Information processing system, message server, and control method and control program thereof

• US 8,929,518 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2011
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Tada, Junpei
• Primary Examiner(s): TIEU, BINH KIEN
• Application Number:
  US13/823,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20130216033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,222 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379/76, 379/84, 379/88.19, 379/88.2, 379/88.22, 379/88.25, 379/142.01, 379/142.04, 379/142.06, 379/142.09, 379/207.04, 379/207.05, 379/207.08, 379/88.12, 379/88.23
• US Class Current: 379/88.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/654 Pre, in or post-call message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks

Abstract

A system according to the present invention includes a calling terminal that makes a call, a called terminal that can receive the call from the calling terminal, and a message server that stores in advance a plurality of messages correlated with call results to the called terminal from the calling terminal, selects a first message from the plurality of messages on the basis of the call results, and transmit the first message to the called terminal.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a calling terminal that makes a call;

a called terminal that can receive the call from the calling terminal; and

a message server that stores in advance a plurality of messages correlated with call results which indicates a result of connecting a call from the calling terminal to the called terminal, acquires a call result, selects a first message from the plurality of messages on the basis of the acquired call result, and transmits the first message to the called terminal,

wherein the call result correlated with the message which is stored in the message server indicates

a case where the called terminal receives a call from the calling terminal, and talking is established.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of messages are classified for each attribute of the called terminal, and the first message is selected according to the attribute of the called terminal.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first message includes a reply unit which realizes a return call to the calling terminal or transmission of a message to the calling terminal and the calling terminal.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the reply unit is a telephone number of the calling terminal.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first message includes a request unit which requests the message server to transmit a second message indicating a state in which the called terminal can respond, to the calling terminal.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the request unit is an URL for transmitting the second message to the calling terminal.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the message server stores the plurality of messages so as to further correspond to circumstances of the calling terminal when the calling terminal makes a call to the called terminal, and selects the first message on the basis of the circumstances of the calling terminal.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7, wherein the circumstances of the calling terminal include at least one circumstance of:

a position where the calling terminal makes a call; and

a time point when the calling terminal makes a call.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first message includes schedule information of a user of the calling terminal or position information of the calling terminal.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a telephone book server that stores a telephone number and a mail address of the called terminal so as to be correlated with each other,

wherein the message server acquires the telephone number of the called terminal from the calling terminal, inquires of the telephone book server the mail address corresponding to the telephone number of the called terminal, and transmits the first message to the mail address which is replied from the telephone book server.

11. The information processing system according to claim 10, wherein the telephone book server includes a registration unit that registers a mail address of a user of the called terminal on the basis of a registration instruction from the calling terminal or the called terminal.

12. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a telephone switchboard that makes a call to both the calling terminal and the called terminal so as to establish talking between the calling terminal and the called terminal,

wherein the message server receives a call request from the calling terminal, and instructs the telephone switchboard to make a first call to the calling terminal and to make a second call to the called terminal.

13. A message server which is connected to a calling terminal making a call and to a called terminal being able to receive a call from the calling terminal,

wherein the message server stores in advance a plurality of messages correlated with call results which indicates a result of connecting a call from the calling terminal to the called terminal, acquires a call result, selects a first message from the plurality of messages on the basis of the acquired call result, and transmits the first message to the called terminal, and

wherein the call result correlated with the message which is stored in the message server indicates

a case where the called terminal receives a call from the calling terminal, and talking is established.

14. A method of controlling a message server connected to a calling terminal making a call and to a called terminal being able to receive a call from the calling terminal, comprising:

acquiring a call result,

selecting a first message from a plurality of messages which are stored in advance so as to be correlated with call results which indicates a result of connecting a call from the calling terminal to the called terminal, on the basis of the acquired call result; and

transmitting the selected first message to the called terminal,

wherein the call result correlated with the message which is stored in the message server indicates

a case where the called terminal receives a call from the calling terminal, and talking is established.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a program for controlling a message server connected to a calling terminal making makes a call and to a called terminal being able to receive a call from the calling terminal, the program causing a computer to execute a method of:

acquiring a call result,

selecting a first message from a plurality of messages which are stored in advance so as to be correlated with call results which indicates a result of connecting a call from the calling terminal to the called terminal, on the basis of the acquired call result; and

transmitting the selected first message to the called terminal,

wherein the call result correlated with the message stored in the message server indicates

a case where the called terminal receives a call from the calling terminal, and talking is established.