JPH06164735A - Connection control method in electronic exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a connection control method for the electronic exchange corresponding to a kind of a terminal equipment connected and a user itself without being limited by a line. CONSTITUTION:A main controller 102 receives a preset terminal equipment identifier Ter ID via a line controller 104 and an entered personal identifier Per ID from a terminal equipment 108. Then the main storage device 103 is controlled and a reference table forming a hierarchical structure is searched for each identifier in response to various discrimination content to obtain connection enable/disable information corresponding to the received identifier. Accordingly, the terminal equipment 108 is connection-controlled via the line controller 104.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connection control method in an electronic exchange, and more particularly to a connection control method based on information indicating a line to be used, a terminal connected to this line, and an individual to be used. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional electronic exchange, a line and a terminal connected to the line are associated with each other, and terminal information indicating the model of the connected terminal is set in advance for each line. , Recognizes the terminal model and controls various connections. Therefore, for access related to the line, that is, transmission from the line and reception of the line, connection control is performed according to the terminal model based on the preset terminal information. Also, regarding various services provided by the exchange, according to the service information preset for each terminal or each line,
The extent of service provided was determined.
Therefore, in order to set the degree of service for each user, it is necessary to fixedly specify the user for the terminal or line.

[0003]

Therefore, in such a conventional connection control method for an electronic exchange, the terminal can be easily carried and connected to any line in order to realize a flexible usage method of the terminal. When it is possible, or when one of a plurality of lines is selected from the terminal to be connectable, it becomes impossible to specify the terminal connected to the line, and the preset terminal information is used. If the terminal model actually connected does not match, accurate connection control is difficult. Also, when a user moves away from a normally used terminal, only the preset service is provided to the destination terminal at the destination, and the user uses the same service as usual. There was a problem that it was difficult. The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a connection control method for an electronic exchange that is compatible with terminals and users who are connected without being limited to lines.

[0004]

In order to achieve such an object, a method of connecting an electronic exchange according to the present invention identifies a line identifier for identifying a line connecting a terminal and a channel used for communication. And a terminal identifier for identifying a terminal connected to a line via this channel, and connection availability information indicating whether the terminal can be connected to the line and channel for each combination condition of these identifiers. Is stored, the connection availability information corresponding to the combination conditions of the respective identifiers obtained according to the connection of the terminal is searched, and the connection availability of the terminal to the line and the channel is determined according to the connection availability information, The connection control for the terminal is performed according to the determination result.

Further, a line identifier for identifying a line connecting the terminal, a terminal identifier for identifying a terminal connected to the line, and a personal identifier for identifying an individual user who uses the terminal, respectively. The use availability information indicating the availability of the line and the terminal by the user is stored for each combination condition of these identifiers, and the usage corresponding to the combination condition of each identifier obtained according to the predetermined operation in the terminal is stored. The availability information is searched, the availability of the line and the terminal by the user is determined according to the availability information, and the connection control for the terminal is performed according to the determination result.

Further, a personal identifier for identifying an individual user who uses the terminal is provided, and a user on the calling side is identified for each combination condition of the identifiers set in advance on the terminals on the calling side and the called side. The line corresponding to the combination condition of each identifier obtained in response to a predetermined call operation at the calling terminal is stored, in which the line connection availability information indicating whether or not the line connection for the call with the called user is stored. The connection availability information is searched, and the availability of line connection for the call between the calling side user and the called side user is determined according to this line connection availability information, and the connection control for each terminal is performed according to this determination result. Is to do.

Further, a personal identifier for identifying an individual user who uses the terminal is provided, and service availability information indicating availability of various services of the exchange is stored for each personal identifier. The service availability information corresponding to the personal identifier obtained according to the predetermined service usage operation in the set terminal is searched, and the service availability for the user is determined according to the service availability information, and this determination is made. The connection control for the terminal is performed according to the result.

[0008]

Therefore, when the connection permission / prohibition information corresponding to the combination condition of the respective identifiers obtained according to the connection of the terminal indicates that the connection is possible, the terminal is permitted to connect according to the connection permission control, and this connection When the information indicates that connection is not possible, the terminal is not connectable in accordance with the connection prohibition control. Also, when the usability information corresponding to the combination condition of each identifier obtained according to the predetermined user setting operation indicates that the user is available, the user permits the use at the terminal according to the use permission control. If the usability information indicates unusability, the user is prohibited from using the terminal according to the unusability control.

Further, when the line connection availability information corresponding to the combination condition of the respective identifiers obtained in response to a predetermined call operation indicates that connection is possible, the terminal is designated as a callee in accordance with the line connection availability control. On the other hand, when the line connection is possible and the line connection availability information indicates that the line is not connectable, the terminal fails to make a call according to the line connection disable control. If the service availability information corresponding to the personal identifier obtained according to the predetermined service usage operation indicates availability, the user is permitted to use the service according to the service usage permission control, and the service usage is controlled. When the availability information indicates that the service is unavailable, the user is prohibited from using the service according to the service unavailable control.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an electronic exchange (PB) which is an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a block diagram of X). The electronic exchange will be described on the premise that it accommodates a telephone terminal or a wireless terminal having a function of communicating control data as a terminal.
In FIG. 1, 101 is a speech path switch, 102 is a main control apparatus that controls the entire exchange including the speech path switch 101, and 103 is a main storage apparatus that stores various control information. Further, reference numerals 104 and 105 are line control devices that control terminals and connect them to the communication path switch 101.

Reference numerals 106 and 107 denote lines or interfaces (hereinafter referred to as lines) that connect the terminals 108 and 109, and are line identifiers for identifying the lines for each line.
Int_ID is preset. Further lines 106, 10
In FIG. 7, a plurality of channels are provided as communication channels, and a channel identifier Ch_ID for identifying the channel is preset for each channel. Also,
Reference numerals 108 and 109 are telephone terminals and wireless terminals having a function of communicating control data, and a terminal identifier Ter_ID is set in advance to identify each terminal. This terminal 10
8, 109 are line control devices 1 through lines 106, 107
04 and 105, and voice data and control data are transmitted and received to and from the line control devices 104 and 105 via the respective communication channels.

The terminals 108 and 109 follow a predetermined control procedure and, in response to specific control data from the line control devices 104 and 105, or a predetermined terminal operation by the user, as a part of the control data, the terminal identifier Ter_ID and the personal identifier Ter_ID. The identifier Per_ID is sent to the line control devices 104 and 105. In response to this, the line control devices 104, 105
The line connectors Int_ID of the lines 106 and 107 to which 8 and 109 are connected and the channel identifier Ch_ID of the channel used by the terminal are recognized, and these identifiers are sent to the main controller 102 in the same manner as other control information. Send.

The main storage device 103 stores connection availability information between identification factors such as terminals and lines, users and terminals and lines, or users and users, and between users and services provided. The reference table for each identifier is stored so as to form a hierarchical structure, and it is possible to search and refer to the connection availability information according to each identifier. In the main controller 102, the line controllers 104, 10
The connection control device 1 searches and refers to various connection availability information stored in the main storage device 103 based on the identifiers from the line control device 1.
A predetermined control command is output to 04 and 105. In the line control devices 104 and 105, the corresponding lines 106 and 10
Connection control including permission / prohibition of connection is performed to the terminals 108 and 109 connected to the No. 7 according to a control command from the main control unit 102.

Next, as a first embodiment of the present invention, the operation of each unit in FIG. 1 at the time of connection availability control between a terminal and a line will be described. 2. FIG. 2 is a memory configuration diagram regarding the connection availability information between the terminal and the line in the main storage device 103. In FIG. 2, 251 is a terminal identifier reference table that refers to an address by the terminal identifier Ter_ID, and 201 is its head. Indicates the address. Also 2
52 is a line identifier reference table (start address 202) that refers to an address by the line identifier Int_ID;
3 is a channel identifier reference table (start address 203) that refers to the connection availability information by the channel identifier Ch_ID
Each table except the last-stage channel identifier reference table 253 has a hierarchical structure by storing the head address data of the table to be referred to next.

In FIG. 1, the terminal 108 is now connected to the line 10.
6 is connected, the line control device 104 recognizes this connection and, in accordance with a predetermined connection control procedure, the terminal 1
The terminal identifier Ter_ID sent from 08, the channel identifier Int_ID indicating the line 106, and the channel identifier Ch_I indicating the channel used for communication with the terminal 108.
Notify main controller 102 with D. In response to this, the main control device 102 controls the main storage device 103 and performs the following search process as a connection availability determination for each combination of identifiers notified from the line control device 104.

In FIG. 2, first, the identifier reference reference table 251 (head address 201) corresponding to the connection availability judgment between the terminal and the line is selected. Next, in the terminal identifier reference table 251, the address data 202 stored in the area corresponding to the terminal identifier Ter_ID is read as the start address of the next line identifier reference table 252.

Subsequently, in the line identifier reference table 252 similarly starting from the head address 202, the address data 203 stored in the area corresponding to this line identifier Int_ID is transferred to the next channel identifier reference table 25.
Read as the top address of 3. Furthermore, the channel identifier reference table 253 starting from the start address 203
At, the data stored in the area corresponding to the channel identifier Ch_ID is read as the connection availability information 204.

The connection permission / prohibition of the terminal 108 is controlled in accordance with the connection permission / prohibition information 204 obtained by such an exploration process. That is, when the connection permission / inhibition information 204 indicates “connectable”, the main control device 102 outputs to the line control device 104 a use permission command for permitting the terminal 108 to use the line 106 and the current channel. Therefore, by the connection admission control from the line control device 104 based on this command, the terminal 108 recognizes that the use of the line 106 is permitted.

Further, the connection propriety information 204 is "not connectable".
, The main controller 102 outputs to the line controller 104 a use prohibition command for prohibiting the terminal 108 from using the line 106 and the current channel. Therefore, the terminal 108 recognizes that the use of the line 106 is prohibited by the connection prohibition control from the line control device 104 based on this command. As described above, the availability of the terminal connected to the line is determined by sequentially searching the reference table in the main storage device 103 and obtaining the availability information based on the identifiers indicating the terminal, the line, and the channel. .

Next, as a second embodiment of the present invention, the operation of each section of FIG. 1 at the time of connection permission control between the individual user and the terminal and line will be described. Note that FIG. 3 is a memory configuration diagram regarding connection availability information between an individual-terminal or an individual-line in the main storage device 103. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 351 is a personal identifier reference table that refers to an address by the personal identifier Per_ID, Reference numeral 301 indicates the leading address. Similarly, 352 is the line identifier In
Line identifier reference table (start address 302) that refers to connection availability information by t_ID, and 353 is a terminal identifier
The personal identifier reference table 351 is a terminal identifier reference table (head address 303) that refers to connection permission information by Ter_ID, and the personal identifier reference table 351 has a hierarchical structure by storing the head address data of each table to be referred to next.

Now, the terminal 10 connected to the line 106
It is assumed that 8 is used by the user having the predetermined personal identification information Per_ID. It is assumed that the terminal 108 is permitted to use the line 106 based on the above-described first embodiment, and the personal identification information is input to the terminal 108 at the time of use or before. In response to the operation by the user, the terminal 108 has a personal identifier Per_ID based on the input personal information based on a predetermined connection control procedure.
And the terminal identifier Ter_ID is sent to the line controller 104.

In response to this, the line control device 104 recognizes that the terminal 108 is used by the user having the personal identifier Per_ID, and indicates the line 106 with the personal identifier Per_ID and the terminal identifier Ter_ID from the terminal 108. Notify the main controller 102 with the line identifier Int_ID.
In response to this, in the main control device 102, the main storage device 103
The following search processing is performed as a connection availability judgment for each combination of identifiers notified from the line control device 104.

In FIG. 3, first, the personal identifier reference table 351 (head address 301) corresponding to the connection availability judgment between the individual-line and the individual-terminal is selected. Next, in the personal identifier reference table 351, from the address data stored in the area corresponding to the personal identifier Per_ID, 302 is read as the head address of the next line identifier reference table 352. Then, in the line identifier reference table 352 starting from the head address 302, the data 304 stored in the area corresponding to this line identifier Int_ID is read as personal / line connection availability information.

Further, in the personal identifier reference table 351, of the address data stored in the area corresponding to the personal identifier Per_ID, 303 is read as the head address of the next terminal identifier reference table 353. Then, in the terminal identifier reference table 353 starting from the head address 303, the data 305 stored in the area corresponding to this terminal identifier Ter_ID is read in as connection availability information between the individual and the terminal.

The connection permission / prohibition of the terminal 108 is controlled according to the connection permission / prohibition information 304, 305 obtained by the above-described search processing. That is, the connection availability information 304 and 30
When 5 indicates “connectable”, the main control unit 102 outputs to the line control unit 104 a use permission command for permitting the user having the personal identifier Per_ID to use the terminal 108 and the line 106. Therefore, the terminal 10 is controlled by the use permission control from the line controller 104 based on this command.
8 recognizes that the use of the terminal 108 and the line 106 by this user is permitted.

When the connection permission / prohibition information 304 or 305 indicates "connection impossible", the main control unit 102 prohibits the line control unit 104 from using the terminal 108 and the line 106 by the user having the personal identifier Per_ID. Disable command is output. Therefore, by the unusable control from the line control device 104 based on this command, the terminal 108 recognizes that the use of the terminal 108 and the line 106 by this user is prohibited. As described above, the reference table in the main storage device 103 is sequentially searched based on the individual identifiers indicating the individual user, the terminal, and the line to obtain connection availability information, thereby determining whether the user can use the line and the terminal. to decide.

Next, as a third embodiment of the present invention, the operation of each section of FIG. 1 at the time of connection permission control between individual users will be described. 4. FIG. 4 is a memory configuration diagram relating to individual / individual connection availability information in the main storage device 103. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 451 denotes a calling side personal identifier that refers to an address by a calling side personal identifier Per_ID (Calling). It is a reference table, and 401 indicates its head address. Further, 452 is a called-side personal identifier reference table (start address 402) that refers to the connection availability information by the called-side personal identifier Per_ID (Called), and the calling-side personal identifier reference table 451 is the table to be referred to next. It has a hierarchical structure by storing the top address data of the.

Now, the terminal 10 connected to the line 106
8, it is assumed that the user having the predetermined personal identifier Per_ID (Calling) makes a call operation to the terminal 109 used by the user having the personal identifier Per_ID (Called). It is assumed that the terminal 108 connected to the line 106 is permitted to be used by this user based on the first and second embodiments described above. Similarly, it is assumed that the terminal 109 connected to the line 107 is permitted to be used by the user having the personal identifier Per_ID (Called) based on the first and second embodiments described above.

In response to this calling operation, the terminal 108 sends a calling request based on a predetermined connection control procedure, a personal identifier Per_ID (Calling) based on personal information previously input, and personal information input as a callee. Based on this, a personal identifier Per_ID (Called) is sent to the line controller 104.
The line control device 104 accordingly responds to the personal identifier Per_ID.
Personal identifier from user with (Calling) Per_ID (Called)
The terminal 10 recognizes that the call is to a user having
The main control unit 102 is notified of each personal identifier from 8 in FIG.
In response to this, in the main control device 102, the main storage device 103
The following search processing is performed as a connection availability judgment for each combination of identifiers notified from the line control device 104.

In FIG. 4, first, a calling side personal identifier reference table 451 corresponding to individual / individual connection availability determination.
Select (start address 401). Next, in the calling side personal identifier reference table 451, the address data 402 stored in the area corresponding to the calling side personal identifier Per_ID (Calling) is set to the start address of the next called side personal identifier reference table 452. Read as. continue,
In the called-side personal identifier reference table 452 starting from the head address 402, this called-side personal identifier Per_ID (C
data 403 stored in the area corresponding to (alled)
Is read as connection availability information between individuals.

The connection control between the terminals 108 and 109 is performed according to the connection propriety information 403 obtained by such an exploration process. That is, when the connectability information 403 indicates “connectable”, the main controller 102 determines that the line controller 10
4, the line connection permission command for the call request from the terminal 108 is output. Therefore, by the line connection permission control from the line control device 104 based on this command, the terminal 10
8 recognizes that the call to the user having the personal identifier Per_ID (Called) is permitted.

Further, the main controller 102 is the line controller 1
The call-out instruction from the terminal 108 is output to 05. In response to this, the line control device 105 performs a calling process for the terminal 109. In response to the response operation from the terminal 109, the main controller 102 controls the call path switch 101 to establish a call path with the terminal 108.

Further, the connection propriety information 403 is "connection impossible".
, The main controller 102 outputs to the line controller 104 a line connection disable command in response to the call request from the terminal 108. Therefore, the terminal 108 recognizes that the call to the user having the personal identifier Per_ID (Called) is rejected by the line connection prohibition control from the line controller 104 based on this command. As described above, based on the personal identifier Per_ID indicating the individual user, the reference table in the main storage device 103 is sequentially searched to obtain the connection availability information, thereby determining whether or not the call is established between the specific users.

Next, as a fourth embodiment of the present invention, the operation of each section in FIG. 1 at the time of controlling the availability of various services of the exchange to the individual user will be described. Note that FIG.
FIG. 4 is a memory block diagram relating to availability information between an individual and a service in the main storage device 103. In FIG.
Reference numeral 551 is a personal identifier reference table that refers to an address by the personal identifier Per_ID, and reference numeral 501 indicates the head address thereof. Further, 552 is a table (starting address 502) that refers to terminal information permitted to the user.
553 is a table (start address 503) for referring to service information permitted to the user. The personal identifier reference table 551 has a hierarchical structure by storing the head address data of the table to be referred to next.

Now, the terminal 10 connected to the line 106
8, it is assumed that the user having predetermined personal identification information performs a request operation (service access) for a certain service. It is assumed that the terminal 108 connected to the line 106 is permitted to be used by this user based on the first and second embodiments described above.

In response to this service request operation, the terminal 108 sends a service request (call setup message) based on a predetermined connection control procedure together with a preset personal identifier.
The Per_ID and the terminal identifier Ter_ID are sent to the line controller 104. The line control device 104 receives the personal identifier Per_ID sent together with the service request from the terminal 108 and notifies the main control device 102 of it. In response to this, the main control device 102 controls the main storage device 103 to perform the following exploration processing as the availability determination for the personal identifier Per_ID notified from the line control device 104.

In FIG. 5, the personal identifier reference table 551 (starting address 5) corresponding to the service availability judgment is shown.
01) is selected. Next, in this personal identifier reference table 551, the address data 502 stored in the area corresponding to the personal identifier Per_ID is used as the start address of the available terminal reference table 552 in which information indicating available terminals is stored. Read. Similarly, the address data 503 is read as the start address of the available service reference table 553 in which information indicating available services is stored.

The service availability of the terminal 108 is controlled according to the available terminal reference table 552 and the available service reference table 553 obtained by the search process. That is, the currently used terminal 1
08 and the requested service are included in the available terminal reference table 552 and the available service reference table 553 based on the personal identifier Per_ID, respectively, the main control apparatus 102 instructs the line control apparatus 104 to perform the terminal operation. The use permission instruction for the service request from 108 is output. Therefore, the terminal 108 recognizes that the requested service is permitted by the use permission control from the line controller 104 based on this command.

If the currently used terminal 108 and the requested service are not included in the available terminal reference table 552 and the available service reference table 553 based on the personal identifier Per_ID, the main control is performed. The device 102 is connected to the line control device 104 by the terminal 1
The unusable instruction for the service request from 08 is output. Therefore, the terminal 108 recognizes that the requested service is rejected by the unusable control from the line controller 104 based on this command. As described above, based on the individual identifier Per_ID indicating the individual user, the main storage device 103
The service availability of a specific user is determined by sequentially searching the reference tables in the table to obtain service availability information.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to an identifier for identifying a line or a channel, a terminal and a terminal identifier and an individual identifier for identifying an individual user are provided, and a main memory is further provided. The device stores the judgment information corresponding to each connection propriety judgment, and the judgment information can be obtained by searching the main storage device according to the combination of each identifier. It is possible to control the connection corresponding to each user. Therefore, in the electronic exchange, it is possible to perform flexible connection control according to the connected terminal without specifying the terminal connected to the line or the channel. Also, the services that can be used for each line are not limited, and it becomes possible to manage service provision to individual users, and users can be personally provided on any terminal without being bound by the line. This has the special effect of being able to use existing services.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a memory configuration diagram for determining connection availability between a terminal, a line, and a channel.

FIG. 3 is a memory configuration diagram for determining connection availability between a user-terminal and a line.

FIG. 4 is a memory configuration diagram for determining connection availability between a calling side user and a called side user.

FIG. 5 is a memory configuration diagram for determining connection availability between a user-service and a terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 call path switch 102 main control device 103 main storage device 104, 105 line control device 106, 107 line 108, 109 terminal

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A line identifier for identifying a line connecting a terminal, a channel identifier for identifying a channel used for communication, and a terminal for identifying a terminal connected to the line via the channel. An identifier is provided, and connection availability information indicating whether the terminal can be connected to the line and channel is stored for each combination condition of the identifiers, and the combination of the identifiers obtained according to the connection of the terminal is stored. In an electronic exchange that searches the connection availability information corresponding to a condition, determines the connection availability of the terminal to the line and channel according to the connection availability information, and controls the connection to the terminal according to the determination result. Connection control method. 2. A line identifier for identifying a line connecting a terminal, a terminal identifier for identifying a terminal connected to the line, and a personal identifier for identifying an individual user who uses the terminal. Each of the identifiers is provided, and the availability information indicating availability of the line and the terminal by the user is stored for each combination condition of the identifiers, and the combination of the identifiers obtained according to a predetermined operation in the terminal is stored. An electronic exchange that searches the availability information corresponding to the conditions, determines the availability of the line and the terminal by the user according to the availability information, and controls the connection to the terminal according to the determination result. Connection control method. 3. An individual identifier for identifying an individual user who uses a terminal is provided, and the calling side is used for each combination condition of the respective identifiers set in advance for each terminal of the calling side and the called side. The connection condition of the line connection availability indicating whether or not the line connection for the call between the caller and the called user is stored, and the combination condition of the respective identifiers obtained in response to a predetermined call operation at the calling side terminal. The line connection availability information corresponding to the line connection availability information is determined, and the line connection availability for the call between the calling side user and the called side user is determined according to the line connection availability information, and according to the determination result. And a connection control method in an electronic exchange for controlling connection to each terminal. 4. An individual identifier for identifying an individual user who uses a terminal is provided, and service availability information indicating availability of various services of the exchange is stored for each individual identifier. Is searched for the service availability information corresponding to the personal identifier obtained in response to a predetermined service usage operation in the set terminal, and the service availability for the user is determined according to the service availability information. At the same time, a connection control method in an electronic exchange that controls connection to the terminal according to the result of this determination.