JP3461209B2 - Communication line designation method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication line specifying method for specifying a communication line in an information processing system connected via a public line network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A communication line between information processing systems connected via a public line network includes an address of a partner information processing system (hereinafter simply referred to as a partner system) and an own information processing system (hereinafter simply referred to as a own system). Spans between the specified address and. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 3, when a line user A wants to use a communication line connected to a line user D of a partner system B, a communication line between systems is conventionally designated by 4) and (10)
This is done by designating the address of or the addresses of (5) and (11). A communication line is set up between (4) and (10) or between (5) and (11) via a public line network (not shown).

By the way, (4), (5), (10),
A concrete example of the address of (11) is represented by a considerably long alphanumeric symbol as shown below. That is, the address in (4) above is 2B3F6E3A2890478ABC5DE9045710DEOF43ABCE7629DEA9FF.
000026677883DEF2943AB6428DDEE0000654ABE36EF88AABBE
E5537EF00135610338477BEDDC519572359167450D339EF901
In 7DE89103810442771276 [16], the address of (5) is 1385
012891378BDE89F98EABECCBD9981BE90D7E01BAEDBF91E0F9
83BDF18304671AA0140174BACEDF4161DE1941ABC0E0AFE710
203EBAECEBADBE102946710809412975912783110384780ABA
In V098D8FA0108 [16], the address of (10) is 28CE0B0709
AC013897ABC23895061BFEABCE71072109778790778DBAABED
BEF91030DBE39ABCEF19347AB9EB0140BDE103BE2039140018
5467DBE19CEA02830189DBE01838DBEF19A019230452940DB1
02938DB [16], the address of (11) is 1890ABC908EFDA
BCE0981ABEDCFABEC97810741016851B432B1214BABCD09E90
810A8ABEBCABE09ABE0CBAE091874101ABEBDBABACECA998C0
98EBC9A809E098A09E892B2BBEA098910984193840918A9039
It is 8059 [16].

Therefore, (a) address designation is difficult to recognize as a line user because the address is represented by a considerably long numerical value or symbol as described above. (B) When the address is changed in the partner system or the own system, the line user must change the program of the partner system or the own system in order to specify the communication line, and the address to be directly specified is set in the line. The user must recognize and explicitly change the address designation, and the above-mentioned address represented by the alphanumeric symbol is troublesome and error-prone. (C) Multiple communication lines
It is not possible to specify all at once like one communication line group. This is because when the system actually makes a call to a public line network or the like, for example, the designation of the group can be designated by the representative number, and the extension can be designated by the extension number for the constituent element of the group. Although it is possible to specify by grouping, it is not always possible to know which address specifies a group because the address system is not necessarily constructed with the extension number that the partner system follows after the representative number. However, generally, the description in (c) is established.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above-mentioned conventional communication line designating method, the address of the partner system and the address of the own system are designated by the line user, so that the information processing systems can communicate with each other via the public network. Since the communication line is set up, there were the following problems.
(A) The address is specified because the address is a numerical value.
It is difficult to recognize as a line user. (B) When the address is changed in the partner system or the own system, the line user must change the program of the partner system or the own system for designating the communication line, and the directly designated address is used. The person must recognize and explicitly change the address designation, which is troublesome and erroneous. (C) Multiple communication lines
This is inefficient because it cannot be specified collectively as if it is one communication line group, and it must be specified individually.

In view of the above, the present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and allows a line user to designate a communication line by noticing the address directly, but only by recognizing the communication partner, and a plurality of communication lines as one communication line group. It is intended to provide a communication line designation method that can be designated.

[0007]

According to the present invention, only the address of the line user of the other information processing system, or the address of the line user of the other information processing system and the address of the line user of the own information system are used. by specifying or established communication channel is established, if there a line user and line user of the other party of the information system of the own information system to a communication line designated connecting via the communication line, wherein It has defined the identification name and the address corresponding to the identification name for specifying the address, identification name and party information of the own information system by the line user of the own information system
When the identification name of the information system is specified, the
It has a configuration in which a corresponding pair of addresses is obtained and the established or established communication line is designated to the pair of addresses. Further, if the identification name is composed of an identification name and a subscript and the line user of the own information system specifies only the identification name, the communication line established or established in the address grouped by the identification name When the designation is made and the identification name + subscript is designated, the communication line established or established at a single address corresponding thereto is designated.

[0008]

In the communication line designating method of the present invention, the add
An identification name for specifying the less, have defined an address corresponding to the identification name, identification name and <br/> identification name of the other party information system of its own information system by the line user of the own information system is designated Then, a corresponding pair of addresses is obtained from the above definition, and the established or established communication line is designated to this pair of addresses. At this time, if the line user specifies only the identification name of the identification name, the communication line established or established at the address grouped by the identification name is specified, and the identification name + subscript is specified, Since the established or established communication line is designated to a single address corresponding to this, the line user of the own information system does not have to be aware of the address, but only needs to be aware of the communication partner, which is the identification name. , Communication can be performed, and a group can be collectively designated by specifying only the identification name.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a communication line specifying device for realizing the communication line specifying method of the present invention.
The communication line designating device 10 is composed of a communication line designating mechanism unit 1, a line information management unit 2, an address information management unit 3, and a user information management unit 4. The communication line mechanism unit 1 converts and associates the identification name and address, associates the communication line with the line user, transfers the communication line to the line user 5, and transfers the communication line from the line user 5. We will process the return. The line information management unit 2 manages a group of information such as the identification name of the own system side of each communication line, the identification name of the partner system side, and the actual resource and status of the communication line. The address information management unit 3 manages the correspondence between the identification name and the address. The user information management unit 4 manages information about communication lines used by the line users 5 and information about communication lines that can be used by the line users 5. Reference numeral 5 is a line user, and 6 is a line definer, which registers a pair of an identification name and an address in the address information management unit 3 and, if necessary, an identification name of the own system side in the line information management unit 4. Register a pair of identification names on the partner system side. Reference numeral 100 denotes an identification name input / output from the line user 5 to the communication line designating mechanism unit 1. Reference numeral 200 denotes an identification name / address pair that is input / output from the line definer 6 to the communication line designating mechanism 1. 7
Reference numerals -1, 7-2 and 7-3 indicate communication lines established between the address of the own system side and the address of the partner system side. A, B, and C indicate address information on the system side. a, b, and c indicate address information on the partner system side.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The line definer 6 makes correspondence between the address and the identification name in advance and registers the correspondence in the address information management unit 3. However,
The address and the identification name have a one-to-one correspondence and are mutually searchable, and the identification name is 2 of "identification name and subscript".
It consists of two parts. One identification name is assigned to one address and registered in the address information management unit 3 (environment) of the communication system as described above.
When the communication line 7 is established, the communication line designation mechanism unit 1 registers in the line information management unit 2 the actual resource of the communication line and the pair of self system information and partner system information. The communication line 7 may be established when the line user 5 requests the use of the communication line, or may be established in advance according to the instruction of the line definer 6. In the case of establishing in advance, the line definer 6 registers a pair of the identification name of the own system side and the identification name of the partner system side in the line information management unit 2.

An example of the case where the communication line 7 is not established will be described below. The processing on the requesting side (the side requesting the use of the communication line such as making a call) is as follows. (1) The line user 5 indicates to the communication line designating mechanism unit 1 (a) to
The communication line 7 to be used is designated by the combination of identification names in (e). (2) The communication line designating mechanism unit 1 uses the address information management unit 3 to convert the identification name into an address, and makes a call using this address. (3) When the communication line 7 is established, the communication line designation mechanism unit 1 registers the information in the line information management unit 2. (4) The communication line designation mechanism unit 1 transfers the resource of the communication line 7 to the requested line user 5, and writes the transfer information in the user information management unit 4 and the line information management unit 2 to reflect it. (5) When the use of the communication line 7 is completed, the communication line designating mechanism unit 1 restores a series of states.

The processing on the designated side (the side that accepts the use of the communication line such as an incoming call) is as follows. (1) The line user goes to the communication line designating mechanism unit 1 and the following (a) to (e)
The communication line 7 is designated by waiting for an incoming call by the combination of the identification names of. (2) The communication line designation mechanism unit 1 is the user information management unit 4
The information of the line user 5 who wants to wait for an incoming call and the information of the communication line 7 which wants to wait for an incoming call is registered. (3) Communication line designation mechanism unit 1
When an incoming call is received and the communication line 7 is established, the information is registered in the line information management unit 2. (4) If the line user 5 waiting for the incoming call is registered in the user information management unit 4 as the instruction side, the communication line designating mechanism unit 1 sends the communication line to the line user 5 waiting for the incoming call. The resources of No. 7 are transferred, and the transfer information is written and reflected in the user information management unit 4 and the line information management unit 2. (5) When the use of the communication line 17 is finished, the communication line designating mechanism 1 restores the series of states.

By the way, the combination of the identification names 100 input from the line user 5 to the communication line designating mechanism 1 is based on the following rules. (A) In the case of the requesting side, if the self-identification name is omitted and the partner identification name exists, all communication lines 7 established (or established) at the address of the partner system corresponding to the partner identification name are designated. It is assumed that
(B) In the case of the instructing side, if the self-identification name exists and the partner identification name is omitted, all communication lines 7 established (or established) at the address of the self-system corresponding to the self-identification name Specified. (C) In the case of both the requesting side and the instructing side, when the self-identification name exists and the partner identification name exists, the address of the own system corresponding to the self-identification name and the address of the partner system corresponding to the partner identification name It is assumed that all communication lines established (or established) between are specified.

Further, there are the following rules in the method of designating the identification name. (D) When the identification name and the subscript are designated, it is assumed that the communication line 7 established (or established) at a single address is designated. (E) When only the identification name is specified, it is assumed that the communication line 7 established (or established) at a plurality of addresses grouped by the identification name is specified. Therefore, the line user 5 can perform various designations such as grouping the communication lines 7 by combining the three ways (a) to (c) and the two ways (d) to (e). .

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the above-mentioned communication line designating method, in which ◯ indicates an address, Δ indicates an identification name of the own system side, and □ indicates an identification name of the partner system side. The line user specifies the communication line by using the identification name alone or by combining the identification name and the subscript. If the same identification name and different subscripts are assigned to the addresses of a plurality of communication lines, and then the line user specifies the identification name alone, these communication lines will form one communication line group. Treated as. The relationship between the address and the identification name by the communication line designating device 10 is as shown in the figure. For example, if the line user A wants to use the line connected to the line user D of the partner system B,
The identification name of the other party in (4) may be specified (the identification name of the own side can be omitted). A specific example of the identification name of (4) is “to user D of partner B”. Further, if it is desired to limit it to a leased line, a subscript may be added to the identification name of (4) above.
(4) "To user D of partner B" and "on dedicated line".

According to the present embodiment, the communication line designating device 10
Since the address information management unit 3 having a table in which an identification name is associated with an address composed of a numerical value, a symbol, etc., is provided therein, the line user 5 directly uses the above-mentioned address to make a communication line. The communication line can be specified by using the identification name instead of specifying the. Therefore, the line user 5 can easily perform communication without being aware of the address and only being aware of the communication partner who is the identification name. Further, when the address is changed in the partner system or the own system, only the contents of the address information management section 3 described above need be rewritten, and there is no need to change the program of the partner system or the own system. The work can be remarkably simple and can be performed in a short time. Further, since the line user 5 can change the address by using the identification name during such work, the above work can be performed more easily in this respect as well. Furthermore, by using a combination of an identification name and a subscript as an identification name, it is possible to specify a group of one group by the identification name and an element that constitutes the group by the subscript, as described above. It is extremely easy to collectively specify various groups.

[0017]

As described above, according to the communication line designating apparatus of the present invention, the line user can designate a communication line by noticing the address directly but only by being aware of the communication partner, and a plurality of communication lines can be designated. It can be designated as one communication line group.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a communication line specifying device for realizing a communication line specifying method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a method of specifying a communication line in the device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a conventional method of designating a communication line between systems connected via a public line network.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication line designation mechanism unit 2 ... Line information management unit 3 ... Address information management unit 4 ... User information management unit 5 ... Line user 6 ... Line definer 7-1 to 7-3 ... Communication line 10 ... Communication line Designated device

Continuation of front page (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 13/00 H04L 12/00-12/26 H04L 12/50-12/66 H04M 1/26-1/57 H04M 11 / 00-11/10 H04Q 3/58-3/62

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. The line user of the information processing system of the other party
Only the address or the line usage of the other party's information processing system
Address of user and add of line user of own information system
The communication line established or established
The information of the line user of the own information system and
Connect to the line users of the information system via the communication line
Specify the address in the communication line specification method
Defined identification name and address corresponding to this identification name
In addition, the self-information system users
The identification name of the system and the identification name of the other party's information system
Then, the corresponding pair of addresses is obtained from the above definition.
To establish or establish communication with this pair of addresses.
A communication line designating method characterized by designating a line. 2. The identification name comprises an identification name and a subscript,
If the line user of the own information system specifies only the identification name
If the address is grouped by its distinguished name,
Existing or established communication line, and specify the identification name + subscript
Established to a single address corresponding to
Characterized by specifying the established or established communication line
The communication line designating method according to claim 1 .