JP5584479B2 - Terminal line opening system and terminal line opening method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal line opening system and a terminal line opening method.

  In general, a communication terminal can be communicated by mounting a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module). The SIM stores unique identification information such as an IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity), for example. In order to open the line of the communication terminal, the user must make a predetermined contract determined by the communication carrier for each SIM. In addition, a predetermined line opening process such as registration of IMSI and association with a telephone number must be performed by the communication carrier. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique related to registration of a mobile phone equipped with a SIM card.

JP 2002-95038 A

  As described above, the contract and procedure for opening a line must be performed for each SIM. Thus, in order for a user who owns a communication terminal that has already opened a line to use the second communication terminal, the user must perform a contract and procedure for the second communication terminal. For this reason, the burden on the user required for opening the line of the communication terminal is large.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a terminal line opening that can reduce a user's burden when a user who owns a communication terminal that has already opened a line opens a line of another communication terminal. It is an object to provide a system and a terminal line opening method.

  In order to solve the above problems, the terminal line opening system according to the present invention corresponds to subscriber identification information, which is information for identifying a terminal, with contract information, which is information for identifying a contract with a predetermined communication carrier. In addition, a terminal line opening system that opens the communication line of the terminal by the communication network of the communication carrier based on the contract with the communication carrier, and based on the contract with the communication carrier, Acquired by the subscriber identification information acquisition means and the subscriber identification information acquisition means for acquiring the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal that is a terminal that is communicable through the communication network of the carrier and that is not a line-opened terminal. A master terminal having subscriber identification information transmitting means for transmitting subscriber identification information of the slave terminal, and subscriber identification information of the slave terminal transmitted by the subscriber identification information transmitting means Received by the subscriber identification information receiving means, subscriber information storage means for storing the subscriber identification information of the terminal communicable with the communication carrier's communication network in association with the contract information, and received by the subscriber identification information receiving means Subscriber identification information registration means for registering the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal in the subscriber information storage means in association with the contract information of the master terminal, and registration of the subscriber identification information by the subscriber identification information registration means It is characterized by comprising an opening / closing availability notification means for transmitting an opening / closing availability notification to the effect that communication via the communication network of the communication carrier is possible to at least one of the master terminal and the slave terminal.

  In order to solve the above problem, the terminal line opening method of the present invention uses subscriber identification information, which is information for identifying a terminal, and contract information, which is information for identifying a contract with a predetermined communication carrier. A terminal line opening method in a terminal line opening system for opening a communication line of the terminal by a communication network of the communication carrier based on a contract with the communication carrier, A subscriber identification information acquisition step in which a master terminal, which is a terminal capable of communicating via the communication network of the carrier, acquires subscriber identification information of a slave terminal that is a terminal that has not been opened, based on a contract with the carrier. The master terminal transmits the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal acquired in the subscriber identification information acquisition step, and the subscriber identification information transmission step. The subscriber identification information receiving step for receiving the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal transmitted in the step and the slave terminal subscriber identification information received in the subscriber identification information receiving step correspond to the contract information of the master terminal. In addition, a subscriber identification information registration step for registering subscriber identification information of a terminal communicable with a communication carrier's communication network in a subscriber information storage means stored in association with contract information, and subscriber identification information An open / close notification step for transmitting to the at least one of the master terminal and the slave terminal an open / close notification indicating that communication through the communication network of the communication carrier is enabled by registration of the subscriber identification information in the registration step; It is characterized by having.

  According to the terminal line opening system and the terminal line opening method of the present invention, the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal is associated with the contract information of the master terminal and registered in the subscriber information storage means via the master terminal. . Thereby, the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal is registered as a communicable terminal. Accordingly, when the slave terminal is opened, the user does not need to make a special contract or the like, so the burden on the user is reduced.

  In the terminal line opening system of the present invention, the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal received by the subscriber identification information receiving means is collated to check whether it is registered in the subscriber information storage means. Is further registered with the subscriber identification information collating means for determining whether or not the registration of the subscriber identification information is possible when the registration is not registered in the subscriber information storage means. Is characterized by registering the subscriber identification information in the subscriber information storage means in association with the contract information of the master terminal when it is determined that registration is possible by the subscriber identification information collating means.

  In this case, if the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal is not already registered in the subscriber information storage means, it is determined that registration is possible. Thereby, since the subscriber identification information registered in the subscriber information storage means is not registered, duplicate registration of the subscriber identification information is prevented.

  In addition, the terminal line opening system of the present invention includes issued subscriber identification information storing issued subscriber identification information which is subscriber identification information issued in association with a terminal or storage means attached to the terminal. And further comprising an information storage means, wherein the subscriber identification information collating means is such that the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal is stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage means and not registered in the subscriber information storage means. It is characterized in that it can be registered.

  In this case, the issued subscriber identification information storage means stores both valid and valid subscriber identification information that can be registered. When the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal matches the issued subscriber identification information stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage means, registration is determined, so that unauthorized subscriber identification information is registered. Is prevented.

  Further, in the terminal line opening system of the present invention, the issued subscriber identification information storage means is a slave flag that is an identifier indicating that the subscriber identification information for the slave terminal is subscriber identification information for the slave terminal. The subscriber identification information collating means stores the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal in association with the slave flag in the issued subscriber identification information storage means. It is characterized by determining whether registration is possible.

  In this case, the subscriber identification information for the slave terminal is stored separately in the issued subscriber identification information storage means, and the subscriber identification information with the slave flag is added to the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal. If the information matches, registration is determined. Thereby, only the subscriber identification information previously distinguished for the slave terminal is registered.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to reduce the user's burden at the time of the user who owns the communication terminal of which the line has been opened opening the line of another communication terminal.

It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a terminal line opening system. It is a hardware block diagram of a subscriber identification information management device. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the user information storage part, and the data memorize | stored. It is a figure which shows the example of the structure of the subscriber information storage part, and the data stored. It is a timing chart which shows the processing content of the terminal line opening method implemented in a terminal line opening system. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the terminal line opening system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a timing chart which shows the processing content of the terminal line opening method implemented in the terminal line opening system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the terminal line opening system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the structure of the issued subscriber identification information storage part, and the data stored.

  An embodiment of a terminal line opening system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. If possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a terminal line opening system 1 according to the first embodiment. The terminal line opening system 1 stores subscriber identification information, which is information for identifying a terminal, in association with contract information, which is information for identifying a contract with a predetermined communication carrier, thereby storing the communication business. This is a system for registering and managing subscriber identification information of terminals that can communicate with the communication carrier's communication network based on a contract with the operator.

  The subscriber identification information is identification information unique to each SIM, and is exemplified by, for example, IMSI, TMSI (Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity). For example, a wireless terminal such as a mobile phone is equipped with a SIM and can communicate by registering subscriber identification information of the SIM with a communication carrier. The subscriber identification information is not limited to IMSI and TMSI.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal line opening system 1 includes a subscriber identification information management device 2, a DB server 3, and a master terminal 4. The master terminal 4 is a terminal capable of communicating via a mobile communication network managed by the communication carrier based on a contract with a predetermined communication carrier. As shown in FIG. Communication with the apparatus 2 is possible via the network N. That is, the network N is, for example, a mobile communication network.

  Further, the slave terminal 5 is a terminal that has not yet been opened because the contract and procedure for opening the line have not yet been implemented. That is, the slave terminal 5 cannot communicate via the network N unless the procedure for line opening is performed. In order to open the line, a predetermined procedure such as registration of subscriber identification information stored in the SIM attached to the slave terminal 5 is required. In the present embodiment, the procedure for opening the line of the slave terminal 5 is performed via the master terminal 4.

  Functionally, the subscriber identification information management device 2 includes a terminal connection control unit 20, a subscriber identification information receiving unit 21 (subscriber identification information receiving unit), and a subscriber identification information registration unit 22 (subscriber identification information registration unit). ) And an opening / closing availability notification unit 23 (opening availability notification means).

  Functionally, the DB server 3 includes a user information storage unit 30, a user information management unit 31, a subscriber information storage unit 32 (subscriber information storage means), and a subscriber information management unit 33. The subscriber identification information management device 2 and the DB server 3 may be configured as an integrated server device.

  The master terminal 4 includes a connection control unit 40, a subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 (subscriber identification information acquisition unit), a subscriber identification information transmission unit 42 (subscriber identification information transmission unit), and an open / close availability reception unit 43. Prepare.

  The slave terminal 5 includes a subscriber identification information output unit 50 and an open / close permission / reception unit 51.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the subscriber identification information management device 2. The subscriber identification information management device 2 is configured by a computer such as a server, and is physically a data transmission / reception device such as a CPU 101, a RAM 102 and a ROM 103, which are main storage devices, and a network card, for example, as shown in FIG. The computer system includes a communication module 104, an auxiliary storage device 105 such as a hard disk and a flash memory, an input device 106 such as a keyboard and mouse as input devices, an output device 107 such as a display, and the like. Each function shown in FIG. 1 has a communication module 104, an input device 106, and an output device 107 under the control of the CPU 101 by loading predetermined computer software on the hardware such as the CPU 101 and the RAM 102 shown in FIG. This is realized by reading and writing data in the RAM 102 and the auxiliary storage device 105. The subscriber identification information management device 2 may not include the input device 106 and the output device 107 in FIG.

  The DB server 3 is also configured by a computer such as a server and has the same hardware configuration as the subscriber identification information management apparatus 2 shown in FIG. Furthermore, since the master terminal 4 and the slave terminal 5 are communication terminals such as mobile phones, for example, they have the same hardware configuration as the subscriber identification information management apparatus 2 shown in FIG. Again, with reference to FIG. 1, each function part of the subscriber identification information management apparatus 2 is demonstrated in detail.

  The terminal connection control unit 20 is a part that controls a connection request from the master terminal 4. More specifically, when receiving a connection request from the master terminal 4, the terminal connection control unit 20 receives authentication information such as a user ID and a password from the master terminal 4 and passes through the user information management unit 31 of the DB server 3. The user information storage unit 30 is referred to and the master terminal 4 is authenticated. When the authentication information received from the master terminal 4 matches the authentication information stored in the user information storage unit 30, the terminal connection control unit 20 returns an access permission notification to permit access to the master terminal 4. . Note that the terminal connection control unit 20 may transmit an authentication information input request to the master terminal 4 prior to receiving the authentication information.

  In addition, in the authentication process of the master terminal 4 by the terminal connection control unit 20, only the password is input from the user in the master terminal 4 by using the subscriber identification information transmitted from the master terminal 4 instead of the user ID. It is good. Moreover, since the authentication process of the master terminal 4 by the terminal connection control unit 20 is not an essential process, the authentication process may not be performed.

  The subscriber identification information receiving unit 21 is a part that receives the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 transmitted from the subscriber identification information transmitting unit 42. Note that the subscriber identification information receiving unit 21 may transmit an input request for subscriber identification information to the master terminal 4 prior to reception of the subscriber identification information.

  The subscriber identification information registration unit 22 registers the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 received by the subscriber identification information reception unit 21 in the subscriber information storage unit 32 in association with the contract information of the master terminal 4. It is. Here, the contract information of the master terminal 4 may be acquired from the master terminal 4 or may be acquired from the user information storage unit 30 during the authentication process of the master terminal 4. When the subscriber identification information registration unit 22 transmits the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 in association with the contract information of the master terminal 4 to the subscriber information management unit 33 of the DB server 3, the subscriber information management unit 33 The subscriber identification information of the terminal 5 is registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32 in association with the contract information of the master terminal 4.

  Further, the subscriber identification information registration unit 22 acquires the contract information of the master terminal 4 from the subscriber information storage unit 32, and associates the acquired contract information of the master terminal 4 with the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 to subscribe. It is good also as registering in person information storage part 32. Since the master terminal 4 is a terminal capable of communicating by a contract with a predetermined communication carrier, the contract information for identifying the contract is associated with the subscriber identification information of the master terminal 4 and the subscriber information storage unit 32. It is registered in.

  The open / close permission / notification unit 23 notifies the master terminal 4 and the open / close notification that the communication through the communication network of the communication carrier is enabled by the registration of the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 by the subscriber identification information registration unit 22. This is a portion that transmits to at least one of the slave terminals 5. In the present embodiment, the opening / closing availability notification unit 23 transmits an opening availability notification to the master terminal 4 and the slave terminal 5.

  Next, each functional unit of the DB server 3 will be described in detail. The user information storage unit 30 is a part that stores authentication information for authenticating a user who has contracted with a communication carrier. The authentication information includes a user ID and a password. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the user information storage unit 30 and an example of stored data. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the user information storage unit 30 stores a password in association with a user ID that is information for identifying a user. As shown in FIG. 3, the user information storage unit 30 may store contract information, which is information for identifying a user contract, in association with a user ID. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the user information storage unit 30 stores, for example, a password “abcd” and contract information “A contract_1” in association with the user ID “AAA”.

  The user information management unit 31 is an interface for storing and referring to the user information storage unit 30. The user information management unit 31 performs data storage and reference to the user information storage unit 30 based on an instruction from the terminal connection control unit 20 of the subscriber identification information management device 2.

  Note that the user information management unit 31 may perform the authentication process of the master terminal 4 in place of the terminal connection control unit 20. In this case, after the authentication information is transmitted from the terminal connection control unit 20 to the user information management unit 31, the user information management unit 31 includes the user information stored in the user information storage unit 30 and the user information stored in the user information storage unit 30. It is determined whether or not they match. When the authentication information matches the user information, the user information management unit 31 returns a notification that the access of the master terminal 4 is permitted to the terminal connection control unit 20.

  The subscriber information storage unit 32 is a part that stores subscriber identification information of a terminal that can communicate with a communication carrier's communication network in association with contract information. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the subscriber information storage unit 32 and an example of stored data. As shown in FIG. 4A, the subscriber information storage unit 32 stores the IMSI number in association with the contract information. The subscriber identification information in this embodiment is an IMSI number.

  The subscriber information management unit 33 is an interface for storing and referring to the subscriber information storage unit 32. The subscriber information management unit 33 performs data storage and reference to the subscriber information storage unit 32 based on an instruction from the subscriber identification information registration unit 22 of the subscriber identification information management device 2.

  In the present embodiment, the DB server 3 includes the user information storage unit 30 and the subscriber information storage unit 32 as separate databases, but the user information storage unit 30 and the subscriber information storage unit 32 are provided as a single database. It may be provided as a database.

  Next, each functional unit of the master terminal 4 will be described in detail. The connection control unit 40 is a part that manages the connection with the subscriber identification information management apparatus 2 in order to perform the line opening process of the slave terminal 5. Specifically, the connection control unit 40 transmits a connection request to the subscriber identification information management device 2. The connection control unit 40 is a part that receives an authentication information input request such as a user ID and a password from the subscriber identification information management apparatus 2 and transmits the authentication information in response to the input request. The authentication information is input to the master terminal 4 by the user of the master terminal 4, for example. Furthermore, when the connection is permitted by the authentication information transmitted to the subscriber identification information management device 2, the connection control unit 40 is an access permission that is a notification that the connection with the subscriber identification information management device 2 is permitted. Receive notifications.

  The subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 is a part that acquires the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5. The subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 can acquire the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 by various methods. For example, the subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 can acquire the subscriber identification information by reading a QR code in which the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 is embedded with a code reader included in the master terminal 4. The QR code may be displayed on a display unit (not shown) of the slave terminal 5 or may be printed on a medium such as paper.

  Further, the subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 receives the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 by the proximity wireless communication exemplified by Bluetooth (registered trademark), infrared communication, W-LAN, and non-contact IC card. It is good also as acquiring from 5. Further, the subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 may acquire the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 from the slave terminal 5 by wired communication compliant with standards such as USB and IEEE1394. Furthermore, the subscriber identification information acquisition part 41 is good also as acquiring the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 from the slave terminal 5 by a user's input operation. Then, the subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 sends the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 to the subscriber identification information transmission unit 42.

  The subscriber identification information transmission unit 42 is a part that transmits the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 sent from the subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 to the subscriber identification information management device 2.

  The open / close permission / reception unit 43 is a part that receives the open / close permission notification transmitted from the subscriber identification information management device 2.

  Next, each functional unit of the slave terminal 5 will be described in detail. The subscriber identification information output unit 50 is a part that outputs the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 to the subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 of the master terminal 4. The subscriber identification information output unit 50 can output the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 by means such as displaying or printing a QR code in which the subscriber identification information is embedded, proximity wireless communication, and wired communication.

  The open / close permission / reception unit 51 is a part that receives the open / close permission notification transmitted from the subscriber identification information management device 2.

  Next, the operation of the terminal line opening system 1 in the terminal line opening method of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing the processing contents executed in the terminal line opening system 1.

  First, the subscriber identification information output unit 50 outputs IMSI information (subscriber identification information) of the slave terminal 5. The subscriber identification information acquisition unit 41 acquires the IMSI information output from the subscriber identification information output unit 50 (S1, subscriber identification information acquisition step). In addition, the master terminal 4 should just acquire IMSI information within the range shown by the arrow r.

  Subsequently, the connection control unit 40 of the master terminal 4 transmits a connection request to the subscriber identification information management device 2 (S2). After receiving the connection request, the terminal connection control unit 20 of the subscriber identification information management device 2 transmits an authentication information input request such as a user ID and a password to the master terminal 4 (S3). The connection control unit 40 of the master terminal 4 transmits the authentication information in response to the reception of the authentication information input request (S4).

  Subsequently, the terminal connection control unit 20 transmits the authentication information to the user information management unit 31 of the DB server 3 (S5). The user information management unit 31 determines whether or not the received authentication information matches the user information stored in the user information storage unit 30, and if the authentication information matches the user information, the user information management unit 31 Returns a notification that the access of the master terminal 4 is permitted to the subscriber identification information management apparatus 2 (S6). When the access permission notification is received, the terminal connection control unit 20 returns an access permission notification for permitting access to the master terminal 4 (S7).

  Subsequently, the subscriber identification information receiving unit 21 transmits an INSI number input request to the master terminal 4 (S8). In response to the input request, the subscriber identification information transmission unit 42 of the master terminal 4 transmits the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 acquired in step S1 to the subscriber identification information management device 2 (S9, subscriber identification information transmission step). ). Then, the subscriber identification information receiving unit 21 receives the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 transmitted from the subscriber identification information transmitting unit 42 (S9, subscriber identification information receiving step).

  Next, the subscriber identification information registration unit 22 of the subscriber identification information management apparatus 2 associates the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 received in step S5 with the contract information of the master terminal 4 in the subscriber information storage unit 32. Register (S10, subscriber identification information registration step). FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the subscriber information storage unit 32 and an example of stored data after the process of step S10 is performed. FIG. 4A shows a state before the process of step S10 is performed. In FIG. 4, the IMSI number of the master terminal 4 is “xxx”, and the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 is “zzz”. That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, the IMSI number “xxx” of the master terminal 4 that has been opened is contract information “A contract — 1” that is information for identifying a contract with a predetermined communication carrier. It is stored in association with each other. Thereby, the master terminal 4 can communicate with the communication network of the communication carrier based on the contract with the communication carrier. 4B, when the process of step S10 is performed, the IMSI number “zzz” of the slave terminal 5 is registered in association with the contract information “A contract_1” of the master terminal 4. Is done. Thereby, the slave terminal 5 can communicate with the communication network of the communication carrier based on the contract of the master terminal 4.

  Subsequently, the open / close notification unit 23 registers the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 by the subscriber identification information registration unit 22 so that the communication line of the slave terminal 5 is opened, and communication through the communication network of the communication carrier is enabled. A notification of whether or not the opening is possible is transmitted to the master terminal 4 (S11, opening and closing notification step). Further, the opening / closing availability notification unit 23 transmits an opening availability notification, which is a notification that the line of the slave terminal 5 has been opened, to the slave terminal 5 (S12, opening availability notification step). Note that the opening / closing notice transmitted to the slave terminal 5 includes predetermined information for changing the slave terminal 5 to a communicable state. And the slave terminal 5 will change the status of a self-terminal to a communicable state, if the notification of opening / closing availability is received (S13). Thus, the processing of the terminal line opening method of this embodiment is finished.

  In the terminal line opening system 1 and the terminal line opening method of the embodiment described above, the IMSI information (subscriber identification information) of the slave terminal 5 is associated with the contract information of the master terminal 4 and via the master terminal 4. It is registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32. As a result, the slave terminal 5 is registered as a communicable terminal. Accordingly, when the line of the slave terminal 5 is opened, the user does not need to make a special contract or the like, so the burden on the user is reduced.

  (Second Embodiment)

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the terminal line opening system 1 according to the second embodiment. In the terminal line opening system 1 according to the second embodiment, the terminal line opening system 1 of the first embodiment is such that the subscriber identification information management device 2 includes a subscriber identification information matching unit 24 (subscriber identification information matching means). Is different.

  The subscriber identification information collation unit 24 collates whether or not the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 received by the subscriber identification information reception unit 21 is registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32, and subscriber identification is performed. When information is not registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32, it is a part for determining whether or not registration is possible, which is a determination that the subscriber identification information can be registered. Then, the subscriber identification information matching unit 24 sends the result of registration determination to the subscriber identification information registration unit 22.

  The verification of the subscriber identification information is performed by the subscriber identification information verification unit 24 referring to the subscriber information storage unit 32 via the subscriber information management unit 33. In addition, the subscriber identification information verification unit 24 transmits the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 to the subscriber information management unit 33, and the subscriber information management unit 33 transmits the subscriber identification information to the subscriber information management unit 33. The verification may be performed by referring to the subscriber information storage unit 32 based on the identification information, and the verification result may be returned to the subscriber identification information verification unit 24 as a result of the determination as to whether or not registration is possible.

  The subscriber identification information registration unit 22 in the second embodiment associates the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 with the contract information of the master terminal 4 when the registration identification determination is made by the subscriber identification information matching unit 24. To the subscriber information storage unit 32.

  Next, the operation of the terminal line opening system 1 in the terminal line opening method of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a timing chart showing an example of processing contents executed in the terminal line opening system 1 in the second embodiment mobile phone.

  The processing contents executed in steps S21 to S29 are the same as the processing contents executed in steps S1 to S9 in FIG.

  Subsequent to the processing of step S29, the subscriber identification information collation unit 24 transmits the IMSI number (subscriber identification information) of the slave terminal 5 to the subscriber information management unit 33, and sends the IMSI number to the subscriber information management unit 33. Are collated (S30).

  Subsequently, the subscriber information management unit 33 performs collation by referring to the subscriber information storage unit 32 based on the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5, and notifies the determination result of whether or not the IMSI number can be registered. That is, the subscriber information management unit 33 displays the determination result that the IMSI number can be registered when the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 is not registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32 as a subscriber identification information matching unit 24. (S31).

  When the subscriber identification information matching unit 24 receives a determination result indicating that the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 can be registered in step S31 (S32), the subscriber identification information registration unit 22 receives the determination result in step S5. The IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 is registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32 in association with the contract information of the master terminal 4 (S33). In this case, the open / close permission notification unit 23 registers the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 by the subscriber identification information registration unit 22 so that the communication line of the slave terminal 5 is opened, and communication via the communication network of a predetermined communication carrier is performed. A notification indicating whether or not opening is possible is transmitted to the master terminal 4 and the slave terminal 5 (S34, S35). The slave terminal 5 changes the status of its own terminal to a communicable state when receiving a notification indicating whether the line has been opened (S13).

  On the other hand, if the subscriber identification information matching unit 24 does not receive a determination result indicating that the IMSI number of the slave terminal 5 can be registered in step S31 (S32), registration of the IMSI number is not performed. Then, the open / close permission notification unit 23 transmits a notification to the master terminal 4 and the slave terminal 5 that the slave terminal 5 cannot open the line. In this case, the process of step S36 is not performed. Thus, the processing of the terminal line opening method of the second embodiment is finished.

  In the terminal line opening system 1 and the terminal line opening method of the second embodiment described above, the IMSI information can be registered when the IMSI information of the slave terminal 5 is not already registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32. Judgment is made. As a result, the IMSI information already registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32 is not registered, thereby preventing duplicate registration of the IMSI information.

  (Third embodiment)

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the terminal line opening system 1 according to the third embodiment. In the terminal line opening system 1 according to the third embodiment, the terminal line opening of the second embodiment is that the DB server 3 further includes an issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 (issued subscriber identification information storage means). It is different from the system 1.

  The issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 is a part that stores issued subscriber identification information, which is subscriber identification information issued in association with a terminal or a storage means such as SIM attached to the terminal. is there. Subscriber identification information such as IMSI and TMSI is issued in association with SIMs mounted on various devices such as portable terminals. In other words, the issued subscriber identification information is stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 regardless of whether or not a registration procedure for line opening has been performed for the SIM storing the subscriber identification information. Has been. Accordingly, the subscriber identification information stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 is the legitimately issued subscriber identification information.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 and an example of stored data. As illustrated in FIG. 9A, the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 stores IMSI numbers such as “xxx”, “yyy”, and “zzz”.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 9B, the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 is an identifier indicating that the subscriber identification information for the slave terminal 5 is subscriber identification information for the slave terminal. It may be stored in association with a certain flag for slave. In FIG. 9B, the slave flag “1” is associated with the IMSI number “zzz”.

  In the subscriber identification information matching unit 24 in the third embodiment, the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 received by the subscriber identification information receiving unit 21 is stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34, If it is not registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32, it is determined that the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 can be registered.

  When the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 stores the subscriber identification information together with the slave flag, the subscriber identification information matching unit 24 is received by the subscriber identification information receiving unit 21. When the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 is stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 in association with the slave flag “1” and is not registered in the subscriber information storage unit 32. Then, it is determined that the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 can be registered.

  In the terminal line opening system 1 according to the third embodiment described above, the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 stores both registered and valid subscriber identification information. Then, when the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 matches the issued subscriber identification information stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34, it is determined that registration is possible. Registration of information is prevented.

  When the issued subscriber identification information storage unit 34 stores the subscriber identification information together with the slave flag, the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal 5 is the subscriber identification to which the slave flag is attached. Since registration is determined when the information matches, only the subscriber identification information that has been previously distinguished for the slave terminal is registered.

  The present invention has been described in detail based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The present invention can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Terminal line opening system, 2 ... Subscriber identification information management apparatus, 3 ... DB server, 4 ... Master terminal, 5 ... Slave terminal, 20 ... Terminal connection control part, 21 ... Subscriber identification information receiving part, 22 ... Subscription User identification information registration unit, 23 ... Opening availability notification unit, 24 ... Subscriber identification information verification unit, 30 ... User information storage unit, 31 ... User information management unit, 32 ... Subscriber information storage unit, 33 ... Subscriber information management 34 ... Issued subscriber identification information storage unit, 40 ... Connection control unit, 41 ... Subscriber identification information acquisition unit, 42 ... Subscriber identification information transmission unit, 43 ... Open / close reception unit, 50 ... Subscriber identification information Output unit, 51... Open / Closed reception unit.

Claims (3)

By storing the subscriber identification information, which is information for identifying a terminal, in association with the contract information, which is information for identifying a contract with a predetermined communication carrier, based on the contract with the communication carrier, A terminal line opening system for opening a communication line of the terminal via the communication network of the carrier;
Subscriber identification information acquisition means for acquiring subscriber identification information of a slave terminal that is a terminal that is communicable with the communication network of the communication carrier based on a contract with the communication carrier and is not a line-opened, and A master terminal comprising subscriber identification information transmitting means for transmitting the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal acquired by the subscriber identification information acquiring means;
Subscriber identification information receiving means for receiving the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal transmitted by the subscriber identification information transmitting means;
Subscriber information storage means for storing the subscriber identification information of a terminal communicable by the communication network of the communication carrier in association with the contract information;
Issued subscriber identification information storage means for storing issued subscriber identification information which is subscriber identification information issued in association with a terminal or storage means attached to the terminal;
It is checked whether or not the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal received by the subscriber identification information receiving means is registered in the subscriber information storage means, and the subscriber identification information is stored in the subscriber information storage. Registration that is a determination that the subscriber identification information can be registered when the subscriber identification information is not registered in the means and the subscriber identification information is stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage means Subscriber identification information collating means for determining possibility;
When the registration determination is made by the subscriber identification information matching unit, the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal received by the subscriber identification information receiving unit is associated with the contract information of the master terminal. Subscriber identification information registration means for registering in the subscriber information storage means,
A notification indicating whether or not communication by the communication network of the carrier has been made possible by registration of the subscriber identification information by the subscriber identification information registration means is at least one of the master terminal and the slave terminal. A terminal line opening system, comprising: a means for notifying whether to open or not, which is transmitted to one side. The issued subscriber identification information storage means stores the subscriber identification information for the slave terminal in association with a slave flag that is an identifier indicating the subscriber identification information for the slave terminal. And
The subscriber identification information collating unit determines whether the registration is possible when the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal is stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage unit in association with the slave flag. The terminal line opening system according to claim 1, wherein: By storing the subscriber identification information, which is information for identifying a terminal, in association with the contract information, which is information for identifying a contract with a predetermined communication carrier, based on the contract with the communication carrier, A terminal line opening method in a terminal line opening system for opening a communication line of the terminal via the communication network of the carrier,
Subscriber identification information for acquiring, based on a contract with the telecommunications carrier, a master terminal, which is a terminal that can communicate with the telecommunications carrier's communication network, from the slave terminal, which is a terminal that has not been opened An acquisition step;
A subscriber identification information transmission step in which the master terminal transmits the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal acquired in the subscriber identification information acquisition step;
A subscriber identification information receiving step for receiving the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal transmitted in the subscriber identification information transmission step;
The subscriber identification information of the slave terminal received in the subscriber identification information receiving step stores the subscriber identification information of a terminal communicable by the communication carrier's communication network in association with the contract information. Whether the subscriber identification information is registered in the subscriber information storage means, and if the subscriber identification information is not registered in the subscriber information storage means, and the subscriber identification information is attached to the terminal or the terminal The subscriber identification information when stored in the issued subscriber identification information storage means storing the issued subscriber identification information which is the subscriber identification information issued in association with the stored storage means. A subscriber identification information collating step for determining whether or not registration is possible, which is a determination that registration is possible,
When the registration possibility determination is made in the subscriber identification information collating step, the subscriber identification information of the slave terminal received in the subscriber identification information receiving step is associated with the contract information of the master terminal. Te, a subscriber identification information registration step of registering the subscriber information storage means,
A notification indicating whether or not communication by the communication carrier's communication network is enabled by registration of the subscriber identification information in the subscriber identification information registration step is at least one of the master terminal and the slave terminal. A terminal line opening method, comprising: a step of notifying of whether or not to open.

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