IP telephone system, IP telephone apparatus and method for identifying destination user
First Claim
1. An IP telephone system comprising:
- an IP telephone apparatus that is connected to an IP network;
a Web server that stores ring tone information corresponding to a telephone number assigned to said IP telephone apparatus, and transmits the ring tone information in response to a request from said IP telephone apparatus; and
an ENUM server that stores a NAPTR resource record in which a URI specifies link data related to the ring tone information, the information being stored in said Web server, and transmits the NAPTR resource record in response to a query from said IP telephone apparatus, wherein said IP telephone apparatus that has received a call transmits, to said ENUM server, a query for a NAPTR resource record according to an intended recipient telephone number, and transmits, to said Web server, a request for the ring tone information corresponding to the intended recipient telephone number, according to the obtained NAPTR resource record, and sounds a ring tone according to the obtained ring tone information.
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Abstract
An IP telephone system includes a source IP telephone apparatus, a destination telephone apparatus, a Web server and an ENUM server. The IP telephone apparatuses are connected to an IP network. The Web server stores ring tone information corresponding to a telephone number assigned to the source or destination IP telephone apparatus. The ENUM server stores a NAPTR resource record in which a URI specifies link data related to the ring tone information stored in the Web server. In the IP telephone system, the IP telephone apparatus that has received a call transmits, to the ENUM server, a query for a NAPTR record corresponding to an intended recipient'"'"'s telephone number. The IP telephone apparatus then transmits, to the Web server, a request for the ring tone information corresponding to the intended recipient'"'"'s telephone number according to the obtained NAPTR resource record, and sounds a ring tone according to the obtained ring tone information
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11 Claims
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1. An IP telephone system comprising:
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an IP telephone apparatus that is connected to an IP network;
a Web server that stores ring tone information corresponding to a telephone number assigned to said IP telephone apparatus, and transmits the ring tone information in response to a request from said IP telephone apparatus; and
an ENUM server that stores a NAPTR resource record in which a URI specifies link data related to the ring tone information, the information being stored in said Web server, and transmits the NAPTR resource record in response to a query from said IP telephone apparatus, wherein said IP telephone apparatus that has received a call transmits, to said ENUM server, a query for a NAPTR resource record according to an intended recipient telephone number, and transmits, to said Web server, a request for the ring tone information corresponding to the intended recipient telephone number, according to the obtained NAPTR resource record, and sounds a ring tone according to the obtained ring tone information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An IP telephone apparatus that is connected to a Web server and an ENUM server, the Web server storing ring tone information corresponding to a telephone number assigned to an IP telephone apparatus on an IP network, the ENUM server storing a NAPTR resource record in which a URI specifies link data related to the ring tone information, the information being stored in the Web server, the IP telephone apparatus comprising:
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a query unit that transmits, to the ENUM server, a query for a NAPTR resource record according to an intended recipient telephone number, when receiving a call from another IP telephone apparatus on the IP network;
a requester that transmits, to the Web server, a request for the ring tone information corresponding to the intended recipient telephone number according to the obtained NAPTR resource record; and
a sound unit that sounds a ring tone according to the obtained ring tone information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A method for identifying a destination user comprising:
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using an IP telephone apparatus that is connected to a Web server and an ENUM server, the Web server storing ring tone information corresponding to a telephone number assigned to an IP telephone apparatus on an IP network, the ENUM server storing a NAPTR resource record in which a URI specifies link data related to the ring tone information, the information being stored in the Web server, wherein, when a call is received from another IP telephone apparatus on the IP network, a query is transmitted to the ENUM server, the query being for a NAPTR resource record according to an intended recipient telephone number, a request is transmitted to the Web server, the request being for the ring tone information corresponding to the intended recipient telephone number according to the obtained NAPTR resource record, and a ring tone is sounded according to the obtained ring tone information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An IP telephone system comprising:
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an IP telephone apparatus that stores a URI and ring tone information corresponding to a telephone number assigned to the IP telephone apparatus; and
an ENUM server that stores a NAPTR resource record specifying a URI corresponding to a telephone number assigned to said IP telephone apparatus, and transmits a NAPTR resource record in response to a query from said IP telephone apparatus, wherein a source IP telephone apparatus transmits, to said ENUM server, a query for a NAPTR resource record by specifying a telephone number, and places a call based on a URI specified in the obtained NAPTR resource record, and wherein a destination IP telephone apparatus sounds a ring tone according to the ring tone information corresponding to the URI specified by the source IP telephone apparatus.
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11. A method for identifying a destination user comprising:
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using an IP telephone apparatus that is connected to an ENUM server, the ENUM server storing a NAPTR resource record that specifies a URI corresponding to a telephone number assigned to an IP telephone apparatus on an IP network, and stores a URI and ring tone information corresponding to a telephone number assigned to the IP telephone apparatus, wherein a source IP telephone apparatus transmits, to the ENUM server, a query for a NAPTR resource record by specifying a telephone number, and places a call based on a URI specified in the obtained NAPTR resource record, and wherein a destination IP telephone apparatus sounds a ring tone according to the ring tone information corresponding to the URI specified by the source IP telephone apparatus.
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