JP2008306607A - Server device, terminal device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user's intention to a call originating source when the user wants to advise the situation where the user can not respond to a telephone call, or when the user wants to advise or perform something before responding to a telephone call. <P>SOLUTION: When a call originating request is received from a terminal device 3, and a telephone number of a request transmitting destination is stored in a database DB, a server device 1 implements a prescribed function corresponding to the telephone number (e.g., a message notification function or facsimile transmission function) to the terminal device of the relevant call originating source. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device that mediates incoming and outgoing calls of a terminal device, a terminal device having a telephone function for accessing the server device, and a program.

In general, when calling a telephone, there is a case where it is desired to notify the caller from the request destination, for example, to explain that the request destination cannot receive a call. In such a case, when an incoming call is received in a state where the answering machine function is set, a voice reception message prompting recording of the message is output, and in addition, characters are displayed from the display unit of the calling telephone. There is known a mobile phone device that displays a simple message to inform a caller why a call cannot be received (see Patent Document 1).
JP 11-41344 A

However, in the prior art described above, it is a condition that the answering machine function is set, and if the mobile phone of the request destination is out of service area or the power is turned off, The message could not be sent to the sender.
By the way, when a mobile phone is out of service area or when it is turned off, there is an answering machine service that keeps the message message. To listen to the message, it is sent to a specific dedicated phone number. It was necessary to send to.

  The object of the present invention is to reliably provide the intention to the sender when there is a situation where it is impossible to receive a call, or something is communicated or made before receiving a call. Is to be able to do it.

The invention according to claim 1 is a server device that mediates incoming / outgoing calls of a terminal device, and stores storage means that associates and stores a telephone number and a predetermined function, and when a call request is received from a terminal device, A determination means for determining whether or not the request destination telephone number is stored in the storage means, and if the determination means determines that the request destination telephone number is stored in the storage means, And a function execution means for executing a predetermined function associated with the terminal device of the transmission source.
Furthermore, a program for realizing the main functions shown in the invention described in claim 1 is provided to the computer (the invention described in claim 13).

The invention described in claim 1 described above may be as follows.
When a registration request is received from a user, the storage means stores the telephone number of the user and a predetermined function in association with each other in response to the registration request (the invention according to claim 2).

  The predetermined function is a message notification function, and the function execution unit activates the message notification function and determines that the request destination telephone number is stored when it is determined that the request destination telephone number is stored. A message is transmitted (the invention according to claim 3).

  The predetermined function is a facsimile transmission function, and the function execution means activates the facsimile transmission function to the caller terminal device when it is determined that the request destination telephone number is stored. In contrast, facsimile data is transmitted (the invention according to claim 4).

  When the function execution means receives a call request from a terminal device, the function execution means performs a predetermined function on the caller terminal device, and then disconnects or continues the call from the terminal device (claim). 5).

  The storage means further stores a period, time zone or day of week as an execution condition for the predetermined function in association with a telephone number, and the function execution means corresponds to the execution condition for the current period, time zone or day of the week. In this case, the predetermined function is executed for the terminal device that is the transmission source (the invention according to claim 6).

 The storage means further stores a transmission source as an execution condition for the predetermined function in association with a telephone number, and the function execution means determines that the transmission source is the execution condition when receiving a transmission request from a terminal device. If this is the case, the predetermined function is executed with respect to the terminal device of the transmission source (the invention according to claim 7).

 The function execution means executes the predetermined function on the terminal device of the transmission source when there is no incoming call response to the transmission to the request transmission destination (the invention according to claim 8).

 The function execution means executes the predetermined function for the terminal device of the transmission source at the time of disconnection after the connection is established by the transmission to the request transmission destination and the telephone response is made (the invention according to claim 9). ).

The invention described in claim 10 is a terminal device having a telephone function for accessing a server device that mediates incoming / outgoing calls, and a transmission means for making a transmission request to a server device that stores a message associated with a telephone number. When a transmission request is made from the transmission means, a message associated with the telephone number is received from the server apparatus on condition that the telephone number of the request transmission destination is stored in the server apparatus. It is characterized by comprising receiving means and output means for outputting a message received by the receiving means.
Furthermore, a program for realizing the main functions shown in the invention described in claim 10 is provided to the computer (the invention described in claim 14).

The invention described in claim 10 described above may be as follows.
In the state where the output condition of the message is further stored in association with the telephone number in the server device, the receiving means receives the output condition together with the message associated with the request destination telephone number, The output means outputs the received message when the received output condition is met (the invention according to claim 11).

  In the invention of claim 11, the message output condition may be information indicating a period, a time zone, or a day of the week (invention of claim 12).

  This invention ensures that the intention is provided to the sender when there is a situation in which it is impossible to receive a call, or something is communicated or made before receiving a call. In addition, it does not require a special operation from the caller, and it is only necessary to make a call request to the desired party.

Example 1
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a wide area communication system including a mobile telephone network, a fixed telephone network, and the Internet.
The server device 1 is a server device on the telecommunications carrier side that mediates incoming and outgoing calls between terminal devices 3 via a communication network 2 including a mobile communication network, a fixed telephone network, and the Internet. The terminal device 3 is, for example, a terminal device such as a mobile phone device 3A, a fixed telephone device 3B with a facsimile, or a personal computer (personal computer) 3C with a telephone function. The server device 1 includes a core control unit 11 that controls the overall operation of the server device 1 according to various programs, a storage unit 12 that stores various programs and data, and a communication unit as a communication interface. 13 and an operation unit 14 for inputting data and commands, etc., when a call request is received from any of the terminal devices 3, the terminal device 3 of the request transmission destination (receiving side) is called Establish their line connections.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the database DB on the server device 1 side.
This database DB stores telephone numbers and various data related to predetermined functions in association with each other. In the example shown in the figure, “message notification function” and “facsimile transmission function” are shown as predetermined functions. In this case, when the server device 1 receives a call request from the terminal device 3, the server device 1 refers to this database DB and assigns a predetermined function associated with the request destination telephone number to the terminal device 3 of the call source. I am trying to run against it.

  The database DB first informs the terminal device 3 of the caller that the call cannot be received at the call destination (the called party) as data relating to the “message notification function” or before receiving the call. In the case where the message is transmitted to the terminal device 3 of the transmission source, the message is stored in association with the telephone number of the side to which the message is transmitted, and the conditions for transmitting this message are stored. . In addition, the database DB is a data relating to the “facsimile transmission function”, in which facsimile transmission is performed in association with the telephone number of the facsimile sender when it is desired to perform facsimile transmission to the terminal device 3 that is the transmission source before receiving a call. In addition to storing data related to transmission, the conditions for this facsimile transmission are stored. The contents of the database DB are arbitrarily set in response to a registration request from the user.

  The database DB includes each of “phone number”, “processing timing”, “message”, “sender”, “period”, “day of the week”, “time zone”, “continue outgoing”, “FAX”, and “FAXID”. Have items. The “telephone number” is an item in which the telephone number of the message sender or facsimile data sender is set. “Message” is an item related to the message notification function, that is, an item in which a character string message for display sent to the caller is set. For example, in the example shown in the figure, “XX company. Please set "," Thank you for the phone call "," It is XX company. Our business hours are from 9:00 to 17:00 ", ..." I'm sorry. I could not take my hands off. " .

  “Processing timing” indicates the transmission timing of the message or facsimile data, and is an item in which any one of the three timings is set. In the illustrated example, the value “0” is a request transmission. “1” indicates the time of disconnection after the connection with the request destination is established, and “2” indicates the time when there is no incoming response from the request destination. “Sender” is an item in which the telephone number of the caller is set in order to enable execution of a predetermined function on condition that the caller is a specific partner. It can be set. In addition, when the “source” is blank, unconditional is indicated.

  “Period”, “Day of the week”, and “Time zone” are items in which the period / day of the week / time zone is set in order to enable execution of a predetermined function on condition that it is a specific period / day of the week / time zone. If the item is blank, it indicates unconditional. Each item of “source”, “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” is an AND (logical product) condition. “Continue transmission” is an item in which a flag indicating whether to disconnect or continue transmission from the terminal device 3 after execution of a predetermined function is set. When the value is “0” in the illustrated example, the transmission is disconnected. When “1”, it indicates that the transmission is continued.

  “FAX” and “FAXID” are items relating to the facsimile transmission function. “FAX” is an item in which a flag indicating ON / OFF of the facsimile transmission function is set. In the illustrated example, when the value is “0”, the facsimile transmission function is OFF (no facsimile transmission), and when “1”, The facsimile transmission function is on (facsimile transmission is present). “FAXID” is information indicating a storage location of facsimile data. In the facsimile transmission function, “source”, “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” are conditions for transmitting the facsimile.

  Next, the operation concept of the server device 1 in the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the form of a readable program code, and operations according to the program code are sequentially executed. In addition, the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium can be sequentially executed. This is the same in other embodiments described later. In addition to the recording medium, the program / data supplied from the outside via the transmission medium can be used to execute operations specific to this embodiment. 3 to 7 are flowcharts showing an outline of the operation of the characteristic part of the present embodiment in the entire operation of the server apparatus 1. When the flow of FIGS. Returning to the operation flow (not shown).

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the process of waiting for registration in the database DB on the server device 1 side.
First, when the server device 1 receives the registration request from the terminal device 3 in the standby state for registration in the database DB (YES in step A1), the server device 1 transmits a telephone number input screen to the registration request source (step A2). ). When the input result (telephone number) on the telephone number input screen is received from the requesting terminal device 3 (YES in step A3), the database DB is searched based on this input result (step A4), and the same It is checked whether or not the telephone number has been registered (step A5).

  If the same number has already been registered (YES in step A5), it is determined that the content of the database DB corresponding to the telephone number is to be changed, and the process proceeds to step A6, where each item constituting the database DB Among them, the registration item screen for one item is transmitted to the registration request source. The registration item screen has a display area in which currently set item data (data before change) is displayed and an input area in which data after change is input. When an input result to the registration item screen is received (YES in step A7), it is checked based on the input result (item data) whether or not the content of the item has been changed (step A8).

  If the item data has not been changed (NO in step A8), after specifying the next registration item (step A10), the condition is that the specified item is not the last registration item (NO in step A11). Returning to step A6, a registration item screen corresponding to the designated item is transmitted to the registration request source. If the item data has been changed (YES in step A8), the corresponding data in the database DB is updated by replacing the item data before the change with the item data after the change (step A9). Then, after designating the next registration item (step A10), the process returns to the above-described step A6 on condition that the designated item is not the last registration item (NO in step A11). Thereafter, the above operation is repeated until the designated item reaches the last registered item (steps A6 to A11). When the registration process is finished (YES in step A11), the registration request source is notified of the completion of registration (step A12).

  On the other hand, if the input telephone number is not registered in the database DB (NO in step A5), the server apparatus 1 creates a new record including the telephone number and additionally registers it in the database DB (step A13). As in the case described above, a registration item screen for one item is transmitted to the registration request source (step A14), and when an input result to the registration item screen is received (YES in step A15), This input result (item data) is additionally registered in the corresponding item in the new record (step A16). After the next registration item is designated (step A17), the process returns to the above step A14 until the designated item reaches the last registration item (step A18), and the above registration process is repeated thereafter (steps A14 to A14). A18). When the registration process is finished (YES in step A18), the registration request source is notified of the completion of registration (step A12).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing outgoing call waiting processing on the server device 1 side.
First, when receiving a call request from any terminal device 3 in the call waiting state (YES in step B1), the server device 1 searches the database DB based on this request call destination (step B2). It is checked whether the telephone number is registered (step B3). If the telephone number of the requested call destination is registered (YES in step B3), the process proceeds to a process of executing a predetermined function corresponding to this telephone number for the terminal device 3 of the caller (steps B5 to B5). B14) If the number has not been registered (NO in step B3), the process proceeds to step B4 without executing the predetermined function described above, and establishes a line connection with the request destination in response to the call request. Perform outgoing processing.

  Now, when a call request is received from the terminal device 3, if this request call destination telephone number is registered in the database DB (YES in step B3), "" in the record corresponding to this call destination telephone number is " With reference to “processing timing”, it is checked whether the value is “0” (step B5). If the “processing timing” is “0”, it is a case where a predetermined function is executed at the time of transmission to the request transmission destination, and the process proceeds to transmission processing (step B6).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the outgoing call processing (step B6 in FIG. 4) of the server device 1.
First, the server device 1 refers to the “source” in the corresponding record including the destination telephone number, and whether the source is specified in this item, that is, the source is specified as the execution condition of the predetermined function. (Step C1). Here, if a transmission source is specified, it is checked whether the transmission source of the request this time is a specified transmission source in the record, that is, a transmission source corresponding to the execution condition of the predetermined function (step C2). If it is not the designated transmission source, the condition is not satisfied, and the process proceeds to step C12 to perform transmission processing for establishing a line connection with the request transmission destination in response to the transmission request.

  If the sender is not specified, that is, if it is unconditional (NO in step C1) or if the current sender is the designated sender (YES in step C2), the next execution is performed. The process moves to step C3 to check whether the condition is satisfied, and the data is specified in one of the condition items with reference to “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” in the corresponding record including the destination telephone number. Find out. Here, if data is specified in any of “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” (YES in step C3), the current date and time is acquired and compared with the specified data. It is checked whether the day of the week is within the specified time zone, that is, whether the execution condition for the predetermined function is satisfied (step C4).

  As a result, if it does not fall within the specified period, the specified day of the week, or the specified time zone, that is, if the condition is not satisfied (NO in step C4), the process proceeds to step C12, and in response to the call request, Call processing to establish a line connection between the two. In addition, when no data is specified in any of “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone”, that is, unconditional (NO in step C3), or “period”, “day of week”, “time zone” ”(YES in step C4), the process proceeds to step C5 to execute a predetermined function, and after reading“ message ”from the corresponding record, this message is transmitted to the terminal device 3 that is the transmission source. (Step C6).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, in the first record with “processing timing” of “0”, “source”, “period”, and “day of week” are blank, and data is specified in “time zone”. In response to the call request on the condition that it corresponds to this “time zone”, a message “XX company. Please wait for a while” is transmitted. The sixth record with “processing timing” “0” is designated as data in “sender” and “period”, and “day of week” and “time zone” are blank. A message “I will be away for a while” is sent on condition that it corresponds to “period”. For the fourth record with “Processing Timing” set to “0”, no data is specified for “Sender”, “Period”, “Day of Week”, and “Time Zone”. If you need a map up to this point, press the numeric key "1" "message. The terminal device 3 that receives the message displays the received message together with the notification sound.

  After transmitting the message in this way, “FAX” in the corresponding record is referred to and it is checked whether the flag is “1” (step C7). If the value is “0”, the facsimile transmission function However, if “1” (YES in step C7), the process proceeds to the next step C8 to check whether there is a FAX transmission request from the transmission source. Note that the message of the fourth record shown in FIG. 2 is a content for inquiring whether to request the FAX transmission of the map, and whether the numeric key “1” has been operated on the sender side to request the FAX transmission of the map. That is, it is checked whether or not a FAX transmission request signal corresponding to the operation has been received (step C8). If there is no FAX transmission request, the facsimile transmission function is not activated, but if a FAX transmission request is received (step C8). After starting the facsimile transmission function, the facsimile data (for example, map data) indicated by “FAXID” is read out and transmitted to the terminal device 3 (for example, the fixed telephone device with facsimile 3B) as the transmission source (step) C9).

  Next, after executing the predetermined function as described above, the server apparatus 1 refers to “continuation of transmission” in the corresponding record, and controls whether to disconnect or continue the transmission. That is, it is checked whether or not the “calling continuation” flag is “1” (step C10). When the flag is “0”, a process of disconnecting the call from the caller (connection with the caller) is performed (step C11). ) If “1” (YES in step C10), the transmission from the transmission source is continued and the transmission to the request transmission destination is started (step C12).

  On the other hand, if the “processing timing” in the corresponding record including the destination telephone number is other than “0” (NO in step B5 in FIG. 4), the line connection with the requested destination is made in response to the outgoing request. Is performed (step B7). Then, it is checked whether or not there is an incoming call response within a preset time (for example, within 30 seconds) (step B8), and if there is an incoming response within this set time, the line with the request transmission destination After the connection is established (step B9), the communication state is kept on standby until the line is disconnected at the caller or callee (step B10). Here, when an operation for disconnecting the line connection is performed (YES in step B10), the "processing timing" in the corresponding record is referred to, and if the value is "1" (YES in step B11), It moves to the process at the time of cutting mentioned later (step B12). If there is no incoming response within the set time (NO in step B8), the process proceeds to step B13 to check whether the “processing timing” in the record is “2”. Then, the process proceeds to a non-incoming response process described later (step B14).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the cutting process (step B12 in FIG. 4).
First, the server device 1 basically refers to the “source” in the corresponding record including the telephone number of the destination, and designates the source in this item, as in the case of the above-described processing at the time of outgoing. If the current sender is not the designated sender in the record (NO in step D2), the process exits this flow. If no source is specified (NO in step D1) or if the current source is the specified source (YES in step D2), the process proceeds to step D3 to check whether the next execution condition is satisfied. Referring to “day of the week” and “time zone” in the corresponding record including the destination telephone number, it is checked whether data is specified in any of the condition items. In this disconnection process, “period” may be referred to in addition to “day of the week” and “time zone”.

  If data is specified for either “day of the week” or “time zone” (YES in step D3), whether the current day of the week and time are within the specified day of the week, that is, the condition Is checked (step D4), and if the condition is not satisfied instead of the specified day of the week and the specified time zone, the flow exits from this flow, but any of the “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” If the data is not specified, that is, if it is unconditional (NO in step D3) or if the conditions of “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” are met (YES in step D4), the predetermined function The process proceeds to step D5 to read “message” from the corresponding record, and transmits this message to the terminal device 3 that is the transmission source (step D6). Here, as shown in FIG. 2, since the “recording timing” is “1” in the second record, “source” and “day of the week” are blank and data is specified in “time zone”. A message “Thank you for calling.” Is sent on the condition that it corresponds to “Time zone”.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the non-incoming response process (step B14 in FIG. 4).
First, the server device 1 basically refers to the “source” in the corresponding record including the telephone number of the destination, and designates the source in this item, as in the case of the above-described processing at the time of outgoing. If this is the case (YES in step E1), the current sender is not the designated sender in the record (NO in step E2), the process leaves the flow, but the sender is not designated (step E1). NO) or if the current sender is the designated sender (YES in step E2), the process moves to step E3 to check whether the next execution condition is satisfied, and in the corresponding record including the telephone number of the destination The “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” are checked to determine whether data is specified in any of the condition items.

  If data is specified for any of “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” (YES in step E3), is the current date and time within the specified period, specified day of the week, and specified time zone? Whether or not the condition is satisfied is checked (step E4). If this condition is not satisfied, the process exits from this flow, but no data is specified in any of “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone”. If it is unconditional (NO in step E3) or if “period”, “day of the week”, “time zone” conditions are met (YES in step E4), a step is executed to execute a predetermined function. After moving to E5 and reading the “message” from the corresponding record, this message is transmitted to the terminal device 3 as the transmission source (step E6). As shown in FIG. 2, in the 8th record with “2” in “processing timing”, “source”, “period”, “day of week”, and “time zone” are blank, and the execution condition of the predetermined function is satisfied. Therefore, the message “I'm sorry, I can't take my hands off” is sent.

As described above, in the first embodiment, when the server device 1 receives a call request from the terminal device 3, if the phone number of the request call destination is stored in the database DB, the server device 1 corresponds to this phone number. Since the predetermined function that is attached is executed for the terminal device 3 of the transmission source, it is reported that it is in a situation where it is impossible to receive a call, or something is transmitted or performed before receiving a call. If there is a problem, the intention can be surely provided to the sender, and no special operation is required for the sender, and only a call request is made to the desired party. Highly practical effect.
In this case, there is an effect that the predetermined function can be executed even when the terminal device 3 that is the request transmission destination is out of service area of the mobile phone device 3A.

  When the server apparatus 1 receives a registration request from the terminal apparatus 3, the server apparatus 1 stores data related to the user's telephone number and a predetermined function in association with the database DB in response to the registration request. You can freely register the content you want at any time.

  Since the server device 1 activates the message notification function as a predetermined function and transmits a message to the terminal device 3 of the transmission source when the telephone number of the request transmission destination is stored in the database DB, A message explaining the unacceptable situation or a message indicating what you want to convey before receiving a call can be sent to the caller, and even if the request callee is out of service area on the mobile phone device Can be notified.

  Since the server device 1 activates the facsimile transmission function as a predetermined function to transmit facsimile data to the terminal device of the transmission source when the telephone number of the request transmission destination is stored in the database DB, It is possible to send a facsimile transmission explaining the situation where the telephone cannot be received or a facsimile transmission indicating what the user wants to convey before receiving the telephone call to the caller, and when the request caller is out of the service area of the mobile phone device. Even facsimile transmission can be performed.

  When the server device 1 receives a call request from the terminal device 3, the server device 1 performs a predetermined function on the caller terminal device 3 and then disconnects or continues the call from the terminal device 3. Therefore, if the request destination cannot be answered, it can be disconnected, and if it is desired to notify the user before receiving the call, it can be used properly.

  In a state where “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” are stored in the database DB in association with telephone numbers as execution conditions for the predetermined function, the server device 1 performs “period”, “day of the week”, “time” When the current date and time corresponds to the execution condition of “obi”, the predetermined function is executed on the terminal device 3 that is the source. For example, during the trip, only during the day, only on the specific day of the week Usage such as executing a predetermined function in the case of a holiday is possible.

  In a state where “source” is stored in the database DB as an execution condition for the predetermined function in association with a telephone number, when the server apparatus 1 receives a call request from the terminal device 3, this source is determined as the execution condition. Since the predetermined function is executed for the terminal device 3 of the transmission source when it corresponds to the “transmission source” as described above, the predetermined function can be executed only for the specific transmission source. There is.

  The server device 1 performs a predetermined function for the terminal device 3 that is a source when there is no incoming call response to the outgoing call to the request destination, so that the server device 1 is performed when a call cannot be received. This has the effect that the desired function can be performed on the sender.

The server device 1 is configured to execute a predetermined function for the terminal device 3 of the transmission source at the time of disconnection after the connection is established by the transmission to the request transmission destination and the telephone response is made. There is an effect that a function desired to be performed when the response is terminated and disconnected can be performed on the transmission source.
In the first embodiment described above, a plurality of telephone numbers (sources) can be set in the “source” of the database DB. ”Is sent, but a message suitable for each source may be sent. For example, if the caller is a relative such as a relative, a message “I will stay away” is sent, but if the caller is another caller, a message “I will call you back later” is sent. You may do it.
(Example 2)

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
In the first embodiment described above, the case where the present invention is applied to the server device 1 on the telecommunications carrier side that mediates the incoming and outgoing calls of the terminal device 3 is exemplified. However, in the second embodiment, the server device 1 is used as the server device 1. This shows a case where the terminal device 3 with a telephone function to be accessed is applied to the mobile phone device 3A. That is, when the mobile phone device 3A of the second embodiment makes a call request to the server device 1, the telephone number of the request call destination is stored in the database DB on the server device 1 side. As a condition, a message associated with this telephone number is received and acquired from the server device 1 and displayed as a guide.
Here, the same or the same names in both embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, the description thereof will be omitted, and the following description will focus on the features of the second embodiment. .

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing basic components of the mobile phone device 3A in the second embodiment.
This cellular phone device 3A has a call function, an e-mail function, an Internet connection function (Web access function), etc., and the CPU 31 operates by supplying power from a power supply unit 32 having a secondary battery, and stores it. This is a core central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the mobile phone device 3A according to various programs in the unit 33. The storage unit 33 is an internal memory, and has a program area and a data area. In this program area, a program for realizing the present embodiment is stored in accordance with an operation procedure shown in FIG. The data area is provided with a database DB, which will be described later.

  The communication unit 34 receives a signal from the reception side of the transmission / reception unit (baseband unit) connected to the antenna and demodulates the signal to a reception baseband signal. Then, the communication unit 34 receives the signal from the reception speaker 36 via the telephone unit 35 constituting the call function. Output audio. In addition, the communication unit 34 takes in the input voice from the transmission microphone 37 from the telephone unit 35, encodes it into a transmission baseband signal, gives it to the transmission side of the transmission / reception unit, and transmits and outputs it from the antenna. On the other hand, display data received and acquired via the communication unit 35 by the e-mail function and the Internet connection function is given to the display unit 38 using a high-definition liquid crystal or the like, and is displayed and output. The operation unit 39 has various operation keys such as a power on / off key, a pointing device, and the like, and performs dial input, character input, command input, and the like. The CPU 31 responds to an operation input signal from the operation unit 39. Execute the process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the database DB provided on the server device 1 side in the second embodiment.
The database DB stores a telephone number and data related to a predetermined function (message notification function) in association with each other. Similarly to the first embodiment described above, the telephone DB cannot receive a call at a call destination (incoming side). When the mobile phone device 3A of the caller is informed of the situation, or is sent to the mobile phone device 3A of the caller before receiving the call, it is associated with the telephone number of the sending side. A message is stored, and conditions for outputting the message on the mobile phone device 3A side are stored. The contents of the database DB are arbitrarily set by user operations. The database DB has items of “phone number”, “message”, “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” as in the database DB on the server device 1 side.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone device 3A which is started to be executed when the power is turned on in the second embodiment.
First, the CPU 31 operates the communication unit 35 to register the current position and displays a standby screen for waiting for a call / mail (step F1). In this state, whether or not a call request operation for specifying a call destination telephone number has been specified and a call to that phone number has been performed (step F2) or other operations have been performed (step F3) is determined. When an operation other than the operation is performed (YES in step F3), for example, a registration process in the database DB is performed as a process corresponding to the operation (step F4).

 When a call request operation is performed (YES in step F2), the mobile phone device 3A inquires of the server device 1 whether the destination telephone number is registered in the database DB, and responds to this inquiry. Then, the response of the presence / absence of registration transmitted from the server device 1 is examined (step F5). If a response indicating that the corresponding number is not registered is received (NO in step F5), a call request is sent to the server device 1 (step F10), and the call processing is performed in response to the establishment of a line with the request call destination. Although it is executed (step F11), if a response indicating registration of the corresponding number is received (YES in step F5), the message output condition ("period" registered in the database DB corresponding to the destination telephone number) ”,“ Day of the week ”,“ Time zone ”) (Step F6), and refers to this“ Period ”,“ Day of the week ”,“ Time zone ”to determine whether data is specified in any of the condition items. Check (step F7).

 If data is specified in any of “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” (YES in step F7), is the current date and time within the specified period, specified day of the week, and specified time zone? (Step F8), if this condition is not satisfied, a request for transmission is made to the server device 1 (Step F10), and in response to establishment of a line with the request destination. Call processing is executed (step F11). If the conditions of “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” are satisfied (YES in step F7), the process proceeds to step F9 to execute the message notification function and corresponds to the destination telephone number. Then, after receiving and displaying the message registered in the database DB from the server device 1, a call request is made to the server device 1 (step F10), and a call is made in response to the establishment of a line with the request destination. Processing is executed (step F11).

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when the mobile phone device 3A makes a call request to the server device 1, the telephone number of the request call destination is stored in the database DB of the server device 1. Since the message associated with the telephone number is received from the server device 1 and displayed on the condition, the message explaining the situation where the call cannot be received at the call destination or the message before the call is received. A message indicating that it is desired to be received from the server device 1 and displayed, and it is not necessary to request a special operation from the caller, it is only necessary to make a call request to the desired party. It becomes. In this case, there is an effect that the predetermined function can be executed even when the terminal device 3 that is the request transmission destination is out of service area of the mobile phone device 3A.

  In a state in which “period”, “day of the week”, and “time zone” are stored in the database DB on the server device 1 side in association with telephone numbers as execution conditions for the message notification function, the mobile phone device 3A A message associated with the phone number is received along with the output conditions ("period", "day of the week", "time zone"), and when the output conditions are met, the received message is output. Therefore, for example, there is an effect that it is possible to receive a message notification in the case of traveling, when there is no daytime, or when only a specific day is closed.

In the database DB of the second embodiment described above, the items of “processing timing”, “sender”, “continuation of transmission”, “FAX”, and “FAXID” shown in the first embodiment may be provided. Good.
In the first and second embodiments, the display character string message is exemplified as the “message” in the database DB. However, the message may be a voice message, an image message, or a combination of these.
The incoming / outgoing call is not limited to a voice call, and may be a videophone that transmits and receives a partner image.

1 is a block diagram showing a wide area communication system including a mobile telephone network, a fixed telephone network, and the Internet. The figure for demonstrating database DB of 1st Example. The flowchart which showed the registration waiting process to database DB in the server apparatus 1 side. The flowchart which showed the transmission request waiting process by the server apparatus 1 side. 5 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the outgoing call processing (step B6 in FIG. 4) of the server device 1; 6 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the process at the time of cutting (step B12 in FIG. 4). 6 is a flowchart for explaining in detail non-incoming response processing (step B14 in FIG. 4). The block diagram which showed the basic component of 3 A of mobile telephone apparatuses in 2nd Example. The figure for demonstrating database DB of 2nd Example. The flowchart which showed operation | movement of 3 A of mobile telephone apparatuses started execution by power activation in 2nd Example.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server apparatus 2 Communication network 3 Terminal apparatus 3A Mobile telephone apparatus 3B Fixed telephone apparatus with a facsimile 3C Personal computer with telephone function 11 Control part 12, 33 Storage part 13, 34 Communication part 14, 39 Operation part 31 CPU
35 Telephone part 36 Reception speaker 37 Speaking microphone 38 Display part DB Database

Claims (14)

A server device that mediates incoming and outgoing calls of terminal devices,
Storage means for storing a telephone number and a predetermined function in association with each other;
When receiving a call request from the terminal device, a determination unit that determines whether or not the telephone number of the request transmission destination is stored in the storage unit;
A function execution means for executing a predetermined function associated with the telephone number on the terminal device of the transmission source when the determination means determines that the telephone number of the request transmission destination is stored;
A server apparatus comprising: When the registration request is received from the user, the storage means stores the telephone number of the user and a predetermined function in association with each other in response to the registration request.
The server device according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. The predetermined function is a message notification function,
The function execution means activates the message notification function and transmits a message to the terminal device of the transmission source when it is determined that the telephone number of the request transmission destination is stored.
The server device according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. The predetermined function is a facsimile transmission function,
The function execution means activates the facsimile transmission function and transmits facsimile data to the terminal device of the transmission source when it is determined that the telephone number of the request transmission destination is stored;
The server device according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. When the function execution means receives a call request from a terminal device, the function execution means disconnects or continues the call from the terminal device after executing a predetermined function for the caller terminal device.
The server device according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. The storage means further stores a period, a time zone or a day of the week as an execution condition of the predetermined function in association with a telephone number,
The function execution means executes the predetermined function for a terminal device of a transmission source when a current period, a time zone, or a day of the week corresponds to the execution condition.
The server device according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. The storage means further stores a sender as an execution condition of the predetermined function in association with a telephone number,
The function execution means, when receiving a call request from a terminal device, executes the predetermined function for the caller terminal device when the caller meets the execution condition.
The server device according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. The function execution means executes the predetermined function for the terminal device of the transmission source when there is no incoming call response to the transmission to the request transmission destination.
The server device according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. The function execution means executes the predetermined function for the terminal device of the transmission source at the time of disconnection after the connection is established by the transmission to the request transmission destination and the telephone response is made,
The server device according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. A terminal device having a telephone function for accessing a server device that mediates incoming and outgoing calls,
A transmission means for making a transmission request to a server device that stores a message associated with a telephone number;
When receiving a call request from the calling means, receiving a message associated with the telephone number from the server apparatus on condition that the server number is stored in the server apparatus Means,
Output means for outputting a message received by the receiving means;
A terminal device comprising: In the state where the output condition of the message is further stored in the server device in association with the telephone number,
The receiving means receives the output condition together with a message associated with the request destination telephone number,
The output means outputs a received message when the received output condition is met.
The terminal device according to claim 10, which is configured as described above. The output condition of the message is information indicating a period, a time zone, or a day of the week.
The terminal device according to claim 11. Against the computer,
A function of storing and managing a telephone number and a predetermined function in association with each other;
When receiving a call request from a terminal device, a function for determining whether or not the telephone number of the request call destination is stored;
A function of executing a predetermined function associated with the telephone number on the terminal device of the transmission source when it is determined that the telephone number of the request transmission destination is stored;
A program to realize Against the computer,
A function of making a call request to a server device that stores a message associated with a telephone number;
A function of receiving a message associated with the telephone number from the server device on the condition that when the transmission request is made, the server device stores the request destination telephone number;
A function of outputting the received message;
A program to realize

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