Automatic personal search telephone system

• US 5,414,759 A
• Filed: 09/20/1993
• Issued: 05/09/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Shigenobu, Ishikuri, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Dwyer, James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TSANG, FAN S
• Application Number:
  US08/124,376
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 379/211, 379/212, 379/210, 379/88, 379/89, 379/207, 379/111, 379/115, 379/121
• US Class Current: 379/201.07
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/36 Memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/22 Automatic class or number identification arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42229 Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location diverting calls from one subscriber to another subscriber, i.e. two different subscriptions H04M3/54; selecting arrangements in intelligent networks H04Q3/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/546 in private branch exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/625 Arrangements in the private branch exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/70 Identification of class of calling subscriber

Abstract

A telephone system which, when a call terminating subscriber which should receive a call from a call originating subscriber is not at the location of his telephone, a location registration unit is accessed so as to call the telephone nearest to the call terminating subscriber, wherein, even when the registration in the location registration unit is not correct, the location information source is referred to deduce the correct location of the call terminating subscriber. This location information source contains various types of sensor information and schedule management information showing the whereabouts of the call terminating subscriber.

Claims

1. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus and

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when a personal identification number is given as an originating call, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location of said call terminating subscriber, which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location;

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present;

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means; and

a location telephone number determining means connected to said location telephone number registration means and said destination telephone number extracting means for determining an actual current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber given by said location telephone number registration means or by said destination telephone number extracting means;

said location telephone number determining means performing a call terminating operation to said a registered telephone number if said registered telephone number of said originally registered location is at a location which is detected by said destination detecting means, and if said registered telephone number at said originally registered location is not at a location which is detected by said destination detecting means, said location telephone number determining means performing a call-terminating operation to a telephone number corresponding to a location specified by said destination telephone number extracting means.

2. A system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said destination telephone number extracting means is a memory which stores as a table, for each position of a destination of said call terminating subscriber, telephone numbers corresponding to each respective position.

3. A system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said destination detecting means is comprised of receivers and personal portable transmitters carried by call terminating subscribers, personal identification number information corresponding to the call terminating subscribers is transmitted by ratio waves from said transmitters, and is received by said receivers.

4. A system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said automatic personal search telephone apparatus is built in said exchange.

5. A system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said automatic personal search telephone apparatus is provided separate from and outside said exchange.

6. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus and

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when a personal identification number is given as an originating call, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location of said call terminating subscriber, which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location;

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present;

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means; and

a location telephone number determining means connected to said location telephone number registration means and said destination telephone number extracting means, for determining an actual current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber given by said location telephone number registration means or by said destination telephone number extracting means,

wherein said destination detecting means is a detector which produces work attendance and work absence information using a personal card for storing personal information of a call terminating subscriber when said call terminating subscriber enters or exits a building or a room.

7. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus and

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when a personal identification number is given as an originating call, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location of said call terminating subscriber, which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location;

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present;

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means; and

a location telephone number determining means connected to said location telephone number registration means and said destination telephone number extracting means for determining an actual current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber given by said location telephone number registration means or by said destination detecting means,

wherein said destination detecting means is a detector which produces entry information and exit information using a personal card for storing personal information of a call terminating subscriber when said call terminating subscriber enters or exists a building or a room.

8. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus and

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when a personal identification number is given as an originating call, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location of said call terminating subscriber, which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location;

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present;

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means; and

a location telephone number determining means connected to said location telephone number registration means and said destination telephone number extracting means for determining an actual current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber given by said location telephone number registration means or by said destination telephone number extracting means,

wherein said destination detecting means is a password entry device for entry of personal password information to a communication terminal equipment to be used by call terminating subscribers.

9. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus and

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when a personal identification number is given as an originating call, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location of said call terminating subscriber, which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location;

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present;

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means; and

a location telephone number determining means connected to said location telephone number registration means and said destination telephone number extracting means for determining an actual current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber given by said location telephone number registration means or by said destination telephone number extracting means,

wherein said automatic personal search telephone apparatus further includes a schedule management means which provides schedule management information on said call terminating subscriber to said location telephone number determining means.

10. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus and

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when a personal identification number is given as an originating call, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location of said call terminating subscriber, which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location;

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present;

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber;

at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means; and

a location telephone number determining means connected to said location telephone number registration means and said destination telephone number extracting means for determining an actual current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber given by said location telephone registration means or by said destination telephone number extracting means,

wherein there is further provided a voice mail apparatus connected to said exchange and said automatic personal search telephone apparatus, wherein when said exchange receives voice mail addressed to said call terminating subscriber specified by said personal identification number from a call originating subscriber, said voice mail is registered once in said voice mail apparatus and, further, said voice mail apparatus, by using said personal identification number, accesses said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and transfers said voice mail through said exchange to said call terminating subscriber.

11. A system as set forth in claim 10, wherein when a time for delivery of said voice mail is designated, said voice mail apparatus accesses said automatic personal search telephone apparatus when said designated time has arrived.

12. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus; and

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when there is a call using a personal identification number, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location of said call terminating subscriber, which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to his new location,

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present,

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means;

a schedule management means which provides schedule management information of said call terminating subscriber; and

a location telephone number determining means which receives said schedule management information from said schedule management means and determines a current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber based on a scheduled destination of said call terminating subscriber given from said schedule management means when the current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber cannot be determined from said location telephone number registration means or from said destination telephone number extracting means.

13. A system as set forth in claim 12, wherein said destination telephone number extracting means is a memory which stores as a table, for each position of a destination of said call terminating subscriber, telephone number corresponding to said position.

14. A system as set forth in claim 12, wherein said destination detecting means is a detector which produces work attendance and work absence information using a personal card of a call terminating subscriber when call terminating subscriber enters or exists a building or a room.

15. A system as set forth in claim 12, wherein said destination detecting means is a detector which produces entry information and exit information using a personal card of a call terminating subscriber when said call terminating subscriber enters or exists a building or a room.

16. A system as set forth in claim 12, wherein said destination detecting means is a password entry device for entry of personal password information to a communication terminal equipment to be used by call terminating subscribers.

17. A system as set forth in claim 12, wherein said destination detecting means is comprised of receivers and personal portable transmitters carried by call terminating subscribers, personal identification number information corresponding to the call terminating subscribers is transmitted by ratio waves from said transmitters, and is received by said receivers.

18. A system as set forth in claim 12, wherein said automatic personal search telephone apparatus is built in said exchange.

19. A system as set forth in claim 12, wherein said automatic personal search telephone apparatus is provided separate from and outside said exchange.

20. An automatic personal search telephone system which comprises an exchange which accommodates a plurality of subscriber telephone sets, a location telephone number determining means, and a location telephone number registration means which is connected to said exchange,

said location telephone number registration means, when receiving a personal identification number of a call terminating subscriber from a subscriber telephone set of a call originating subscriber, reads out from a registration area corresponding to the personal identification number a telephone number of a subscriber telephone set at one of an originally registered location of the call terminating subscriber and a new location of the call terminating subscriber, which may be registered by the call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location and outputs the telephone number to said location telephone number determining means so that said telephone number is sent to said exchange,

said location telephone number determining means receiving, as an input, first information read out from said location telephone number registration means and second information supplied from a location information source which collects and holds information relating to various destinations to which the call terminating subscriber may travel and said location telephone number determining means deciding on the telephone number of the place believed to be a current location of said call terminating subscriber, and outputting said telephone number of said place to said exchange.

21. An automatic personal search telephone system which comprises an exchange which accommodates a plurality of subscriber telephone sets, a location telephone number determining means, and a location telephone number registration means which is connected to said exchange,

said location telephone number registration means, when receiving a personal identification number of a call terminating subscriber from a subscriber telephone set of a call originating subscriber, reads out from a registration area corresponding to the personal identification number a telephone number of a subscriber telephone set at one of an originally registered location of the call terminating subscriber and a new location of the call terminating subscriber which may be registered by the call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location and outputs the telephone number to said location telephone number determining means so that said telephone number is sent to said exchange,

said location telephone number determining means which receives, as an input, first information read out from said location telephone number registration means and second information supplied from a location information source which collects and holds information relating to various destinations to which the call terminating subscriber may travel, and wherein said location telephone number determining means decides on the telephone number of the place believed to be a current location of said call terminating subscriber, and outputs it to said exchange, and

said location information source collecting and holding at least one type of information among the destination detection information, previously provided destination telephone number extraction information, and schedule management information for said call terminating subscriber.

22. A system as set forth in claim 21, wherein said location telephone number registration means, said location telephone number determining means, and said location information source are built in said exchange.

23. A system as set forth in claim 21, wherein said location telephone number registration means, said location telephone number determining means, and said location information source are provided separate from and outside of said exchange.

24. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus and

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when a personal identification number is given as an originating call, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location, which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his original location to said new location;

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present;

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means;

a location telephone number determining means connected to said location telephone number registration means and said destination telephone number extracting means for determining an actual current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber given by said location telephone number registration means or by said destination telephone number extracting means; and

a schedule management means which provides schedule management information on said call terminating subscriber to said location telephone number determining means.

25. An automatic personal search telephone system comprising:

an automatic personal search telephone apparatus;

an exchange which cooperates with said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and, when a personal identification number is given as an originating call, transfers the call to a subscriber telephone set nearest to the location of a call terminating subscriber corresponding to said personal identification number,

said automatic personal search telephone apparatus including;

a location telephone number registration means which registers a telephone number of a telephone set at one of an originally registered location of said call terminating subscriber and a new location which may be registered by said call terminating subscriber if said call terminating subscriber changes his location from the originally registered location to said new location;

a destination detecting means which detects a current location of said call terminating subscriber, said current location being a location where said call terminating subscriber may be currently present;

a destination telephone number extracting means which stores telephone numbers of said call terminating subscriber at various destinations to which said call terminating subscriber may travel and extracting from stored telephone numbers a telephone number of said call terminating subscriber in accordance with said current location of said call terminating subscriber detected by said destination detecting means;

a location telephone number determining means connected to said location telephone number registration means and said destination telephone number extracting means for determining an actual current telephone number of said call terminating subscriber given by said location telephone number registration means or by said destination telephone number extracting means; and

a voice mail apparatus connected to said exchange and said automatic personal search telephone apparatus, wherein when said exchange receives voice mail addressed to said call terminating subscriber specified by said personal identification number from a call originating subscriber, said voice mail is registered once in said voice mail apparatus and, further, said voice mail apparatus, by using said personal identification number, accesses said automatic personal search telephone apparatus and transfers said voice mail through said exchange to said call terminating subscriber.

26. A system as set forth in claim 25, wherein when a time for delivery of said voice mail is designated, said voice mail apparatus accesses said automatic personal search telephone apparatus when said designated time has arrived.