JP5036744B2 - Address conversion server, information providing system, and information providing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an address translation server, an information providing system, and an information providing method.

  Currently, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1 as a method for browsing information on a telephone call partner via the Internet. In the technique described in Patent Document 1, a terminal used by a callee who receives an incoming call acquires a URL from a database that associates a telephone number with a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) using the telephone number as a search condition. This URL is, for example, an address of a web page on which information related to a caller is posted.

JP 2002-215491 A

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, a telephone terminal that performs a call and an information acquisition terminal that includes a web browser that browses information are the same terminal, or the information acquisition terminal is a caller from the telephone terminal. The information acquisition terminal and the telephone terminal must be directly connected so that the telephone number can be acquired. For this reason, for example, when a call is received by a mobile phone, in order to view information about the caller with a web browser of a personal computer at home, the caller must enter the caller's phone number into the personal computer. There is a problem that it takes.
In addition, if the telephone number is known, information can be browsed even if it is not the called party, and there is a problem of privacy infringement.
Further, when a call service is different between a terminal that sends a call and a terminal that receives a call, a database that associates a telephone number and a URL must be maintained for each provider that provides the call service. There is a problem that is bad.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to enable the recipient to easily view information on the caller even if the terminal that makes the call and the terminal that browses the information are not directly connected. Another object of the present invention is to provide an address conversion server, an information providing system, and an information providing method capable of efficiently providing information only to a called party even between different operators.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and one aspect of the present invention is an outgoing user information for storing a telephone number of a calling terminal and reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal. A storage unit; a receiving user information storage unit that stores a telephone number of the receiving terminal and an address associated with the telephone number of the receiving terminal; and a call processing server that provides a call connection service to the receiving terminal. A receiving unit that receives the telephone number of the terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal; and the reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal received by the receiving unit is read from the calling user information storage unit; A reading unit that reads from the incoming user information storage unit the address associated with the telephone number of the receiving terminal received by the receiving unit, and the address read by the reading unit. An address translation server, characterized by comprising: a reference information transmitting unit that the reading unit addressed less to send the reference information read, a.

According to the present invention, the address conversion server includes a calling user information storage unit and a receiving user information storage unit, and when receiving the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal from the call processing server, Corresponding reference information is transmitted to the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal. As a result, the caller's reference information is sent to the callee's address when the callee receives a call. Therefore, even if the callee's call terminal and the information acquisition terminal for browsing information are not directly connected, The person can easily browse the information.
Further, since the address conversion server transmits the reference information only to the address corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal, only the called party who has received the call can acquire the reference information.
In addition, since the address conversion server, which is a server device different from the call processing server that provides the call service, includes a calling user information storage unit and a receiving user information storage unit, for example, the calling terminal is different from the receiving terminal. Even if the service is used, it is not necessary to provide a transmission user information storage unit and an incoming user information storage unit for each company.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, in the above address conversion server, when the telephone number and address of the receiving terminal are received, the incoming call is stored in the incoming user information storage unit in association with the received telephone number of the receiving terminal and the address A user information registration unit is provided.

  According to the present invention, when a callee receives an incoming call from a personal computer or the like by sending incoming user information (the telephone number of the callee terminal and the callee's address) to the address conversion server, for example, Can be registered in the address translation server to send the reference information of the person to that address.

  In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, the address conversion server includes a notification target transmission unit that transmits the telephone number of the receiving terminal written in the incoming user information storage unit to the call processing server. And

  According to the present invention, the address translation server can notify the call processing server of the incoming terminal stored in the incoming user information storage unit. As a result, the call processing server receives the information provision request data (the telephone number of the calling terminal and the receiving terminal) only when there is an incoming call to the receiving terminal registered in the address translation server (stored in the incoming user information storage unit). Phone number) can be sent to the address translation server. As a result, when there is an incoming call to an unregistered receiving terminal, the information providing data is not transmitted to the address translation server, so that useless communication can be prevented.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, in the address conversion server, when the telephone number of the calling terminal and the reference information are received, the received telephone number of the calling terminal and the reference information are associated with each other in the calling user information storage unit. A transmission user information registration unit for writing is provided.

  According to the present invention, when a caller makes a call at the caller terminal by transmitting the caller user information (the telephone number of the caller terminal and the caller's reference information) to the address conversion server from a personal computer, for example, Can be registered in the address translation server to be transmitted to the recipient.

  Moreover, one aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the address conversion server, the calling user information storage unit stores an address on the Internet as reference information.

  According to the present invention, for example, when the reference information is the URL of a company homepage, the called party can know the identity of the caller by browsing the homepage and can make a call with peace of mind. Further, the sender can easily provide his / her information to the other party by registering the URL of his / her web log as reference information.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, a call request receiving unit that receives a call request including a telephone number of a calling terminal and a phone number of a receiving terminal, and the telephone number of the calling terminal received by the call request receiving unit A call processing server comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the telephone number of the receiving terminal; a calling user information storage that stores a telephone number of the calling terminal and reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal A receiving user information storage unit that stores a telephone number of the receiving terminal, an address associated with the telephone number of the receiving terminal, a telephone number of the calling terminal and a telephone number of the receiving terminal from the call processing server The reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal received by the receiving unit is read from the calling user information storage unit, and the incoming call received by the receiving unit A reading unit that reads the address associated with the last telephone number from the incoming user information storage unit; and a reference information transmission unit that transmits the reference information read by the reading unit to the address read by the reading unit; An information conversion system comprising: an address translation server comprising:

  According to another aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system, the calling user information storage unit stores an address in the Internet as reference information, and receives an address in the Internet from the address conversion server; An information acquisition terminal comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires from a web server information indicated by the address in the Internet received by the address reception unit.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the call processing server receives a call origination request including a telephone number of a calling terminal and a telephone number of a receiving terminal, and the call processing server A step of transmitting a telephone number and the telephone number of the receiving terminal; a calling user information storage unit for storing a telephone number of the calling terminal and reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal; and a telephone number of the receiving terminal And an incoming call user information storage unit that stores an address associated with the telephone number of the receiving terminal, the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal from the call processing server. Receiving, and the address translation server reads the reference information associated with the received telephone number of the calling terminal from the calling user information storage unit, Reading the address associated with the received telephone number of the receiving terminal from the incoming user information storage unit, and transmitting the reference information read by the address translation server to the read address. It is the information provision method characterized by having.

According to the present invention, the address conversion server includes a calling user information storage unit and a receiving user information storage unit, and when receiving the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal from the call processing server, Corresponding reference information is transmitted to the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal. As a result, the caller's reference information is sent to the callee's address when the callee receives a call. Therefore, even if the callee's call terminal and the information acquisition terminal for browsing information are not directly connected, The person can easily browse the information.
Further, since the address conversion server transmits the reference information only to the address corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal, only the called party who has received the call can acquire the reference information.
In addition, since the address conversion server, which is a server device different from the call processing server that provides the call service, includes a calling user information storage unit and a receiving user information storage unit, for example, the calling terminal is different from the receiving terminal. Even if the service is used, it is not necessary to provide a transmission user information storage unit and an incoming user information storage unit for each company.
Thus, the callee can acquire information about the caller when a call is received. For example, when the reference information is the URL of a company homepage, the callee can confirm the identity of the caller by browsing the homepage when receiving a call, and can make a call with peace of mind. . In addition, the caller can easily provide his / her information to the other party by registering a URL such as his / her web log as reference information.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information provision system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the call processing server by this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the data structure of the notification object list which the notification object memory | storage part by this embodiment memorize | stores. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the address translation server by this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the data structure of the transmission user information table which the transmission user information storage part by this embodiment memorize | stores. It is the schematic which shows the data structure of the incoming user information table which the incoming user information storage part by this embodiment memorize | stores. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation | movement of the information provision process by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the notification object registration process in the call processing server by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the information provision request | requirement process in the call processing server by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the incoming user information registration process in the address translation server by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the transmission user information registration process in the address translation server by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the information provision process in the address translation server by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the incoming user information registration process in the information acquisition terminal by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the reference information acquisition process in the information acquisition terminal by this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The information providing system includes an address conversion server 1, a call processing server 2, a transmission terminal 3, a reception terminal 4, an information acquisition terminal 5, and a web server 6.

  The transmitting terminal 3 is a terminal that transmits a call. The receiving terminal 4 is a terminal that receives a call. The call processing server 2 is a server device that provides a service related to call connection by SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) to the calling terminal 3 and the receiving terminal 4. The call processing server 2 and the calling terminal 3, and the call processing server 2 and the receiving terminal 4 are connected via a call network. The call network is a communication network for performing session connection by SIP such as NGN (Next General Network) or IMS (IP Multi media Subsystems).

  The address translation server 1 is a server device that holds outgoing user information and incoming user information, and uses the outgoing terminal 3 when receiving the telephone number of the outgoing terminal 3 and the telephone number of the incoming terminal 4 from the call processing server 2. The caller's reference information is transmitted to the information acquisition terminal 5. The calling user information is a caller's telephone number and reference information. The incoming user information is the telephone number and notification destination address of the recipient. The reference information is information relating to the caller, and in the present embodiment is a URL (address on the Internet). The notification destination address is an email address or a chat address. When the information acquisition terminal 5 receives a reference information (URL) from the address conversion server 1, the information acquisition terminal 5 receives information (web page) indicated by the URL. Acquired from the web server 6 and displays the acquired information on a web browser or the like. The information indicated by the URL is, for example, content created by the caller (such as a personal weblog or a company homepage). The web server 6 is a server device that holds information indicated by the sender URL. The address translation server 1, the call processing server 2, the information acquisition terminal 5, and the web server 6 are connected via the Internet.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the call processing server 2 according to the present embodiment.
The call processing server 2 includes a call request receiving unit 21, a call processing unit 22, a registration determination unit 23, a notification target storage unit 24, an information provision request transmission unit 25, and a notification target registration unit 26. Is done.
The transmission request receiving unit 21 receives the transmission request data from the transmission terminal 3 and outputs the received transmission request data to the call processing unit 22 and the registration determination unit 23. The call request data is a message for starting a call, and includes the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4.
The call processing unit 22 provides a call connection service by SIP to the calling terminal 3 and the receiving terminal 4. When the call request data is input, the call processing unit 22 transmits the call request data to the receiving terminal 4 and starts a call between the calling terminal 3 and the receiving terminal 4.

The notification target storage unit 24 (storage unit) stores a notification target list that is a list of telephone numbers of the receiving terminals 4 to which reference information is to be notified. Data held in the notification target list will be described later.
When the call request data is input, the registration determination unit 23 determines whether the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 included in the input call request data is registered in the notification target list of the notification target storage unit 24. . Then, the registration determination unit 23 outputs the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 to the information provision request transmitting unit 25 when the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 is registered in the notification target list.
The information provision request transmission unit 25 (transmission unit) transmits the information provision request data to the address conversion server 1 only when the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 is registered in the notification target list. The information provision request data is a message for requesting the receiver to provide the sender's reference information, and includes the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4.
When receiving the notification target registration request data from the address conversion server 1, the notification target registration unit 26 writes the telephone number included in the notification target registration request data into the notification target list. The notification target registration request data is a message requesting registration of the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 that is the target of notification of reference information, and includes a telephone number.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure of a notification target list stored in the notification target storage unit 24 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the notification target list is a list of telephone numbers, and has a column of items of notification target telephone numbers. The notification target telephone number is the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 to be notified of the reference information. In the example shown in this figure, telephone number A, telephone number B, telephone number C, and telephone number D are registered in the notification target list.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the address translation server 1 according to the present embodiment.
The address conversion server 1 includes an information provision request receiving unit 11, a reading unit 12, an incoming user information storage unit 13, an outgoing user information storage unit 14, a reference information transmission unit 15, an incoming user information registration unit 16, The transmission user information registration unit 17 and the notification target transmission unit 18 are included.

The calling user information storage unit 14 stores a calling user information table that associates the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 with the caller's reference information. Data held in the calling user information table will be described later.
The incoming user information storage unit 13 stores an incoming user information table that associates the telephone number of the incoming terminal 4 with the notification destination address of the recipient. Data held in the incoming user information table will be described later.
The information provision request receiving unit 11 (receiving unit) receives the information provision request data from the call processing server 2 and outputs the received information provision request data to the reading unit 12.
The reading unit 12 reads the reference information corresponding to the telephone number of the transmitting terminal 3 included in the information provision request data from the calling user information table, and the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 included in the information provision request data. Is read from the incoming user information table. Then, the reading unit 12 outputs the read notification destination address and reference information to the reference information transmitting unit 15.
The reference information transmission unit 15 transmits the reference information input to the information acquisition terminal 5 (addressed to the notification address) corresponding to the input notification destination address and the telephone number of the transmission terminal 3.

When the caller information registration unit 17 receives the telephone number of the caller terminal 3 and the reference information of the caller from a terminal such as a personal computer used by the caller, the caller information registration unit 17 associates the received telephone number with the reference information and sends the caller user. Write (register) information table.
When the incoming user information registration unit 16 receives the telephone number of the incoming terminal 4 and the notification destination address of the incoming party from a terminal such as a personal computer used by the recipient, the incoming user information registration unit 16 associates the received telephone number with the notification destination address. Write (register) in the incoming user information table.
Note that the outgoing user information registration unit 17 and the incoming user information registration unit 16 may register only outgoing user information or incoming user information of a user (sender or recipient) who has been authenticated by user authentication, for example. .
When the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 and the notification destination address of the called party are written in the incoming user information table, the notification target transmitting unit 18 sends the notification target registration request data including the written telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 to the call processing server. 2 to send.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure of a calling user information table stored in the calling user information storage unit 14 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the calling user information table is a two-dimensional tabular data composed of rows and columns, and has a calling telephone number and a column for each item of reference information. Each row of this table exists for each outgoing telephone number. The outgoing telephone number is the telephone number of the outgoing terminal 3. The reference information is caller reference information. In the example shown in this figure, the reference information corresponding to the telephone number A is URL1. The reference information corresponding to the telephone number B is URL2. The reference information corresponding to the telephone number C is URL3.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the data structure of the incoming user information table stored in the incoming user information storage unit 13 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the incoming user information table is two-dimensional tabular data composed of rows and columns, and includes columns for each item of a notification target telephone number and a notification destination address. Each row of this table exists for each notification target telephone number. The notification target telephone number is the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4. The notification destination address is the notification destination address of the callee. In the example shown in this figure, the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number A is the address a. Further, the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number B is the address b. Further, the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number C is the address c. Further, the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number D is the address d.

Next, information providing processing by the information providing system will be described with reference to FIGS. Before the information providing process, the sender and the receiver perform the following pre-processing.
(1) A terminal (for example, a personal computer or a mobile phone) used by a caller transmits calling user information (phone number and reference information) to the address conversion server 1. The address translation server 1 writes the received outgoing user information in the outgoing user information table.
(2) The information acquisition terminal 5 used by the recipient sends the incoming user information (telephone number and notification destination address) to the address conversion server 1. The address translation server 1 writes the received incoming user information in the incoming user information table. Then, the address translation server 1 transmits notification target registration request data including the registered telephone number of the called party to the call processing server 2. The call processing server 2 writes the received telephone number in the notification target list.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the information providing process according to the present embodiment.
First, the transmission terminal 3 transmits transmission request data to the call processing server 2 (step S1). The call processing server 2 transmits the received call request data to the receiving terminal 4 (step S2), thereby starting a call between the calling terminal 3 and the receiving terminal 4. The call processing server 2 transmits the information provision request data to the address conversion server 1 when the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 included in the call request data is registered in the notification target list (step S3). The address conversion server 1 reads the reference information corresponding to the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 included in the received information provision request data from the calling user information table, and sets the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 included in the received information provision request data. The corresponding notification destination address is read from the incoming user information table. Then, the address conversion server 1 transmits the read reference information (URL) to the information acquisition terminal 5 corresponding to the read notification destination address (step S4). The information acquisition terminal 5 used by the recipient acquires information (web page) indicated by the reference information (URL) from the web server 6 (step S5).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the notification target registration process in the call processing server 2 according to this embodiment.
First, in step S <b> 101, the notification target registration unit 26 receives notification target registration request data from the address translation server 1.
Next, in step S102, the notification target registration unit 26 writes (registers) the telephone number included in the received notification target registration request data in the notification target list.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of information provision request processing in the call processing server 2 according to the present embodiment.
First, in step S <b> 201, the transmission request receiving unit 21 receives transmission request data from the transmission terminal 3.
Next, in step S <b> 202, the call processing unit 22 transmits the received call request data to the receiving terminal 4 to start a call between the calling terminal 3 and the receiving terminal 4.
Next, in step S203, the registration determination unit 23 determines whether or not the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 is registered in the notification target list. If the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 is registered in the notification target list, the process proceeds to step S204. On the other hand, if the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 is not registered in the notification target list, the process ends.
In step S <b> 204, the information provision request transmission unit 25 transmits information provision request data including the telephone number of the transmission terminal 3 and the telephone number of the reception terminal 4 to the address conversion server 1.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of incoming user information registration processing in the address translation server 1 according to the present embodiment.
First, in step S301, the incoming user information registration unit 16 receives incoming user information.
Next, in step S302, the incoming user information registration unit 16 writes (registers) the received incoming user information in the incoming user information table.
Next, in step S303, the notification target transmission unit 18 transmits notification target registration request data including the telephone number of the registered incoming user information to the call processing server 2.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the calling user information registration process in the address translation server 1 according to the present embodiment.
First, in step S401, the calling user information registration unit 17 receives the calling user information.
Next, in step S402, the calling user information registration unit 17 writes (registers) the calling user information in the calling user information table.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a procedure of information providing processing in the address translation server 1 according to the present embodiment.
First, in step S <b> 501, the information provision request receiving unit 11 receives information provision request data from the call processing server 2.
Next, in step S502, the reading unit 12 determines whether or not the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 included in the received information provision request data is registered in the calling user information table. If the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 is registered in the calling user information table, the process proceeds to step S503. On the other hand, if the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 is not registered in the calling user information table, the process ends.

In step S503, the reading unit 12 reads the reference information corresponding to the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 included in the received information provision request data from the calling user information table.
Next, in step S504, the reading unit 12 reads the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 included in the received information provision request data from the incoming user information table.
Next, in step S505, the reference information transmission unit 15 transmits the read reference information and the telephone number of the transmission terminal 3 to the information acquisition terminal 5 corresponding to the notification destination address.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of incoming user information registration processing in the information acquisition terminal 5 according to the present embodiment.
In step S <b> 601, the information acquisition terminal 5 transmits the notification target telephone number and the notification destination address that are the telephone numbers of the receiving terminal 4 to the address conversion server 1. As a result, the incoming user information is registered in the address translation server 1.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of reference information acquisition processing in the information acquisition terminal 5 according to the present embodiment.
First, in step S <b> 701, the information acquisition terminal 5 (address receiving unit) receives reference information (URL) from the address conversion server 1.
Next, in step S702, the information acquisition terminal 5 starts a web browser.
Next, in step S703, the information acquisition terminal 5 (acquisition unit) accesses the URL received using the web browser, and acquires information (web page) indicated by the URL from the web server 6.
Next, in step S704, the information acquisition terminal 5 displays the acquired web page using a web browser.

Thus, according to the present embodiment, when the address conversion server 1 holds the calling user information and the called user information and receives the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 and the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4 from the call processing server 2, The reference information corresponding to the telephone number of the calling terminal 3 is transmitted to the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4. As a result, when the incoming terminal 4 receives an incoming call, the caller's reference information is transmitted to the recipient's address, so the incoming terminal 4 that makes a call and the information acquisition terminal 5 that browses the information are directly connected. Even without this, the recipient can easily browse the information.
Further, since the address conversion server 1 transmits the reference information only to the notification destination address corresponding to the telephone number of the receiving terminal 4, only the called party who has received the call can obtain the reference information.
Further, since the address conversion server 1 which is a server device different from the call processing server 2 that provides the call service holds the calling user information and the receiving user information, for example, the calling terminal 3 and the receiving terminal 4 are different. Even if the call service is used, there is no need to hold the outgoing user information and the incoming user information for each business operator.
Thus, the callee can acquire information about the caller when a call is received. For example, when the reference information is the URL of a company homepage, the callee can confirm the identity of the caller by browsing the homepage when receiving a call, and can make a call with peace of mind. . In addition, the caller can easily provide his / her information to the other party by registering a URL such as his / her web log as reference information.

Also, a program for realizing the functions of the call processing server shown in FIG. 2 and the address translation server shown in FIG. 4 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system. The information providing process may be performed by executing. Here, the “computer system” may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” means a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, a hard disk built in a computer system, etc. This is a storage device.

Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” means a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic DRAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory)), etc., which hold programs for a certain period of time.
The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the above, and various design changes and the like can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is possible to
For example, in the present embodiment, the reference information is a URL, but may be a character string (such as the name of the sender), an image, a digital signature, or the like.
In the present embodiment, the receiving terminal 4 and the information acquisition terminal 5 are different terminals, but they may be the same terminal.
In the present embodiment, the calling terminal 3 and the receiving terminal 4 use a call service managed by the same operator, but may use a call service managed by different operators. In this case, different call processing servers 2 process calls between the calling terminal 3 and the receiving terminal 4.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Address conversion server 2 ... Call processing server 3 ... Originating terminal 4 ... Incoming terminal 5 ... Information acquisition terminal 6 ... Web server 11 ... Information provision request receiving part 12 ... Reading part 13 ... Incoming user information storage part 14 ... Outgoing user information Storage unit 15: Reference information transmission unit 16 ... Incoming user information registration unit 17 ... Outgoing user information registration unit 18 ... Notification target transmission unit 21 ... Outgoing request reception unit 22 ... Call processing unit 23 ... Registration determination unit 24 ... Notification target storage unit 25 ... Information provision request transmission unit 26 ... Notification target registration unit

Claims (8)

A calling user information storage unit for storing a telephone number of the calling terminal and reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal;
An incoming user information storage unit for storing a telephone number of the incoming terminal and an address associated with the telephone number of the incoming terminal;
A receiving unit that receives a telephone number of the calling terminal and a telephone number of the called terminal from a call processing server that provides a service related to call connection to the called terminal;
The reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal received by the receiving unit is read from the calling user information storage unit, and the address associated with the telephone number of the receiving terminal received by the receiving unit is received as the incoming call. A reading unit that reads from the user information storage unit;
A reference information transmitting unit that transmits the reference information read by the reading unit to the address read by the reading unit;
An address translation server comprising:   2. A receiving user information registration unit that receives a telephone number and an address of a receiving terminal and associates the received telephone number and the address of the receiving terminal with each other and writes them in the receiving user information storage unit. The address translation server described.   3. The address conversion server according to claim 2, further comprising a notification target transmission unit configured to transmit the telephone number of the incoming terminal written in the incoming user information storage unit to the call processing server.   5. A transmission user information registration unit that receives a telephone number of a transmission terminal and reference information and associates the received telephone number of the transmission terminal with the reference information and writes the reference information in the transmission user information storage unit. 4. The address translation server according to any one of items 1 to 3.   5. The address conversion server according to claim 1, wherein the calling user information storage unit stores an address in the Internet as reference information. 6. An outgoing call request receiving unit for receiving an outgoing call request including a telephone number of a calling terminal and a telephone number of a receiving terminal;
A transmitting unit that transmits the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal received by the calling request receiving unit;
A call processing server comprising:
A calling user information storage unit for storing a telephone number of the calling terminal and reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal;
An incoming user information storage unit for storing a telephone number of the incoming terminal and an address associated with the telephone number of the incoming terminal;
A receiving unit that receives the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal from the call processing server;
The reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal received by the receiving unit is read from the calling user information storage unit, and the address associated with the telephone number of the receiving terminal received by the receiving unit is received as the incoming call. A reading unit that reads from the user information storage unit;
A reference information transmitting unit that transmits the reference information read by the reading unit to the address read by the reading unit;
An address translation server comprising:
An information providing system comprising: The calling user information storage unit stores an address in the Internet as reference information,
An address receiving unit for receiving an address in the Internet from the address translation server;
An acquisition unit for acquiring information indicated by the address in the Internet received by the address reception unit from a web server;
An information providing system according to claim 6, comprising an information acquisition terminal comprising: A call processing server receiving a call origination request including a telephone number of a calling terminal and a telephone number of a receiving terminal;
The call processing server transmitting the received telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the receiving terminal;
A calling user information storage unit for storing a telephone number of the calling terminal and reference information associated with the telephone number of the calling terminal, and a telephone number of the receiving terminal and an address associated with the telephone number of the called terminal are stored. An address translation server comprising an incoming user information storage unit, receiving the telephone number of the calling terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal from the call processing server;
The address conversion server reads the reference information associated with the received telephone number of the calling terminal from the calling user information storage unit, and the received address associated with the received telephone number of the called terminal is the received user information. Reading from the storage unit;
The address translation server transmitting the read reference information to the read address;
An information providing method characterized by comprising:

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