JP2017050854A - Telephone number information server collaborating with telecommunication server and information providing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone number information server collaborating with a telecommunication server and its information providing method.SOLUTION: A telephone number information server 11 includes: a network interface connected with a telecommunication server 13; a storage for storing a telephone number database; and a processor. The processor receives an incoming call message including a first telephone number of a calling terminal 15 and a second telephone number of a called terminal 17. The processor identifies the first telephone number as one telephone number of the telephone numbers, reads related information corresponding to the first telephone number, and provides the called terminal with the related information corresponding to the first telephone number.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone number information server that cooperates with a telecommunication server and an information providing method thereof. In particular, the telephone number information server of the present invention acquires the telephone number of the calling terminal from the telecommunications server in cooperation with the telecommunications server, and provides related information corresponding to the telephone number of the calling terminal to the called terminal.

  With vigorous development of communication networks, demands for communication and data transmission are increasing. Compared to conventional mobile phones, smart phones can provide various programs and services and have therefore become dominant in the current mobile phone market.

At present, several companies have developed application programs that provide smartphone users with relevant information about phone numbers for incoming calls.
At present, these application programs obtain the telephone number of the incoming call by retrieving the log file inside the smartphone and send the telephone number of the incoming call to the remote server. The remote server searches the database for related information of the telephone number of the incoming call, and returns the related information to the smartphone. However, these application programs can now only run on open source mobile operating systems (eg, Android® operating systems). The reason is that the open source mobile operation system allows application programs to access the system's internal log files.
In contrast, non-open source mobile operating systems (e.g., iOS operating systems) currently limit the access of application programs to the system's internal log files, so currently from within non-open source mobile operating systems. The company still cannot provide the relevant application program to get the phone number of the incoming call.

  On the other hand, as can be seen from the above description, the conventional mechanism for providing phone number information is triggered by the smartphone itself. The smartphone takes out the telephone number of the incoming call by a specific application program, and is connected to the remote server to acquire the related information of the telephone number of the incoming call. Therefore, in order to acquire the telephone number information providing service, the user must use a smartphone and install a specific application program on the smartphone.

  Therefore, there is an emergency providing a telephone number information providing mechanism, which is not limited by the mobile phone's mobile operation system and can provide related information on the telephone number of an incoming call in real time. There is a need in the art.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number information providing mechanism. The telephone number information providing mechanism of the present invention triggers a service via a telecommunication service provider's telecommunications server, so that the telephone number information server can provide the called terminal with related information of the telephone number of the calling terminal. Are transmitted to the telephone number information server of the present invention. Thus, the telephone number information providing mechanism of the present invention is not limited by the mobile phone's mobile operation system, and can provide related information on the telephone number of an incoming call in real time.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention discloses a telephone number information server that cooperates with a telecommunication server comprising a network interface, a storage, and a processor.
The network interface is connected to the telecommunications server via the network. The storage is configured to store a telephone number database. The telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each telephone number.
The processor is electrically connected to the network interface and storage, and also has the following operations: (1) an incoming call message having a first telephone number of the calling terminal and a second telephone number of the called terminal Receiving an incoming call message from a telecommunications server via a network interface; and (2) identifying a first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on a telephone number database; An operation for reading related information corresponding to one telephone number; (3) an operation for generating a notification message including a first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number; and (4) a second telephone. Send a notification message to the called terminal via the network interface according to the number Configured to perform a pair configuration.

Furthermore, the present invention further discloses an information providing method for a telephone number information server.
The telephone number information server cooperates with the telecommunication server, and the telephone number information server includes a network interface, a storage, and a processor. The network interface is connected to the telecommunications server via the network. The storage stores a telephone number database.
The telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each telephone number. The telephone number information providing method is executed by the processor, and the following steps are performed: (a) an incoming call message having the first telephone number of the calling terminal and the second telephone number of the called terminal is sent to the network interface. Receiving from the telecommunications server via a telephone number database, and (b) identifying a first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and relating to the first telephone number Reading information; (c) generating a notification message including a first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number; and (d) receiving the message via a network interface according to the second telephone number. Sending a notification message to the calling terminal.

Furthermore, to achieve the above object, the present invention discloses a telephone number information server that cooperates with a telecommunication server comprising a network interface, a storage, and a processor.
The network interface is connected to the telecommunications server via the network. The storage is configured to store a telephone number database. The telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each telephone number.
The processor is electrically connected to the network interface and storage, and also receives the following operations: (1) an incoming call message having the first telephone number of the calling terminal from the telecommunication server via the network interface. And (2) an operation of identifying the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and reading related information corresponding to the first telephone number; An operation for generating a response message including related information corresponding to the first telephone number and the first telephone number; and (4) an operation for transmitting the response message to the telecommunication server via the network interface, The telecommunication server sends a notification message, A notification message including a telephone number of the first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number is generated according to the response message, and the notification message is transmitted to the called terminal according to the second telephone number of the called terminal. Configured to perform operations.

In addition, the present invention further discloses an information providing method for a telephone number information server.
The telephone number information server cooperates with the telecommunication server, and the telephone number information server includes a network interface, a storage, and a processor. The network interface is connected to the telecommunications server via the network. The storage stores a telephone number database. The telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each telephone number.
The telephone number information providing method is executed by the processor, and also includes the following steps: (a) receiving an incoming call message having the first telephone number of the calling terminal from the telecommunication server via the network interface. And (b) identifying the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and reading related information corresponding to the first telephone number; Generating a response message including related information corresponding to the first telephone number and the first telephone number; and (d) transmitting the response message to the telecommunication server via the network interface, The telecommunication server is a notification message, the first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number Including a notification message generated according to the response message makes it to send a notification message to the called terminal according to a second telephone number of the calling terminal, and transmitting.

  In order for those skilled in the art to fully appreciate the features of the claimed invention, the detailed techniques and preferred embodiments implemented for the invention are described in the following sections with reference to the drawings.

It is a figure which shows mounting of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a schematic diagram of a telephone number information server 11 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the signal or message transmission among the telephone number information server 11, the telecommunication server 13, the calling terminal 15, and the called terminal 17 in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the signal or message transmission among the telephone number information server 11, the telecommunication server 13, the calling terminal 15, and the called terminal 17 in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows mounting of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the signal or message transmission among the telephone number information server 11, the telecommunication server 13, the calling terminal 15, and the called terminal 17 in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the signal or message transmission among the telephone number information server 11, the telecommunication server 13, the calling terminal 15, and the called terminal 17 in 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart figure of the information provision method by the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart figure of the information provision method by the 6th Embodiment of this invention.

  The following embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but only to show the technical contents of the present invention. Further, in the following embodiments and the accompanying drawings, elements not related to the present invention are omitted from the description, and the dimensional relationship between the individual elements in the accompanying drawings does not limit the actual scale and is easy to understand. It is only shown to

A first embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 shows an implementation of the present invention. Within this implementation, a telephone number information server 11, a telecommunication server 13, a calling terminal 15, and a called terminal 17 are included.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the telephone number information server 11 of the present invention. The telephone number information server 11 implements the telephone number information provision mechanism of the present invention in cooperation with the telecommunications server 13.

The telephone number information server 11 is connected to the telecommunications server 13 via the network 19. The network 19 is selected from the group consisting of a local area network, a telecommunications network (including a cellular network devised by a telecommunications carrier, a fixed communication network, a backhaul network, etc.), the Internet, and any wired or wireless network. it can. The telecommunications carrier's cellular network can consist of several base stations and several backhaul servers (including the telecommunications server 13).
In this embodiment, the telephone number information server 11 is connected to the telecommunication server 13 via the Internet. The calling terminal 15 can be a smartphone, a conventional mobile phone, a local phone, or any communication device having a phone number, while the called terminal 17 is a smartphone, a conventional mobile phone, or a phone number. Any communication device that can transmit a message. When the calling terminal 15 and the called terminal 17 are smartphones or conventional mobile phones, both can connect to the base station for communication over the cellular network.

When the calling terminal 15 makes a call to the called terminal 17, the telecommunication server 13 receives the communication request signal 102 from the calling terminal 15 and transmits the calling signal 104 to the called terminal 17. Meanwhile, the telecommunication server 13 generates an incoming call message 106 and transmits the incoming call message 106 to the information server 11. The incoming call message 106 has the first telephone number of the calling terminal 15 and the second telephone number of the called terminal 17. The telephone number information server 11 stores a telephone number database, and the telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each telephone number.
In the present invention, each related information of the telephone number includes name (for example, personal name, company name, or store name), address, type of incoming call (for example, personal, bank, fraud, shopping, hotel, Sales promotion, advertising, customer service, etc.), country, website, office hours, or any combination of the information described above.

After receiving the incoming call message 106, the telephone number information server 11 identifies the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and corresponds to the first telephone number. Read related information. Next, the telephone number information server 11 generates a notification message 108 including the first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number. Finally, the telephone number information server 11 transmits a notification message 108 to the called terminal 17. Thus, the called terminal 17 can learn the related information of the first telephone number according to the notification message 108.
If the called terminal 17 has not yet responded to the incoming call, fraudulent telephone calls, advertising telephone calls, etc. are excluded, so it can be determined accordingly whether or not to respond to the incoming call. Of course, if the called terminal 17 answers this incoming call, it can further be determined whether the incoming call is a fraudulent call.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the telephone number information server 11 of the present invention. The telephone number information server 11 includes a network interface 11a, a processor 11b, and a storage 11c. The network interface 11 a is connected to the telecommunications server 13 via the network 19. The storage 11c stores a telephone number database. The processor 11b is electrically connected to the network interface 11a and the storage 11c.
The processor 11b receives the incoming call message 106 from the telecommunication server 13 via the network interface 11a. Thereafter, the processor 11b identifies the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database, and reads related information corresponding to the first telephone number. Next, the processor 11b generates a notification message 108 and transmits the notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 via the network interface 11a.

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 further illustrate signal or message transmission between the telephone number information server 11, the telecommunications server 13, the calling terminal 15, and the called terminal 17.
The second embodiment is an extension of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the phone number database is further configured to record a plurality of user phone numbers and respective communication information of the user phone numbers. Each communication information of the user telephone number is an identifier of the application program. The processor 11b further identifies the second telephone number as one of the user telephone numbers based on the telephone number database, and reads communication information corresponding to the second telephone number. Next, the processor 11b transmits a notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 via the network interface 11a according to the communication information corresponding to the second telephone number.

  In particular, the called terminal 17 is installed with an application program related to the telephone number information server 11 and requests the telephone number information server 11 to provide a telephone number information service via the application program. Thus, the telephone number information server 11 identifies the second telephone number of the called terminal 17 as the user telephone number, records the user telephone number in the telephone number database, and thus communication information related to the user telephone number. Generate.

For example, the called terminal 17 can install an application program designed by the company of the telephone number information server 11. Since the user of the called terminal 17 can be registered as a member by the application program, the telephone number database of the telephone number information server 11 stores the second telephone number and member identifier (for example, an identifier in the application program) of the called terminal 17. Remember. Therefore, the telephone number information server 11 can transmit the notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 by using the notification function in the application program.
The user of the called terminal 17 is first registered as a member by the company through the company's service website, service center, etc., for example, and enters the user's member data (for example, the second telephone number, etc.) Then, it will be recognized that the application program is installed on the called terminal 17 and logged into the application program, thereby enabling access to services provided by the telephone number information server 11.

As another example, the called terminal 17 may be installed with an instant communication application program (for example, a LINE (registered trademark) application program set by NOVER (registered trademark)).
The called terminal 17 requests the company of the telephone number information server 11 to provide a telephone number information service via the instant communication application program. Therefore, the telephone number database of the telephone number information server 11 has the second telephone number and identifier of the called terminal 17 in the instant communication application program stored in the server 11. Therefore, the telephone number information server 11 can transmit the notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 by using the message transmission function in the instant communication application program.

  FIG. 3 shows that the telephone number information server 11 sends a notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 directly via the Internet. In particular, when the called terminal 17 has an active WIFI (registered trademark) connection and the connection between the called terminal 17 and the telephone number information server 11 does not pass through the cellular network, the processor 11b passes through the network interface 11a. A notification message 108 is transmitted to the called terminal 17 through the Internet. In other words, when the called terminal 17 does not have the function of mobile data connection or is not applied for mobile data service and its WIFI connection does not depend on any other device having an active mobile data connection Similarly, the called terminal 17 can receive the notification message 108 from the telephone number information server 11 through the WIFI connection and directly through the Internet.

  Furthermore, FIG. 4 shows the telephone number information server 11 which sends a notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 via the Internet and cellular network. In particular, when the called terminal 17 has an active mobile data connection, the processor 11b performing data transmission sends a notification message 108 to the telecommunications server 13 via the network interface 11a and over the Internet. Thereafter, the telecommunication server 13 sends a notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 through the cellular network. In other words, when the called terminal 17 has a mobile data connection function and currently has an active mobile data connection, the called terminal 17 sends a notification message 104 from the telephone number information server 11 through the cellular network and the Internet. Receive.

A third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. Similarly, FIG. 5 shows another implementation of the present invention. In this implementation, a telephone number information server 11, a telecommunications server 13, a calling terminal 15, and a called terminal 17 are included.
FIG. 6 is another schematic diagram of the telephone number information server 11 of the present invention. Similarly, in this embodiment, the network interface 11 a is connected to the telecommunications server 13 via the network 19. The storage 11c stores a telephone number database.
The processor 11b is electrically connected to the network interface 11a and the storage 11c. The processor 11b receives the incoming call message 106 from the telecommunication server 13 via the network interface 11a. Thereafter, the processor 11b identifies the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database, and reads related information corresponding to the first telephone number.

FIG. 7 further shows signal or message transmission between the telephone number information server 11, the telecommunications server 13, the calling terminal 15, and the called terminal 17. Based on the telephone number database, the processor 11b identifies the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers, reads the relevant information corresponding to the first telephone number, and generates a response message 107. .
The response message 107 includes a first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number. Next, the processor 11b transmits a response message 107 to the telecommunication server 13 via the network interface 11a. Thus, the telecommunication server 13 can generate the notification message 108 according to the response message 107 and transmit the notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 according to the second telephone number of the called terminal 17.

Similarly, in this embodiment, the notification message 108 similarly includes a first telephone number and associated information corresponding to the first telephone number. Therefore, the called terminal 17 can learn related information of the first telephone number according to the notification message 108. If the called terminal 17 has not yet responded to the incoming call, fraudulent telephone calls, advertising telephone calls, etc. are excluded, so it can be determined accordingly whether or not to respond to the incoming call. Of course, if the called terminal 17 answers this incoming call, it can further be determined whether the incoming call is a fraudulent call.
In this embodiment, it is assumed that both the telephone number information server 11 and the telecommunication server 13 are recognized as one of the backhaul servers of telecommunication carriers. Therefore, the network interface 11a is connected to the telecommunications server 13 through the telecommunications carrier's backhaul network.

  The fourth embodiment of the present invention is an extension of the third embodiment and is shown in FIGS. In this embodiment, the telecommunications server 13 can store a user database that records a plurality of user phone numbers. Further, the user database can further record communication information of each of the user's telephone numbers. Similarly, each communication information of a user's telephone number is an identifier of an application program. In this case, when an application program related to the telecommunication server 13 is installed in the called terminal 17 and the called terminal 17 requests the telecommunication server 13 to provide a telephone number information service via the application program, The communication server 13 can transmit the notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 by using the notification function in the application program.

  When the telephone number information server 11 and the telecommunications server 13 are both one of the backhaul servers of the telecommunications carrier, the network interface 11a is connected to the telecommunications server through the telecommunications carrier's backhaul network. 13, the telecommunications server 13 sends a notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 through the cellular network or the Internet. As described above, whether the called terminal 17 receives the notification message 108 through the cellular network or the Internet depends on whether the called terminal 17 currently has an active WIFI connection or active mobile data. Depends on whether you have a connection.

  Further, the telecommunications carrier of the telecommunications server 13 can similarly provide a telephone number information service without using an application program, in which case the user of the called terminal 17 can use other methods (eg, telecommunications business) Apply for a telephone number information service from a telecommunications carrier (through a personal at-counter application or using a personal computer) to apply online on the subscriber's website. In this case, the telecommunication server 13 can send a notification message 108 to the called terminal 17 through the cellular network according to the second telephone number using a short message service (SMS). Thus, even if the called terminal 17 is a conventional mobile phone and the application program cannot be installed, the called terminal 17 still receives relevant information corresponding to the first telephone number by receiving the short message. Can learn.

  The fifth embodiment of the present invention relates to an information providing method, and a flowchart thereof is shown in FIG. The information providing method is adapted for use in a telephone number information server, for example, the telephone number information server 1 of the first embodiment and the second embodiment. The telephone number information server cooperates with the telecommunications server and includes a network interface, a storage, and a processor. The storage stores a telephone number database. The telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each telephone number. The telephone number information providing method is executed by a processor.

Initially, in step S801, an incoming call message is received from a telecommunications server via a network interface. The incoming call message has the first telephone number of the calling terminal and the second telephone number of the called terminal.
Next, in step S803, based on the telephone number database, the first telephone number is identified as one of the telephone numbers, and related information corresponding to the first telephone number is read. Thereafter, in step S805, a notification message including the first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number is generated. Finally, in step S807, the notification message is transmitted to the called terminal via the network interface according to the second telephone number.

Furthermore, in another embodiment, the telephone number database can further record a plurality of user telephone numbers and communication information of each of the user telephone numbers. Each communication information of the user telephone number is an identifier of the application program.
In this case, Step S803 identifies the second telephone number as one of the user telephone numbers based on the following steps, that is, the telephone number database, and communication corresponding to the second telephone number. The method further includes reading the information. Step S807 further includes the following steps: sending a notification message to the called terminal via the network interface according to the communication information corresponding to the second telephone number.

Further, since the network includes the Internet, the processor can transmit a notification message to the called terminal through the Internet via the network interface in step S807.
On the other hand, the network may similarly include the cellular network of the telecommunications carrier and the Internet. In this case, the network interface of the telephone number information server is connected to the telecommunication server through the Internet, and in step S807, the processor transmits a notification message to the telecommunication server through the Internet through the network interface. May send a notification message to the called terminal through the cellular network.

In addition to the above steps, the information providing method of the present embodiment similarly executes all operations and has all the corresponding functions described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. it can.
The method by which this embodiment performs these operations and has these functions can be readily recognized by those skilled in the art based on the disclosure of the first and second embodiments, and is further described herein. Absent.

  The sixth embodiment of the present invention relates to an information providing method, and its flowchart is shown in FIG. The information providing method is adapted for use in a telephone number information server, for example, the telephone number information server 1 of the third and fourth embodiments. The telephone number information server cooperates with the telecommunications server and includes a network interface, a storage, and a processor. The storage stores a telephone number database. The telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each telephone number. The information providing method is executed by a processor.

Initially, in step S901, an incoming call message is received from a telecommunications server via a network interface. The incoming call message has the first telephone number of the calling terminal. Next, in step S903, based on the telephone number database, the first telephone number is identified as one of the telephone numbers, and related information corresponding to the first telephone number is read.
Thereafter, in step S905, a response message including the first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number is generated. Finally, in step S907, the response message is transmitted to the telecommunication server via the network interface. Thus, the telecommunication server can generate a notification message according to the response message and send the notification message to the called terminal according to the second telephone number of the called terminal. Here, the notification message similarly includes the first telephone number and related information corresponding to the first telephone number.

Furthermore, in another embodiment, the network may include a telecommunications carrier's backhaul and cellular networks and the Internet.
The network interface of the telephone number information server is connected to the telecommunication server through the backhaul network. In this case, step S907 is a step of sending a response message to the telecommunications server through the backhaul network via the network interface, whereby the telecommunications server is one of the cellular network and the Internet. Further comprising the step of causing the called terminal to send a notification message through.

Furthermore, in another embodiment, the network may include a cellular network of telecommunications carriers.
Step S907 is a step of transmitting a response message to the telecommunications server through the network interface as follows: the telecommunications server sends a notification message to the called terminal through the cellular network according to the second telephone number. The method further includes the step of using a transmitting short message service (SMS).

In addition to the above steps, the information providing method of the present embodiment similarly executes all operations and has all the corresponding functions described in the third and fourth embodiments. it can.
The manner in which this embodiment performs these operations and has these functions can be readily recognized by those skilled in the art based on the disclosure of the third and fourth embodiments, and is further described herein. Absent.

  According to the above description, the present invention provides a telephone number information providing mechanism. The telephone number information provision mechanism triggers a service via the telecommunication carrier's telecommunication server. Similarly, the present invention transmits the telephone number of the calling terminal to the telephone number information server of the present invention so that the telephone number information server can provide the related information of the telephone number of the calling terminal to the called terminal. Thus, the telephone number information providing mechanism of the present invention is not limited by the mobile phone's mobile operation system, and can provide related information on the telephone number of an incoming call in real time.

  The above disclosure relates to the detailed technical contents and the inventive features thereof. Those skilled in the art will be able to proceed with various modifications and substitutions based on the disclosure and suggestion of the present invention described without departing from the features of the present invention. Also, such modifications and substitutions are not fully disclosed in the foregoing description, but are substantially encompassed in the appended claims.

Claims (14)

A telephone number information server linked to a telecommunication server,
A network interface connected to the telecommunications server via a network;
A storage configured to store a plurality of telephone numbers and a telephone number database recording associated information for each of the telephone numbers;
With a processor,
The processor is electrically connected to the network interface and the storage, and performs the following operations:
Receiving an incoming call message from the telecommunications server via the network interface, the incoming call message having a first telephone number of a calling terminal and a second telephone number of a called terminal;
Identifying the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and reading the related information corresponding to the first telephone number;
Generating a notification message including the first telephone number and the related information corresponding to the first telephone number;
Configured to perform an operation of sending the notification message to the called terminal via the network interface according to the second telephone number;
Phone number information server.   The telephone number database is further configured to record a plurality of user telephone numbers and communication information of each of the user telephone numbers, wherein the communication information of each of the user telephone numbers is an identifier of an application program, The processor identifies the second telephone number as one of the user telephone numbers based on the telephone number database, and corresponds to the second telephone number, based on the telephone number database. And further comprising: an operation for reading communication information; and an operation for transmitting the notification message to the called terminal via the network interface according to the communication information corresponding to the second telephone number. The telephone number information service according to claim 1, .   3. The telephone number information server according to claim 2, wherein the network includes the Internet, and the processor transmits the notification message to the called terminal through the Internet via the network interface.   The network comprises a telecommunications carrier's cellular network and the Internet, the network interface is connected to the telecommunications server through the Internet, and the processor is connected to the telecommunications server through the Internet via the network interface. 3. The telephone number information server according to claim 2, wherein a notification message is transmitted to cause the telecommunications server to transmit the notification message to the called terminal through the cellular network. An information providing method for a telephone number information server,
The telephone number information server cooperates with a telecommunication server;
The telephone number information server includes a network interface, a storage, and a processor.
The network interface is connected to the telecommunications server via a network;
The storage stores a phone number database;
The telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each of the telephone numbers,
The information providing method is executed by the processor, and includes the following steps:
(A) receiving the incoming call message from the telecommunications server via the network interface, the incoming call message having a first telephone number of the calling terminal and a second telephone number of the called terminal; Steps,
(B) identifying the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and reading the related information corresponding to the first telephone number;
(C) generating a notification message including the first telephone number and the related information corresponding to the first telephone number;
(D) sending the notification message to the called terminal via the network interface according to the second telephone number;
Information provision method.   The telephone number database is further configured to record a plurality of user telephone numbers and respective communication information of the user telephone numbers, wherein the communication information of each of the user telephone numbers is an identifier of an application program, (B) identifies the second telephone number as one of the user telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and corresponds to the second telephone number; Further comprising the step of reading said communication information, wherein step (d) comprises: notifying said called terminal via said network interface according to said communication information corresponding to said second telephone number: The information of claim 5, further comprising: Test method.   The network comprises the Internet, and step (d) further comprises the following steps: sending the notification message to the called terminal through the Internet via the network interface. Item 7. The information providing method according to Item 6.   The network comprises a telecommunications carrier's cellular network and the Internet, the network interface being connected to the telecommunications server through the Internet, and step (d) comprises the following steps: Sending the notification message to the telecommunications server over the Internet, thereby causing the telecommunications server to send the notification message to the called terminal over the cellular network. The information providing method according to claim 6, wherein: A telephone number information server linked to a telecommunication server,
A network interface connected to the telecommunications server via a network;
A storage configured to store a plurality of telephone numbers and a telephone number database recording associated information for each of the telephone numbers;
With a processor,
The processor is electrically connected to the network interface and the storage, and performs the following operations:
Receiving an incoming call message from the telecommunications server via the network interface, the incoming call message comprising a first telephone number of a calling terminal;
Identifying the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and reading the related information corresponding to the first telephone number;
Generating a response message including the first telephone number and the related information corresponding to the first telephone number;
Sending the response message to the telecommunications server via the network interface, whereby the telecommunications server is a notification message, the first telephone number and the first telephone number; The notification message is generated according to the response message, and the notification message is transmitted to the called terminal according to a second telephone number of the called terminal. Configured to perform operations and
Phone number information server.   The network comprises a telecommunications carrier backhaul network and cellular network and the Internet, the network interface is connected to the telecommunications server through the backhaul network, and the processor is connected to the backhaul via the network interface. Sending the response message to the telecommunications server over a network, causing the telecommunications server to send the notification message to the called terminal over one of the cellular network and the Internet, The telephone number information server according to claim 9.   The network comprises a telecommunications carrier cellular network, the processor sends the response message to the telecommunications server via the network interface, the telecommunications server according to the second telephone number. 10. The telephone number information server according to claim 9, wherein a short message service (SMS) for transmitting the notification message to the called terminal through the cellular network is used. An information providing method for a telephone number information server,
The telephone number information server cooperates with a telecommunication server;
The telephone number information server includes a network interface, a storage, and a processor.
The network interface is connected to the telecommunications server via a network;
The storage stores a phone number database;
The telephone number database records a plurality of telephone numbers and related information of each of the telephone numbers,
The information providing method is executed by the processor, and includes the following steps:
(A) receiving an incoming call message from the telecommunications server via the network interface, the incoming call message including a first telephone number of a calling terminal;
(B) identifying the first telephone number as one of the telephone numbers based on the telephone number database and reading the related information corresponding to the first telephone number;
(C) generating a response message including the first telephone number and the related information corresponding to the first telephone number;
(D) transmitting the response message to the telecommunications server via the network interface, whereby the telecommunications server is a notification message, the first telephone number and the first A notification message is generated according to the response message, and the notification message is transmitted to the called terminal according to a second telephone number of the called terminal. Including steps,
Information provision method.   The network comprises a telecommunications carrier backhaul and cellular network and the Internet, the network interface is connected to the telecommunications server through the backhaul network, and step (d) comprises the following steps: Sending the response message to the telecommunications server through the backhaul network via a network interface, whereby the telecommunications server sends the called terminal to the called terminal through one of the cellular network and the Internet. The information providing method according to claim 12, further comprising a step of transmitting a notification message.   The network comprises a telecommunications carrier's cellular network, and step (d) comprises the following steps: sending the response message to the telecommunications server via the network interface, whereby Further comprising the step of causing the telecommunications server to use a short message service (SMS) for sending the notification message to the called terminal through the cellular network according to the second telephone number. The information providing method according to claim 12.

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