Shared phone, medium having recorded therein program for controlling shared phone, and method for controlling shared phone

• US 20060264234A1
• Filed: 08/25/2005
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Akama, Katsuaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,792,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The present invention provides a shared phone, a medium having recorded therein a program for controlling the shared phone, and a method for controlling the shared phone, which can make the shared use by a plurality of users easy. The shared phone switches phone numbers depending on users, and includes a user information storage unit that stores user information including phone numbers for each user, a public line communication unit that performs public line communication, and registers phone numbers stored in the user information storage unit to a public line, and detects an incoming call to a registered phone number, a display unit that, in case an incoming call is detected by the public line communication unit, displays user information corresponding to the incoming call from among user information stored by the user information storage unit, and an operation unit that accepts instruction for public line communication from a user, and sends the instruction to the public line communication unit.

Claims

1. A shared phone that switches phone numbers depending on users, comprising:

a user information storage unit that stores user information including phone numbers for each user;

a public line communication unit that performs public line communication, and registers phone numbers stored in the user information storage unit to a public line, and detects an incoming call to a registered phone number;

a display unit that, in case an incoming call is detected by the public line communication unit, displays user information corresponding to the incoming call from among user information stored by the user information storage unit; and

an operation unit that accepts instruction for public line communication from a user, and sends the instruction to the public line communication unit.

2. The shared phone according to claim 1, wherein

in case of originating a call to the public line, the display unit displays user information stored by the user information storage unit, and

the operation unit accepts, from a user, selection of user information of the origination source and input of information of the destination from among the user information, and

the public line communication unit originates a call using the public line in accordance with information of the origination source and of the destination acquired from the operation unit.

3. The shared phone according to claim 1, further comprising, an intra-area radio communication unit that performs radio communication with a radio communication device that has stored therein the user information in advance,

wherein the intra-area radio communication unit detects the radio communication device located in a predetermined area, and takes in the user information from thus detected radio communication device by way of radio communication, and makes the user information storage unit store the user information.

4. The shared phone according to claim 3, wherein,

in case radio communication with the detected radio communication device is cut off, the intra-area radio communication unit deletes user information stored in the user information storage unit.

5. The shared phone according to claim 1, wherein the shared phone is a cellular phone.

6. A medium that has recorded therein, readably by a computer, a shared phone control program that makes a shared phone computer perform control for a shared phone that switches phone numbers depending on users,

the shared phone control program making a computer perform the steps comprising:

a user information storage step that stores user information including phone numbers for each user;

a phone number registration step that registers phone numbers stored in the user information storage step to a public line;

an incoming call detection step that detects an incoming call from the public line;

a display step that, in case an incoming call to the phone number is detected in the incoming call detection step, displays user information corresponding to the incoming call from among user information stored in the user information storage step;

an operation step that accepts instruction for public line communication from a user; and

a public line communication step that performs public line communication in accordance with the instruction acquired in the operation step.

7. The medium that has recorded therein a shared phone control program according to claim 6, wherein,

in case of originating a call to the public line, the display step displays user information stored in the user information storage step,

the operation step accepts, from a user, selection of user information of the origination source and input of information of the destination from among the user information, and

the public line communication step originates a call using the public line in accordance with information of the origination source and of the destination acquired in the operation step.

8. The medium that has recorded therein a shared phone control program according to claim 6, that,

prior to the user information storage step, makes a computer perform a user information take-in step that detects a radio communication device which has stored therein the user information in advance in a predetermined area, and takes in the user information from thus detected radio communication device by way of radio communication, and makes the user information storage step store the user information.

9. The medium that has recorded therein a shared phone control program according to claim 8, that,

in case radio communication with the detected radio communication device is cut off, further performs a user information deletion step that deletes user information stored in the user information storage step.

10. A method for controlling a shared phone that performs control for a shared phone that switches phone numbers depending on users, the method performing the steps comprising:

a user information storage step that stores user information including phone numbers for each user;

a phone number registration step that registers phone numbers stored in the user information storage step to a public line;

an incoming call detection step that detects an incoming call from the public line;

a display step that, in case an incoming call to the phone number is detected in the incoming call detection step, displays user information corresponding to the incoming call from among user information stored in the user information storage step;

an operation step that accepts instruction for public line communication from a user; and

a public line communication step that performs public line communication in accordance with the instruction acquired in the operation step.

11. The method for controlling a shared phone according to claim 10, wherein,

in case of originating a call to the public line, the display step displays user information stored in the user information storage step, and

the operation step accepts, from a user, selection of user information of the origination source and input of information of the destination from among the user information, and

the public line communication step originates a call using the public line in accordance with information of the origination source and of the destination acquired in the operation step.

12. The method for controlling a shared phone according to claim 10, that,

prior to the user information storage step, performs a user information take-in step that detects a radio communication device which has stored therein the user information in advance in a predetermined area, and takes in the user information from thus detected radio communication device by way of radio communication, and makes the user information storage step store the user information.

13. The method for controlling a shared phone according to claim 12, that,

in case radio communication with the detected radio communication device is cut off, further performs a user information deletion step that deletes user information stored in the user information storage step.

14. A method for controlling a shared phone that performs control for a shared phone that switches phone numbers depending on users who carry about a radio communication device, the method performing the steps comprising:

a user information transmission step that, in the radio communication device, stores user information including phone numbers in advance, and transmits the user information to the shared phone;

a user information take-in step that, in the shared phone, detects the radio communication device located in a predetermined area, and takes in the user information from thus detected radio communication device by way of radio communication;

a user information storage step that, in the shared phone, stores user information taken in by a radio communication step in the area;

a phone number registration step that, in the shared phone, registers phone numbers stored in the user information storage step to a public line;

an incoming call detection step that, in the shared phone, detects an incoming call from the public line;

a display step that, in the shared phone, in case an incoming call to the phone number is detected in the incoming call detection step, displays user information corresponding to the incoming call from among user information stored in the user information storage step;

an operation step that, in the shared phone, accepts instruction for public line communication from a user; and

a public line communication step that, in the shared phone, performs public line communication in accordance with the instruction acquired in the operation step.

15. The method for controlling a shared phone according to claim 14, wherein,

in case of originating a call to the public line, the display step displays user information stored in the user information storage step,

the operation step accepts, from a user, selection of user information of the origination source and input of information of the destination from among the user information, and

the public line communication step originates a call using the public line in accordance with information of the origination source and of the destination acquired in the operation step.

16. The method for controlling a shared phone according to claim 14, that,

in case radio communication with the detected radio communication device is cut off, further performs a user information deletion step that deletes user information stored in the user information storage step.