JPH05136880A - Selective receiving method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Object] The present invention relates to a selective receiving method for selecting and receiving only necessary calls, and to provide a selective receiving method capable of finely determining whether or not a called party is received. To aim. [Configuration] The PID identification unit 37 uses a PID based on the telephone number of the caller / receiver from the exchange processing unit 36 or a unique personal number (PID) pre-assigned to each of the caller and the subscriber.
Identify the ID. The reception method determination unit 35 searches the data content of the reception method definition database 31 to determine the reception method. The above data contents are data in which the PID of the sender and the receiving method of the called user for the sender are paired,
It is stored in the database 31 in advance for the called user. The service execution unit 38 executes the service according to the data content.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a selective receiving system, and more particularly to a selective receiving system for selecting and receiving only necessary calls.

In recent years, a personal communication system has been studied in which a unique number (PID) for identifying each person is given to all subscribers of the network, and the tracking connection is performed using the unique number (PID). In this personal communication system, even if the called party does not want or cannot accept the incoming call, the incoming call is received.

Therefore, in such a system, it is desired that only necessary calls can be selectively received based on the situation of communication of the caller, the communication identification, and the like.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art In the field of wireless communication, conventionally, each wireless communication terminal does not have a function of selectively receiving.
When it is inconvenient to receive an incoming call, the power of the wireless communication terminal is turned off so that the incoming call is not made, or the incoming call is not given. In the field of wired communication, in order to prevent the called party from receiving an incoming call from a specific calling party, a receiving service business provided by an exchange (for example, "prank call repelling reception provided by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation" By selecting the telephone number of the telephone that you do not want to receive in advance by "service"), it was received selectively.

[0005]

However, in the conventional selective receiving system in the field of wireless communication, although the incoming call is lost by turning off the power of the wireless communication terminal, a call from a necessary partner can be selectively received. There is a problem that you can not. On the other hand, in the conventional selective receiving method in the field of wired communication, if a person who needs to receive an incoming call happens from a telephone that is registered so that the incoming call cannot be received, the incoming call cannot be received.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
An object of the present invention is to provide a selective reception method that solves the above problems by making it possible to make a detailed determination as to whether or not the other party is to receive a call.

[0007]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a block diagram of the principle of the invention described in claims 1 and 2, and includes a database 11 and a search means 12.
And execution means 13. According to the invention of claim 1,
The database 11 stores in advance the sender's identification number among the unique identification numbers given to each subscriber of the network, and the reception-related service instruction given by the called user to the identification number.

When there is an incoming call to the called user, the searching means 12 analyzes the identification number or telephone number of the caller and searches the database 11 for the service instruction for the analyzed number.

The execution means 13 executes the service according to the service instruction retrieved by the retrieval means 12.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the database 11 includes at least one of the location and the arrival time of the called user, and a reception-related service given to the location and / or the arrival time by the called user. The instructions and are further stored. Further, the search means 12 analyzes the location and / or the arrival time stored in the database 11 together with the identification number or the telephone number of the sender, and searches the database 11 for the service instruction based on the analysis result. ..

FIG. 1B shows a block diagram of the principle of the invention according to claim 3. In the figure, the reporting means 14 is a search means 12
When the service instruction related to the reception given by the called user who has received the incoming call cannot be retrieved from the database 11, the called user is notified of a plurality of service instructions selectable by the called user.

The executing means 13 executes the service in accordance with the service instruction selected by the receiving user among the plurality of service instructions reported by the reporting means 14.

FIG. 1C shows a block diagram of the principle of the invention according to claim 4. In the figure, the inference means 15 is a retrieval means 12
Deduces an appropriate service when the database 11 cannot retrieve a service instruction related to reception given by the called user who received the incoming call.

The execution means 13 executes the service according to the service instruction extracted by the inference means 15.

[0015]

According to the first aspect of the invention, when an incoming call is received by the incoming user whose service instructions are stored in the database 11, the searching means 12 searches the database 11 based on the identification number of the caller. The execution unit 13 executes the service according to the retrieved service instruction. Therefore, an incoming call from a special caller can always be automatically received by a fixed receiving method.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the search means 12 analyzes at least one of the location of the called user and the time of arrival of the call together with the identification number of the caller from the database 11 and searches for the service instruction based on the analysis result. To do. Therefore, when the called user is in a special whereabouts registered in the database 11 or an incoming call in a special time zone, even a call from the same caller can be selectively received in a desired manner. it can.

According to the invention of claim 3, the database 1
Even for an incoming call from a caller whose data is not stored in 1, the notification means 14 gives a plurality of service instructions to the called user, so that selective reception can be performed according to the intention of the called user.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when the retrieval means 12 cannot retrieve the service instruction from the database 11, the reception according to the service instruction inferred by the inference means 15 can be automatically performed.

[0019]

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the method of the present invention.
In FIG. 2, 21 _{1 to} 21 _n are telephone terminals, 22 is a card reader, and 23 is an exchange system. Exchange system 2
3 is connected to the service control unit 25 via the interface 24. Reception method definition database registration terminal 2
6 and the service control unit 25 constitute a local area network (LAN) such as Ethernet.

The service control unit 25 provides the identification number (PID) of the caller among the unique identification numbers given to each subscriber of the network and the service instruction relating to reception given to the PID by the called user. It has a database (corresponding to the database 11) stored in advance. The service control unit 25 constitutes the search means 12 and the execution means 13.

The card reader 22 uses the sender's PID (calling PID
The card in which ID) etc. are stored is read. The read originating PID or the like is transmitted to a desired telephone terminal via the telephone terminal 21 ₁ and the exchange system 23. At this time, the service control unit 25 analyzes the service instruction for the originating PID based on the contents of the database registered by the reception method definition database registration unit 26, and causes the service according to the service instruction to be executed via the exchange system 23. ..

FIG. 3 is a block diagram in which the system configuration of FIG. 2 has been rewritten for each function. The reception method definition database 31,
Reception method definition unit 32, reception method determination knowledge base 34,
The reception method determination unit 35, the PID identification unit 37, and the service execution unit 38 are functions realized by the service control unit 25 described above. Human interface (HI)
33 is a function realized by the reception method definition database registration terminal 26, and the exchange processing unit 36 is the exchange system 2
The function realized by 3 is shown.

The reception method definition database 31 corresponds to the database 11. The reception method definition unit 32 generates the definition data of the reception method according to the input data by the human interface (HI) 33, that is, the operation input means of the called user, and stores it in the database 31.

The receiving method determining knowledge base 34 constitutes the above-mentioned inference means 15 together with the receiving method determining section 35. The exchange processing unit 36 is an exchange that identifies the telephone number of the caller. The PID identification unit 37 is the PID of the calling / receiving party.
Identify. The reception method determination unit 35 determines the reception method by using the PID identified by the PID identification unit 37 and the database 31 or 34, or by inquiring the reception user via the human interface 33 about the reception method. Has the ability to decide. The service execution unit 38 drives the exchange processing unit 36 by the method determined by the reception method determination unit 35 to execute the instructed service.

The first embodiment of the present invention determines the receiving method by using the data designating the receiving method for the PID of the caller in the personal communication system. That is, in FIG. 4, the PID identification unit 37 is the exchange processing unit 3.
Telephone number of caller / receiver from 6 or PID from caller / callee
The PID is identified based on the like (step 41). Thereafter, the receiving method determination unit 35 searches the data content of FIG. 5 in the receiving method definition database 31 to determine the receiving method (step 42).

The data content of FIG. 5 is data registered in advance by the called user, and is the PID of the sender (hereinafter, called PI).
(Also referred to as D) and the receiving method (service) for the sender are a pair of data. Step 42 above
Now search the data in Figure 5 based on the PID of the recipient,
Further, the receiving method is searched based on the originating PID in the data. The service execution unit 38 executes the service in accordance with the reception method thus searched (step 43).

In this example, an incoming call from a subscriber with PID = 1 is always accepted, and an incoming call from a subscriber with PID = 2 is connected to voice mail.

6 shows an example of "(sender's PID / recipient's whereabouts-reception method table)" defined by the recipient (PID = 0) and stored in the database 31. In this example,
When the called party is in the office, incoming calls from subscribers with PID = 1 are accepted, but when the called party is in the conference room, incoming calls from subscribers with PID = 1 are connected to voice mail. Will be. For incoming calls from subscribers with PID = 2, if the called party is in the office,
Even if you are in the meeting room, you will always be able to accept it.

FIG. 7 shows a database 31 defined by the called party.
An example of the “sender PID / time zone-reception method table” stored in FIG. In this example, at time 11:00,
Incoming calls from both PID = 1 and PID = 2 subscribers are accepted, but at time 13:00, incoming calls from PID = 1 subscribers are connected to voice mail and incoming from PID = 2 subscribers. Accept.

FIG. 8 shows a database 31 defined by the called party.
Stored in the "Caller PID / Receiver's whereabouts / time zone-
An example of a "reception method table" is shown. In this example, even if the called party (PID = 0) is in the office, time 9:
At 30, the incoming calls from both subscribers with PID = 1 and PID = 2 are accepted, but at time 11:00, PID = 2.
Incoming calls from our subscribers connect to voicemail and PID =
Incoming calls from one subscriber are accepted. Even at the time when the callee is in the conference room, at time 13:30, PID =
The incoming call from the subscriber of No. 1 is accepted, and the incoming call from the subscriber of PID = 2 is connected to the voice mail, but at time 15: 0
At 0, incoming calls from both subscribers with PID = 1 and PID = 2 are connected to voicemail.

The above is the case where the receiving method is defined in the database 31, but there may be an incoming call from a sender whose receiving method is not defined. FIG. 9 shows a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention which is effective in this case. In the figure, the PID identification unit 37 converts the telephone numbers of the caller and the receiver into PIDs (step 91) and then searches the database 31. At this time, if the designated service of the originating PID obtained by the above conversion cannot be searched, the receiving method determination unit 35 inquires of the called party (step 9).
2). When the called party (PID = 0) receives an incoming call from the subscriber with PID = 1, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, a menu (a incoming call, b reject, c voice mail, etc.) that the called party can select.
(d transfer) is presented, and the callee is made to select from among them by the code using the HI33. If the called party specifies the code c, for example, the incoming call from the subscriber with PID = 1 is connected to voice mail.

FIG. 11 shows a flowchart for explaining the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is characterized in that the receiving method determining knowledge base 34 is used. That is, PI
After the telephone number of the caller / receiver is converted into a PID by the D identification unit 37 (step 111), the receiving method determining knowledge base 34 is used.
Is searched based on the calling PID and inference is performed (step 112), and then the inferred service is executed by the service execution unit 38 (step 113).

FIG. 12 shows an example of the contents of the receiving method determining knowledge base 34. In this example, the called party (PID =
A case where 0) receives an incoming call from a colleague who has a PID = 1 during a conference in the conference room will be described. In this example, the knowledge base is composed of three types of knowledge (“knowledge about the subscriber”, “knowledge about how to use the receiving method”, and “knowledge about the receiving method”). Caller's PID (in this case,
PID = 0 and PID = 1) are input to "knowledge about the subscriber", the inference result is input to "knowledge about how to use the receiving method", and the inference result is input to "knowledge about the receiving method". Then, the receiving method considered to be the most appropriate is finally selected. In this example, it is determined that an incoming call from a colleague with a low priority should not be accepted during the conference, and voice mail is selected.

[0034]

As described above, according to the invention described in claim 1, the service obtained by searching the database based on the identification number of the caller is automatically executed, and the call from the special caller is received. Since it can be automatically received by a certain method, it can be selectively received according to the intention of the receiving user, and
According to the second aspect of the invention, it is possible to select and receive more finely according to the location of the called user, the time zone, and the like.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, even if the data is not stored in the database, selective reception can be performed according to the situation of the called user at each time, and the service inferred in the invention of claim 4 is further provided. You can receive according to the instructions,
In the end, it is possible to automatically perform selective reception that is considered to be the most appropriate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a database according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the database according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of the database according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing still another example of the database according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention. ,

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a knowledge base.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 database 12 searching means 13 executing means 14 reporting means 15 inference means 23 switching system 25 service control section 26 receiving method definition database registration terminal 31 receiving method definition database 34 receiving method determining knowledge base 37 PID identifying section

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A calling party's identification number among the unique identification numbers given to each subscriber of the network and a reception-related service instruction given by the called user to the identification number are stored in advance. A database (11) and a search means (12) for analyzing the identification number of the caller when there is an incoming call to the called user and searching the database (11) for the service instruction for the analyzed number. A selective receiving system comprising: an executing unit (13) for executing a service according to the service instruction retrieved by the retrieving unit (12). 2. The database (11) stores at least one of the location and the arrival time of the called user, and a service instruction related to reception given to the location and / or the arrival time by the called user. Furthermore, the search means (12) analyzes the location and / or the arrival time stored in the database (11) together with the identification number of the caller, and the service based on the analysis result. 2. The selective reception system according to claim 1, wherein an instruction is retrieved from the database (11). 3. A plurality of selectable by the called user when the search means (12) is unable to search the database (11) for a service instruction regarding reception provided by the called user who has received the incoming call. Further includes a reporting means (14) for reporting the service instruction to the called user, and the execution means (13) is selected by the called user from the plurality of service instructions reported by the reporting means (14). 2. The selective reception method according to claim 1, wherein the service is executed according to a service instruction. 4. The inference means for inferring an appropriate service when the retrieval means (12) cannot retrieve the service instruction relating to reception given from the called user who has made an incoming call from the database (11). 2. The selective reception system according to claim 1, further comprising: (15), wherein the execution means (13) executes a service according to the service instruction extracted by the inference means (15).