Call waiting processing system, and originating terminal unit, destination terminal unit and originating/destination terminal unit utilized in the same system

• US 5,828,744 A
• Filed: 02/06/1996
• Issued: 10/27/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Nemoto, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): MATAR, AHMAD
• Application Number:
  US08/597,264
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• Field of Search: 379/209, 379/309, 379/265, 379/266, 379/215, 379/96, 379/93, 379/94, 370/522, 370/468
• US Class Current: 379/215.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/48 Arrangements for recalling a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0457 Connection protocols

Abstract

A call waiting processing system used in an ISDN network includes an originating terminal unit and a destination terminal unit. To reduce an inefficient load on the terminal units, resulting from an unacceptable call setting, the system is configured such that when the originating terminal unit is in a calling mode, provided that the destination terminal unit is in a busy mode, the originating terminal unit requests a notification of a waiting period available for call setting to the destination terminal unit. When the destination terminal unit receives a notification request for a waiting period from the originating terminal unit, it notifies the originating terminal unit of the waiting period.

Claims

1. A call waiting processing system, comprising:

an originating terminal unit; and

a destination terminal unit;

said originating terminal unit requesting a notification of a waiting period for a call setting, to said destination terminal unit when said originating terminal unit transmits an originating call to said destination terminal at a time when said destination terminal unit is in a state of being unavailable for a call setting; and

said destination terminal unit notifying said originating terminal unit of said waiting period when said destination terminal unit receives a request for a notification of said waiting period from said originating terminal unit.

2. A call waiting processing system according to claim 1, wherein said originating terminal unit reserves a call setting to said destination terminal unit after said waiting period when said destination terminal informs said originating terminal of said waiting period.

3. A call waiting processing system according to claim 2, wherein said originating terminal unit requires a reserved call setting to said destination terminal unit after said waiting period when said designation terminal unit accepts and reserves a call setting reservation after said waiting period notified from said originating terminal unit.

4. A call waiting processing system comprising:

an originating terminal unit for notifying a destination terminal unit of a communication period for an originating call when said originating terminal unit calls to said destination terminal unit;

said originating terminal unit requesting a notification of a waiting period by a time available for call setting to said originating terminal unit when said destination terminal unit is in a state of being unavailable for call setting;

said destination terminal unit calculating said waiting period when said destination terminal unit receives a request for a notification of said waiting period from said originating terminal unit and for notifying said originating terminal unit of said waiting period;

said originating terminal unit reserving a call setting to said destination terminal unit after said waiting period when said destination terminal unit notifies said originating terminal unit of said waiting period;

wherein said destination terminal unit registers an accepted reserved call, together with a communication period between said originating terminal unit and said destination terminal unit for said accepted reserved call, notified from said originating terminal unit and a time after said waiting period for said reserved call when said destination terminal unit reserves said call setting from said originating terminal unit, said communication period being for said reserved call notified from said originating terminal unit, while said originating terminal unit registers said reserved call together with said communication period of said reserved call and a time after said waiting period for said reserved call notified from said destination terminal unit.

5. A call waiting processing system according to claim 4, wherein said destination terminal unit obtains a call process completion time after said registered communication period from a time after said waiting period and then calculates a difference between said final call process completion time and a present time as said waiting period, said time after said waiting period being registered for a finally reserved calling.

6. A call waiting processing system according to claim 4, wherein said originating terminal unit requires a setting of said reserved call to said destination terminal unit when said time after said waiting period of said registered reserved call has come.

7. An originating terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system, comprising:

a communication period notifying means for notifying a destination terminal unit of a communication period necessary for a communication after calling to said destination terminal unit; and

waiting period notification requesting means for requesting a notification of a waiting period by a time available for call setting to said destination terminal unit when said destination terminal unit is unable to set a call.

8. An originating terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system according to claim 7, further comprising communication period calculating means for calculating said communication period based on a transmission data amount of said calling and a line rate.

9. An originating terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system according to claim 7, further comprising call setting reserving means for reserving a call setting after said waiting period to said destination terminal unit when said waiting period is notified from said destination terminal unit in response to a request for notification of said waiting period from said waiting period notification requesting means.

10. An originating terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system according to claim 9, further comprising reservation control means for registering a received reserved call, together with an originating time when said call setting reservation from said call setting reserving means is accepted by said destination terminal unit, said originating time being a time after a waiting period for a reservation calling has been notified from said destination terminal unit.

11. An originating terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system according to claim 10, further comprising reservation call setting requesting means for requesting said reservation call setting to said destination terminal unit accepting said reservation call at a reservation call originating time registered in said reservation control means.

12. A destination terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system, comprising:

waiting period calculating means for calculating a waiting period by a time available for call setting, when a terminal unit is not able to perform a call setting; and

waiting period notifying means for notifying an originating terminal unit which originates a call to the destination terminal unit of a waiting period calculated by said waiting period calculating means when a calling to the destination terminal unit cannot be set while a notification request of said waiting period from said originating terminal unit is received by said destination terminal unit.

13. A destination terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system according to claim 12, further comprising reservation accepting means for accepting a reservation of said call setting when said originating terminal unit reserves a call setting after said waiting period, said originating terminal unit being informed of a waiting period by said waiting period notifying means.

14. A destination terminal unit for use in according to claim 13, further comprising reservation control means for registering an accepted reserved call, together with a communication period for said reservation call notified from said originating terminal unit and a destination time after said waiting period for said reserved call calculated by said waiting period calculating means when said reservation accepting means accepts a reservation for said call setting from said originating terminal unit.

15. A destination terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system according to claim 14, wherein said waiting period calculating means comprises:

final call process completion time calculating means for calculating a final call process completion time after a finally received reservation call has passed from a destination time registered by said reservation control means by a communication period registered for said reservation calling; and

time difference calculating means for calculating as a waiting period the time difference between said final call process completion time calculated by said final call process completion time calculating means and a present time.

16. A destination terminal unit for use in a call waiting processing system according to claim 14, further comprising reservation call setting means for setting said reservation call when said originating terminal unit reserving said reservation call setting has requested said reservation call setting after said destination time of said reserved call registered in said reservation control means.

17. An originating and destination terminal unit capable of operating as an originating unit for originating a call or a destination unit for receiving a call and used in a call waiting processing system, comprising:

communication period notifying means for notifying a further destination terminal unit of a communication period necessary for communication after calling;

waiting period notification requesting means for requesting a notification of a waiting period by a time for call setting to said further destination terminal unit when said further destination terminal unit cannot set a calling;

waiting period calculating means for calculating a waiting period of the originating and destination terminal unit by a time for call setting when said originating and destination terminal unit cannot perform a call setting; and

waiting period notifying means for notifying another terminal unit of a waiting period by a time for call setting of the originating and destination terminal unit calculated by said waiting period calculating means when a call setting cannot be performed at a destination calling from said another terminal unit while a notification request of a waiting period is received from a further originating terminal in response to a time for call setting sent from said waiting period calculating means.

18. An originating and destination terminal unit used in a call waiting processing system according to claim 17, further comprising communication period calculating means for calculating said communication period based on both a transmission data amount at said calling and a line rate.

19. An originating and destination terminal unit used in a call waiting processing system according to claim 17, further comprising:

call setting reserving means for reserving a call setting after a waiting period of said further destination terminal unit to said further destination terminal unit when a waiting period of said further destination terminal unit is notified from said further destination terminal unit in accordance with a notification request of a waiting time from said waiting period notification requesting means; and

reservation accepting means for accepting a reservation of said call setting when said another terminal unit reserves a call setting after a waiting period of the originating and destination terminal unit, said another terminal unit notifying of a waiting period of originating and destination terminal unit via said waiting period notifying means.

20. An originating and destination terminal unit used in a call waiting processing system according to claim 19, further comprising reservation canceling means for preventing said call setting reserving means from accepting a reservation to said further destination terminal unit when a waiting period of said further destination terminal unit which is notified from said further destination terminal unit in accordance with a waiting period notification request from said waiting period notification requesting means is shorter than the waiting period of the originating and destination terminal unit calculated by said waiting period calculating means.

21. An originating and destination terminal unit used in a call waiting processing system according to claim 19, further comprising reservation control means for registering an accepted originating reservation call together with a communication period between the originating terminal unit and the destination terminal unit for said originating reservation call and an originating time after a waiting period for said originating reservation call notified from said further destination terminal unit when a reservation for a call setting from said call setting reserving means is accepted by said further destination terminal unit, and for registering a received destination reservation call together with a communication period for said destination reservation call notified from said another terminal unit and a destination time after a waiting period for said destination reservation call calculated by said waiting period calculating means when said reservation accepting means accepts said call setting reservation from said another terminal unit.

22. An originating and destination terminal unit used in a call waiting processing system according to claim 21, wherein said waiting period calculating means comprises:

final call process completion time calculating means for calculating a final call process completion time which comes after a communication period registered for said originating reservation call or said destination reservation call from an originating time or a destination time registered in said reservation control means, regarding an originating reservation call or a destination reservation call finally reserved and accepted; and

time difference calculating means for calculating as a waiting period the time difference between a final call process completion time calculated by said final call process completion time calculating means and a present time.

23. An originating and destination terminal unit used in a call waiting processing system according to claim 21, further comprising:

reservation call setting requesting means for requesting said originating reservation call setting to said further destination terminal unit which has accepted said originating reservation call when an originating time of an originating reservation call registered in said reservation control means comes; and

reservation call setting means for setting said destination reservation call when another terminal unit reserving said destination reservation call requires said destination reservation call setting after a destination time of a destination reservation call registered in said reservation control means.

24. An originating and destination terminal unit used in a call waiting processing system according to claim 23, wherein said call setting reservation means reserves a call setting after a waiting period of the originating and destination terminal unit calculated by said waiting time calculating means to said further destination terminal unit when the originating and destination terminal unit is in a state of being unavailable for call setting at time of calling;

and wherein said reservation control means registers said accepted originating reservation call together with a communication period of said originating reservation call and an originating time after said waiting period calculated by said waiting period calculating means when said further destination terminal unit has received said reservation of call setting from said call setting reserving means.