Method and device for limitng call accompanying execution of application

• US 20030142804A1
• Filed: 09/27/2002
• Published: 07/31/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Wakabayashi, Tatsuaki, Yamada, Kazuhiro, Kamiya, Dai
• Granted Patent: US 6,928,151 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/188
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/677 Preventing the dialling or sending of predetermined telephone numbers or selected types of telephone numbers, e.g. long distance numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/053 remote terminal provisioning, e.g. of applets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

When a Java application AP originates a call to a certain communication node, a Java application manager JAM refers to the history of outgoing/incoming calls and telephone directory data mentioned above to determine whether the call origination processing should be granted by checking whether the telephone number of the communication node, for which call origination is to be implemented, is included in the history of outgoing/incoming calls or the telephone directory data. The determination is based on an idea in which, if the telephone number of the communication node for which call origination is to be performed is included in the history of outgoing/incoming calls or the telephone directory data, then the call origination processing is valid on a basis of the recognition in that a portable telephone has performed communication with the communication node in the past or the user has recognized it as a communication partner.

Claims

1. A call origination limiting method comprising:

a comparison step for comparing, when call origination is performed from a communication terminal accompanied by executing an application, a telephone number of a communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with a telephone number of a communication node which has been stored in storing means beforehand and for which call origination has been granted; and

a determination step for determining whether the call origination should be granted or not on a basis of the result of the comparison.

2. The call origination limiting method according to claim 1, wherein

the storing means is a memory for storing telephone directory data, and compares the telephone number of a communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with telephone numbers included in the telephone directory data in the comparison step.

3. The call origination limiting method according to claim 1, wherein

the storing means is a memory for storing a history of outgoing/incoming calls, and compares the telephone number of the communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with telephone numbers of at least either the outgoing calls or incoming calls in the history of outgoing/incoming calls in the comparison step.

4. The call origination limiting method according to claim 1, wherein

the storing means stores plural types of telephone number groups, and compares, in the comparison step, the telephone number of the communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with a type of telephone number groups corresponding to an application to be executed.

5. The call origination limiting method according to claim 1, comprising:

a step for outputting a predetermined error message and prompting an operation for instructing a call origination performed by a user if call origination processing has been rejected in the determination step; and

a step for accepting the operation for an instruction of call origination by a user and implementing the call origination.

6. The call origination limiting method according to claim 1, wherein

the call origination is a processing for line connection for voice communication.

7. The call origination limiting method according to claim 1, wherein

the call origination is a processing for line connection for data communication.

8. A program for causing a computer that controls a communication terminal to execute:

a comparison step for comparing, when a call origination is performed from a communication terminal accompanied by executing an application, a telephone number of a communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with a telephone number of a communication node which has been stored in storing means beforehand and for which call origination has been granted; and

a determination step for determining whether the call origination should be granted or not on a basis of the result of the comparison.

9. The program according to claim 8, wherein

the storing means is a memory for storing telephone directory data, and compares the telephone number of a communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with the telephone numbers included in the telephone directory data in the comparison step.

10. The program according to claim 8, wherein

the storing means is a memory for storing a history of outgoing/incoming calls, and compares the telephone number of the communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with the telephone numbers of at least either the outgoing calls or incoming calls in the history of outgoing/incoming calls in the comparison step.

11. The program according to claim 8, wherein

the storing means stores plural types of telephone number groups, and compares the telephone number of the communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with a type of telephone number groups corresponding to an application to be executed.

12. The program according to claim 8, comprising:

a step for outputting a predetermined error message and prompting an operation for instructing a call origination performed by a user if the call origination processing has been rejected in the determination step; and

a step for accepting the operation for instructing the call origination performed by the user and carrying out the call origination.

13. The program according to claim 8, wherein

the call origination is a processing for line connection for voice communication.

14. The program according to claim 8, wherein

the call origination is a processing for line connection for data communication.

15. The program according to claim 8, wherein

the application is an application described in Java programming language.

16. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer that controls a communication terminal to carry out:

a comparison step for comparing, when a call origination is performed from a communication terminal accompanied by executing an application, a telephone number of a communication node for which the call origination is to be implemented with a telephone number of a communication node which has been stored in storing means beforehand and for which call origination has been granted; and

a determination step for determining whether the call origination should be granted on a basis of the result of the comparison.

17. A communication terminal comprising:

storing means for storing telephone numbers of communication nodes for which call origination has been granted;

comparing means for comparing, when call origination is accompanied by executing an application, a telephone number of a communication node for which the call origination is to be performed with a telephone number stored in storing means; and

determination means for determining whether the call origination should be granted on a basis of the result of the comparison.

18. The communication terminal according to claim 17, wherein the communication terminal is a portable telephone for performing radio communication.