JPH0779303A - LCR communication time fee display system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] It is possible for the caller to always select the communication route with the lowest communication charge in consideration of the expected communication time and make the transmission. To prevent the malfunction. [Constitution] Upon receiving a telephone number from a terminal device 14, a telephone exchange device connects the terminal device 14 and a search device 13. The search device 14 calculates the time when the call charge of the second public network 17 becomes lower than the call charge of the first public network 16 based on the telephone number received from the terminal device, and transmits this data to the terminal device 14. The terminal device 14 displays the received data on the display device and requests the caller to select a communication route.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an LCR (Least Cost Routing) communication time charge display system capable of always selecting a communication route having the lowest communication charge according to the will of the sender.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pre-fetching LCR system, a transmission priority is set in advance for each region and time, and a communication route is determined according to the transmission priority set regardless of communication time.

[0003]

However, in the conventional method, there is a problem that the communication fee is increased on the contrary in the set communication route depending on the communication time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and it is an object of the present invention to prevent the disadvantage that the communication fee is increased depending on the communication time.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, when a communication route is set, the caller can make the most communication charge from the first network or the second network from the scheduled communication time in advance. It is a system that can search the cheapest communication route by the display device of the terminal device and selects the communication route according to the will of the caller. , Equipped with means for controlling the display of the provided information on the display device and means for selecting an arbitrary communication route according to the will of the caller. It is structured so that a communication route with a low communication charge can be selected.

[0006]

According to the present invention, therefore, the caller can always select the communication route with the lowest communication charge and make the call.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operation sequence diagram of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of a terminal device.

First, the system configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a telephone exchange (PBX), which includes a speech path switch 15.
Reference numeral 11 is an extension circuit, 12 is a station line circuit, and 13 is a search device that searches for a communication route with the lowest communication fee by telephone number and provides this information. The extension circuit 11 and the station line circuit 12 are searched. The device 13 is housed in the speech path switch 15.

Reference numeral 14 is a terminal device equipped with a display device (LCD) for displaying information data from the search device 13,
18 is a communication partner terminal device.

A station line circuit 12 accommodated in the PBX 10
And the communication partner terminal device 18 are connected via the first public network 16. A second public network 17 is connected to the first public network 16.

Next, the operation sequence diagram shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
Based on the operation flowchart of the terminal device 14 shown in
The operation of the LCR communication time charge display system will be described.

When making a call, when the caller captures from the terminal device 14 a station line connectable to the second public network 17 (step S100), the speech path switch 15 directly connects the terminal device 14 and the station line trunk 12 to each other. Without connecting, the terminal device 14 and the search device 13 are once connected.

When the caller dials the communication destination telephone number from the terminal device 14 (step S101), the terminal device 14 temporarily stores the telephone number in the internal storage device.
The search device 13 calculates the time when the communication charge of the second public network 17 becomes lower than the communication charge of the first public network 16 based on this telephone number, and sends the information data back to the terminal device 14.

The terminal device 14 receives this information data and displays it on the display device (step S102).

The caller confirms this information on the display device of the terminal device 14, selects the first public network 16 or the second public network 17 in consideration of the scheduled communication time. (Step S103).

In the case of using the first public network, when the caller performs a call operation with the intention of calling from the terminal device 14 to the first public network, the terminal device 14 stores the previously stored telephone number. Is transmitted (step S104).

In response to a call origination operation from the terminal device 14, the communication path switch 15 connects the terminal device 14 and the office line trunk 12 and performs a call origination operation to the first public network 16.

When the second public network 17 is used according to the scheduled communication time, the caller sends the second public network 1 from the terminal device 14.
When the operation for displaying the communication charge by communication time using 7 is performed, the search device 13 sends back the information on the communication charge by communication time when the second public network 17 is used to the terminal device 14.

The terminal device 14 receives this information and displays the communication charge for each communication time when the second public network 17 is used on the display device (step S106).

Here, the caller considers the communication charge information for each communication time and the expected communication time when using the second public network 17 displayed on the display device, and selects the communication route with the lowest communication charge. The NCC public network is selected (step S107).

When the caller performs a call operation from the terminal device 14 with the intention of making a call to the second public network 17, the call to the second public network 17 selected by the previously stored telephone number is made. Send out the telephone number with the special number added (step S1)
04).

In response to the calling operation from the terminal device 14, the call path switch 15 connects the terminal device 14 and the office line trunk 12, and the calling operation in which the second public network calling special number is added to the first public network. And set the communication route.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the caller can select the cheapest communication route in consideration of the scheduled communication time, there is an effect of preventing the disadvantage that the communication charge is increased due to the communication time as in the conventional case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation sequence diagram in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the terminal device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... PBX 11 ... extension circuit 12 ... station line circuit 13 ... communication charge processing device 14 ... terminal device 15 ... communication path switch 16 ... NTT public network 17 ... NCC public network 18 ... terminal device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When setting a communication route, the caller can search the communication route with the lowest communication charge from the first network or the second network from the scheduled communication time in advance on the display device of the terminal device, and the call can be transmitted. A system for selecting a communication route according to the will of a person, means for searching a communication route having the lowest communication charge by a selection signal and providing this information, and means for controlling the display of the provided information on the display device. And a system for displaying a charge by LCR communication time, which comprises a means for selecting an arbitrary communication route according to the will of the caller.