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Guidance information notification apparatus in communication network system, communication network system and guidance information notification method

  • US 7,180,983 B2
  • Filed: 02/11/2004
  • Issued: 02/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A communication network system provided with a guidance notification apparatus for notifying guidance information to at least one of origination and destination terminal units having a telephone function via a switchboard;

  • whereinthe origination terminal unit comprises;

    storage means for storing a first country code corresponding to the language understandable to the owner of the origination terminal unit; and

    sending means for sending the first country code stored in the storage means when a destination telephone number is sent from the origination terminal unit; and

    the guidance information notification apparatus comprises;

    first acquisition means for acquiring a first country code from the origination terminal unit via the switchboard;

    second acquisition means for acquiring a telephone number from the switchboard;

    conversion means for, with the use of the first country code with which at least one language used in a country or a country district can be identified, converting the acquired telephone number into the first country code based on the correspondence relationship between a telephone number pre-associated with the first country code and the telephone number acquired by the second acquisition means;

    a database in which the first country code is stored in association with guidance information in the language;

    selection means for selecting the guidance information associated with the first country code which has been converted by the conversion means, from the database;

    notification means for notifying the guidance information selected by the selection means to the terminal unit via the switchboard;

    notification necessity/unnecessity determination means determines whether a notification of guidance information is necessary or unnecessary based on a notification necessity/unnecessity specification signal generated by the switchboard and sent from the switchboard; and

    ,notification order setting means to direct the order for notification of guidance information based on the notification order direction signal sent from switchboard by a direction from a communication operator or user when it is determined that notification of guidance information is necessary.

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