IP telephone device, method of initial setting of the same and computer-readable recording medium

• US 20050220295A1
• Filed: 03/30/2005
• Published: 10/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Koikeda, Tsuneyuki
• Application Number:
  US11/097,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20050220295A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/12 Discriminative metering , charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/49 Connection to several service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/51 for resellers, retailers or service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/56 for VoIP communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/745 Customizing according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. friends or family
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8044 Least cost routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0108 Customization according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. customer preferences, friends and family, selecting services or billing options, Personal Communication Systems [PCS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/202 VoIP; Packet switched telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/42 Least cost routing, i.e. provision for selecting the lowest cost tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/46 Connection to several service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/54 Resellers-retail or service providers billing, e.g. agreements with telephone service operator, activation, charging/recharging of accounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/745 Least cost routing, e.g. Automatic or manual, call by call or by preselection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42314 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

An IP telephone device is provided and has a storage unit which stores a plurality of initial setup data corresponding to respective providers, an input unit which input a telephone number, a selection unit which specifies a provider managing the inputted telephone number based on a corresponding relation between telephone numbers and the respective providers, and which reads an initial setup data corresponding to the specified provider from the storage unit, and an output unit which outputs the initial setup data read by the selection unit.

Claims

1. An IP telephone device, comprising:

a storage unit which stores a plurality of initial setup data corresponding to respective providers;

an input unit which input a telephone number;

a selection unit which specifies a provider managing the inputted telephone number based on a corresponding relation between telephone numbers and the respective providers, and which reads an initial setup data corresponding to the specified provider from the storage unit; and

an output unit which outputs the initial setup data read by the selection unit.

2. The IP telephone device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a setup unit which performs an initial setup process based on input data which is inputted in response to the initial setup data outputted by the output unit.

3. The IP telephone device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the initial setup data is an initial setup screen.

4. The IP telephone device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the corresponding relation between the telephone numbers and the respective providers is formed in a table form.

5. The IP telephone device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a provider accessing unit which specifies a provider corresponded to a called party'"'"'s telephone number inputted upon calling based on the corresponding relation between the telephone numbers and the respective providers, and which performs a process of accessing to the specified provider.

6. The IP telephone device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the corresponding relation is further corresponded the respective provides to groups to which the respective providers are belonged;

and

wherein the provider accessing unit which specifies a group corresponded to the called party'"'"'s telephone number inputted upon calling based on the corresponding relation between the telephone numbers, the respective providers and the groups, and which performs a process of accessing to the provider which belongs to the specified group.

7. A method of initial setting of an IP telephone device, comprising:

inputting a telephone number;

specifying a provider managing the inputted telephone number based on a corresponding relation between telephone numbers and respective providers;

reading an initial setup data corresponding to the specified provider from the storage unit which stores a plurality of initial setup data corresponding to the respective providers;

outputting the initial setup data read from the storage unit.

8. The method as set forth in claim 7, further comprising:

performing an initial setup process based on input date which is inputted in response to the outputted initial setup data.

9. The method as set forth in claim 7, further comprising:

specifying a provider corresponded to a called party'"'"'s telephone number inputted upon calling based on the corresponding relation between the telephone numbers and the respective providers; and

performing a process of accessing to the specified provider.

10. The method as set forth in claim 9, wherein the corresponding relation is further corresponded the respective provides to groups to which the respective providers are belonged, and

the method further comprising:

specifying a group corresponded to the called party'"'"'s telephone number inputted upon calling based on the corresponding relation between the telephone numbers, the respective providers and the groups; and

performing a process of accessing to the provider which belongs to the specified group.

11. A computer-readable recording medium for causing a computer to execute the method of initial setting of an IP telephone device according to any one of claims 7 to 10.