WO1992017021A1 - Systeme de conference par telephones prives offrant la possibilite d'utiliser des criteres de selection - Google Patents

Systeme de conference par telephones prives offrant la possibilite d'utiliser des criteres de selection Download PDF

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WO1992017021A1
WO1992017021A1 PCT/JP1992/000297 JP9200297W WO9217021A1 WO 1992017021 A1 WO1992017021 A1 WO 1992017021A1 JP 9200297 W JP9200297 W JP 9200297W WO 9217021 A1 WO9217021 A1 WO 9217021A1
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Wataru Takahashi
Emanuele Pasta
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/56—Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42008—Systems for anonymous communication between parties, e.g. by use of disposal contact identifiers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2203/00—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M2203/45—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to voicemail messaging
    • H04M2203/4536—Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/436—Arrangements for screening incoming calls, i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it

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  • This invention relates to private telephone conferencing systems and, more particularly, to a private telephone conferencing system having selection criteria capability whereby a calling party can designate party characteristic criteria desirable in a party to be called.
  • the so called "party line” is a well-known phenomenon in telecommunication systems.
  • the telephone line 10 is connected from the central office 12 throughout an area of service.
  • the users' telephones 14 are all connected to the same telephone line 10.
  • any other "party” on the telephone line 10 can pick up the telephone 14 and hear both sides of the ongoing conversation.
  • the party line telephone of Figure 1 could, therefore, be considered as the first "conference call" telephone system.
  • Such a conferencing system 16 connects a number of telephones 14 together through a local PBX 18.
  • the system 16 allows users at various locations to join in a group conversation by telephone for entertainment or pass-time purposes.
  • Such systems have gained popularity because they allow persons who are too shy to join in face— o— ace conversations or who do not wish to become more closely involved with the other individuals to enjoy themselves with conversation where they otherwise might be alone and without contact with other people.
  • users of respective ones of the telephones are only identified within the system by an extension number of the telephone associated with entries in the computer memory whereby one user can only call another user if connected by the searching and switching logic as a result of having the individual party characteristics most closely matching the desired party characteristics.
  • the searching and switching logic includes threshold comparison means for connecting a calling party to a called party only if a number of the individual party characteristics most closely matching the desired party characteristics is greater than a pre—established threshold number.
  • the searching and switching logic includes means for advising the calling party of the number of the individual party characteristics most closely matching the desired party characteristics and getting the calling party's approval to connect before connecting the calling party to the called party. Additionally, the searching and switching logic includes means for advising the calling party of which of the individual party characteristics most closely match the desired party characteristics and getting the calling party's approval to connect before connecting the calling party to the called party. Further, the searching and switching logic includes means for the calling party to terminate a call or return for inputting of new the desired party characteristics if the calling party does not approve a connection to the called party.
  • the system has public telephone lines connected thereto whereby external users of outside telephones connected to the public telephone lines can access the system to become potential called parties; and, the external users calling into the system as potential called parties are identified within the system by a caller number pointing to an internal storage of a telephone number associated with an outside telephone in the computer memory whereby a calling party can only call an external user if connected by the searching and switching logic as a result of having the individual party characteristics most closely matching the desired party characteristics.
  • the system also includes supplemental connection means for interconnecting the telephones for multi-party simultaneous conversation when not connected on a one-on-one basis.
  • supplemental connection means for interconnecting the telephones for multi-party simultaneous conversation when not connected on a one-on-one basis.
  • Figure 1 is a simplified drawing of a prior art party line telephone system.
  • Figure 2 is a simplified drawing of a prior art local telephone conferencing system.
  • Figure 3 is a simplified drawing of a telephone conferencing system with selection criteria capability according to the present invention in a first embodiment thereof.
  • Figure 4 is a function of block diagram of the local PBX and control computer portions of the system of Figure 3.
  • Figure 5 is a simplified drawing of a telephone conferencing system with selection criteria capability according to the present invention in an expanded and preferred embodiment thereof.
  • Figure 6 is a function of block diagram of the PBX and control computer portions of the system of Figure 5.
  • Figure 7 is a flowchart of typical logic that can be employed to implement a system according to the present invention. Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
  • FIG. 3 A system according to the present invention in a first and basic embodiment thereof is shown in Figure 3 where it is generally indicated as 16'.
  • the system 16' includes a number of telephones 14 at different locations connected into a local PBX 18 which, in this case, is controlled by the control computer 20.
  • PBX 18 which, in this case, is controlled by the control computer 20.
  • Such a system could be installed in, for example, a hotel where the telephones 14 comprise the telephones in the individual rooms of the hotel.
  • a guest in a room could call into the system 16' as with the room telephone 14 and anonymously take advantage of the communications services provided thereby to be described hereinafter.
  • the telephone lines 22 connected to the various telephones 14 are connected into the local PBX 18.
  • the local PBX 18 is connected by line 24 to the control logic 26 within the control computer 20.
  • the control computer 20 also includes a voice response unit (VRU) 28 of the type well known in the telecommunications art for providing telephone responses with selectable human voice phrases.
  • VRU voice response unit
  • the control computer 20 also includes a data base memory 30 comprising individual entry portions 32 associated with each of the connecting lines 24 (i.e. one for each active or calling telephone 14).
  • the control logic 26 includes logic similar to that shown in Figure 7.
  • the logic 34 of Figure 7 first asks at decision block 001 whether the caller on an incoming line 24 is signing on to the system 16' as a person to be called or calling in to find a person meeting certain criteria for conversational purposes.
  • decision block 001 the logic 34 moves to action block 002 where the VRU 28 is used to request a criteria item.
  • the logic 34 then moves on to action block 003 where the user's response to the requested criteria item is input and stored into the proper entry portion 32 of the data base memory 30.
  • the criteria requesting and response storage accomplished within logic 34 by blocks 002 and 003 is designed to provide a "picture" of the caller against which later request matching can be performed. For example, the sex and age grouping of the caller as well as interest in certain sports, other entertainment items, ownership of a car, like or dislike for certain foods, might be of interest to a potential caller.
  • the logic 34 at decision block 004 checks to see if the criteria inputting sequence is completed if not, it returns to block 002 to request another criteria item. When it is finished, the caller is advised at block 005 that the process is completed and the logic 34 exits.
  • the caller may hang up and wait to be called or join a conversation of group as in the prior art of Figure 2 until such time as that g
  • caller is selected to receive an one on one incoming call based on the selection criteria provided.
  • the logic 34 searches the data base memory 30 for matches with the caller's specified criteria.
  • the logic 34 checks to see if the number of matches of the highest matching entry 32 of the data base memory 30 is above a pre- established level. If not, at block 011 the logic 34 employs the VRU 28 to advise the caller of which items were matched and which did't. The advisory message then requests the caller to indicate whether or not he/she wishes to revise the criteria or terminate the call.
  • the logic 34 If the user elects to continue, the logic 34 returns to block 006 to establish a new selection criteria. Otherwise, the logic 34 terminates the incoming call. If sufficient matches have been made between the caller's selection criteria and an entry 32 on the data base memory 30, at block 013 the logic 34 outputs an advisory message similar to that of block 011 indicating the matched criteria of the entry 32 with the greatest number of matches. At decision block 013, the logic 34 then asks the caller whether or not the matched person should be called. If the caller indicates "no", the logic 34 returns to decision block 012 to decide whether to continue with new selection criteria or terminate the call. If the answer at decision block 014 is "yes", the logic 34 proceeds to action block 015 where it initiates the call through the local PBX 18 to the line 24 associated with the entry 32 having the closest match. The logic 34 then exits.
  • FIG. 5 and 6 a system 16" according to the present invention in a preferred embodiment is shown therein.
  • the system 16" is substantially identical to the system 16' of Figures 3 and 4 as described above.
  • the difference is the additional supplemental data base memory 38 and the inclusion of the local PBX 18 in an overall PBX 40 which includes an outside interface 42 to one or more outside telephone lines 44.
  • This provides the further capability that a "signed on” caller can be at a home telephone, or the like, by way of a example and not be "waiting" as part of the overall environment of the system 16".
  • one of the search criteria to be selected by a requesting caller in the sequence of blocks 006 and 007 of the logic 34 of Figure 7 could include an indication of whether the caller wants to be limited to an inside recipient, an outside recipient, or both.
  • the system 16 provides a security interface between the calling party and the called party.
  • the only entity which knows the "telephone number" of the calling and called parties is the control logic 26 of the control computer 20. If either party wishes to divulge their actual telephone number to the other party, he/she may do so voluntarily. On the other hand, if either party does not wish to provide such information, he/she is free to refuse and the other party has no recourse or way of obtaining the information.
  • a complaint to the hotel or other entity providing the service of the system 16" can trace the offending party by controlled access to the data contained in the control computer 20.
  • a history table 48 be maintained by the control logic 26 containing, for example, a history of all transactions by telephone number calling and called along with the time and duration of the call for a 24- hour period.

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Cette invention concerne un système de conférence par téléphones privés, offrant la possibilité d'utiliser des critères de sélection, c'est à dire permettant à un correspondant appelant de désigner des critères caractéristiques voulus chez un correspondant appelé. Les caractéristiques d'identification et les critères de sélection du correspondant sont entrés au moyen du clavier à boutons du téléphone, en réponse à des questions vocales et à partir d'une unité de réponse vocale. Le système peut être exploité en mode de conférence par ligne partagée, c'est à dire avec de multiples correspondants prenant part à la discussion, ou en mode univoque, en fonction d'une recherche de critères et d'une conformité à ces critères. Des correspondants extérieurs peuvent également être inclus comme correspondants appelés potentiels, si on le veut, lorsque le système est destiné au résidents d'un hôtel ou utilisé dans des conditions analogues.
PCT/JP1992/000297 1991-03-12 1992-03-12 Systeme de conference par telephones prives offrant la possibilite d'utiliser des criteres de selection WO1992017021A1 (fr)

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