JP2002009844A - Incoming call notification method, incoming call notification system, and incoming call notification server - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To be able to select incoming data from a transmitting device at the time of sending / receiving an e-mail or voice call / incoming, a wide range of incoming data selection, and an increase in the amount of data to be transmitted / received. Provide an incoming call notification system that does not need to be done. SOLUTION: A server 10 holds a large number of incoming data in an incoming data DB 107, and a transmitting terminal communicates with the server 10 at the time of voice call or mail transmission, while receiving data from the incoming data held by the server 10. To allow the user to select desired incoming data. Then, identification information corresponding to the selected incoming data is added to the issuance / incoming message or mail transmission data and transmitted to the receiving terminal. The receiving terminal transmits the identification information to the server 10 and acquires incoming data corresponding to the identification information from the server 10. Then, the user is notified of the incoming call using the obtained incoming data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an incoming call notification method, an incoming call notification system, and an incoming call notification server for notifying a user of a receiving terminal of an incoming call in communication performed between terminals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional technique relating to incoming call notification will be described below. For that purpose, first, meanings of main terms in the text are defined. -Sender terminal: A terminal that sends a voice or sends an e-mail. -Receiving terminal: A terminal that receives a voice call or receives an e-mail. -Incoming call: Voice incoming call or mail reception. Transmission data: E-mail transmission data in the case of e-mail transmission and reception, and a “call message” transmitted from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal when a voice call is made (ie, “incoming call” as viewed from the receiving terminal) Message)). -Incoming call data: When receiving an incoming call to the receiving terminal, data for displaying a character string or image on the screen or sounding a melody as a ringtone to notify the receiving terminal user of the incoming call Generic name.

[0003] The "calling message" and the "incoming message" of the transmission data have the same substance, and have different names only depending on the difference in the terminal position between the receiving side and the transmitting side. is there. Therefore, hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of description, the names of "calling / incoming messages" are unified on both the transmitting side and the receiving side. Conventionally, the most common means of notifying the terminal user of the incoming call at the receiving terminal is that the user selects from the incoming data prepared in advance at the receiving terminal, and the receiving terminal uses it to receive the incoming call. Is to be notified.

A method of designating incoming data from a transmitting terminal has also been proposed.
There is a method disclosed in JP-B-136393. This is for notifying the arrival of an e-mail, and the transmitting user adds the incoming data for generating the desired melody at the receiving terminal to the mail data and transmits it as mail transmitting data from the transmitting terminal. To do.
The incoming data that generates the melody is created by the user on the sending side by key input when sending the mail,
The user selects from several types of incoming data stored in the transmitting terminal in advance. in this way,
If the sender can specify the incoming data, the sender can
Incoming data can be selected according to the content of the mail to be transmitted. For example, when a Christmas message is transmitted, it is possible to notify the user on the receiving side of the incoming call with a melody suitable for Christmas.

[0005]

However, in the above method, although the user on the transmitting side can select the incoming data, the incoming data is first added to the mail transmission data. There is a problem that the data amount increases. Further, the content of the incoming data is also limited from a limited type stored in the transmitting terminal in advance, so that the range of selection is narrow, and there is not always a content suitable for the content of the message to be transmitted. In this case, the user has to input data for generating a desired melody.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention can select desired incoming data at the transmitting side device not only in sending and receiving e-mail but also in calling and receiving voice, and has a wide range of incoming data selection. An object of the present invention is to provide an incoming call notification method and an incoming call notification system, and an incoming call notification server, in which the amount of transmitted / received data does not increase due to incoming data.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an incoming call notification method according to the present invention notifies a receiving terminal user of an incoming call in communication performed between a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal. A server setting step of storing, in a server, a plurality of incoming data used to generate a voice or an image for notifying an incoming call, and the server in the transmitting terminal. An incoming data selection step of receiving a selection of desired incoming data from a transmitting terminal user for the plurality of incoming data, and an identification corresponding to the incoming data selected in the incoming data selecting step at the transmitting terminal; An identification information transmitting step of transmitting information to the receiving terminal, and, at the receiving terminal receiving the identification information, Incoming call data acquiring step of acquiring corresponding incoming data, and, at the receiving terminal, an incoming notification step of notifying an incoming call to a receiving terminal user using the incoming data acquired in the incoming data acquiring step. It is characterized by.

In this method, the transmitting terminal selects desired data from the incoming data held by the server, and transmits only the identification information to the receiving terminal. The receiving terminal transmits the identification information to the server, obtains incoming data corresponding to the identification information, and notifies the terminal user of the incoming call. The terminal user of the transmitting terminal can select not only incoming / outgoing data but also incoming / outgoing voice call / incoming call, and also can select desired incoming data from various incoming data held by the server, and the range of selection is wide. wide. Moreover, since the transmitting terminal adds identification information to the transmission data, not the main body of the reception data, the amount of transmission data hardly increases by designating the reception data.

In order to achieve the above object, an incoming call notification system according to the present invention includes a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, and a server, and communicates between the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal. An incoming call notification system for notifying an incoming call to a receiving terminal user in communication performed, wherein the server includes a plurality of incoming data used to generate a sound or image for notifying an incoming call, each of which has unique identification information. An incoming data database held in an added form, and selection data providing means for transmitting, to the transmitting terminal, selection data used by the transmitting terminal to receive an incoming data selection by a transmitting terminal user. Receiving the result of the incoming data selection received from the transmitting terminal user using the selection data from the transmitting terminal, and identifying the result corresponding to the selected incoming data. Identification information providing means for transmitting information to the transmitting terminal; and when identification information corresponding to any of the plurality of incoming data is transmitted from the receiving terminal, incoming data corresponding to the identification information is transmitted. An incoming data providing unit for transmitting to the receiving terminal, wherein the transmitting terminal is a selecting data requesting unit for requesting the server to transmit selecting data, and is transmitted from the server. Selection accepting means for accepting a selection of incoming data from the transmitting terminal user using the selection data, and transmitting the result of the incoming data selection accepted by the selection accepting means to the server to correspond to the selected incoming data. Identification information requesting means for requesting identification information, and identification information for transmitting identification information transmitted from the server to the receiving terminal in response to the request from the identification information requesting means; Transmitting means for receiving identification information from the transmitting terminal; transmitting the identification information received by the identification information receiving means to the server; Incoming data requesting means for requesting transmission of incoming data corresponding to information, receiving the incoming data transmitted from the server in response to a request from the incoming data requesting means, and using the identification data to And incoming call notifying means for notifying the terminal user of an incoming call.

In order to achieve the above object, an incoming call notification server according to the present invention performs processing relating to incoming call notification to a receiving terminal user in communication performed between a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal. An incoming call notification server for performing an incoming call data server that stores a plurality of incoming data used to generate voices and images for notifying an incoming call, each of which is provided with unique identification information; Selection data providing means for transmitting selection data to the transmitting terminal for use by the transmitting terminal to receive the incoming data selection by the transmitting terminal user, and receiving from the transmitting terminal user using the selecting data Identification information providing means for receiving the result of the selected incoming data from the transmitting terminal, and transmitting identification information corresponding to the selected incoming data to the transmitting terminal; When identification information corresponding to any of the plurality of incoming data is transmitted from a receiving terminal, incoming data providing means for transmitting the incoming data corresponding to the identification information to the receiving terminal. It is characterized by.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an incoming call notification system according to the present invention. (Overall Configuration) FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an incoming call notification system according to the present embodiment. The incoming call notification system includes a server 10 and terminals 11, 12, and 13 connected via a communication network N. The server 10 holds a database in which various incoming data are stored in advance.

The outline of the incoming call notification process performed in the incoming call notification system is as follows. (1) The transmitting terminal obtains data of a screen for selecting incoming data from the server 10 before starting transmission, presents the screen for selection to the user, and allows the user to select desired incoming data. (2) The transmitting terminal adds only the identification information of the incoming data selected by the user to the transmitting data and sends the data to the receiving terminal. (3) The receiving terminal sends the identification information added to the transmission data to the server 10 to obtain the main body of the incoming data corresponding to the identification information, and notifies the user of the incoming using the incoming data.

As another process related to the incoming call notification process, there is a process of “registering” incoming data from the terminal to the server 10. “Registration” means that the user of each terminal stores dedicated incoming data in the server 10. Less than,
The server 10 that executes such processing, the terminals 11, 12,
13, the configuration and processing contents will be described.

(Configuration of Server 10) First, the server 10 will be described. The server 10 holds a database in which the incoming data is stored, and in response to various request commands from the terminal, sends information used for selecting incoming data (data on a selection screen) or incoming data to the terminal. At the same time as transmitting, additional registration of new incoming data and deletion of existing registered incoming data are performed in response to a request from the terminal.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 10. The communication control unit 101, the command analysis unit 102,
Incoming data list generator 103, incoming data acquisition unit 10
4. Incoming data registration unit 105, incoming data information management unit 1
06, a database for incoming data (hereinafter, “DB for incoming data”) 107 and the like. The communication control unit 101
It manages the transmission and reception of various data with the terminal via the communication network N. As the type of data sent and received,
There are various request commands (details will be described later) transmitted from the terminal to the server 10, various incoming data selection screen data transmitted from the server 10 to the terminal in response to commands from the terminal, incoming data itself, and the like. The server 1
Data transmission and data reception at 0 are all performed via the communication control unit 101. In the following description, “receiving from terminal via communication control unit 101 (transmitting to terminal)” will not be described in order to avoid complicating description.

The incoming data DB 107 stores a large number of "incoming data information" in which incoming data selectable from the terminal is stored together with related information. Since the incoming data information also exists in the terminal, hereinafter, in order to distinguish the incoming data information held by the server 10 from the incoming data information held by the terminal, the information held by the server 10 is referred to as “server-side incoming data information”. , And what the terminal holds is referred to as “terminal-side incoming data information”.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of the server-side incoming data information 300 stored in the incoming data DB 107. As shown in FIG. The data items constituting the server-side incoming data information 300 are, in addition to the incoming data (main body) 350, the incoming data name 310 which is the “name” of the incoming data and the incoming data type indicating the “type” of the incoming data as related information. 3
20, an incoming data ID 330 which is unique “identification information (ID)” of the incoming data, and option data 340 which is a “keyword” indicating “field” or the like for the incoming data.

As specific types of incoming data indicated by the incoming data type 320, "character string" for displaying a character string on the display of the receiving terminal, "image" for displaying a still image on the display of the receiving terminal, There are "moving images" for displaying moving images on the display of the receiving terminal, and "melody" for outputting sound from the speaker of the receiving terminal.

The "field" of the incoming data indicated by the option data 340 includes Christmas, New Year, birthday, and the like. The option data 340 is a keyword serving as a reference for classification according to the situation, purpose, and the like of using the incoming data. The content of the keyword is not limited to “field”. Also, a plurality of keywords can be set for one incoming data.

The structure of the incoming data 350 includes a data length and a data body regardless of the type. FIG.
(B) and (c) show the configuration of the incoming data body 350 in the case of “character string” and “melody”.
In each case, the data length information section 351 and the data body section 352
The data body part 352a of “character string” is a set of character codes, and the data body part 352b of “melody” is a set of note data.

The command analysis unit 102 analyzes the request command sent from the terminal, and transmits the contents of the request command to the incoming data list generation unit 103, the incoming data acquisition unit 104, or the incoming data registration unit 105, and Instruct the corresponding processing. Also, the result of the processing executed by these components in response to the command is transmitted to the terminal via the command analysis unit 102.

The types of request commands sent from the terminal are roughly divided into the following three types. (1) “Selection command”: issued when the transmitting terminal intends to acquire from the server 10 the data of the selection screen used to accept the selection of the incoming data by the terminal user. The selection command is further divided into several types. Details of these will be described later. (2) "Incoming data request command": issued when the receiving terminal attempts to acquire the incoming data specified by the transmitting terminal from the server 10. (3) "Registration command": when any terminal intends to additionally register arbitrary incoming data in the server 10,
Alternatively, it is issued when any incoming data that has been previously added and registered is to be deleted from the server 10. "Additional registration request command" issued when trying to register additionally,
There is a “registration deletion request command” issued when trying to delete.

The command analysis unit 102 stores the result of the command analysis in the incoming data list generation unit 103 in the case of the “selection command”, and in the incoming data acquisition unit 104 in the case of the “incoming data request command”. In the case of “command”, the command is sent to the incoming data registration unit 105 to instruct processing according to the command. Incoming data list generator 1
03 is an incoming data information management unit 1 according to the content of the "selection command" sent from the command analysis unit 102.
The information included in the server-side incoming data information is acquired from the incoming data DB 107 via 06, and is combined with format data for various selection screens held in advance to generate selection screen data. The incoming data list generation unit 103 returns the generated selection screen data to the command analysis unit 102 and causes the transmission terminal to transmit the data.

Selection of incoming data at the transmitting terminal
3 in the order of "type", "field (keyword)", and "name"
Done in stages. The incoming data list generation unit 103 generates three types of selection screen data according to each stage. In addition, for the “identification information request command” transmitted from the terminal according to the final selection result, the selection result of “type”, “field”, and “name” is used instead of the selection screen data. The identification information (contents of the incoming data ID 330) regarding the corresponding incoming data is obtained from the incoming data DB 107 and returned to the command analysis unit 102 for transmission to the terminal.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a selection screen displayed on the display unit of the transmitting terminal in correspondence with each of the three types of selection screen data generated by the incoming data list generation unit 103 (FIG. 3B and 3C) are shown together with an image (FIG. 4D) in which the finally selected incoming data is displayed on the display unit of the receiving terminal. FIG. 4 (a)
"Type" corresponding to "Main menu request command" sent from the terminal as a kind of "Selection command"
This is a “main menu screen” 410 for selection. In response to the main menu request command, the incoming data list generation unit 103 instructs the incoming data information management unit 106 to read out the contents of the “incoming data type 320” from the server-side incoming data information, and Menu screen 410
Generate data for

FIG. 4B shows a “submenu screen” 420 corresponding to the “submenu request command” transmitted by the terminal together with the information of the selection result (type) on the main menu screen 410. The submenu screen 420 here is a case where “image” is selected as “type”. For the submenu request command,
The incoming data list generation unit 103 instructs the incoming data information management unit 106 to convert the contents (field) of the “optional data 340” from the server-side incoming data information whose “incoming data type 320” is “image”. Read out,
Based on this, data for the submenu screen 420 is generated.

FIG. 4C shows that the terminal operates on the submenu screen 4.
10 is a “name list screen 430” corresponding to the “name list request command” transmitted together with the information of the selection result (field) in FIG. Here, the name list screen 430 is for the case where the field “Christmas” is selected on the submenu screen 420. In response to the name list request command, the incoming data list generation unit 103 instructs the incoming data information management unit 106 to set the content of the “incoming data type 320” to “image” and to change the content of the “option data 330” to The content of “incoming data name 310” is read from the server-side incoming data information including “Christmas”, and data for the name list screen 430 is generated based on this.

Here, at the transmitting terminal, it is assumed that the user has selected "fir tree" as the "name". In response to the “identification information request command” transmitted by the terminal together with the information of the selection result (name = “fir tree”) on the name list screen 430, the incoming data list generating unit 103 instructs the incoming data information managing unit 106. From the server-side incoming data information corresponding to the selection results thus far (type = “image”, field = “Christmas”, name = “fir tree”),
The content (identification information) of the “incoming data ID 330” is read out, and the command analysis unit 1 together with the information of the type “image” is read.
Return to 02. This information is sent to the sending terminal,
Furthermore, it is added to the transmission data from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal.

Then, the receiving terminal obtains the incoming data of the "fir tree" image from the server 10 by using the identification information of the "fir tree" received from the transmitting terminal.
The image of the incoming call notification shown in (d) is displayed to notify the user of the incoming call. In the various selection screens shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C, a focus movement is performed for each data item, and the focus movement and the selection operation are performed by a key operation of a user from an operation unit of the terminal.

Upon receiving the analysis contents of the "incoming data request command" from the command analyzing section 102, the incoming data acquiring section 104 instructs the incoming data information managing section 106 to
The incoming data DB 107 is searched using the incoming data identification information included in the incoming data request command as a search key,
Corresponding server-side incoming data information (incoming data ID 33
The content of the incoming data is obtained from the content of “0” that matches the identification information). Then, the command analysis unit 10
2, and the command is transmitted to the receiving terminal that issued the command.

The incoming data registration unit 105 performs a “registration” process according to the “registration command”. “Registration” means that the user of each terminal stores dedicated incoming data in the server 10. The incoming data registered by each user is
Stored in a dedicated area in the incoming data DB 107, the user cannot use or delete the incoming data registered by another user.

That is, the incoming data DB 107 is stored in the server 10 in advance by the server administrator, and a storage area for shared incoming data that can be selected by all terminal users, and each terminal user arbitrarily registers, It is divided into a storage area for personal incoming data that can be selected only by the user of the registered terminal. The storage area for personal incoming data is further subdivided into dedicated areas for individual terminals.
Each dedicated area is secured by the user applying for a registration service for arbitrary incoming data, and identification information of the user (here, the address of the terminal used by the user) is added. In addition, in the terminal-side incoming data information of the incoming data stored in the dedicated area, “original” as a keyword indicating “field” is “option data 340”.
Is set to When the user selects incoming data from the transmitting terminal, when the user selects "original" from the submenu screen, the incoming data registered by himself / herself is selected.

"Registration" is divided into "additional registration" for registering new incoming data in the incoming data DB 107 and "registration deletion" for deleting previously registered incoming data from the incoming data DB 107. In the case of "additional registration",
The incoming data registration unit 105 receives the "additional registration request command" transmitted from the terminal.
As a result of the analysis 2, the type of the processing content ("additional registration"), the content of the incoming data to be added (the main body, type, and name of the incoming data) and the address of the requesting terminal are received.

The incoming data registration unit 105 notifies the data address management unit 106 of the terminal address and the contents of the incoming data to be added, and generates new server-side incoming data information by adding new identification information. The instruction is stored in a dedicated area in the application DB 107. Data information management unit 1
In step 06, the identification information (contents of the item "incoming data ID 330") is read out from all the incoming data information already in the dedicated area corresponding to the address value. Then, the new incoming data identification information different from the existing incoming data ID is combined with the content of the received incoming data (incoming data body, type, name, field), and the keyword “Original” is added to the item “Option data 340”. New server-side incoming data information in the form of
See). Then, this is stored in a dedicated area corresponding to the address of the request source terminal. When the storing process is completed, the incoming data registration unit 105
6, the contents of the identification information added to the incoming data additionally registered are received, and a notification of the processing completion and the identification information are sent to the command analysis unit 102. These are sent to the terminal.

On the other hand, in the case of “registration deletion”, the incoming data registration unit 105 determines the type of processing content (“registration deletion”) as an analysis result of the command analysis unit 102 for the “registration deletion request command” transmitted from the terminal. ), The identification information of the incoming data to be deleted and the address of the requesting terminal. Then, the incoming data registration unit 105 notifies the incoming data management unit 106 of the terminal address and the identification information,
From the server-side incoming data information in the dedicated area corresponding to the address value, the server-side incoming data information in which the content of the item "incoming data ID" matches the identification information is deleted. Then, a notification of the completion of the process is sent to the command analysis unit 102. This is sent to the terminal.

In the "registration deletion" process, a process for specifying incoming data to be deleted from the terminal is performed before the generation of the "registration deletion request command". That is, when the user instructs the terminal to “delete registration”, a “registration list request command” is transmitted from the terminal to the server 10, and the server 10 displays a list of incoming data registered by the user. Send the data for “Registration list screen” to the terminal. Then, the terminal issues the “registration deletion request command” for “incoming data” specified by the user from the “registration list screen”. It is the incoming data list generating unit 103 that generates the data for the “registration list screen” on the server 10 side, and the procedure is the same as that for the other list screens. And the instruction of "list request", and from the incoming data in the dedicated area corresponding to the terminal identification information, "identification information"
The “name” and “type” are read out, and data is created in combination with screen format information held in advance.

The incoming data management unit 106 accesses the incoming data DB 107. In response to an instruction from the incoming data list generation unit 103, the incoming data acquisition unit 104, or the incoming data registration unit 105, The server-side incoming data information in the incoming data DB 107 is searched, read, and updated for the contents described above.

(Configuration of Terminal) Next, the terminals 11, 12,
In 13, the configuration of the part related to the incoming call notification will be described. Since this configuration is substantially common to each terminal, the terminal 11 will be described as an example. The terminal 11 transmits a “selection command” to the server 10 during transmission (voice call or mail transmission).
Is transmitted to obtain the data for the selection screen, the selection screen is displayed using the data, and the selection of the incoming data by the user is accepted. Then, when the identification information of the selected incoming data is obtained from the server 10, the transmission data (the outgoing / incoming message or the mail transmission data) to which the identification information is added is transmitted to the receiving terminal.

On the other hand, at the time of reception (voice call reception or mail reception), the terminal 11 transmits an “incoming data request command” including the identification information of the designated incoming data to the server 10. Then, the incoming data designated by the transmission source is acquired from the server 10 and the incoming data is notified to the terminal user using this. Further, when an instruction to execute registration processing of incoming data is received from the user, a “registration command” is transmitted to the server 10 to perform additional registration or registration deletion of the incoming data.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portion related to the incoming call notification in the terminal 11. The terminal 11
Transmission / reception processing unit 111, call control unit 112, incoming data acquisition processing unit 113, incoming data selection processing unit 114, incoming data registration processing unit 115, incoming data management unit 116, incoming data information storage unit 117, speaker 118, display unit 11.
9, an operation unit 120, a microphone 121, and the like.

The transmission / reception processing unit 111 transmits various request commands to the server 10 via the communication network N, receives data (such as data for various selection screens) from the server 10, and communicates with other terminals. Make calls or send and receive emails. Note that data transmission and data reception in the terminal 11 are all performed via the transmission / reception processing unit 111. In the following description, "receiving (transmitting) via the transmission / reception processing unit 111" will not be described in order to avoid complexity.

The incoming data information storage unit 117 stores
Holds the terminal-side incoming data information on incoming data used to notify the user of an incoming call when is the receiving side. The terminal-side incoming data information stored in the incoming data information storage unit 117 is basically several types of incoming data preset at the time of shipment. Then, out of these several types of incoming data, default incoming data used when there is no particular designation is set.
However, the user may operate the terminal to add new incoming data.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing items constituting the terminal-side incoming data information stored in the incoming data information storage section 117. As shown in FIG. The terminal-side incoming data information 600 includes an incoming data name 610, an incoming data type 62
0, incoming data ID 630, and incoming data body 640. The difference from the server-side incoming data information is that there is no optional data item.

The incoming data information storage unit 117 stores
In some cases, new incoming data information is added along with the process of acquiring incoming data from the server 10 at the time of reception and the process of additionally registering incoming data. The contents of the incoming call data information set in advance and the incoming call data information to be added are partially different. These points will be described later in the description of the related components.

The incoming data selection processing unit 114 performs processing related to the exchange of data and request commands between the terminal 11 and the server 10 for selecting incoming data prior to transmission processing. Specifically, in response to an instruction from the user, various “selection commands” are generated and the server 1
0, and generates various selection screens (see FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C) in accordance with the selection screen data transmitted from the server 10 in response to the command. And accepts the user's specification. The “selection command” and the “selection screen” have already been described in relation to the server 10 and will not be repeated here. When the identification information of the finally selected incoming data is acquired from the server 10 by the identification information request command,
The call control unit 112 includes the identification information of the incoming data together with information of the type (selected on the main menu screen 410).
To generate transmission data including this.

When the terminal user does not select incoming data, incoming data selection processing section 114 instructs call control section 112 to generate a call request command without identification information of the incoming data. The call control unit 112
Call / call processing in communication with other terminals, communication with other terminals, and mail transmission / reception. When the incoming data is selected, information (type, identification information) on the selected incoming data is received from the incoming data selection processing unit 114, and at the time of calling (mail transmission) to the receiving terminal,
Transmission data in which the content of the information on the incoming data is embedded is generated.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of transmission data generated by the call control unit 112. FIG. 7A shows a “call / call-in message” 700 which is transmission data in the case of a voice call.
FIG. 7B shows “mail transmission data” 760 which is transmission data in the case of mail transmission. In the outgoing / incoming call message 700 in the case of a voice outgoing call, the information for specifying the incoming data is set in the “outgoing sub-address column” 730. Since the data set in the calling sub address column 730 is not particularly defined depending on the vendor, there is no problem even if the information for specifying the incoming data is set. The breakdown of the information specifying the incoming data includes the incoming data number column 731 in which the value indicating the number of the specified incoming data is stored, and the information of the incoming data type stored in the number indicated in the incoming data number column 731. Type column 732 and ID column 73 in which identification information is stored.
3 is included.

In the case of mail transmission, mail transmission data 76
An incoming data specification information column 790 in which information for specifying incoming data is stored at the end of 0 is added. In the incoming data designation information column 790, an incoming data number column 791 in which a value indicating the number of designated incoming data is stored, and a type in which the number of incoming data is stored by the number shown in the incoming data number column 791 Column 792 and ID column 793 in which identification information is stored
And the combination of

At the time of reception processing, the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113 generates an “incoming data request command” using the identification information of the incoming data specified by the transmission source terminal, and acquires the specified incoming data from the server 10. Is performed. However, if the source terminal has not specified the incoming data, the acquisition processing is not performed, and the incoming data management unit 116 is instructed to read the default terminal-side incoming data information from the incoming data information storage unit 117. Display section 119
And / or sends it to the speaker 118 to make an incoming call notification.
The presence or absence of the designation is determined based on whether or not the contents of the incoming data number columns 731 and 791 in the transmission data (see FIG. 7) are “0”. In addition, even when the source terminal has specified incoming data, if the type of the specified incoming data is not supported by the receiving terminal (for example, if the receiving terminal has no moving image display function, In the case where the incoming data of the type “moving image” is specified), the process of receiving the incoming call is performed using the default incoming data without obtaining the same from the server 10.

The incoming data registration processing unit 115
A process for additionally registering arbitrary incoming data in a dedicated area in the incoming data DB 107 of 0 and deleting previously registered incoming data is performed. When the user instructs “additional registration”, the incoming data registration processing unit 115
From the incoming data stored in the incoming data information storage unit 117 of the terminal, the data specified by the user is stored in the server 10.
Register additional. The incoming data registration processing unit 115 receiving the instruction of “additional registration” from the user,
Instruct the terminal 16 to search for the type and name of all incoming data from the terminal-side incoming data information stored in the incoming data information storage unit 117. Then, a list screen (not shown) of the incoming data held by the terminal based on the search result is displayed on the display unit 119, and the selection from the terminal user is accepted. The incoming data registration processing unit 115 passes the “type” and “name” of the selected incoming data to the incoming data management unit 116 and, based on the incoming data information in the incoming data storage unit 117, the “type” and “name”. , An additional registration request command including these is generated, and transmitted to the server 10.

When the user instructs “deletion of registration”, incoming data registration processing section 115 instructs call control section 112 to connect to server 10. Then, a registration list request command to which the identification information (address) of the terminal is added is sent to the server 10, and a registration list screen for a list of deletable incoming data (incoming data additionally registered by the terminal so far) is displayed. Get the data. Then, a registration list screen is displayed on the display unit 119 based on these data, and the user is allowed to select a deletion target. Then, a registration deletion request command storing the identification information of the selected incoming data and the identification information of the terminal is generated and transmitted to the server 10.

Incoming data management section 116 performs processing such as retrieval and reading of terminal-side incoming data information stored in incoming data information storage section 117 in response to instructions from other components. Also, it holds information on default incoming data used when no incoming data is specified by the transmitting terminal. The speaker 118 outputs a voice based on the received voice data in a voice call.
If the incoming data is of a type that generates sound, a sound (melody) is generated based on the incoming data,
Output.

The display unit 119 displays various operation screens (such as a screen for selecting incoming data) to the terminal user, and accepts the user's designation from the displayed screen.
The received content is transmitted to the related components. If the incoming data is of a type that generates an image, an image (moving image, still image) is generated and displayed based on the incoming data.

The operation unit 120 accepts designations made by the user using various input means (such as a keyboard) provided in the terminal, and transmits the contents to other related components. Naturally, in the description of the components, if the description "receives an instruction from the user" or the like has been described in all cases, the user can see the operation list or the like displayed on the display unit 119 from the screen. The instruction input by operating the operation unit 120 is
Has been notified to each component.

The microphone 121 receives a voice input from a user during a voice call and converts it into voice data. FIG. 5 is an example of a terminal configuration in the present embodiment,
In the case of a terminal that does not make a voice call, there may be a terminal configuration without the microphone 121 and the speaker 118, and in the case of a terminal that is always connected to the server, there may be a terminal configuration without the call control unit 112.

(Operation of Terminal) Next, the operation of the terminal will be described with reference to the drawings separately for the case where the terminal is used as a transmitting terminal and the case where it is used as a receiving terminal. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when the terminal is used as a transmitting terminal.

First, the process starts when the operation unit 120 receives a designation of a call destination telephone number from the terminal user (S801). The operation unit 120 activates the incoming data selection processing unit 114. The incoming data selection processing unit 114
A message for inquiring the terminal user whether to select incoming data is displayed on the display unit 119, and a response from the terminal user is waited for. When the terminal user responds “not select” (S802: No), the incoming data selection processing unit 114
The call control unit 112 is notified of the call destination telephone number specified by the user, and calls / addresses to the number without specifying the incoming data.
An incoming message is generated and transmitted (S808).

If the terminal user responds "select" (S802: Yes), the incoming data selection processing unit 114 instructs the call control unit 112 to establish communication with the server 10 (S803). Then, the incoming data selection processing unit 114
Issues a selection command and sequentially displays various selection screens (see FIG. 4) obtained from the server 10 on the display unit 119, accepts a terminal user's selection from here, and selects a selection The command is transmitted to the server 10. Then, an identification information request command is finally issued to acquire the identification information and the type information of the incoming data selected by the user from the server 10 (S804). If the user desires to select a plurality of incoming data (S805: Yes), the process of step S804 is repeated accordingly.

When the selection of the incoming data is completed, the incoming data selection processing unit 114 instructs the call control unit 112 to disconnect the communication with the server 10 (S806), and is selected by the call control unit 112. The number of incoming data, the identification information and type of each incoming data, and the call destination telephone number are notified, and a call / incoming message with incoming data designation addressed to the number (see FIG. 7A) is generated. Is transmitted to the receiving terminal (S807). (Operation as Receiving Terminal) Next, the operation when the terminal is used as the receiving terminal will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when the terminal 11 is used as a receiving terminal. First, the process starts when the transmission / reception processing unit 111 receives an incoming / outgoing call message (see FIG. 7A) from the transmitting terminal (S901). The call control unit 111 compares the contents of the incoming / outgoing message with the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113.
To send to. The incoming data acquisition processing unit 113 analyzes the contents of the incoming / outgoing call message and determines whether or not a valid incoming data specification is included (in the incoming data specification information set in the outgoing sub-address area, the “number of incoming data” Is not 0 and whether the type of the specified incoming data is a type that can be reproduced by the terminal). If there is no valid designation (S902: No), the incoming data management unit 116 is instructed to read out the default incoming data set in the own terminal from the incoming data information storage unit 117, and the speaker 118
And / or sends it to the display unit 119 to reproduce incoming data (voice and / or image) (S907).

If valid incoming data is specified (S902: Yes), the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113
It instructs the call control unit 112 to establish a connection with the server 10 (S903), and generates an incoming data request command storing the identification information of the incoming data and causes the server 10 to transmit the command. Then, incoming data corresponding to the identification information is acquired from the server 10 (S904).

If a plurality of incoming data is specified (S905: Yes), the process of step S904 is repeated until all incoming data is acquired. The incoming data acquisition processing unit 113 sends out the acquired incoming data to the speaker 118 and / or the display unit 119 according to each type to reproduce the incoming data (voice and / or image) (S906).

(Operation of Incoming Call Notification System) Next, the operation of the entire incoming call notification system in the present embodiment will be described.
(1) Operation at the time of transmission, (2) Operation at the time of reception, (3) Operation at the time of addition registration, and (4) Operation at the time of registration deletion will be described with reference to the drawings. For convenience of explanation, (1) and (2) will be described by taking an example of voice calling / calling. After the reference number of each step, one of (S) representing the operation of the server 10 and (T) representing the operation of the terminal is added to indicate which operation. (1) Operation During Transmission FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing executed between the terminal 11 on the transmission side and the server 10 in the incoming call notification system at the time of transmission (at the time of voice call).

First, at the terminal 11, the process is started when the transmitting user designates the call destination telephone number from the operation section 120 by a method such as selection from the telephone directory or direct input (S1001 (S1001)). T)). The call control unit 112 makes a connection with the server 10, and thereafter, the incoming data selection processing unit 114 generates a main menu request command, and the command is transmitted to the server 10 (S1002).
(T)).

In the server 10, the communication control unit 101 receives a main menu request command from the terminal 11 and passes it to the command analysis unit 102. The command analysis unit 102 analyzes the command and instructs the incoming data list generation unit 103 to generate main menu screen data. The incoming data list generation unit 103 causes the contents of the incoming data type column 320 to be acquired from the server-side incoming data information in the incoming data DB 107 via the incoming data information management unit 106, and based on this type information, the selection is made. Data for a main menu screen 410 (see FIG. 4A) showing a list of possible incoming data types is generated (S1003 (S)). Then, this data is transmitted to the terminal 11 (S1004
(S)).

In the terminal 11, the transmission / reception processing unit 111 receives the main menu screen data (S1005).
(T)), and pass it to the incoming data selection processing unit 114. The incoming data selection processing unit 114 causes the display unit 119 to display the main menu screen 410 based on the data, and accepts the selection of “type” from the transmitting user (S1006 (T)). Here, it is assumed that “image” is selected (S10
07 (T)). Then, the incoming data selection processing unit 114
Generates a submenu request command for requesting data for a submenu screen relating to incoming data whose type is "image", and transmits it to the server 10 (S1008)
(T)).

In the server 10, the communication control unit 101 receives the submenu request command including the type selection result “image” and passes it to the command analysis unit 102 (S100
9 (S)). The command analysis unit 102 analyzes the command and transmits it to the incoming data list generation unit 103. The incoming data list generation unit 103 causes the content of the option data column 340 to be read from the server-side incoming data information of the type “image” in the incoming data DB 107 via the incoming data information management unit 106, and based on the content. Submenu screen 42 showing a list of fields relating to incoming data of "image"
Data for displaying 0 (see FIG. 4B) is generated and transmitted to the terminal 11 (S1010 (S)).

In the terminal 11, the transmission / reception processing unit 111 receives the sub-menu screen data and sends it to the incoming data selection processing unit 114 (S1011 (T)). The incoming data selection processing unit 114 displays the submenu screen 420 on the display unit 119 based on the received data (S1012 (T)). Here, it is assumed that the user has selected “Christmas” as the field (S1013 (T)). Incoming data selection processing unit 11
No. 4 generates a name list request command for data for a list display screen which is a name list of incoming data whose field is “Christmas” and transmits it to the server 10 (S1014).
(T)).

In the server 10, the communication control unit 101 receives the name list request command from the terminal 11, and passes it to the command analysis unit 102 (S1015 (S)). The command analysis unit 102 analyzes the command and determines that the request is for name list screen data.
The two conditions are passed to the incoming data list generation unit 103 to instruct generation of name list screen data. The incoming data list generation unit 103 receives the name of the incoming data that satisfies the conditions of “type: image” and “field: christmas” from the server-side incoming data information in the incoming data DB 107 via the incoming data information managing unit 106 ( Item “Incoming data name field 31”
0), and based on this incoming data name, data for a name list screen 430 (see FIG. 4C) showing a list of names of selectable incoming data is generated. Then, this data is transmitted to the terminal 11 (S1016
(S)).

When the terminal 11 receives the name list screen data (S1017 (T)), the incoming data selection processing unit 114 displays the name list screen 430 on the display unit 119 based on the data, and the terminal user (S1)
018 (T)). Here, it is assumed that the selection of the incoming data (image) of “fir tree” has been received (S1019).
(T)). The incoming data selection processing unit 114 generates an identification information request command for requesting notification of incoming data identification information (contents of the incoming data ID column 330) corresponding to the selection result (incoming data name: “fir tree”). , Server 10
(S1020 (T)).

In the server 10, the communication control unit 101 receives the identification information request command from the terminal 11, and passes it to the command analysis unit 102 (S1021 (S)). The command analysis unit 102 analyzes the command and determines that the request is a notification request of identification information, and determines the selected content, “type: image”, “field: Christmas”, and “name: fir tree”.
To the incoming data list generation unit 103, and instructs to acquire the identification information of the incoming data corresponding to these. The incoming data list generation unit 103 outputs “type: image”, “field: Christmas”, and “name: fir tree” from the server-side incoming data information in the incoming data DB 107 via the incoming data information management unit 106. The content of the incoming data ID 330 is obtained from the incoming data information satisfying the condition (S1).
022 (S)). The identification information is transmitted to the terminal 11 together with the type information (“image”) (S10).
23 (S)).

On the terminal 11 side, in response to the instruction of the incoming data selection processing unit 114 which has received the identification information of the incoming data from the transmission / reception processing unit 111 (S1024 (T)), the call control unit 112 establishes a connection with the server 10. Disconnect. And
The call control unit 112 further generates an outgoing / incoming message with incoming data identification information (see FIG. 7A) and transmits it to the receiving terminal 12 (S1025 (T)).

As described above, the transmitting terminal can select a plurality of incoming data. In the example of FIG. 10, after the processing of step S1024, the incoming data selection processing unit 1
14 displays a message on the display unit 119 and confirms the user's will whether or not to repeat the selection of incoming data. If the user responds to make further selection, the processing of steps S1002 to S1024 is repeated. For example, incoming data of an image and a melody can be designated one by one. Then, in the receiving terminal, the display unit 119 displays the image and the speaker 1
18 generates a ring tone and notifies the terminal user of the incoming call. (2) Receiving Operation FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of incoming data transmission / reception processing performed between the receiving terminal 12 and the server 10 in the incoming call notification system. Note that the components related to the incoming call notification in the terminal 12 are the same as those in the terminal 11,
The same reference numerals are used for the components.

First, the terminal 12 receives a calling / incoming message (see FIG. 7A) to which the identification information of the incoming data is added from the transmitting terminal 11, and the reception process is started (FIG. 7A). S1101 (T)). In the terminal 12, the call control unit 112 connects to the server 10, and the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113 extracts the identification information of the incoming data from the incoming notification and transmits the incoming data corresponding to the identification information. Is generated and transmitted to the server 10 (S1102 (T)).

In the server 10 that has received the incoming data request command from the terminal 12 (S1103 (S)), the command analysis unit 102 analyzes the command (S1104).
(S)), and sends the incoming data acquisition request to the incoming data acquisition unit 104, indicating that the request is an incoming data acquisition request. The incoming data obtaining unit 104 obtains incoming data (image “fir tree”) corresponding to the identification information from the incoming data DB 107 via the incoming data information managing unit 106.
The acquired incoming data is transmitted to the terminal 12 via the communication control unit 102 (S1105 (S)).

In the terminal 12, upon receiving the incoming data from the transmission / reception processing unit 111, an instruction from the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113 (S1106 (T)), the call control unit 112 performs a process of disconnecting the connection with the server 10. . Then, the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113 sends the incoming data to the display unit 119 based on the type information, and displays the “fir tree” image as shown in FIG.
(T)), the default melody incoming data is sent to the speaker 118, a ring tone is generated, and the terminal user is notified of the incoming (S1108 (T)).

Although the description is omitted in FIG.
2 performs some processing other than the above. For example, in step S1101, if no incoming data is specified, or if the type of the specified incoming data cannot be used by the terminal 12, the terminal 12 does not connect to the server 10 and The user is notified of the incoming call by a preset ring tone and incoming call notification screen.

(3) Operation at the time of additional registration of incoming data FIG. 12 shows a case where the terminal user of the terminal 11 instructs registration of incoming data in the incoming notification system.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing executed interactively between the server and the server 10. First, the terminal user instructs the operation unit 120 of the terminal 11 to start the process of additionally registering incoming data to the server 10. The start instruction is transmitted from the operation unit 120 to the incoming data registration processing unit 115. The incoming data registration processing unit 115 issues an instruction to the incoming data management unit 116 to cause the terminal-side incoming data information stored in the incoming data information storage unit 117 to search for the type and name of the incoming data. Then, based on the search result, a list screen (not shown) of the incoming data held by the terminal is displayed on the display unit 119, and the selection from the terminal user is received (S1201).
(T)).

Here, when the terminal user selects the incoming data “Happy New Year” which is an image for the New Year that is not held in the server 10, the incoming data registration processing unit 115 is selected via the operation unit 120. The “type” and “name” of the incoming data are acquired. Then, it instructs the call control unit 112 to perform connection with the server 10 (S1202).
(T)).

Further, the incoming data registration processing section 115 passes the “type” and “name” of the selected incoming data to the incoming data managing section 116 and, based on the incoming data information in the incoming data storage section 117, retrieves the “ The main body of the incoming data corresponding to the “type” and “name” is acquired, an additional registration request command including these is generated, and transmitted to the server 10 via the transmission / reception processing unit 111 (S1203 (T)).

In the server 10, the communication control unit 101 receives the additional registration request command and sends it to the analysis unit 102 to analyze the contents (S1204 (S)). The command analysis unit 102 determines that the content of the command is “additional registration”, and sends the content of the additional incoming data added to the request command to the incoming data registration unit 105. The incoming data registration unit 105 instructs the incoming data information management unit 106 to generate new incoming data ID in the form of server-side incoming information after adding a new incoming data ID to this content (S1205 (S)). ). Incoming data information management unit 106
The server additionally registers the generated server-side incoming data information in the dedicated area for the terminal 12 in the incoming data DB 107 (S1206 (S)).

The incoming data registration unit 105 passes the contents of the new incoming data ID to the communication control unit 101 together with the notification of "registration completed", and causes the terminal 11 to transmit the information (S1207).
(S)). In the terminal 11, the registration completion notification and the incoming data I
D, the transmission / reception processing unit 111 receives the incoming data ID to the incoming data registration processing unit 115 (S1208).
(T)). The incoming data registration processing unit 115 uses the incoming data ID as the “type” and “name” of the incoming data to be registered.
Along with the “type”,
The incoming data ID is stored in the incoming data ID column 630 of the terminal-side incoming data information corresponding to the “name” (S
1209 (T)). Waiting for the end of the storage processing, the data registration processing unit 115 instructs the call control unit 112 to execute the server 1
In addition to disconnecting the connection with No. 0, a registration completion message is displayed on the display unit 119, and the additional registration processing is completed.

(4) Incoming Data Delete Operation FIG. 13 shows the terminal 11 in the incoming data registration / deletion process.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of an interactive process between a server and a server. First, a terminal user designates execution of registration processing of incoming data information from the operation unit 120 of the terminal. In response to this, the incoming data registration processing unit 115
12 to make a connection with the server 10. Then, a registration list request command for incoming data is generated and transmitted to the server 10 (S1301 (T)).

In the server 10 receiving the command, the command analysis unit 102 analyzes the command (S1302).
(S)). Then, the identification information of the terminal is passed to the incoming data list generation unit 103, and the generation of registration list screen data for the terminal is instructed. The incoming data list generation unit 103 receives the incoming data DB 1 via the incoming data information managing unit 106.
From “07”, “name”, “type”, and “ID” are read for the incoming data stored in the dedicated area of the terminal. Then, the incoming data list generation unit 103 generates data for the registration list screen in combination with the screen format information that holds them, and transmits the data to the terminal 11 (S
1303 (S)).

When terminal 11 receives the data for the registration list screen (S1304 (T)), incoming data registration processing section 115 causes display section 119 to display the registration list screen (S1305 (T)) and uses the data. Of incoming data to be deleted from the user. FIG. 14 shows step S1305.
FIG. 13 (T) shows a registration list screen 1400 displayed on the display unit 119. FIG. The user operates the operation unit 120 to scroll a cursor to a desired registered data name, and designates registered incoming call data to be deleted.

[0086] Here, it is assumed that the user has selected the image "Happy New Year" (S1306 (T)). Upon receiving notification from the operation unit 120 that the image “Happy New Year” has been selected from the operation unit 120, the incoming data registration processing unit 115 identifies the incoming data corresponding to the incoming data (the information included in the registration list screen data). Is generated and transmitted to the server 10 (S130).
7 (T)).

In the server 10, the command analysis unit 102 analyzes the contents of the registration deletion request command, and as a result of the analysis, the fact that the contents of the command is “registration deletion”, the identification information of the requesting terminal, the deletion target Is transmitted to the incoming data registration unit 105. The incoming data registration unit 105 sends a registration deletion instruction together with the incoming data ID to the incoming data information managing unit 106, and the incoming data information managing unit 106 reads the designated incoming data from the terminal-only area in the incoming data DB 107. The incoming data information corresponding to the ID is deleted (S1309 (S)).

Upon receiving the notification of “registration deletion completed” from incoming data information managing section 106, incoming data registering section 105
This is instructed to the communication control unit 101 to cause the terminal 11 to transmit a completion message (S1310 (S)). In the terminal 11, when the transmission / reception processing unit 111 receives the completion message, the incoming data registration processing unit 115 passes the identification information of the deleted incoming data to the incoming data management unit 116 and receives the completion message. To update the terminal-side incoming data information. When the incoming data management unit 116 searches the incoming data information storage unit 117 and reads out the incoming data information corresponding to the identification information, the incoming data ID 330 is cleared. Waiting for the end of the update processing, the data registration processing unit 115 instructs the call control unit 112 to execute the server 1
In addition to disconnecting the connection with No. 0, a message indicating the completion of registration is displayed on the display unit 119, and the registration deletion processing is completed (S1311 (T)). (Summary) As described above, the incoming call notification system according to the present embodiment allows the terminal user of the transmitting terminal to display various selection screens to select incoming data stored in the server 10 and to select the received incoming data. Is transmitted to the receiving terminal. The receiving terminal transmits the identification information to the server 10 to obtain incoming data, and uses this to notify the terminal user of the incoming call. Therefore, regardless of whether it is a voice call or an e-mail, the user of the transmitting terminal not only can select the incoming data, but also can select desired incoming data from various incoming data held by the server, and the selection range is wide. Moreover, since the transmitting terminal adds identification information to the transmission data, not the main body of the reception data, the data amount of the transmission data does not increase by specifying the reception data.

Further, another effect can be realized by causing each component of the above embodiment to perform some processing. Such a modified example of the above embodiment,
Some are shown below. (Modification 1) In the present embodiment, the procedure is such that the transmitting terminal transmits the incoming data identification information to the receiving terminal, and the receiving terminal acquires the incoming data from the server using the identification information. However, in sending and receiving e-mail,
Different procedures are possible. That is, when the selection of the incoming data is completed, the transmitting terminal transmits the mail transmission data (see FIG. 7B) to which the identification information of the incoming data has been added, not to the receiving terminal but to the server. In the server 10, the mail transmission data received by the communication control unit 101 is sent to the command analysis unit 102, and the command analysis unit 1
No. 02 transfers the mail transmission data to the incoming data acquisition unit 104 and instructs embedding of the incoming data. The incoming data acquisition unit 104 passes the incoming data identification information (ID) in the mail transmission data to the incoming data information management unit 106, and causes the incoming data corresponding to the received data to be acquired from the incoming data DB 107. Then, the incoming data acquisition unit 104 embeds the incoming data in the mail transmission data. Thereafter, the communication control unit 101 transmits the mail transmission data including the incoming data to the address of the receiving terminal stored in the header of the mail transmission data. In the receiving terminal, the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113 extracts the incoming data from the mail transmission data, and uses this to notify the terminal user of the incoming call.

FIG. 15 shows the structure of mail transmission data 1500 transmitted from the server to the receiving terminal in the above procedure. This is the part to which the incoming data 1531 is added by the server. The incoming data 1531 is further divided into a data length 1532 and a data body 1533. (Modification 2) In the above embodiment, the receiving terminal always obtains the specified incoming data from the server 10. However, this process takes time, and the user receives the incoming data after receiving the incoming call. The time to notify the incoming call becomes longer.
Therefore, the incoming data information previously obtained from the server 10 is stored in the incoming data information storage unit 117 of the terminal, and when the same incoming data is specified again, the incoming data information is stored without connecting to the server 10. If it is read out from the unit 117, the time required for notifying the user of the incoming call can be reduced.

In order to realize this processing method, the following processing is specifically performed. First, the process of storing the incoming data information acquired from the server 10 is performed by the incoming data management unit 116. The incoming data management unit 116 acquires the incoming data information obtained from the server 10 by the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113 and stores it in the incoming data information storage unit 117 in the form of terminal-side incoming data information (see FIG. 6). In the stored incoming data information, a value (identification information) is set in the item of the incoming data ID 630. At this time, the free space in the incoming data information storage unit 117 is compared with the size of the incoming data information to be stored.
The storage is performed after erasing the stored incoming data information previously obtained from the server 10 and storing it. When erasing incoming data, older data is deleted based on the stored date. Also, in the incoming data information storage unit 117,
The area for storing incoming data obtained from the server 10 is separated from the storage area for incoming data stored in advance.

The processing when the stored incoming data information is used at the time of reception is as follows. When receiving the transmission data with the designation of the incoming data, the incoming data acquisition processing unit 114 passes the identification information of the incoming data to the incoming data management unit 116 and reads out the specified incoming data from the incoming data holding unit 118. Instruct. The incoming data management unit 116 searches the incoming data information in the incoming data information storage unit 117 using the identification information as a key, confirms whether or not there is incoming data information corresponding to the identification information, and if it is stored, It is read and passed to the incoming data acquisition processing unit 114. The incoming data acquisition processing unit 114 does not connect to the server 10 and performs a process for an incoming call notification using the incoming data. Conversely, when the incoming data information corresponding to the incoming data information storage section 117 does not exist, the incoming data management section 116 notifies the incoming data acquisition processing section 113 to that effect, and the incoming data acquisition processing section 113 The process according to the embodiment is performed to obtain incoming data from the server 10. (Modification 3) In the above embodiment, the receiving terminal always uses the specified incoming data when the incoming data is specified by the transmission source terminal. Alternatively, it is conceivable to prepare an "ignore incoming data specification" option and let the terminal user select it. When using the specified incoming data, the server 10
, The time until the notification is extended by the process of acquiring the incoming data from. Therefore, the user is given freedom of choice for the user who wants to notify the incoming call as soon as possible.

As a process for this, first, the operation unit 120, which has received the “option setting” instruction from the user, activates the incoming data acquisition processing unit 113. Is displayed on the display unit 119. Then, the incoming data acquisition processing unit 1 accepts the designation of “ignore” from the user.
Reference numeral 14 stores this option setting (flag information, “ignore = ON”, “ignore = OFF”) in the internal memory.

At the time of the receiving process, when the incoming data acquisition processing unit 114 recognizes the designation of the incoming data, it refers to the setting contents regarding “ignore incoming data designation” stored in the internal memory. When the setting of “ignore incoming data” is set, the incoming data acquisition processing unit 11
3 instructs the incoming data management unit 117 to read out the default incoming data held by the terminal from the incoming data storage unit 118, and sends it to the display unit 119 and the speaker 120 to notify the incoming call. Let In the case of setting that "the incoming data designation is not ignored", the same processing as in the above-described embodiment is performed. The execution timing of this process is between steps S902 and S903 in the flowchart shown in FIG. (Modification 4) In the above-described embodiment, the transmitting terminal selects incoming data after connecting to the server 10. However, a method of specifying incoming data without connecting to the server 10 is also conceivable. That is, the terminal 1
0, the incoming data (server 1) is stored in the incoming data information storage unit 117 inside the terminal.
(Including the incoming data ID assigned from 0), so that there is no need to connect to the server 10 if selection is made from the “registered” incoming data. In addition, the "registered" incoming data is "default designated incoming data"
If it is set as, there is no need to select incoming data itself.

As a process for this, the incoming data acquisition processing unit 114, which has received an instruction to “designate incoming data” from the user, displays a message inquiring “Whether to specify from registered incoming data”. 119
To be displayed. When the user replies “specify”, the user instructs the incoming data management unit 116 to read “registered incoming data (the incoming data is set in the incoming data ID 630) from the incoming data information storage unit 117. ), A “list”, “type”, and “identification information” are read out, and a registration list screen (the format is the same as the registration list screen in FIG. 14) is displayed on the display unit 119 by using the information. Is received, the identification information and the type of the specified incoming data are sent to the call control unit 112. Subsequent processing is the same as the processing after acquiring the identification information when connecting to the server 10 and selecting the incoming data.

In the case of default designation, a request for default setting is accepted from the user at an arbitrary timing, and the incoming data acquisition processing unit 114 again displays the registration list screen on the display unit 119, and specifies the transmission list. Accepts what should be incoming data from the user. The incoming data acquisition processing unit 114 obtains the type and identification information of the specified incoming data from the incoming data information storage unit 117 via the incoming data management unit 116, and stores them in the built-in memory. Then, at the time of transmission processing, if the user specifies “use default setting” when specifying the incoming data, the “type” and “identification information” held are passed to the call control unit 112 and stored. The call / incoming message is transmitted to the receiving terminal.

Note that the incoming data that can be selected without connecting to the server 10 is not limited to the incoming data “registered” in the server 10. Any incoming data for which identification information has been acquired from the server 10 in some form before may be targeted. For example, incoming data is sent to the server 10 as a receiving terminal.
It is conceivable to generate and store terminal-side incoming data information relating to the incoming data at the time of acquiring the incoming data (in this case, the incoming data body does not necessarily need to be stored). Furthermore, a method is also conceivable in which the “name”, “type”, and “ID” of the frequently used incoming data are downloaded from the server 10 to the terminal, and the terminal uses the information to receive the incoming data designation from the user. (Modification 5) The additional registration process in the above embodiment is to register the terminal-side incoming data information held in the terminal in advance in the server 10, but at the time of registration, the terminal user deletes the incoming data. It is also conceivable to input and register the input incoming data in the server 10. In that case, step 1201 in the additional registration process shown in FIG.
The “processing for accepting selection from the incoming data list display screen” in 1202 is not performed, and the processing content changes as follows.

First, upon receiving a registration processing start instruction from the terminal user, the incoming data registration processing unit 115
The display unit 119 displays a message inquiring the user as to whether to register from the terminal-side incoming data information in the incoming data information storage unit 117 or to register the incoming data to be input. If the user selects the former, the subsequent processing is as shown in FIG. If the user selects the latter, the incoming data registration processing unit 11
5 allows the user to input the “name” and “type” of the incoming data registered via the display unit 119 and the incoming data itself via the operation unit 120. And
The incoming data registration processing unit 115 generates an incoming data additional registration request command based on the input contents, and
0. The processing of the server 10 for this is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.

Further, as a process after the completion of the additional registration, it is conceivable to store the terminal-side incoming data information relating to the inputted new incoming data in the own terminal. This process
The incoming data registration processing unit 115
Instruct them to do so. The incoming data registration processing unit 115
The “type” and “name” of the incoming data input by the user, and the incoming data I assigned to the incoming data from the server 10
D is passed to the incoming data management unit 116, the terminal-side incoming data information storing these is stored, and the incoming data information storage unit 1 is stored.
17 is stored. The incoming data body may or may not be stored. If not stored, the item of the incoming data 640 in the terminal-side incoming data information becomes null.

In updating the incoming data information accompanying the registration deletion, if the target incoming data information is generated in the above-described manner and does not include the incoming data itself, the incoming data management unit 116 deletes the entire incoming data information. It shall be deleted. (Remarks) The incoming data type is not limited to the example shown in the present embodiment as long as it can be used as an incoming call notification such as an LED blinking pattern. Further, in the present embodiment, a form in which a plurality of incoming data types can be specified has been described. However, in an embodiment in which only one incoming data type is supported, the incoming data type may not be used as incoming data information. Good. That is, it is not necessary to include the information of the type of the incoming data in the incoming data information, the outgoing / incoming message, and the mail transmission data.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example has been described in which the incoming data information is stored in the outgoing subaddress area, but it may be stored in another area. When the identification information of the incoming data is added to the mail transmission data, the storage position of the identification information is
The position is not limited to the position shown in FIG. For example, it may be stored in another area, such as in the header area.

In the process of selecting incoming data at the transmitting terminal, first, the user is prompted to select from the incoming data information stored in the own terminal, and there is no incoming data desired by the user. Only in this case, the procedure may be such that the incoming data information on the server is obtained.

[0103]

As is apparent from the above description, the incoming call notifying method of the present invention provides an incoming call notifying method for notifying a receiving terminal user of an incoming call in communication performed between a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal. A server setting step of storing a plurality of incoming data used for generating voices and images for notifying an incoming call in the server; and the plurality of incoming calls held in the server at the transmitting terminal. An incoming data selection step of receiving a selection of desired incoming data from a transmitting terminal user for the data, and the transmitting terminal receiving the identification information corresponding to the incoming data selected in the incoming data selecting step. Transmitting the identification information to the terminal, and receiving the identification information from the server at the receiving terminal receiving the identification information. Data receiving step of obtaining data, and at the receiving terminal, an incoming notification step of notifying the receiving terminal user of an incoming call using the incoming data obtained in the incoming data obtaining step. And

According to such a method, the terminal user of the transmitting terminal can not only select the incoming data but also select the incoming data.
Desired data can be selected from various incoming data held by the server, and the range of selection is wide. Moreover, since the transmitting terminal adds identification information to the transmission data, not the main body of the reception data, specifying the reception data hardly increases the data amount of the transmission data.

In the identification information transmitting step, the identification information is transmitted by being added to a call / call message for voice call / voice call or mail transmission data for sending / receiving electronic mail. Shall be. As a result, the above-described effects can be achieved both in the case of calling / incoming voice call and in the case of sending / receiving electronic mail.

Further, the incoming data selection step includes: at the transmitting terminal, a selection screen requesting step of transmitting a transmission request for selection screen data for the plurality of incoming data to the server; A screen data returning step of transmitting the selection screen data to the transmission terminal; and accepting an incoming data selection by the transmission terminal user from a selection screen displayed based on the selection screen data in the transmission terminal. The selection receiving step, at the transmitting terminal, an identification information requesting step of requesting identification information corresponding to incoming data selected by the transmitting terminal user from the selection screen; and at the server, the identification information requesting step. Transmitting the requested identification information to the transmission side terminal. It may be.

Thus, the user of the transmitting terminal can interactively select a desired one from various incoming data held by the server via the selection screen interface, so that the convenience of the user is high. . Further, the incoming data selection step, in the transmitting terminal, at least a part of a plurality of incoming data held by the server,
A related information acquiring step of acquiring related information including identification information and attribute information, and a selection accepting step of presenting the attribute information to the transmitting terminal user and selecting desired incoming data at the transmitting terminal; Having identification information transmitted from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal in the identification information transmitting step, the identification information included in the relevant information regarding the incoming data selected in the selection receiving step, It can also be.

[0108] According to this, the terminal user uses the incoming data related information (identification information, attribute information) acquired and held by some means to select the incoming data of the terminal user without communication with the server. Can be accepted. Therefore, the work load of the terminal user required for the selection process can be reduced. Speaking of e-mail transmission / reception, an e-mail notification method for notifying an e-mail reception to a receiving terminal user in e-mail transmission / reception performed between a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal. A plurality of incoming data used to generate a sound or image to be generated, a server setting step of holding a server, and in the transmitting terminal,
For the plurality of incoming data held in the server, an incoming data selecting step of receiving a selection of desired incoming data from a transmitting terminal user, and in the transmitting terminal, the incoming data is selected in the incoming data selecting step. Transmitting the mail transmission data to which the identification information of the incoming data is added to the server; and transmitting the mail transmission data to which the identification information is added, the server corresponding to the added type information. A transfer step of adding the incoming data to the mail transmission data and transferring the data to the receiving terminal, and receiving the mail transmission data to which the incoming data corresponding to the type information is added, An incoming notification step of notifying the receiving terminal user of an incoming call using the added incoming data. Incoming call notification method to also be considered.

According to this configuration, the incoming data specified by the transmitting terminal is added to the mail transmitting data by the server in the process of transmitting the mail transmitting data transmitted by the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal via the server. Is done. Therefore, the receiving terminal does not need to communicate with the server to obtain the selected incoming data. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the above-described incoming call notification method, there is obtained an effect that an incoming call notification can be made to the terminal user immediately after reception.

The same effect as the above-described incoming call notification method has the following effects.
An incoming call notification system having a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, and a server, and notifying a receiving terminal user of an incoming call in communication performed between the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal, wherein the server Is a database for incoming data holding a plurality of incoming data used to generate a voice or image to notify the incoming call, each with unique identification information added, and the transmitting terminal is a transmitting terminal Selection data providing means for transmitting selection data to be used for receiving the incoming data selection by the user to the transmitting terminal; and a result of the incoming data selection received from the transmitting terminal user using the selecting data. Receiving from the transmitting terminal, identification information providing means for transmitting identification information corresponding to the selected incoming data to the transmitting terminal; and When the identification information corresponding to any one of the number of incoming data is transmitted, the incoming data providing means for transmitting the incoming data corresponding to the identification information to the receiving terminal; and Is selection data requesting means for requesting the server to transmit selection data, and selection receiving means for receiving selection of incoming data from a transmitting terminal user using the selection data transmitted from the server. An identification information requesting unit that transmits a result of the incoming data selection received by the selection receiving unit to the server and requests identification information corresponding to the selected incoming data; and a request from the identification information requesting unit. Identification information transmitting means for transmitting the identification information transmitted from the server to the receiving side terminal, wherein the receiving side terminal receives the identification information from the transmitting side terminal. Identification information receiving means, incoming data requesting means for transmitting the identification information received by the identification information receiving means to the server, and requesting transmission of incoming data corresponding to the identification information; Incoming call notification means for receiving incoming data transmitted from the server in response to the request, and using the identification data to notify the receiving terminal user of an incoming call. It can also be realized by

Further, the receiving terminal further includes an incoming data storing means for storing the identification information received by the identification information receiving means and the incoming data received from the server by the incoming notification means in accordance with the identification information. The incoming data requesting means, for the identification information newly received by the identification information receiving means, determines whether or not the identification information is stored in the incoming data storing means, and when the identification information is stored, Outputting the incoming data stored in the incoming data storage means together with the type information to the incoming notification means, and using the incoming data output from the incoming data requesting means, The user may be notified of the incoming call.

The terminal stores the incoming data previously obtained from the server together with the identification information, and thereafter, when receiving data including the same identification information as the stored incoming data, obtains the incoming data from the server. Performs no processing and notifies the terminal user of the incoming call using the stored incoming data.
Therefore, it is possible to omit the process of connecting to the server and acquiring the incoming data, and it is possible to further obtain the effect that the time required until the notification of the incoming call can be reduced.

The transmitting terminal includes a terminal-side incoming data storage unit that stores terminal-side incoming data different from the plurality of incoming data held by the server, and stores a list of the terminal-side incoming data in the receiving side. Presenting to the terminal user, receiving the designation of the terminal-side incoming data to be registered in the server, and registering designation receiving means for transmitting the terminal-side incoming data whose designation has been accepted by the registration designation receiving means to the server, Additional registration requesting means for requesting addition to the incoming data database, wherein the server transmits the terminal-side incoming data transmitted from the additional registration requesting means together with unique identification information to the incoming data. The transmitting terminal may further comprise an additional registering means for additionally storing in the database, Data input receiving means for receiving input of data, and additional registration requesting means for requesting addition to the incoming data database by transmitting incoming data received by the data input receiving means to the server, The server may further include additional registration means for additionally storing the terminal-side incoming data transmitted from the additional registration requesting means together with unique identification information in the incoming data database.

According to this configuration, the terminal user registers the incoming data in the server, whereby an original incoming database can be constructed, and the convenience of the terminal user can be greatly improved. In addition, the same effect as the above-described incoming call notification method has the same effect as the incoming call notification server that performs processing related to incoming call notification to the receiving terminal user in communication performed between the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal. A database for incoming data holding a plurality of incoming data used to generate a sound or image to be notified, each of which is provided with unique identification information; and Selecting data providing means for transmitting selection data to be used for accepting data selection to the transmitting terminal; and transmitting the result of incoming data selection received from a transmitting terminal user using the selecting data to the transmitting terminal. Identification information providing means for receiving, from the receiving terminal, identification information corresponding to the selected incoming data to the transmitting terminal; and When the identification information corresponding to one of has been transmitted,
Incoming call data providing means for transmitting incoming data corresponding to the identification information to the receiving terminal.

Also, the same effect as the above-mentioned incoming call notification method has the following effects.
A transmitting terminal that specifies the mode of notification of an incoming call to a user of a receiving terminal in communication performed with the receiving terminal, and a plurality of incoming data used to generate a sound or image for notifying an incoming call. A selection data requesting unit for requesting a server holding each of them with unique identification information added thereto to transmit selection data used for selection of incoming data; and a selection data transmitted from the server. Selection receiving means for receiving a selection of incoming data from a transmitting terminal user using data for transmission, and transmitting a result of the incoming data selection received by the selection receiving means to the server and identifying the received data corresponding to the selected incoming data. Identification information requesting means for requesting information, and identification information transmission for transmitting identification information transmitted from a server to a receiving terminal in response to a request from the identification information requesting means. Means, and in a communication performed between the transmitting terminal and the transmitting terminal, unique identification information is added to each of a plurality of incoming data used to generate a voice or image for notifying an incoming call. A receiving terminal for notifying the receiving terminal user of an incoming call in cooperation with the server holding in the form described above, and identification information receiving means for receiving identification information of incoming data from the transmitting terminal, Incoming data requesting means for transmitting the identification information received by the identification information receiving means to a server and requesting transmission of incoming data corresponding to the identification information, and the server in response to a request from the incoming data requesting means And a receiving terminal that has a receiving notification unit that receives the incoming data transmitted from the receiving terminal and notifies the receiving terminal user of the incoming using the identification data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an incoming call notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of server-side incoming data information in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing examples of various selection screens and a screen display image of incoming data selected from these selection screens in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of terminal-side incoming data information in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a calling / incoming message and mail transmission data in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing flow when the terminal according to the embodiment is used as a transmitting terminal.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing flow when the terminal according to the embodiment is used as a receiving terminal.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing executed between the transmitting terminal and the server in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of incoming data transmission / reception processing performed between the receiving terminal and the server in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of an additional registration process performed between the terminal and the server in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of a registration deletion process performed between the terminal and the server in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a registration list screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a configuration of mail transmission data transmitted from the server to the receiving terminal in a modification of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 server 101 communication control unit 102 command analysis unit 103 incoming data list generation unit 104 incoming data acquisition unit 105 incoming data registration unit 106 incoming data information management unit 107 incoming data database 11, 12, 13 terminal 111 transmission / reception processing unit 112 call control Unit 113 incoming data acquisition processing unit 114 incoming data selection processing unit 115 incoming data registration processing unit 116 incoming data management unit 117 incoming data information storage unit 118 speaker 119 display unit 120 operation unit 121 microphone N communication network

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Claims (12)

[Claims] An incoming call notification method for notifying a receiving terminal user of an incoming call in communication performed between a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, the method being used to generate a sound or image for notifying the incoming call. A server setting step of storing a plurality of incoming data to be stored in a server, and selecting a desired incoming data from a transmitting terminal user for the plurality of incoming data stored in the server in the transmitting terminal. An incoming data selecting step of receiving, at the transmitting terminal, an identifying information transmitting step of transmitting identification information corresponding to the incoming data selected in the incoming data selecting step to the receiving terminal, and receiving the identification information. At the receiving terminal, an incoming data obtaining step of obtaining incoming data corresponding to the identification information from the server; In end, incoming notification method comprising, having, and incoming notification step of notifying an incoming call to the receiving terminal user by using the incoming data acquired by the incoming data acquisition step. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the identification information transmitting step, the identification information is transmitted by being added to a call message or mail transmission data for transmitting and receiving an electronic mail. Incoming call notification method. 3. The incoming data selection step, wherein, at the transmitting terminal, a selection screen requesting step of transmitting a transmission request of selection screen data for the plurality of incoming data to the server; A screen data returning step of transmitting the selection screen data to the transmission terminal; and accepting an incoming data selection by the transmission terminal user from a selection screen displayed based on the selection screen data in the transmission terminal. A selection receiving step, at the transmitting terminal, an identification information requesting step of requesting identification information corresponding to incoming data selected by the transmitting terminal user from the selection screen; and at the server, the identification information requesting step. Transmitting the requested identification information to the transmitting terminal. Incoming call notification method according to claim 1 or 2, symptoms. 4. The incoming data selecting step is a related information obtaining step in which the transmitting terminal obtains relevant information including identification information and attribute information for at least a part of the plurality of incoming data held by the server. And at the transmitting terminal, a selection accepting step of presenting the attribute information to the transmitting terminal user and selecting desired incoming data, and wherein the identification information transmitting step includes: 3. The incoming call notification method according to claim 1, wherein the identification information transmitted to the receiving terminal is identification information included in related information on the incoming data selected in the selection receiving step. 5. An incoming call notification method for notifying an incoming mail to a user of a receiving terminal in mail transmission / reception performed between a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, wherein a voice or image for notifying the incoming call is generated. A plurality of incoming data used for the server setting step of storing the plurality of incoming data in the server; and in the transmitting terminal, the plurality of incoming data held in the server is targeted, and An incoming data selecting step of receiving a selection of incoming data, and at the transmitting terminal, a server transmitting step of transmitting mail transmission data to which the identification information of the incoming data selected in the incoming data selecting step is added to the server, The server that has received the mail transmission data to which the identification information has been added corresponds to the added type information. A transfer step of adding received data to the mail transmission data and transferring the data to the reception terminal; and the reception terminal receiving the mail transmission data to which the reception data corresponding to the type information is added, An incoming call notification step of using the received incoming data to notify the receiving terminal user of an incoming call. 6. An incoming call notification system comprising a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, and a server, and notifying a receiving terminal user of an incoming call in communication performed between the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal. The server comprises: an incoming data database storing a plurality of incoming data used to generate a sound or image for notifying an incoming call, each of which is provided with unique identification information; A selection data providing means for transmitting selection data used by the terminal to receive the incoming data selection by the transmitting terminal user to the transmitting terminal, and receiving from the transmitting terminal user using the selecting data. Identification information providing means for receiving a result of the incoming data selection from the transmitting terminal and transmitting identification information corresponding to the selected incoming data to the transmitting terminal; When identification information corresponding to any of the plurality of incoming data has been transmitted from the side terminal, has incoming data providing means for transmitting the incoming data corresponding to the identification information to the receiving terminal, The transmission-side terminal includes a selection-data requesting unit that requests the server to transmit selection-use data, and a selection of incoming data from a transmission-side terminal user using the selection-use data transmitted from the server. Selection receiving means for receiving, identification information requesting means for transmitting a result of the incoming data selection received by the selection receiving means to the server and requesting identification information corresponding to the selected incoming data, Identification information transmitting means for transmitting identification information transmitted from the server to the receiving terminal in response to the request, wherein the receiving terminal comprises: Identification information receiving means for receiving the identification information from the server, transmitting the identification information received by the identification information receiving means to the server, and requesting transmission of incoming data corresponding to the identification information; Incoming call notifying means for receiving incoming data transmitted from the server in response to a request from incoming data requesting means, and notifying the receiving terminal user of an incoming call using the identification data, Incoming call notification system. 7. The receiving terminal further includes an incoming data storage unit that stores the identification information received by the identification information receiving unit and the incoming data received from the server by the incoming notification unit according to the identification information. The incoming data requesting means, for the identification information newly received by the identification information receiving means, determines whether or not the identification information is stored in the incoming data storing means, and if the identification information is stored, Outputting the incoming data stored in the incoming data storing means together with the type information to the incoming notifying means, wherein the incoming notifying means uses the incoming data output from the incoming data requesting means to receive the incoming data. The incoming call notification system according to claim 6, wherein the user is notified of the incoming call. 8. The terminal device further comprising: a terminal-side incoming data storage unit storing terminal-side incoming data different from the plurality of incoming data held by the server; and a transmitting-side list of the terminal-side incoming data. Presenting to the terminal user, accepting the designation of terminal-side incoming data to be registered in the server, and registering designation receiving means for transmitting the terminal-side incoming data accepted by the registration designation receiving means to the server; An additional registration requesting unit for requesting addition to the incoming data database, wherein the server stores the terminal-side incoming data transmitted from the additional registration requesting unit together with unique identification information for the incoming data. 8. The incoming call notification system according to claim 6, further comprising an additional registration unit that additionally stores the information in a database. 9. The transmission-side terminal, the data-input reception unit for receiving an input of reception data to be registered from a reception-side terminal user, and transmitting the reception data received by the data-input reception unit to the server. An additional registration requesting unit for requesting addition to the incoming data database, wherein the server stores the terminal-side incoming data transmitted from the additional registration requesting unit together with unique identification information for the incoming data. 8. The incoming call notification system according to claim 6, further comprising an additional registration unit that additionally stores the information in a database. 10. An incoming call notification server that performs processing related to an incoming call notification to a receiving terminal user in communication performed between a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, and generates a sound or image for notifying an incoming call. An incoming data database holding a plurality of incoming data used to cause the incoming data to be added with unique identification information added to each of the incoming data, and the transmitting terminal being used to receive an incoming data selection by a transmitting terminal user. Selection data providing means for transmitting selection data to be transmitted to the transmission side terminal, receiving the result of the incoming data selection received from the transmission side terminal user using the selection data from the transmission side terminal, and selecting Identification information providing means for transmitting identification information corresponding to the incoming data to the transmitting terminal; and responding to any of the plurality of incoming data from the receiving terminal. If the identification information is transmitted, an incoming notification server it, characterized with, the incoming data providing means for transmitting incoming data corresponding to the identification information to the receiving terminal. 11. A transmitting terminal for designating a mode of notification of an incoming call to a user of a receiving terminal in communication performed with the receiving terminal, wherein the transmitting terminal is used to generate a sound or image for notifying of an incoming call. Selection data requesting means for requesting a server holding a plurality of incoming data, each of which is provided with unique identification information added thereto, to transmit selection data used for selection of incoming data; and A selection receiving unit for receiving a selection of incoming data from a transmitting terminal user using the transmitted selection data; and an incoming call selected by transmitting a result of the incoming data selection received by the selection receiving unit to the server. Identification information requesting means for requesting identification information corresponding to data; and identification information transmitted from a server in response to a request from the identification information requesting means to a receiving terminal. Transmitting terminal, characterized in that it comprises a signal identifying information transmission means. 12. In communication performed with a transmission side terminal, a plurality of incoming data used to generate a voice or an image for notifying an incoming call is held in a form in which unique identification information is added to each of the plurality of incoming data. A receiving terminal that notifies a receiving terminal user of an incoming call in cooperation with a server that is receiving, the identification information receiving means receiving identification information of incoming data from the transmitting terminal, and the identification information receiving means Incoming data requesting means for transmitting the received identification information to the server and requesting transmission of incoming data corresponding to the identification information; and an incoming call transmitted from the server in response to a request from the incoming data requesting means. Receiving means for receiving data and notifying the receiving terminal user of an incoming call using the identification data.