220 as a search key. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the user table TA stored in the database unit 206.

The database unit 206 stores a user table TA registered by the user of each mobile device 220 for each mobile device 220 that receives the incoming call notification service. The identification number of the mobile device 220 is given to each user table TA as a user ID, which makes it possible to determine which mobile device 220 each user table TA corresponds to. . In this way, the user table TA assigned with the identification number of the mobile device 220 as the user ID stores the setting information including the position setting information and the notification destination setting information associated with the position setting information.

Specifically, "company", "home", "other than company and home" are set as the position setting information, and "fixed telephone" and "facsimile" are set as the notification destination setting information associated with each position setting information. Notification destination device information such as “device”, “PC”, and “mobile device” is set, and in the illustrated example,
Setting information in which the location setting information "company" is associated with the notification destination setting information "facsimile device", "fixed telephone", "PC", and the location information "home" is the notification destination setting information "fixed telephone", "PC" The setting information and the like associated with are stored in the database unit 206.

Here, the priority order shown in FIG. 3 is a priority order for deciding an incoming call destination. For example, when "company" is selected as the position setting information, "facsimile device" corresponding to the priority "1" is first selected as the incoming call destination. If the selected "facsimile device" cannot notify the incoming call (for example, when it is in use), then the "fixed telephone" corresponding to the priority "2" is selected. As with the “facsimile device”, when the selected “fixed telephone” cannot notify the incoming call, “PC” corresponding to the lowest priority “3” is selected. Since the electronic mail is adopted as the incoming call notification means for the "PC", the incoming call notification can be almost certainly performed. The case where “home” is selected as the position setting information can be explained in almost the same manner as the above-mentioned case, and is therefore omitted.

Further, when "other than office and home" is selected as the position information, "mobile device" is selected and an incoming call notification is sent to the selected "mobile device" by short mail, electronic mail, or the like. It is only done. As described above, it is possible to determine the device that performs the incoming call notification based on the priority order. However, for example, all the devices corresponding to the position information or a part of the devices corresponding to the position information can be set without setting the priority order. It is also possible to notify the device of an incoming call. The specific setting method of the position setting information and the destination setting information will be described in detail in the section of the operation description.

The incoming call destination deciding unit 204 determines the mobile unit 220.
After specifying the user table TA based on the identification number of the position information, the position setting information corresponding to the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 202 is specified from the setting information set in the user table TA. Then, the incoming call notification destination determining unit 204 specifies the notification destination setting information associated with the position setting information, reads the specified notification destination setting information from the database unit 206, and outputs it to the incoming call notification message creating unit 205. Incoming call notification message creation unit 2
Upon receiving the notification destination setting information from the incoming call notification destination determining unit 204, the reference numeral 05 refers to the memory 205a and the communication performance (reception / reproduction capability) of the device indicated by the notification destination setting information (that is, the device that performs the incoming call notification). Etc.) and create an incoming call notification message based on the grasped result.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the information stored in the memory 205a. As shown in FIG. 4, the memory 205a stores the types of devices that perform incoming call notification and media information corresponding to each device. Specifically, if the incoming call notification destination is a "fixed telephone", an incoming call notification message is created using "voice data", and if the incoming call notification destination is a "facsimile device", the "image data" is used. An incoming call notification message is created, ..., When the incoming call notification destination is a “mobile device”, an incoming call notification message is created using text data (short mail or electronic mail). When the incoming call notification message creating unit 205 detects that the incoming call destination is the facsimile device 320, for example, based on the notification destination setting information received from the incoming call destination determining unit 204, it refers to the storage unit 205a,
The facsimile device creates an incoming notification message (that is, image data) that can be received and reproduced.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the incoming call notification message. The (time) and (identification number) of the format shown in the figure respectively indicate the time when a call is made to the mobile device 220 and the identification number (for example, the call is made) that identifies the device that made the call. The fixed device is a fixed telephone 33
If it is 0b, a telephone number or the like) is inserted. The data relating to the identification number and the time is acquired by the call control unit 203, and the call control unit 203
Is output to the incoming call notification message creating unit 205 via the incoming call notification destination determining unit 204. In addition,
The format of the incoming call notification message is stored in the memory 205a described above. When the incoming call notification message creating unit 205 creates an incoming call notification message according to the communication performance of the device that performs incoming call notification, it sends the created incoming call notification message to the device. The incoming call notification message transmitted in this way is received by the device via the mobile communication network 200, the communication network 300, etc., so that the incoming call notification message is reproduced on the device (FIGS. 6A to 6C). 6
(See (d)).

(2) Operation of Embodiment FIG. 7 shows a network system 100 according to this embodiment.
5 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of FIG. Hereinafter, the operation of the system will be described separately for user registration / change processing and incoming call notification processing. Regarding the incoming call notification process, it is assumed that a call is made to the mobile device 220 from the fixed telephone 330b.

<User Registration / Change Process> The user who owns the mobile device 220 first starts up the PC 310, accesses the service center 230 via the communication network (for example, the Internet network) 300, and makes a user registration request. When the service center 230 permits the request, P
The Web page (blank user table TA) shown in FIG. 8A is displayed on the display (not shown) of C310. The user operates the keyboard or the like of the PC 310 to input the identification number of the mobile device 220 owned by the user (the telephone number when the mobile device 220 is a mobile phone), and the position setting information and the notification destination setting information. Is input (see FIG. 8B). In this manner, when the position name such as “company” or “home” is input in the position setting information field and the name of the communication device such as “facsimile device” or “fixed telephone” is input in the notification destination setting information field, FIG. As shown in (c), a screen for inputting detailed information corresponding to these names is displayed on the display unit of the user's PC 310.

On this display screen, the user inputs the address information corresponding to the position name such as "company" or "home", and selects "facsimile device", "fixed telephone", "P".
Enter the facsimile number, telephone number, and mail address corresponding to the communication device name such as "C". When the user finishes inputting the registration content and performs a predetermined operation by the user, the setting registration request information including the input content is sent from the PC 310 to the service center 230 via the communication network 300 such as the Internet. It is transmitted (step S3). The service center 230 is the communication network 3
The setting registration request information transmitted from the user's PC 310 via 00 is received, and the contents shown in the setting registration request information (see FIG. 8B) are written in the database unit 206 and registered. In this way, the user can
The setting information can be registered via.

The contents of the database unit 206 registered as described above may be updated by the user via the communication network 300. In this case, similarly to the initial registration process, the user accesses the service center 230 via the communication network 300 using the PC 310 and displays the registration Web page as in the above process. At this time, the Web
The page displays the currently registered setting information (see FIG. 8B), and the user overwrites the new registered content on this screen and performs the above-described predetermined operation. When the user performs such an operation, the PC 310 changes the communication network 3
The new setting registration request information is transmitted to the service center 230 via 00. The service center 230 uses the PC 31 via the communication network 300 as in the initial registration described above.
The setting registration request information transmitted from 0 is received, and this is overwritten and updated in the database unit 206. In this way, the user who owns the mobile device 220 can access the database unit 20.
The setting contents registered in 6 can be updated via the communication network 300.

<Incoming Call Notification Processing> The location information acquisition unit 202 of the service center 230 sends a location information transmission request to the registered mobile station 220, and obtains the location information of the registered mobile station 220. The position information periodically acquired by the position information acquisition unit 202 is stored / updated in the memory 202b. After the above-described user registration process is completed, when the fixed telephone 330b makes a call to the registered mobile device 220 (step S4), the call control unit 203 of the service center 230 refers to the status flag, The mobile device 220
Is set to the "incoming call permission mode", that is, whether or not the mobile device 220 is in a state capable of receiving a call (step S5). Call control unit 203
Judges that it is set to the "incoming call permission mode" (step S5; YES), it makes a call to the mobile device 220 (step S6). On the other hand, the call control unit 203
If it is determined that the "incoming call rejection mode" is set (step S5; NO), the process proceeds to step S7, and the call cannot be set to the communication device (the fixed telephone in FIG. 7) that has made the call. Voice guidance to the effect (for example, "I can't answer the phone right now. Please call back later."
Etc.) and also notifies the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204 of the identification number of the mobile device 220.

The incoming call destination deciding unit 204 is connected to the call control unit 20.
3, the position information stored in the memory 202b of the position information acquisition unit 202 is read, and the database unit 206 uses the read position information and the identification number of the mobile device 220 included in the notification as a search key. The destination of incoming call notification is determined by searching (step S
8). More specifically, the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204
First, based on the identification number of the mobile device 220, the user table T
A (see FIG. 3) is specified, then position setting information is specified based on the position information, and further notification destination setting information associated with the position setting information is specified. Here, for example, when it is determined that the position setting information corresponding to the received position information is “company” and the notification destination setting information associated with the position setting information is “facsimile device”, the incoming call destination determination unit 204 Reads out the notification destination setting information (that is, “facsimile device”) from the database unit 206 and supplies it to the incoming call notification message creating unit 205.

The incoming call notification message creating unit 205 creates an incoming call notification message based on the incoming call destination setting information received from the incoming call destination determining unit 204. For example, when the incoming call notification destination setting information received from the incoming call destination determination unit 204 is “facsimile device”, the incoming call notification message creating unit 207 first reads the format of the incoming call notification message stored in the storage unit 205a,
The time when the call request received from the call control unit 204 is received in the read format and the facsimile device 3 of the call source
Insert a fax number of 20 (see Figure 5). Next, the incoming call notification message creating unit 205 refers to the media information (see FIG. 4) stored in the storage unit 205a, and sets the incoming call notification message (that is, image data) that the facsimile device 320 can receive and reproduce as the media. Do the conversion.
When the incoming call notification message creating unit 205 creates the incoming call notification message in this way, the incoming call notification message creating unit 205 sends the incoming call notification message to the facsimile device 320 to notify the incoming call (step S9). Upon notification of an incoming call, the control unit (not shown) of the service center 230 activates a timer (not shown), and within a predetermined time, the facsimile device 3 of the incoming call notification destination.
It is determined whether or not there is a response indicating that the incoming call notification has been received from 20 (step S10).

Here, the control unit controls the facsimile device 32.
When it is determined that the response indicating that the incoming call notification has been received is received within a predetermined time from 0 (step S10; YES), the incoming call notification process ends. On the other hand, the facsimile device 320
Has been used (or the power has been turned off), and it is determined that there is no response indicating that the incoming call notification has been received from the facsimile device 320 within a predetermined time (step S10; N).
O), and returns to step S8 to notify the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204 that the incoming call notification should be performed again. Upon receiving the notification, the incoming call notification determination unit 204 selects and selects a fixed telephone (priority: “2”) having a lower priority than the facsimile device (priority: “1”) as notification destination setting information. The notification setting information is added to the incoming notification message creation unit 207.
Output to. The operation after this can be described in the same way, and therefore will be omitted.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the mobile device 220 is called and the mobile device 220 cannot receive the call, the position setting information and the position setting information preset by the user are stored. Based on the notification destination setting information associated with the position setting information and the position information of the mobile device 220, it is possible to select an appropriate notification destination and perform the incoming call notification. Therefore, the user who owns the mobile device 220 can certainly receive the incoming call notification.
Further, since the incoming call notification destination is switched based on the position information of the mobile device, the user changes the content of the user table registered in the service center 230 so as to switch the incoming call notification destination each time the user moves. There is no need to perform complicated operations.

(3) Modified Example <Modified Example 1> FIG. 9 shows a user table T according to the modified example 1.
It is a figure which shows B. As shown in the figure, the user table TB according to the modified example 1 has a configuration in which the judgment information is provided in the user table TA shown in FIG. The determination information is information for determining whether the destination setting information corresponding to each position setting information should be valid or invalid. Specifically, when the determination information corresponding to the position setting information is "1", the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204 determines that all the incoming call destination setting information associated with the position setting information is valid. In FIG. 9, since the determination information corresponding to the position setting information “home” and “other than company and home” is “1”, the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204 determines that the position information received from the call control unit 203 corresponds to each of these. When it is determined that it corresponds to any of the position setting information, the same processing as the incoming call notification processing described in the present embodiment is executed. On the other hand, when the determination information corresponding to the position setting information is "0", it is determined that all the destination setting information associated with the position setting information is invalid. In FIG. 9, since the determination information corresponding to the position setting information “company” is “0”, the incoming call notification destination determination unit 2
04 determines that all the destination setting information “facsimile device”, “fixed telephone”, and “PC” associated with the position setting information are invalid, and ends the process without notifying the incoming call. In this way, the judgment information may be provided in the user table.

<Modification 2> The position information acquisition unit 202 according to the first embodiment described above requests the mobile device 220 having the GPS receiver 220a to periodically transmit the position information. As a result, the position information is acquired, but the position information may be transmitted to the mobile device 220 only when the mobile device 220 receives a call. According to this configuration, the service center 230 acquires the position information only when the mobile device 220 is called, so that the burden of acquiring the position information can be reduced.

<Modification 3> In the above-described first embodiment, the mobile device 220 including the GPS receiver 220a has been described as an example, but the mobile device 220 does not include the GPS receiver 220a. The present invention can also be applied. Specifically, the location information of the mobile station 220 obtained through a switch from a base station (not shown) accommodated in the mobile communication network 200 is acquired, and the mobile station is moved to a service area handled by which base station. Figure out if machine 220 exists. The incoming call destination may be determined using the position information of the mobile device 220 obtained in this way. In addition, in order to specify the position of the mobile device 220 in more detail,
Information indicating the received electric field strength of the mobile device 220 may be acquired from one or a plurality of base stations, and the position information of the mobile device 220 may be specified in more detail. Specifically, the received electric field strengths obtained from the respective base stations are compared, and it is specified that the mobile station exists in the base station having the largest electric field strength. Such a method may be adopted to obtain the position information of the mobile device 220.

<Modification 4> In the above-described first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not the mobile device 220 is set in the "incoming call permission mode" (step S).
5) Only when it is determined that the mobile device 220 is set to the "incoming call rejection mode" (step S5; NO), the device of the incoming call notification destination is specified and the incoming call notification is performed. The incoming call notification may be performed without determining whether the device 220 is in the “incoming call permission mode”, that is, even when the mobile device 220 is in the “incoming call permission mode”.

<Modification 5> In the first embodiment described above,
When performing user registration (see FIG. 8), after operating the PC 310 to access the service center 230, a Web page displayed on the display (blank user table T
In A), the identification number of the mobile device 220, position setting information, and notification destination setting information are input. For example, each user individually creates a user table TA, and the created user table TA is used by the service center 230. It may be configured to upload to. Although the PC 310 has been exemplified as a device for inputting the identification number of the mobile device 220, position setting information, notification destination setting information, etc., for example, the service center 2
You may use the mobile device 220 etc. which can access 30.

<Modification 6> FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the network system 100 according to Modification 5. In the sequence shown in FIG. 10, instead of steps S8 to S10 shown in FIG.
The configuration is such that steps S8a to S10a are provided. The other steps are the same as those shown in FIG.

In step S7, the service center 230 prompts the fixed-line telephone 330b that requested the call to enter a voice message ("I cannot answer the call.
Please tell us your business within 0 seconds. Etc.). Here, when the user who owns the landline telephone 330b generates a voice message (such as "There is a meeting at 3:00 pm on the 16th" on the 16th) according to the voice guidance, the voice message is sent from the landline telephone 330b. Center 2
30 (step S8a). When the service center 230 receives the voice message, the mobile station 2 receives the voice message.
While referring to the user table TA corresponding to 20 to determine the incoming call notification destination and perform the incoming call notification (step S9a), a voice file including the voice message is created and the created voice The file is transmitted or transferred to the communication device that is the destination of the incoming call notification or a communication device different from the communication device (step S10a).

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the service center 230 selects the mobile device 220 as the incoming call notification destination based on the user table TA and the PC 310 as the voice file transfer destination, the mobile device 220 is notified. While notifying the incoming call, the voice file including the voice message is transmitted to the PC 310. In this way, the landline phone 33
0b, when receiving a call to the mobile device 220, it sends voice guidance to the fixed-line telephone 330b to prompt input of a voice message, and includes voice message when the voice message is received from the fixed-line telephone 330b. An audio file may be created, and the audio file may be transmitted or transferred to a communication device as an incoming call notification destination or a communication device different from the communication device.

<Modification 7> Further, in the above-described embodiment, it is determined whether or not the mobile device 220 is set in the "incoming call permission mode" (step S5), and the mobile device 220 is in the "incoming call permission mode". If it is determined that the mobile station 2 has been set (step S5; YES), the process proceeds to step S6 to make a call to the mobile station 220.
Even if the mode setting of 20 is "incoming call permission mode", if line connection cannot be established with the mobile device 220 (for example, mobile device 2
20 exists in the out-of-service area, the power is off, and so on. Therefore, a determination step is provided between step S5 and step S7 shown in FIG. 7 to determine whether the mobile device 220 can be connected to the line. If the line connection cannot be established, the process proceeds to step S7. The incoming call notification process described above may be executed.

<Modification 8> In Modification 5 described above, when the service center 230 receives a voice message from the fixed telephone 330b, the mobile unit 220 is notified of an incoming call and the voice including the voice message is notified. Although the configuration is such that a file is created and the created audio file is transmitted to the PC 310, for example, a well-known voice recognition device in which waveform data related to voice is registered is provided in the service center 230, and is transmitted from the landline telephone 330b. The phoneme analysis etc. are performed on the voice message that is
C310, facsimile device 320, or mobile device 2
It may be transmitted or transferred to a communication device that is an incoming notification destination such as 20 or a communication device different from the communication device.

In this embodiment, the position information acquisition unit 2
02 is provided with a memory 202b, and the position information acquisition unit 202
Although the position information of the mobile device 220 acquired by the above is stored in the memory 202b, it may be stored in the database unit 206, for example. Also, regarding the status flag set in the call control unit 203, information stored in the memory 205a of the incoming call notification message creating unit 205 (information in which the type of the device that performs the incoming call notification is associated with the media information), and the like. It may be configured to be stored in the database unit 206.

B. Second Embodiment In the above-described first embodiment, the incoming call notification destination is determined based on the user table TA registered in the database unit 206 and the position information of the mobile device 220. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the incoming call notification destination is determined based on the user table TC and the schedule table SC registered in the database unit 206. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of the service center 230 ′ according to the second embodiment.
12A and 12B respectively show the user table T.
It is the figure which illustrated C and the schedule table SC.

The user table TC shown in FIG.
Has a configuration in which action setting information is provided instead of the position setting information shown in FIG. The action setting information is information indicating the action state of the user who owns the mobile device 220,
Taking a user working at a company as an example, as shown in FIG. 12A, “meeting”, “going out”, “attended”, etc. are set. The operation setting information registration operation can be described in the same manner as the position setting information registration operation described above, and thus will be omitted.

The schedule table SC shown in FIG. 12B is for the user's schedule, that is, date, time,
It is a table in which action schedules are associated with each other. The user creates such a schedule table using the PC 310 or the like, and uploads the created schedule table SC to the service center 230, for example, every day. The database unit 206 of the service center 230 stores the schedule table SC and the user table TC registered in this way in association with each user.

After the schedule table SC and the user table TC are registered in the service center 230, when the call control unit 203 detects a call request to the mobile device 220, the incoming call destination determination unit 204 is supplied from the call control unit 203. The corresponding schedule table SC and user table TC are specified based on the identification number of the mobile device 220. After specifying, the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204 reads out the current time from a timer (not shown), and schedules the action corresponding to the current time (for example, if the current time is 9:30 on the 16th, “meeting”). Etc.) is read from the schedule table SC. Then, the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204 stores the incoming call notification destination setting information (for example, “PC” if the action schedule is “meeting”) associated with the action schedule read from the schedule table SC in the user table TC.
The incoming call notification destination setting information read out is output to the incoming call notification message creating unit 205. The subsequent operation is similar to that of the above-described first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when a call is made to the mobile device 220 and the mobile device 220 cannot receive the call, based on the action schedule preset by the user. It is possible to notify an incoming call by selecting an appropriate notification destination. Therefore,
The user who owns the mobile device 220 can receive a reliable incoming call notification. Further, the incoming call notification destination is switched based on the user table TC and the schedule table SC uploaded by the user to the service center 230, so that the user switches the action based on the schedule (for example, “meeting” to “out”). Every,
There is no need to perform a complicated operation for changing the contents of the user table registered in the service center 230 to switch the incoming call notification destination.

<Modification 1> In the above-described embodiment, the incoming call destination is selected based on the user's action schedule in which the date, the time, the action schedule, etc. are associated with each other. It may be configured to select the incoming call destination based only on. Specifically, the user operates the keyboard or the like of the PC 310 to create the user table TD shown in FIG. 13, and uploads it to the service center 230. In this way, the incoming notification destination may be set using the user table TD in which each time zone (time setting information) is associated with the incoming notification destination setting information associated with the time setting information. The user table T
A specific operation in the case of making an incoming call notification by using D can be described in the same manner as in the above-described present embodiment, and thus will be omitted.

<Modification 2> In the above-described embodiment, the incoming call notification destination is selected based on the user's action schedule, but either the user's action schedule or the position information of the mobile unit 220 described above is selected. The incoming call notification destination may be selected on the basis of the information. Specifically, the user table TA shown in FIG. 3 above, the user table TC and schedule table SC shown in FIG. 12 above are stored in the database unit 206 in association with each user. Further, when the incoming call notification destination setting information specified based on the position information and the incoming call notification destination setting information specified based on the user's action schedule are different from each other, the database unit 206 gives priority to which incoming call notification destination setting information. Stores priority information for deciding whether or not to adopt.

After the user registers all the information including the priority information in the service center, when the call control unit 203 of the service center 230 detects a call to the mobile device 220, the incoming call destination determination unit 204 , The corresponding user table TA, user table TC, and schedule table SC are specified based on the identification number of the mobile device 220 supplied from the call control unit 203, and the priority information is referenced to determine which of the position information and the action schedule. Decide whether to prioritize. When it is determined that the position information should be prioritized (position information> action schedule) as a result of referring to the priority information, the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204
After reading the position information stored in the memory 202b, the incoming call notification destination setting information associated with the position information is read from the database unit 206. Note that the operation after reading the incoming call notification destination setting information can be described in the same manner as in the above-described first and second embodiments, and is therefore omitted.

As described above, it is also possible to appropriately select either one of the user's action schedule and the position information of the mobile device 220 as the parameter for determining the incoming call destination. When changing the priority information, the setting can be changed using the mobile device 220, as well as using the PC 310.

C. Third Embodiment In the above-described first and second embodiments, the case where the incoming call destination is determined based on the position information of the mobile device 220 and the action schedule of the user has been described. On the other hand, in the third embodiment described below, a case will be described in which the incoming call notification destination is determined based on the state of the mobile device 220. FIG. 14 is a diagram exemplifying the user table TE registered in the database unit 206. The user table TE shown in FIG. 14 is the same as that shown in FIG.
The configuration is such that mode setting information is provided instead of the action setting information shown in (a). Mode setting information is for mobile unit 2
It is information indicating a usage mode of the 20. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a “drive mode”, a “manner mode”
“Out-of-service mode or power-off mode” or the like is set.
The registration operation of the mode setting information with respect to the database unit 206 can be described in the same manner as the registration operation of the position setting information and the like described above, and thus will be omitted. Further, the configuration of the service center 230 according to the present embodiment also includes
The service center 230 ′ according to the second embodiment described above.
Since the configuration is the same as that of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the network system 100 according to this embodiment. The sequence shown in the figure has a configuration in which steps S5a to S5c are provided instead of step S5 shown in FIG. The other steps are the same as those shown in FIG. When the call control unit 203 of the service center 230 detects a call to the mobile device 220, it sends a status confirmation signal to the mobile device 220 to confirm the status of the mobile device 220 (step S5a). The mobile device 220 is the service center 23.
When the status confirmation signal is received from 0 via the mobile communication network 200, a response indicating the status of the mobile device 220 is returned (step S5b). Since the status confirmation signal transmitted from the service center 230 is not a signal requesting call setting, the incoming notification is not sent to the mobile device 220.

Upon receiving a response to the status confirmation signal from the mobile unit 220 via the mobile communication network 200, the call control unit 203 determines that the mobile unit 220 is ready to receive a call based on the content of the response (hereinafter referred to as status information). It is determined whether there is any (step S5c). Specifically, when the mobile device 220 is in the incoming call state, a response indicating that the incoming call is possible is transmitted from the mobile communication network 200 side (for example, an exchange or the like) to the service center 230, and the mobile device 220 is out of the service area. If the mobile device 220 is present in the area, or if the mobile device 220 is set to the power-off mode, a response indicating that there is no response from the mobile device 220 is transmitted even though the status confirmation signal is transmitted. When the mobile device 220 is set in the drive mode by being transmitted from the network 200 side to the service center 230, a response indicating that the mobile device 220 is set in the drive mode is sent from the mobile communication network side 200 to the service center 230. When the mobile device 220 is set to the manner mode, a response indicating that the mobile device 220 is set to the manner mode is sent. Dynamic communication network side 2
00 to the service center 230. The call control unit 203 determines that the mobile device 220 is not in a callable state based on the state information (step S5c; N).
O), the mobile unit 22 together with status information indicating the status of the mobile unit.
The identification number of 0 is notified to the incoming call notification destination determination unit 204.

The incoming call destination deciding unit 204 is connected to the call control unit 20.
After identifying the corresponding user table TE (see FIG. 14) based on the identification number of the mobile device 220 supplied from
The incoming call notification destination setting information associated with the status information included in the notification (for example, "facsimile device" when the state of the mobile device is "manner mode") is read from the user table TE, and the read incoming call notification is read. The destination setting information is output to the incoming call notification message creating unit 205. on the other hand,
In step S5c, the call control unit 203 determines that the mobile device 2
If it is determined that 20 is ready to receive an incoming call (step S
5c; YES), the mobile device 220 is called. Note that the operation after this can be described in the same manner as in the above-described first embodiment, and is therefore omitted.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the mobile device 220 is called when the mobile device 220 is called and the mobile device 220 cannot receive the call.
It is possible to select an appropriate notification destination based on the state (power off, out of service area, etc.) to notify the incoming call. Therefore, the user who owns the mobile device 220 can certainly receive the incoming call notification. Further, the incoming call notification destination is the mobile device 220.
The user can change the mobile device 2 because it is switched according to the state of
It is not necessary to perform a complicated operation for changing the contents of the user table registered in the service center 230 every time the state of 20 is switched.

It goes without saying that this embodiment can be applied to the above-described first and second embodiments. Further, the processing executed by the service center 230 according to the first to third embodiments can also be realized by software, for example, a general-purpose P
It is also possible to install the software related to C or the like and execute the same processing as the service center 230.

[0060]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a call is made to the mobile device, an appropriate notification destination is selected according to the state and position of the mobile device, the time when the call is made, the action schedule of the user who owns the mobile device, and the like. It is possible to notify the incoming call.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a service center according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a storage state of a memory.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format of an incoming call notification message.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an output form of an incoming call notification message.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the network system.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a user registration process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a user table.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the network system.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a service center according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a user table and a schedule table.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a user table.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a user table.

FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the network system.

[Explanation of symbols]

230, 230 '... Service center, 202 ...
Location information acquisition unit, 202b, 205a ... Memory, 2
03 ... call control unit, 204 ... incoming call notification determination unit, 2
05 ... Incoming call notification message creation unit, 206 ... Database unit.

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A mobile device accommodated in a mobile communication network,
A calling notification control device for notifying a user of this mobile device that a call has been made, in which identification information of the mobile device is associated with setting information that associates a position with a communication device of a notification destination. Setting storage means for storing, acquisition means for detecting a call to a mobile device accommodated in the mobile communication network, and for obtaining identification information for identifying the mobile device that made the call; Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information indicating a position, and when the identification information is received from the acquisition means, acquired by the position information acquisition means out of the setting information stored in association with the received identification information. Specifying the setting information including the position indicated by the specified position information, and notifying the communication device indicated by the specified setting information that there is a call to the mobile device. To A characteristic call notification control device. 2. Receiving means for receiving setting registration request information including the identification information and the setting information supplied from a communication device via a communication network, and the setting registration request information received by the receiving means. The call notification according to claim 1, further comprising: a writing unit that writes the setting information included in the setting storage unit in association with the identification information included in the setting registration request information. Control device. 3. A voice data acquisition unit that acquires voice data from a communication device that has called the mobile device when the acquisition unit detects a call to the mobile device accommodated in the mobile communication network. Further comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits the voice data acquired by the voice data acquiring unit according to the setting information, wherein the setting information indicates a communication device to notify that a call is made to the mobile device. The first device information for specifying and the second device information for specifying the communication device to which the voice data should be transmitted are included, and when the notifying unit receives the identification information from the acquiring unit, the notifying unit corresponds to the received identification information. The setting information including the position indicated by the position information acquired by the position information acquiring unit is specified and specified from among the setting information stored additionally. In the case where the communication device corresponding to the first device information included in the setting information is notified that there is a call to the mobile device, and the transmission unit receives the voice data from the voice data acquisition unit, 3. The voice data is transmitted to a communication device corresponding to the second device information by referring to the second device information included in the setting information specified by the notifying unit. The call notification control device described in 1. 4. An audio data acquisition unit for acquiring audio data from a communication device that has called the mobile device when the acquisition unit detects a call to the mobile device accommodated in the mobile communication network. Further comprising: a conversion unit that converts the voice data acquired by the voice data acquisition unit into character data and outputs the character data, and the notification unit, when receiving the identification information from the acquisition unit, adds the received identification information to the received identification information. Among the setting information stored in association with each other, the setting information including the position indicated by the position information acquired by the position information acquiring unit is specified, and with respect to the communication device indicated by the specified setting information, 2. The character data supplied from the conversion means is transmitted while notifying that a call is made to the mobile device. Calling notification control device according to 2. 5. A mobile device accommodated in a mobile communication network,
A calling notification control device for notifying a user of this mobile device that a call has been made, in which identification information of the mobile device is associated with setting information that associates time with a communication device of a communication destination. Setting storage means for storing, acquisition means for detecting a call to a mobile station accommodated in the mobile communication network, and acquiring identification information for identifying the mobile station that made the call, and detecting a call to the mobile station Time information acquisition means for acquiring time information indicating the time, and when the identification information is received from the acquisition means, among the setting information stored in association with the identification information,
The setting information including the time indicated by the time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit is specified, and the communication device indicated by the specified setting information is notified that a call is made to the mobile device. A calling notification control device, comprising: 6. Receiving means for receiving setting registration request information including the identification information and the setting information supplied from a communication device via a communication network, and the setting registration request information received by the receiving means. 6. The call notification according to claim 5, further comprising: a writing unit that writes the setting information included in the setting storage unit in association with the identification information included in the setting registration request information. Control device. 7. A mobile device accommodated in a mobile communication network,
A calling notification control device for notifying a user of this mobile device that a call has been made, wherein first identification information in which time and the action schedule of the user are associated with identification information of the mobile device. A first setting storage unit that stores the data in association with each other, and a second setting storage unit that stores, in association with the identification information, second setting information in which the action schedule of the user and the communication device of the notification destination are associated with each other. An acquisition unit that detects a call to a mobile device accommodated in the mobile communication network and acquires identification information that identifies the mobile device; and time information that indicates the time when the call to the mobile device is detected. And a time information acquisition unit that receives the identification information from the acquisition unit, the time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit is included in the first setting information stored in association with the identification information. Shown While specifying the first setting information including the time, the action schedule of the user indicated in the specified first setting information among the second setting information stored in association with the identification information And a notification unit that notifies the communication device indicated by the specified setting information that the call is made to the mobile device. Call notification control device. 8. Receiving means for receiving setting change request information including the identification information supplied from a communication device via a communication network and the first setting information, and the setting received by the receiving means. It further comprises: a writing unit that writes the first setting information included in the registration request information into the first setting storage unit in association with the identification information included in the setting registration request information. The calling notification control device according to claim 7. 9. A receiving unit that receives setting change request information including the identification information and the second setting information supplied from a communication device via a communication network, and the setting received by the receiving unit. It further comprises a writing unit for writing the second setting information included in the registration request information in the second setting storage unit in association with the identification information included in the setting registration request information. The calling notification control device according to claim 7. 10. A call notification control device for notifying a mobile device accommodated in a mobile communication network that a user of the mobile device has made a call, wherein the identification information of the mobile device includes: Setting storage means for storing the setting information in which the state of the mobile device and the communication device of the communication destination are associated with each other, and a call to the mobile device accommodated in the mobile communication network is detected to identify the mobile device. An acquisition unit that acquires identification information; a status information acquisition unit that acquires status information indicating a status of the mobile device from the mobile device when a call to the mobile device is detected; and an identification information from the acquisition unit. If the setting information stored in association with the identification information,
Specify the setting information including the state of the mobile device shown in the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit,
A call notification control device, comprising: a notification unit that notifies the communication device indicated by the specified setting information that a call has been made to the mobile device. 11. Receiving means for receiving setting change request information including the identification information and the setting information supplied from a communication device via a communication network, and the setting registration request information received by the receiving means. 11. The call notification according to claim 10, further comprising: a writing unit that writes the setting information included in the setting storage unit in association with the identification information included in the setting registration request information. Control device.