Connection control apparatus, method, and program

• US 20070165800A1
• Filed: 11/30/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kurihara, Hiroshi, Shimamori, Mitsuhisa, Imura, Shiro
• Application Number:
  US11/606,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20070165800A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/100.120
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0012 Details of application programming interfaces [API] for telephone networks; Arrangements which combine a telephonic communication equipment and a computer, i.e. computer telephony integration [CPI] arrangements

Abstract

A connection control server provided on a network is operable to control a connection state of telephone terminals connected to each other via the network. The connection control server has a command notification reception processing unit for receiving a switching request of a session established between telephone terminals from a user terminal connected to the network, and a session control processing unit for switching a connection of the session between the telephone terminals in response to the switching request.

Claims

1. A connection control apparatus, disposed on a network, for controlling a connection state of telephone terminals connected to each other via the network, said connection control apparatus comprising:

switching request reception means for receiving a switching request of a session established between said telephone terminals from an information processing terminal connected to the network; and

connection switching means for switching connection ends of the session between the telephone terminals in response to the switching request.

2. The connection control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to switch at least one of the connection ends in the session between the telephone terminals into another device.

3. The connection control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call the other device and connect the other device to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

4. The connection control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call the other device and connect the other device to both telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

5. The connection control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call another telephone terminal as the other device and connect the other telephone terminal to the at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

6. The connection control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call, as the other device, a media server for providing content information including a sound and an image to the telephone terminals and connect the media server to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

7. The connection control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call, as the other device, a mixing server for mixing information supplied from predetermined devices connected thereto to produce the mixed input information to the connected predetermined devices and connect the media server to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

8. The connection control apparatus according to claim 7, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call a third party'"'"'s telephone terminal and connect the third party'"'"'s telephone terminal to the mixing server.

9. The connection control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to switch the connection ends of the session via a call control server, disposed on the network, for performing a call control and a connection control for telephone terminals.

10. A web server, connected to a connection control apparatus disposed on a network, for opening a website which receives access from an information processing terminal connected to the network, said web server comprising:

switching command reception means for receiving a switching request of a session established between telephone terminals connected to each other via the network from the information processing terminal and for notifying the connection control apparatus of the switching request.

11. The web server according to claim 10, further comprising:

switching content information storage means for preliminarily storing switching content of the session; and

switching content display means for displaying the switching content on the information processing terminal in a selectable manner; and

wherein said switching command reception means is operable to receive, as a switching command, switching content selected from the information processing terminal on an indication by said switching content display means.

12. The web server according to claim 11, wherein:

said switching content display means is operable to display, as the switching content, an indication of call redirection and telephone numbers of destination of the call redirection on the information processing terminal.

13. The web server according to claim 11, wherein:

said switching content display means is operable to display, as the switching content, an indication of a three-party call and telephone numbers of a possible third party to be added on the information processing terminal.

14. The web server according to claim 11, wherein:

said switching content display means is operable to display, as the switching content, an indication of transmission of predetermined content information to a telephone terminal and a list of content information to be selected on the information processing terminal.

15. A connection control system comprising a connection control apparatus disposed on a network and a web server connected to said connection control apparatus, said connection control apparatus controlling a connection state of telephone terminals connected to each other via the network, said web server opening a website which receives access from an information processing terminal connected to the network, wherein:

said web server comprises switching command reception means for receiving a switching request of a session established between the telephone terminals from the information processing terminal and for notifying said connection control apparatus of the switching request; and

said connection control apparatus comprises;

switching request reception means for receiving the switching request; and

connection switching means for switching connection ends of the session between the telephone terminals in response to the switching request.

16. The connection control system according to claim 15, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to switch at least one of the connection ends in the session between the telephone terminals into another device.

17. The connection control system according to claim 16, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call the other device and connect the other device to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

18. The connection control system according to claim 16, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call the other device and connect the other device to both of the telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

19. The connection control system according to claim 17, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call another telephone terminal as the other device and connect the other telephone terminal to the at least one of the telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

20. The connection control system according to claim 16, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call, as the other device, a media server for providing content information including a sound and an image to the telephone terminals and connect the media server to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

21. The connection control system according to claim 16, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call, as the other device, a mixing server for mixing information supplied from predetermined devices thereto to produce the mixed input information to the connected predetermined devices and connect the mixing server to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

22. The connection control system according to claim 21, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to call a third party'"'"'s telephone terminal and connect the third party'"'"'s telephone terminal to the mixing server.

23. The connection control system according to claim 15, wherein:

said connection switching means is operable to switch the connection ends of the session via a call control server, disposed on the network, for performing a call control and a connection control for telephone terminals.

24. The connection control system according to claim 15, wherein said web server further comprises:

switching content information storage means for preliminarily storing switching content of the session; and

switching content display means for displaying the switching content on the information processing terminal in a selectable manner, and

wherein said switching command reception means is operable to receive, as a switching command, the switching content selected from the information processing terminal on an indication by said switching content display means.

25. The connection control system according to claim 24, wherein:

said switching content display means is operable to display, as the switching content, an indication of call redirection and telephone numbers of destination of the call redirection on the information processing terminal.

26. The connection control system according to claim 24, wherein:

said switching content display means is operable to display, as the switching content, an indication of a three-party call and telephone numbers of a possible third party to be added on the information processing terminal.

27. The connection control system according to claim 24, wherein:

said switching content display means is operable to display, as the switching content, an indication of transmission of content information to a telephone terminal and a list of content information to be selected on the information processing terminal.

28. A program for controlling, by a connection control computer disposed on a network, a connection state of telephone terminals connected to each other via the network, the program making the connection control computer execute the steps of:

receiving a switching request of a session established between the telephone terminals from an information processing terminal connected to the network; and

switching connection ends of the session between the telephone terminals in response to the switching request.

29. The program according to claim 28, wherein:

said switching step switches at least one of the connection ends in the session between the telephone terminals into another device.

30. The program according to claim 29, wherein:

said switching step calls the other device and connects the other device to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

31. The program according to claim 29, wherein:

said switching step calls the other device and connects the other device to both of the telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

32. The program according to claim 30, wherein:

said switching step calls another telephone terminal as the other device and connects the other telephone terminal to the at least one of the telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

33. The program according to claim 29, wherein:

said switching step calls, as the other device, a media server for providing content information including a sound and an image to the telephone terminals and connects the media server to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

34. The program according to claim 29, wherein:

said switching step calls, as the other device, a mixing server for mixing information supplied from predetermined device connected thereto to produce the mixed input information to the connected predetermined devices and

connects the media server to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

35. A program for making the web server execute a process, the web server being connected to a connection control apparatus disposed on a network, the connection control apparatus controlling a connection state of telephone terminals connected to each other via the network, the web server opening a website which receives access from an information processing terminal connected to the network, the process comprising the step of:

receiving a switching request of a session established between the telephone terminals from the information processing terminal to notify the connection control apparatus of the switching request.

36. The program according to claim 35, wherein said process further comprises a step of displaying switching content of the session which is preliminarily stored in switching content information storage means on the information processing terminal in a selectable manner,

wherein said receiving step receives, as a switching command, the switching content selected on an indication by said displaying step.

37. The program according to claim 36, wherein said displaying step displays, as the switching content, an indication of call redirection and telephone numbers of destination of the call redirection on the information processing terminal.

38. The program according to claim 36, wherein said displaying step displays, as the switching content, an indication of a three-party call and telephone numbers of a possible third party to be added on the information processing terminal.

39. The program according to claim 36, wherein said displaying step displays, as the switching content, an indication of transmission of content information to a telephone terminal and a list of content information to be selected on the information processing terminal.

40. A connection control method of controlling, in a connection control apparatus disposed on a network, a connection state of telephone terminals connected to each other via the network, said method comprising:

a switching request receiving step of receiving a switching request of a session established between the telephone terminals from an information processing terminal connected to the network; and

a connection switching step of switching connection ends of the session between the telephone terminals in response to the switching request.

41. The connection control method according to claim 40, wherein:

said connection switching step comprises a step of switching at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session between the telephone terminals into another device.

42. The connection control method according to claim 41, wherein:

said connection switching step comprises a step of calling the other device to connect the other device to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

43. The connection control method according to claim 41, wherein:

said connection switching step comprises a step of calling the other device to connect the other device to both of the telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

44. The connection control method according to claim 42, wherein:

said connection switching step comprises a step of calling another telephone terminal as the other device to connect the other telephone terminal to the at least one of the connected telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

45. The connection control method according to claim 41, wherein said connection switching step comprises the steps of:

calling, as the other device, a media server for providing content information including a sound and an image to the telephone terminals as the other device; and

connecting the media server to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

46. The connection control method according to claim 41, wherein:

said connection switching step comprises the steps of;

calling, as the other device, a mixing server for mixing information supplied from predetermined devices connected thereof to produce the mixed input information to the connected predetermined devices; and

connecting the media server to at least one of telephone terminals serving as the connection ends in the session.

47. The connection control method according to claim 46, wherein:

said connection switching step further comprises the steps of;

calling a third party'"'"'s telephone terminal; and

connecting the media server to the third party'"'"'s telephone terminal.

48. The connection control method according to claim 40, further comprising:

a switching command reception step before said switching request reception step in which a web server, connected to the connection control apparatus, for opening a website which receives access from the information processing terminal receives a switching request of a session established between the telephone terminals on the website to notify the connection control computer of the switching request.

49. The connection control method according to claim 48, further comprising:

a switching content display step before said switching command reception step in which the web server displays switching content of the session which is preliminarily stored in switching content information storage means on the information processing terminal in a selectable manner, and wherein;

said switching command reception step comprises a step of receiving, as a switching command, the switching content selected on an indication by said switching content display step.

50. The connection control method according to claim 49, wherein:

said switching content display step comprises a step of displaying, as the switching content, an indication of call redirection and telephone numbers of destination of the call redirection on the information processing terminal.

51. The connection control method according to claim 49, wherein:

said switching content display step comprises a step of displaying, as the switching content, an indication of a three-party call and telephone numbers of a possible third party to be added on the information processing terminal.

52. The connection control method according to claim 49, wherein:

said switching content display step comprises a step of displaying, as the switching content, as an indication of transmission of content information to a telephone terminal and a list of content information to be selected on the information processing terminal.