KR20020007940A - A Method and System for internet phone number assignment and connection between internet phones, PSTN, Mobile and PCS subscribers using network identification number. - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An Internet phone subscriber connecting method using a communication network identification number and an Internet phone service system based on the same are provided to offer various Internet phone additional services by an address translation according to a condition when connecting to a call. CONSTITUTION: Internet phone gateway systems(119,120) and an Internet phone service control system(121) support conversation between Internet phones(140-142,144,158,160, 162,163) including Internet phone local gateways(147-150,154-156) connected to Internet networks(151,152) connected to mobile communication networks(109,110) including an IMT2000 and a PCS, PSTNs(103,104) including a B-ISDN and an ISDN, a WLL network, and a powerline network through gateways(105,106,111,112,117,118) and Internet phone gateway systems(119,120). The Internet phone gateway systems(119,120) and the Internet phone service control system(121) support a communication between the Internet phones(140-142,144,158,160,162,163) and public network telephones(101,102,107,108).

Description

A method and system for internet phone number assignment and connection between internet phones, PSTN, Mobile and PCS subscribers using network identification number.

The present invention relates to a method of accessing an internet phone using a network identification number and a network network identification number to an internet phone network, and to an internet phone service system based on the same. Internet phone subscribers are given a subscriber number that is similar to the general public network number system (e.g. 012-wxyz-abcd-efgh), and the public network subscriber can easily make a call by simply dialing the telephone number of the Internet subscriber. Its purpose is. Representative of the inconvenience of using the conventional Internet phone is that it is impossible for the public network subscriber to directly call the Internet phone subscriber and a complicated and difficult to remember dialing method.

There are four ways of accessing Internet phone subscribers: web-2-web, web-2-phone, phone-2-phone, and phone-2-web. The most common of these is to connect to an Internet phone or phone by visiting a website and clicking on a computer. Phone-to-phone is the most common method for international access, dial the phone number of a specific internet phone provider's site, enter the necessary card number according to voice guidance, and dial the phone number of the called party. have. However, in the case of Web-2-Web or Phone-2-Web, which is an Internet subscriber, the Internet phone IP address of the Internet phone subscriber should be used. Therefore, it is necessary to remember the IP address of the other party, which is a physical address. Recently, the method of using an e-mail address has been standardized by the International Organization for Standardization, but it has not been universalized yet. Another problem is that most users use variable IP addresses due to lack of IP address, so ADSL or cable modem high-speed subscribers have a good network, but they are not able to receive an Internet phone.

A method of assigning a subscriber number to an Internet phone may be given a unique number, but a communication network identification number for the Internet phone network is required to access a public communication network. Accordingly, the present invention provides a means for accessing an Internet phone subscriber using a communication network identification number, such as 012, 015 radio call number, whose number of users is rapidly reduced.

Although the existing method has attempted to assign a unique subscriber number to the Internet phone, the connection with the public telecommunication network is not considered, and the simple translation method is used instead of the number translation depending on the conditions. Service was not available. In addition, the status information through the status monitoring of the subscriber's Internet phone is not maintained, which leads to considerable constraints on call connection. In the present invention, to solve the limitations of the prior art, it is to provide a means for making a call call to the Internet phone directly from a public telephone network using a communication network identification number, such as a wireless paging network in the exit situation. In the conventional method, since there is no method of directly calling from the public network to the Internet phone, it is possible to send only to the public network on the web.

In order to solve the limitations of the existing Internet phone service through the present invention, subscribers of a number system (eg, 012-wxyz-abcd-efgh, 115-wxyz-abcd-efgh) similar to the general public telephone network number system It is possible to freely connect and call with Internet phone by dialing method from various public network subscribers such as other general public network telephone subscribers, existing mobile telephone subscribers or PCS subscribers, and various connection methods using various conditions at the time of connection. The object of the present invention is to provide a new Internet phone additional service providing means according to the connection form of the Internet phone B-to-B, B-to-C, C-to-B, C-to-C, etc. have.

As described above, the Internet phone service through the Internet can only be set up as a general public network telephone on the Internet. Therefore, in this environment, the Internet phone is used only for outgoing calls and cannot receive incoming calls from other subscribers in the public network like the existing phones.

The present invention solves the limitations of the existing Internet phone service, and provides free access between the general public telephone network (103,104), mobile communication network and PCS network (109,110) subscribers and Internet phone subscribers (140,141,142,144,158,160,162,163) or Internet phone subscribers (140,141,142,144,158,160,162,163). In this way, it is possible to provide various types of Internet phone supplementary services, and in order to make the Internet phone access in this manner, the Internet phone (140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163) is not an IP address that is a low-level physical address. If you assign a subscriber number of a number system similar to a general public network number system that is easy and easy to memorize to an internet phone (140,141,142,144,158,160,162,163), and dial the subscriber number of the incoming Internet phone (140,141,142,144,158,160,162,163) to make a call, the dialed number is controlled by the Internet phone service. Internet on system 121 It is translated into IP addresses of phones 140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163, and can be connected to the other Internet phones 140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163. It must be possible to provide various new Internet phone additional services by address translation according to conditions. In addition, it should be possible to identify whether the dialed number is a wireless subscriber (115, 116) number, a public network subscriber (101, 102, 107, 108) number, or an Internet phone subscriber (140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163). It should be able to provide Internet phone service of various connection types such as phone-2-web and phone-2-phone.

1 is a conceptual diagram of the Internet phone service system

FIG. 2: Detailed Structure of Internet Phone Gateway System

FIG. 3: Detailed Structure of Internet Phone Service Control System

4th: Detailed Structure of Internet Phone Local Gateway

Fig. 5: Flow diagram of Internet phone service call processing

Figure 6: p-2-i Internet Phone Service Message Flowchart

7 is a flow chart of i-2-i Internet phone service message

8: i-2-p Internet Phone Service Message Flowchart

Figure 9: p-2-p Internet Phone Service Message Flowchart

Figure 10: Virtual Number Service Message Flowchart

11 is a flow diagram of a virtual number service message with a password function

Figure 12: Subscriber Logical Number Table

Fig. 13: Flow of incoming call forwarding service message

Fig. 14: Flowchart of call transfer service message during incoming call

Fig. 15: Flow chart of call transfer service message in case of no answer

Fig. 16: Flowchart of wireless call transfer service message when no answer subscriber is answered

Figure 17: Internet phone hoist service message flow chart

Fig. 18: Representative Number Service Message Flowchart

Fig. 19: Flowchart of automatic call distribution service message using representative number function

20: Call reservation service message flow chart

21: Voice Advertising Service Message Flowchart

Figure 22: Internet Phone Advertising Voice Aging Flowchart

23: Internet phone number search service message flow chart

24: Flow chart of call connection service message using call connection history

25: Flowchart of group radio calling service message

FIG. 26 is a flow chart of a timed group wireless paging service message

An object of the present invention is an Internet phone (140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163) and a public public telephone (101, 102, 107, 108), Internet phone (140, 141, 142, 144, 158) , 160, 162, 163 and the Internet phone (140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163) to enable a free connection and call, the existing Internet phone (140, 141, 142) , 144, 158, 160, 162 and 163 can only make calls to general public network telephones (101, 102, 107 and 108) and Internet phones (140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162 and 163). It is to provide a means to improve what was not possible to receive calls and to provide various types of Internet phone supplementary services.

To this end, in the present invention, a network identification number is assigned to the Internet network configured as shown in FIG. 1, a subscriber number configured in a system similar to a general public telephone network number system is assigned to an Internet phone subscriber, and the Internet phone 140 is used using this phone number. , 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163 and public subscribers 101, 102, 107, 108 and Internet phone subscribers 140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163 It is used as a means for interconnection.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings that can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art.

The Internet phone service system illustrated in FIG. 1 is connected to a mobile communication and PCS network including IMT2000 (109,110), a general public telephone network (103,104) including B-ISDN, ISDN, and a gateway station (105,106,111,112,117,118) including a WLL network to provide a gateway function. Internet phone gateway system (119,120) and Internet phone (140,141,142,143,144,158,160,162,163) and internet phone (140,141,142,143,144,158,160,162,163) connected to the Internet phone gateway system (119,120) and Internet phone (140,141,142,143,144,158,160,162,163) 108, the Internet phone service control system 121 which performs address translation and control according to the conditions, the Internet phone, and the Internet phone local gateway. PG Personal Gateway, beads based on the number of accessible telephone lines It is divided into BG Business Gateway and EG Entprise Gateway.

The method for calling an Internet phone in the present invention is achieved by dialing a subscriber number (for example, 012-wxyz-abcd-efgh, 013-wxyz-abcd-efgh, 115-wxyz-abcd-efgh, etc.) assigned to an Internet phone. . The embodiment illustrated below shows an embodiment of a network identification number, that is, a prefix, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the example shown in this example.

Example 1

01x

X is 2 and 5 Prefix

Or 3, 4, not using Prefix),

Example 2)

01xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

E.g. 0111, 0112

Example 3

02xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Example 0211, 0212

Example 4

03xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

E.g. 0311, 0312,

Example 5

04xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

E.g. 0411, 0412

Example 6

05xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Yes 0511, 0512

Example 7

06xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Yes 0611, 0612

Example 8

07xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Example 071, 072, 0711, 0712

Example 9

08xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Example 081, 082, 0811, 0812

Example 10)

09xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

E.g. 091, 092, 0922, 0923

Example 11

11x

Where x is a special number not used as any number from 0-9,

For example 115,

Example 12)

7xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Yes 722, 723

Example 13

8xy

Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

822, 823

Example 14

9xy

Where x and y are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

922, 923

Example 15)

1xyz

Where x, y, z are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Yes 1545, 1589

Example 16

0wxyz

Where w, x, y, z are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Yes 00545, 00589

Example 17)

1wxyz

Where w, x, y, z are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9,

Example 12545, 12589

Analyze the preceding four digits wxyz excluding the Internet network network identification number (Prefix) to distinguish the international access code (Example 001), area code (Example 042) and the existing network identification code from the special code. Define service code, and set up Internet phone supplementary services such as Internet phone virtual number service, Internet phone representative number service, Internet phone call charge service, and Internet phone number mobile service according to the value of service code, and provide various additional services. It is used as a means. The station number and subscriber number abcd-efgh shall have 7 digits, 8 digits or 9 digits, if necessary, depending on the number capacity.

This embodiment shows an embodiment using only the first four digits of wxyz, and 0-5 digits such as service code w or uwxyz to expand the type of Internet phone supplementary services and the number capacity of Internet VPN (Virtual Private Network) services. It may be a number, and the service code range of this patent is not limited to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 digits.

FIG. 2 illustrates a detailed structure diagram of an Internet-phone Service Gateway System (IPGS) 119,120, which includes an INIM module 203, a signaling protocol from a gateway station, and an INIM module 203 in charge of interfacing with the Internet. CSRM module 205 to handle routing, MSHM module 208 to store and manage radio calling and voice messages, PNIM module 212 to provide interface with public network, CRMM module to handle call and billing records 206 ), SWFM module 211 for circuit connection and control between each module, ANCM module 209 for guiding voice storage and management, ACSM module 210 for voice advertising storage and transmission, operation management function It consists of an ONMM module 204.

3 is a detailed structural diagram of an Internet-phone service control system 121 for performing an address translation function of converting an Internet-phone subscriber number into an IP address, a public subscriber phone number, or a wireless call number according to a condition. As an example, the DQPM module 309 for performing query processing on a database, the INIM module 305 for interfacing with the Internet network, the ISMM module 310 for performing an Internet phone status monitoring function, and call connection authentication CAAM module 314 performing the function, ONMM module 308 performing the operation management function, ATLM module 311 performing the address translation logic, CRMM module 313 performing the call processing and billing record management function, RTDM module 316 for real-time data management functions, OPDM module 317 for managing operation data, MSDM module 315 for managing the master data.

4 shows a detailed structure of an Internet Phone Local Gateway (ILG) 147, 148, 149, 156, 155, 154 that interacts with the Internet Phone Gateway System (IPGS) 119, 120 and the Internet Phone Service Control System (ISCS) 121. As an example, the CCMM module 405 performing call connection control and management functions, the INIM module 401 performing internet access functions, the LIMM module 408 managing local information, and the CRMM module 404 managing call records ), The IPPM module 402 performing the Internet protocol processing function, the ATGM module 407 performing the ring tone, the ISMM module 403 performing the Internet phone status monitoring function, and the RCMM 406 module performing resource management and control. And a SWFM module 411 for circuit connection and control between each module and a PHIM module 412 for interfacing with a telephone, wherein the Internet phones 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163 are Internet phone gateways It refers to a general telephone connected to 6,155,154 or a telephone connected to a PC.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an Internet phone service call processing in subscriber dialing. When the calling subscriber dials, it recognizes the Internet phone network communication network identification number and the routing occurs to the Internet phone network, and is connected to the Internet phone gateway system to receive the digits. In the Internet phone gateway system, the service code of the received digits is analyzed, and each call is processed by distinguishing whether it is a wireless call service, a public incoming call signal, an internet phone service, or an internet phone additional service. It is regarded as an error of, and error processing

6 illustrates an example of a call connection message flow for a p-2-i Internet phone service in which public subscribers 101, 102, 107 and 108 call Internet phone subscribers 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 158, 160, 162 and 163. Each step procedure is as follows.

The public subscriber network (101, 102, 107, 108) is composed of a number similar to that of the public public telephone network number system, and the 012, 015 radio calling network network identification number or the Internet phone subscriber number using the prefix mentioned in the above embodiment as an internet phone network network identification number. Dialing an Internet phone subscriber number (140,141,142,143,144, 158,160,162,163) and a subscriber dialed digit from the Internet phone gateway system (119,120) in a communication network configured to route (140,141,142,143,144, 158,160,162,163) to be routed to the Internet phone gateway system. The subscriber's telephone number dialed by the subscriber and the step (e.g. 012-wxyz-1234-5678, 012-xyz-1234-5678, 015-xy-1234-5678, 012-x-1234-5678, 015-1234-5678, 115 -wxyz-abcd-efgh, etc.) according to the step of analyzing the service code of the wxyz part and the result of the analysis, the called party number is the Internet phone subscriber (140,141,142,143,144, 158,160,162,163). Branch, that the public network subscriber (for example, a mobile communication network, PCS subscriber, the general subscriber telephone, international calls), or has a step of branching to the call processing modules, depending on whether a particular VoIP supplementary services.

At this time, if the service code is a pre-registered international phone code or area code, the internal routing table (132, 133) to see the routing to the nearest Internet phone gateway system (119, 120), and the corresponding Internet phone gateway system ( Calling the public network subscriber through a gateway station connected to 119,120.

At this time, if the called party number is a wireless call number, it is routed to the local Internet phone gateway system and connected to the wireless call gateway of the corresponding area to call the wireless call subscriber.

In addition, if the called party number is the Internet phone subscriber number, sending the number translation query to the Internet phone service control system 121 and analyzing the number of the called party received from the Internet phone gateway system 119 and 120 and querying the call. Received subscriber number, service code, calling area, called area, time, presence of advertisement voice service, called party group, calling party group, call forwarding number, incoming call charge, outgoing charge, alternative billing number, group subscriber number, outgoing call It has an address translation step that translates differently according to subscriber number, calling party's machine number and status information. In addition, if the address is linked to a public network telephone number rather than the physical address of the Internet, the public network telephone is put on the question and answer question.

In the Internet phone service control system 121, address translation is appropriately performed according to the address translation logic and registered caller information, and the Internet phone number translation is configured to create various types of Internet phone additional services.

At this time, if the incoming Internet phone subscriber is busy, sending a busy message or ring tone to the calling party;

The Internet phone gateway system routes the incoming Internet phone gateway system to establish a channel according to the responded Internet phone IP address, and the incoming Internet phone gateway sends a connection request message to the destination Internet phone along with the caller ID.

The receiving Internet phone sends a connection response message to the receiving area Internet phone gateway system and simultaneously sends an audible signal to the called subscriber. Sending a response signal and sending a connection response message back to the calling party and detecting the off-hook by the receiving internet phone subscriber off-hook and ending the audible beep after the off-hook detection, and the subscriber off-hook signal Delivering a message to the originating region Internet phone gateway system (119,120), connecting a voice channel between the Internet phone gateways, and making a mutual call connection between subscribers;

After the subscriber connection, sending the call and incoming call status information of the subscriber to the Internet phone service control system 121 to update the status information of the subscriber database to the call;

When the call is finished, the incoming and outgoing Internet phone releases the occupied resources and sends an On-Hook signal message to the counterpart Internet phone gateway system (119,120), and the calling time in the outgoing Internet phone gateway system (119,120). And generating a call log message such as time, called party number, calling party number, and fare code, sending it to the Internet phone service control system 121 and ending the call connection.

7 illustrates an example of an i-2-i call processing message flow for calling an internet phone subscriber and an internet phone subscriber.

8 illustrates an example of an i-2-p call processing message message flow in which an Internet phone subscriber calls a public network subscriber.

9 illustrates an example of a p-2-p call processing message flow in which a public network subscriber calls a public network subscriber via an internet network.

In the case of p-2-p Internet phone service, the user dials on the public network instead of the Internet phone, so a billing number is required for billing. In this case, the billing number can be used as a virtual billing number, a prepaid Internet phone card number, and ANI (Automatic Number Identification) only for billing, which has the same numbering system as its own Internet phone subscriber number and Internet phone but is not actually connected to a phone. ) Can be used. The prepaid internet phone card number and the virtual billing number have the same numbering system as the Internet subscriber number and have different service codes. The prepaid internet phone subscriber number in the subscriber database has a count value corresponding to the amount of the prepaid card. The count value decreases according to the fee used. In the case of using an ANI number, the ANI number applied at the time of application is used as the subscriber's billing number.

p-2-p Enter your billing number (eg wxyz-1234-1256) when dialing to prevent illegal theft from internet phone service, and then enter the password when prompted. For subscribers and prepaid cards that do not want to enter a password when signing up, omit the password.

In the conventional method, after entering the telephone number of the ISP (Internet Service Provider) site, the card number is entered according to the prompt, and the incoming subscriber number is entered. The inconvenience of having to enter a new one was followed. However, the charging method of the p-2-p Internet phone service of the present invention omits the ISP's site telephone number input process, enters the card number after the called party number, and then enters the called number according to the prompt. The number of input digits is greatly reduced, and in the case of an ANI subscriber, only the incoming subscriber's telephone number needs to be input, thereby simplifying the telephone number dialing process. In another embodiment, the called party number may be entered first, and then the billing number may be entered according to the prompt.

10 illustrates an example of a message flow diagram for a virtual number service. If the subscriber number (example 012-wxyz-1234-5678) starts with the virtual number service code (wxyz, example 8000), the next number is the logical number, not the physical number. Translation of the subscriber number to an IP address or translation to the public network telephone number through the first stage translation through translation table and the second stage translation through translation of translated subscriber physical number into Internet IP address or public telephone number. The translation is made. In the virtual number service, logical numbers provide a means to have a unique numbering system according to the characteristics of a company or an organization, and one Internet phone subscriber can belong to several subscriber groups, and from each group, unique subscribers in each group It is possible to assign a number and to access it. Therefore, it is possible to assign a self numbering system and a logical number according to the characteristics of the group, and provides a means for providing an Internet phone virtual number service that can grant different user access rights to each group.

It is a method to check whether the calling party group code and the called party group code belong to the allowed subscriber group code in the database in the subscriber database of the Internet phone, and to allow the call connection only to the subscribers of the allowed groups. If a number belongs to a plurality of user groups, call access is possible only for the group to which the subscriber belongs.

11 is a more secure method to send a guide voice or guide message 'Please enter a password' when allowing a call connection, compare the input and received password with the password stored in the subscriber database, and then the password Only when the same, it provides a secure Internet phone call connection method with enhanced security, which allows the call connection.

12 illustrates an example of a subscriber logical number table, in which three physical numbers are connected to one virtual number.

FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a message flow of a called party call transfer service, and illustrates an example of temporarily transferring an incoming call to a public subscriber phone or another Internet phone subscriber number. By assigning different service codes to call transfer setting and release, and entering the subscriber number to be set or released after the service code, it is used as a means of call transfer setting and release.

Ex) Transfer setting

If the transfer setup service code is 1000

012-1000 (send)

Call forwarding setup incoming subscriber number input guide voice

012-1234-5678-9000 (send)

Transfer confirmation voice

Ex) transfer transfer

If the transfer service code is 2000

012-2000 (send)

Transfer off caller ID input guide voice

012-1234-5678-9000 (send)

Transfer confirmation confirmation voice

14 illustrates an example of an incoming call waiting call transfer service message flow.

When the Internet phone subscriber number is transferred to another neighboring Internet phone subscriber number or public network telephone number, the Internet phone subscriber number 101, 102 or public network subscriber telephone number 106, 107 to be transferred to the subscriber database 122. To set and release the subscriber database 122 by the set and release service code as a means to set up and release the incoming call forwarding.

Ex) Transfer setting during call

If the transfer setup service code is 1100

012-1100 (send)

Call forwarding setup incoming subscriber number input guide voice

012-1234-5678-9000 (send)

Transfer confirmation voice

Ex) Transfer call during a call

If the transfer service code is 2000

012-2000 (send)

Transfer off caller ID input guide voice

012-1234-5678-9000 (send)

Transfer confirmation confirmation voice

In order to transfer a call when the called party is busy, the call forwarding number field must be set in the subscriber database and set to transfer to another adjacent internet phone or another public network phone. It improves the call completion rate of the Internet phone by responding by inserting the Internet network IP address or public network phone number in the query response.

15 illustrates an example of a call transfer service message flow when an incoming party does not answer. When the called party does not answer, the timer operates for a predetermined time, and when the timer ends, the incoming call is transferred to the preset Internet phone subscriber number or public telephone number.

16 shows an example of making a wireless call using a caller's telephone number and the like when the call transfer number is a wireless call number.

The following is an example of call setup and release using defined call setup and release service codes.

Ex) Wireless Call Transfer Setting

If the transfer setup service code is 1200

012-1200 (send)

Call forwarding setting incoming wireless call subscriber number input guide voice

012-123-5678 (send)

Transfer confirmation voice

Ex) Disabling wireless call transfer

If the transfer service code is 2000

012-2000 (send)

Transfer off caller ID input guide voice

012-1234-5678-9000 (send)

Transfer voice prompt

17 shows an example of a message flow of an Internet phone call movement service. When an Internet phone subscriber moves to another place and wants to make a call to the Internet phone of the moved place, the Internet phone network which is currently linked with his / her subscriber number by inputting his / her subscriber number after the designated hoist service code By updating the address with the current network address, it provides a means of giving mobility to the Internet phone. As another embodiment, a time is designated to cause a hoist movement to occur after a specific time, the same effect as the mobility granting method occurs after a specific time, and a means for confirming the set contents through the voice guidance apparatus is provided. do.

Ex) Hoist setting

Assume that the hoist setting service code is 1300

012-1300 (send)

Hoi-dong Caller ID Input Voice

012-1234-5678-9000 (send)

Hoist Setup Time Input Voice

1230 (12:30) (send)

Hoist Setting Check Voice

Ex) release of hoist

If the service number of the hoist release service is 2000

012-2000 (send)

Call Transfer Off Caller ID Input Voice

012-1234-5678-9000 (send)

Hoi Dong release completion guide voice

18 illustrates an example of a representative number service message flow. If the received subscriber number is the representative subscriber number, the subscriber database 122 is searched, the subscriber status information of the called subscriber linked to the representative number subscriber number is sequentially searched, and the Internet IP address of the connectable Internet phone is loaded in the query response. By responding, it provides a means for making a call connection to the answered subscriber's telephone number, and makes a call connection by searching for the next Internet phone in idle state in turn with the representative number as a key.

19 illustrates an example of a message flow of an automatic call distribution service using a representative number function. The subscriber database in the Internet phone service control system has information fields for subscriber status information, cumulative talk time, priority, etc., and allows the called phone with the lowest cumulative call number to be connected to the Internet phone. It provides a means to be used as an automatic call distribution device, and provides the priority and current call processing cumulative statistics information for each subscriber in order to provide the optimal call distribution function, thereby providing automatic call distribution function of various policies. It provides a means for providing, and has a means for deleting the cumulative call volume at regular intervals by an administrator or an automatic program, and the status information about the number of connection and the current connection state of each Internet phone stored in the Internet phone service control system 121 It provides a means for automatically and evenly distributing the call distribution.

When using an Internet phone as an Internet Telephony Integration (ITI) application, the caller information must be provided together with the automatic call distribution (ACD) function. Receives Automatic Number Identification, selects the best Internet phone called number among the available numbers, attempts to make a call, and forwards the ANI and the called party number to the ITI server through the channel previously set as the ITI server. By looking up the calling subscriber's information in the ITI database and sending it to the computer screen of the receptionist with the Internet subscriber's subscriber number, the calling subscriber can be immediately informed without waiting to search the database. It provides a means of applying ITI Call Center to access Internet phone from public network.

20 illustrates an example of a message flow of a call reservation service. The call reservation function checks the status of the other internet phone subscriber or public network subscriber at regular intervals when the other subscriber is busy when the call is connected, and sends out a beep to both the scheduled calling party and the called party when the call is over. It provides a call reservation means in the Internet phone service network to make a call.

When the subscriber is not responding, the MSHM (Message Stream Handling Module) is connected to leave a message to the subscriber of the Internet phone, or provides a means for listening to the message left by the subscriber.

21 is a flowchart illustrating a voice advertisement service message flow, illustrating an example of a voice advertisement transmission through an Internet phone, and during a waiting time for a call connection, based on subscriber subscriber information, such as age, occupation, etc. The advertisement is sent through the voice advertisement storage and transmission module 210 of the Internet phone gateway system, and when the incoming subscriber responds, the advertisement is terminated and the incoming voice is sent after guiding voice such as 'I will connect the phone soon'. It provides a means for connecting subscribers.

22 illustrates an example of an advertisement message Aging flow.

When sending customized advertisements, the advertising database is composed based on the advertising unit price, the total amount of advertisements, and the number of advertisements, and the advertisement advertising field is placed in the database to exhaust the total advertising contract as soon as possible. As an advertisement with the least amount of advertisement, the advertisement advertisement Aging means for finding an advertisement voice with a low number of advertisements and sending the advertisement is provided.

FIG. 23 illustrates a flow chart of an Internet phone telephone number search service message. A separate Internet phone subscriber database 315 is constructed on an Internet phone service control system to provide a phone number search service of an Internet phone service subscriber on the Internet. And provide a multi-level search means for an Internet phone phone book whose address, name, business name, business type, e-mail address, public network phone number, etc. as a search word, and at the same time, whether the other party is in an incoming call. By informing the information together, it provides a means of improving the connectivity of the Internet phone.

In order to know the status of the subscriber's Internet phone, when the subscriber turns on the Internet phone or the Internet phone local gateway or reconnects to the Internet network, the status monitoring module 403 installed in the Internet phone local gateway is used to determine the current status of the subscriber. Status information including Internet network IP address and port number, Internet phone unique machine number and subscriber unique number is recorded and stored in LIMM module, and this status information is reported to Internet phone service control system together with its subscriber number. The Internet phone local gateway leaves a signal channel for receiving a call connection request message for call connection and is in a call waiting state. The subscriber of the Internet phone in the idle state periodically reports its own state information, and keeps its state information in the subscriber database 122 up to date. In addition, the Internet phone control system periodically tests the subscriber in the subscriber database, and if the state of the Internet phone continues to be the same at the next check, the state of the Internet phone is checked once again. At this time, if there is no response, it determines that it is in an unavailable state, and makes an out-of-service (O.S) mark, thereby providing a means for maintaining the status information of the Internet phone subscriber. Display of status information In one embodiment, has three states: idle, busy, and os (out of service). The Internet phone and the Internet phone local gateway have a means for automatically sending an Out-of-Service message to the Internet phone service control system 121 at the end of a program or upon power down.

24 illustrates an example of a call connection service message flow using a call connection history.

It has a database of call connection records in the Internet phone, and provides a means for the user to refer to the call connection record for a predetermined period of time, and the referred telephone number is outputted to the output of the Internet phone. Means for allowing the outputting to scroll up and down the outputted telephone number; and means for selecting the outputted telephone number for attempting to connect to the selected telephone number. It provides a call connection means using call connection history.

FIG. 25 illustrates an example of a group radio calling service message flow. When a service code is a group radio calling code when a user wants to simultaneously send a radio call message to any number of radio calling subscribers, the corresponding group linked to the radio calling party number. It provides a group radio calling means for reading all the subscriber's radio number from the subscriber database 122 to send the same message to all registered subscribers.

FIG. 26 illustrates an example of a message flow of a group radio call service using a system internal clock. The same message is transmitted to all radio call subscribers registered in the same group at a specific time.

In the present invention, an Internet phone 140, 141, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163 is a communication network identification number such as 012, 015 wireless calling network or a special number such as 11x as a communication network identification number of the Internet network, and is simply provided in an Internet network to which a subscriber number similar to a general public network telephone number system is assigned. Dialing allows not only incoming calls from public networks to Internet phone subscribers, but also free call access between Internet phone subscribers, public network subscribers and subscribers of Internet phone subscribers, as well as the same numbering system between Internet phones 140, 141, 144, 158, 160, 162 and 163. In addition, it is possible to provide various Internet phone supplementary services by address translation according to the condition of call connection.

This ultimately means that it provides a means for a breakthrough in the development of Internet phones into third-party public telecommunication networks based on data networks, followed by fixed-line public telecommunication networks and mobile telecommunication networks.

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As illustrated in FIG. 1, gateways of general public networks such as IMT2000, mobile communication network (109,110) including PCS, general public telephone network (103,104) including B-ISDN and ISDN, WLL network, PowerLine network (105, 106, 111, 112, 117, 118) and Internet phone gateways In the Internet network 151, 152 connected through the system 119, 120, a call between the Internet phones 140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163 and the Internet phones 140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163, including the Internet phone local gateways 147, 148, 149, 150, 154, 155, 156 connected to the Internet network, and a public telephone 102, 107, 108 In the Internet phone service system, characterized in that the Internet phone gateway system (119,120) and Internet phone service control system 121 to support communication between the communication network identification number or 0xy, 0xyz, 01xyz, 1xy, 1xyz, 1wxyz, etc. By using the special number as a means of network identification, the network identification number and Internet phone network and Internet phone subscriber numbering method for assigning a net phone subscriber number and allowing free call access between Internet phone subscribers and public network subscribers and internet phone subscribers by means of the assigned network identification number and subscriber number Method of providing Internet phone service by means. The subscriber's telephone number (eg 012-wxyz-1234-5678), which starts with the same network identification number, is divided into a wireless calling service, a public network telephone service, and an Internet phone service by the classification of the service code (wxyz). Internet phone service call processing method to make call processing for If necessary, the method of assigning the subscriber number to the Internet phone service system having 7, 8 or 9 digits of the station number and subscriber number. The following shows an embodiment of a network identification number (Prefix). Example 1 01x Where x is 2 and 5 Prefix Or 3, 4, not using Prefix), Example 2) 01xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, E.g. 0111, 0112 Example 3 02xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, Example 0211, 0212 Example 4 03xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, E.g. 0311, 0312, Example 5 04xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, E.g. 0411, 0412 Example 6 05xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number from 0-9, Yes 0511, 0512 Example 7 06xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, Yes 0611, 0612 Example 8 07xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, Example 071, 072, 0711, 0712 Example 9 08xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, Example 081, 082, 0811, 0812 Example 10) 09xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, E.g. 091, 092, 0922, 0923 Example 11 11x Where x is a special number not used as an arbitrary number from 0-9, For example 115, Example 12) 7xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, Yes 722, 723 Example 13 8xy Where x, y is a special number not used as any number 0-9, 822, 823 Example 14 9xy Where x, y are special numbers not used as any number 0-9, 922, 923 Example 15) 1xyz Where x, y, z are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9, Yes 1545, 1589 Example 16 0wxyz Where w, x, y, z are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9, Yes 00545, 00589 Example 17) 1wxyz Where w, x, y, z are special numbers not used as any number from 0-9, Example 12545, 12589 As an example of implementing the Internet phone service claimed in claims 1 and 2, As illustrated in FIG. 1, the Internet is connected to a general public network such as an IMT2000, a mobile communication network (109, 110) including a PCS, a general public telephone network (103, 104) including a B-ISDN and an ISDN, a WLL network and a PowerLine network, and is identified by a communication network identification number. In the networks 151 and 152, a call between an Internet phone 140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163 and an Internet phone 140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163 connected to the Internet network 151, 152 and a communication system between the Internet phone 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163 and the public public telephone (101, 102, 107, 108, 120). ) And the Internet phone service control system 121 and the Internet phone local gateway (147, 148, 149, 156, 155, 154). Dialing according to the Internet phone subscriber number assignment method and the number assignment method The Internet provides means for connecting and making calls between public subscribers (101, 102, 107, 108) and Internet phone subscribers (140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163) and Internet phone subscribers (140, 141, 142, 144, 158, 160, 162, 163) and creating Internet phone supplementary services through translation of numbers according to conditions. Phone service system. In the claims The subscribers of the public public network 101, 102, 107, 108 are composed of a number similar to that of the public public telephone network number system, and the 012, 015 wireless calling network communication network identification number or the Prefix referred to in the above embodiment is an Internet phone subscriber of the Internet phone network. Dialing the number in the communication network configured to be routed to the Internet phone gateway system, dialing the Internet phone subscriber number and the subscriber's phone number dialed by the subscriber in the Internet phone gateway system (119, 120) (for example, 012-wxyz-1234-5678, Analyzing the service code of wxyz part of 012-xyz-1234-5678, 015-xy-1234-5678, 012-x-1234-5678, 015-1234-5678, 115-wxyz-abcd-efgh, etc. Depending on whether the called party number analyzed is Internet phone subscriber, public network subscriber (eg mobile communication network, PCS subscriber, general telephone subscriber, international call) or specific Internet phone supplementary service, Branching step. At this time, if the service code is a pre-registered international phone code or area code, the internal routing table 132, 133 is viewed, and the routing to the nearest Internet phone gateway system 119, 120 is performed. Calling a public network subscriber through a gateway station connected to it. In this case, if the called party number is an Internet phone subscriber, the service code is obtained by sending a number translation query to the Internet phone service control system 121 and analyzing the number of called party subscribers received from the Internet phone gateway system (119,120). , Calling area, called area, time, presence of advertisement voice service, called party group, called party group, call forwarding number, incoming call charge, outgoing charge, alternative billing number, group subscriber number, calling party number, calling party number And depending on the status information, the interpretation of the address may be different, and in some cases responds to the public network telephone number rather than the physical address of the Internet. In the Internet phone service control system 121, address translation is appropriately performed according to the address translation logic and registered caller information, and the Internet phone number translation configured to create various types of Internet phone additional services is performed. At this time, if the incoming Internet phone subscriber is busy, sending a busy message or ring tone to the calling party; The outgoing internet phone gateway system sets up a channel by routing to the incoming internet phone gateway system according to the responded Internet phone IP address, and the incoming internet phone gateway sends a connection message together with the caller's ID to the destination internet phone gateway. The receiving Internet phone sends a connection response message to the receiving area Internet phone gateway system and sends out an audible signal, and the receiving Internet phone gateway receives the connection response message from the receiving Internet phone and sends a response signal to the calling gateway system. Sending a connection response message back to the subscriber; Receiving off-hook by incoming Internet phone subscriber and off-hook detection and audible beep after off-hook detection, forwarding subscriber off-hook signaling message to originating local Internet gateway gateway system (119,120) The voice channel connection between the subscribers and the mutual call After the subscriber connection, transmitting the call state information of the outgoing and incoming Internet phone subscriber to the Internet phone service control system 121 to set the state information of the subscriber database to the call; When the call is over, the incoming and outgoing Internet phone releases the occupied resources and sends an On-Hook signal message to the Internet phone gateway system (119,120), and the call time and the outgoing Internet phone gateway system (119,120). Internet phone service call processing method comprising the steps of generating a call log message such as time, called party number, calling party number, charge code, etc., sending it to the Internet phone service control system 121 and ending the call connection. As illustrated in FIG. 1, an Internet phone gateway system is provided at the front of the wireless call exchanger, and after extracting and analyzing the called party number and calling party subscriber information from the signaling protocol, if the wireless calling party number is found, the wireless calling subscriber is returned to the signaling protocol. Send the number to the wireless call exchanger, and if it is a public network subscriber, international call, Internet phone subscriber, Internet phone supplementary service subscriber, etc., it looks at the routing table and routes it to the local Internet phone gateway system to make the call processing. Number filter means and Internet phone gateway system apparatus using such means Internet phone gateway system that has routing table in it analyzes service code of called number, decides internet phone gateway to route, and then routes it to internet phone gateway closest to called party via internal internet network. Routing Method in Gateway System In the claims In an Internet phone service control system 121 which provides an Internet phone service by interacting with an Internet phone, an Internet phone local gateway, and an Internet phone gateway system 119, 120, an Internet phone subscriber number is set as an IP address or a public subscriber phone number. Internet phone service control system 121, characterized in that configured to perform a query processing for the database to provide an address translation function to change according to In the claims Internet phones 140 and 163 and Internet phone local gateways 147, 148, 149, 154, 155 and 156 which interact with the Internet phone gateway systems 119 and 120 and the Internet phone service control system 121 to provide Internet phone services. In the claims In the process of translating the logical phone number into the physical number when translating the internet phone number, an additional method of providing the Internet phone additional service to be translated into different internet phone subscriber numbers according to the calling party information, time, and calling area. According to claim, unlike a public public telephone subscriber call connection, in the Internet phone, there is no ring tone during the call connection, and instead of such a ring tone, after the dialing subscriber dials, while the caller waits for a response, Means for transmitting the advertisement through the voice advertisement storage and transmission module 210 of the Internet phone gateway system (119,120), and the recipient subscriber response based on the subscriber information based on the subscriber's age, occupation, etc. There is a method of sending out the advertisement voice and the connection guide voice in the Internet phone service system that connects the incoming subscribers after sending the announcement voice such as 'I'll connect the phone soon'. As illustrated in FIG. 22, the advertisement database is configured to enable the contracting of the advertisement amount based on the advertisement time period, the advertisement target, and the number of advertisement transmissions as illustrated in FIG. In order to exhaust as much as possible, it provides a means for aggregating outgoing advertisements to find out the advertising voices that have been sent out from the larger the contract price, the less the advertising consumption rate, and the less the advertising voices. Voice advertisement providing method in the Internet phone service system. In the claims How to make an efficient call connection by checking the subscriber's status information when internet phone number is translated and confirming that the subscriber is in an idle state to receive a call. When subscriber's internet phone or internet phone local gateway is powered on, it automatically registers its status information such as IP address, port number, machine unique address, subscriber unique number, and ANI in the Internet phone service control system. , How to open channel for call connection and report its status information periodically. How to have subscriber's internet phone or local phone local gateway send out-of-message to internet phone service control system upon power-down or program termination. A subscriber's Internet phone or Internet phone local gateway system periodically reports its status to the Internet phone service control system, so that the Internet phone service control system can know the status of all subscribers. The Internet phone service control system periodically scans the status field of its subscriber database periodically, and subscribers whose status is the same continuously send a test message to check the status directly, and check the connection with the web server. When the subscriber provides a phone number search function, the subscriber status information is also output together with the subscriber's telephone number. In the Phone-2-phone service, the subscriber enters the network identification number and his billing number (e.g. 012-1234-4567-7890 or Internet phone card number (e.g. 012-1234-5678-9001). By entering the called party number, the user can dial the site number of the ISP in the existing method, and according to the guide voice, one step is omitted than the method of entering the card number and the called party number. The way it came. Internet phone call processing calling method with step of requesting password to prevent billing number theft at subscriber's request in phone-2-phone service In the claims A virtual number translation method that has a two-stage translation process of translating a logical number into a physical number and translating a physical number into an IP address or public telephone number of an Internet phone. Security-enhanced call connection method that requires password for call connection in internet phone virtual number service In the claims When the Internet subscriber phone number is transferred to another neighboring Internet phone subscriber number or a public network phone number, the Internet phone subscriber number or public network subscriber phone number to be transferred to the subscriber database 122 is set and released in the subscriber database 122. Internet phone transfer method having a means. If an Internet phone subscriber moves to another place and wants to receive an Internet phone from the moved place, enter the subscriber's number followed by the designated service code to display the Internet phone network address currently linked with the subscriber's number. By updating to the current network address, it has the means of giving mobility to the Internet phone and the same effect as the means for giving mobility after a certain time, and having a means for confirming the setting contents through the voice guidance device. Internet phone call service method in the Internet phone service system characterized in that. In the claims If the received subscriber number is the representative subscriber number, the subscriber database 122 is searched, the subscriber status information of the called subscriber linked to the representative number subscriber number is sequentially searched, and the Internet IP address of the connectable Internet phone is put in a query response. And an internet phone representative number service method that provides a means for making a call connection to a responded subscriber's telephone number, and connects an internet phone by searching for the next internet phone which is idle in turn using a representative number as a key. Means for confirming information fields in the database regarding the status information, cumulative talk time, priority, etc. of each called subscriber in the database; In order to provide the means to be used as the automatic call distribution device through the Internet phone service system by connecting the called number with the smallest cumulative call number among the available call subscribers, and to provide the optimal call distribution function, By providing the ranking and current call processing cumulative statistics information, it provides a means to provide automatic call distribution function of various policies, and has a means to control the cumulative call volume to zero at a certain period by the administrator or automatic program, Internet phone automatic call distribution method having the number of connection of each Internet phone and the current connection state stored in the Internet phone service control system 121, the call distribution is automatically made evenly. In the above claim, when using an Internet phone as an ITI (Interner Telephiny Integration) application, the caller information must be provided together with an automatic call distribution function (ACD: Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)). Receives Automatic Number Identification) information, selects the best Internet phone called number among the callable numbers and sends the ANI and called party number to the ITI server through a preset channel. By retrieving information from the ITI database and transmitting it to the computer screen of the receptionist with the Internet phone recipient number, the subscriber can be immediately informed without waiting for the subscriber information retrieval from the database. ANI and called party's subscriber number Internet phone service method has the means to pass to. In the above claim If the other party subscriber is busy during the call connection, the other party's Internet phone subscriber or public network subscriber who wants to call should check the status at regular intervals, and when the call is over, send out a beep to both the scheduled calling party and the called party. To provide a call reservation means in the Internet phone service network to make a call, Call reservation service method in the Internet phone service system illustrating an embodiment in FIG. In the claims In order to provide various charging policies, it is possible to have various charging policies such as recipient charging, calling party charging, two-part split charging, and debit card according to the subscription condition of Internet phone subscriber. With the amount field and the billing record field, the Internet phone billing means can create various Internet phone supplementary services related to billing, and when billing the Internet phone, the billing should be made by general public network phone number or any third party billing number. Internet phone billing method in an Internet phone service system having a third party billing number field in the database so that it can be. In the claims It has a database of storing call connection records at Internet phone or Internet phone local gateway, and provides a means for the user to refer to the call connection records for the preset predetermined period of time, and to refer to the referenced telephone number. Providing means for outputting to the output of the Internet phone, providing means for scrolling up and down the outputted telephone number, and means for selecting the outputted telephone number, A method for providing a call connection service using a call connection history in an internet phone and an internet phone local gateway, characterized by providing a call connection means using a call connection history capable of attempting to connect a call. In the claims At the same time, if you want to send a wireless call message to any number of subscribers, if the service code is a group wireless call, all the wireless subscriber call numbers of the group linked to the wireless subscriber number are read from the subscriber database and registered. A method for providing a group radio call service in an Internet phone service system, characterized by providing a group radio call means for sending out the same message to all subscribers. In the claims If you want to send a wireless call message to any number of wireless subscribers at the same time, if the service code is a group wireless call, all the subscriber's call numbers of the group linked to the wireless subscriber number are read from the subscriber database and registered. A method for providing a group radio call service by an internal clock in an internet phone service system, characterized by providing a group radio call means for sending out the same message to all the subscribers.