JP2002204309A - Method and system for the leasing process of telephone numbers - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for the leasing process of telephone numbers as well as its effective management system in order to meet the demand for leasing a telephone number when the number must be disclosed to the public in spite of the user's unwillingness. SOLUTION: In this system, a lease applicant who wants to put a telephone number on an advertisement can lease a telephone number after specifying the telephone number of his or her own receiving set by means of accessing a service process web server through the Internet using a wire or wireless terminal, or calling an automated answering system by voice through the telephone line. During the lease period, calls given to the leased telephone number are transferred to the specified number, but after the period, the setting will be changed, so that prank calls that may be caused by the disclosure of the telephone number in the ad or frequent inquiry calls on a product that has been already purchased can be avoided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention embodies a business model of renting a telephone number for publicizing an advertisement to a user who wants to publish his / her own telephone number by issuing a personal advertisement or the like to an unspecified majority. To do
In particular, use the wired / wireless Internet website or the automatic answering telephone system (ARS) to rent a telephone number to the applicant, and set the telephone number of the rental telephone number to the telephone number you want to receive. The present invention relates to a method for renting a telephone number and a rent processing system which can be received by the user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to realize transactions between individuals,
The detailed information of the item that you sell or buy is published to the general public by posting it in the advertisement column of the information magazine or in the website for goods exchange along with the information of your contact information. Then, after the people who have viewed the advertisement read the advertisement placed on the advertisement, they call the telephone number placed on the advertisement, thereby establishing a business exchange.

[0003] However, the personal telephone number information posted in this manner is misused by people and becomes a target of prank calls, or even though the transaction has already been completed and there is no need to receive further telephone calls. However, there are many cases where an order call is still received, which often causes inconvenience to the advertiser who has placed the advertisement.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and as described above, despite the fact that one does not want to expose one's own telephone number, It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone number rental processing method and a rental processing system for realizing a request to temporarily lend a public telephone number when it must be exposed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for effectively operating such a rental processing method and a rental processing system.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention rents a telephone number via a telecommunications network at the request of an applicant and makes an application for transferring an incoming call to the rented telephone number. In the telephone number rental processing system, a step of receiving a rental service application for a telephone number by designating a telephone number desired to receive, and defining a rental telephone number by applying for a rental service of a telephone number, and then setting the telephone number to be received and the rental A step of recording the telephone number in a one-to-one correspondence, a step of notifying the applicant of the rental telephone number as the determined service content, and a step of notifying the determined rental telephone number to the telephone number desired to be received. Performing a process of starting an incoming call transfer service.

[0007] By providing the present invention having such a configuration, an advertisement publishing telephone number is temporarily borrowed and released instead of its own telephone number, and an incoming call is made with a telephone number desired to be answered. You can apply for a transfer service via the communication network, and as soon as you apply, you can rent a phone number and use it. As a result, for users who do not want to expose their own phone number, it is possible to eliminate various problems caused by disclosure of their own phone number by posting advertisements, and to make necessary You can now receive calls.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, in the step of accepting the service application, the designation of the telephone number desired to be received is automatically performed by a telephone terminal connected to the telephone number rental processing system by the applicant. Confirmed and specified. By providing the present invention having such a configuration, the applicant can more conveniently perform the telephone number rental service application procedure.

[0009] In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the step of accepting the service application comprises the steps of designating a lease period of a telephone number, and the step of: Stopping the incoming call transfer service for the rental telephone number. By providing the present invention having such a configuration, the applicant can apply for the service by designating the necessary period in advance, and the rental service of the telephone number is automatically stopped when the service expires after the preliminary decision. You can use the service conveniently.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the step of notifying the applicant of the rental telephone number includes specifying the rental telephone number from the applicant's calling telephone number or receiving telephone number. The method may further include sending a short message to the confirmed mobile communication terminal. By providing the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to use the rented telephone number more conveniently because the applicant notifies the rented telephone number via the short message messaging service without separately recording the rented telephone number. .

[0011] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephone number rental processing method as described above, wherein the applicant applies for a telephone number desired to be received or a content change with respect to the time when the rental of the telephone number expires; According to the content change application of the applicant, the method may further include a step of processing a telephone number desired to be received or a change setting of the telephone number at the time of lease expiration.

By adopting such a configuration, the contents set at the time of the rental application can be changed, and the applicant who has leased the telephone number can stop the rental of the telephone number at any time, and You can not answer the phone, and you can extend the rental period if necessary. If the telephone number desired to be received is to be changed depending on circumstances, the telephone number can be changed to another telephone number.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in the above-described method for renting a telephone number, a request for a rental service application or a service content change application of the applicant's telephone number is accepted by a wired / wireless Internet terminal. It is preferable to use a machine. In addition, it is preferable that the application for the rental service of the applicant's telephone number or the application for the service content change application is made via an automatic answering telephone system. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to easily apply for a rental of a telephone number anytime and anywhere at low cost and correct the contents of the application.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a telephone number for renting a telephone number through a telecommunications network and applying for a transfer of an incoming call to the rented telephone number in response to an application from the applicant. In the rental processing system, a recording means for recording a list of a large number of rental telephone numbers and the contents of service application for each applicant, and a telephone which the applicant wants to receive and talk with the applicant by applying for the start of the rental service of the telephone number. Service application receiving processing means for receiving the service application content including the service number, and at least one of the rental telephone numbers recorded in the recording device corresponding to the service application content reception of the reception processing means, the service being suspended. One to find and provide the rental phone number for that application to determine the rental phone number Allocating means, processing for adding the application content of the applicant to the confirmed rental telephone number provided by the rental telephone number allocating means and recording the content in a recording device, and setting the transfer of the incoming call. A main processing unit for requesting a transfer setting of an incoming call to the corresponding rental telephone number by providing the recorded contents to the processing unit; and a rental telephone recorded in the recording device in response to a request from the main processing unit. An incoming call transfer setting processing unit for processing the start of an incoming call transfer service to a telephone number desired to be received for the corresponding rental telephone number with reference to the recorded contents of each number.

By providing a telephone number rental processing system having such a configuration, if a telephone number rental applicant designates a telephone number desired to be received and applies for rental of a telephone number, the application is accepted and suspended. Provide one of the rental phone numbers that are in the middle, or provide a number of candidate phone numbers and set a rental phone number so that you can choose one, and if the rental period begins It becomes possible to perform a transfer service process of an incoming call to the telephone number desired to be received for the rental telephone number. As a result, applicants can rent a phone number instead of their own and publish it for advertising.
Even if you do not expose your phone number, you can use your phone to receive calls without any inconvenience.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, when the applicant connects to the rental processing system for telephone numbers using a telephone terminal, the outgoing telephone number for confirming the outgoing telephone number of the applicant is provided. The service application reception processing means further includes a confirmation means, and the service application reception processing means can initially set the outgoing telephone number confirmed by the outgoing telephone number confirmation means to a telephone number desired to be received. By adopting such a configuration, the applicant can use the service more easily.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the service application reception processing means also receives a rental period input by the applicant as service application contents, and the setting processing means for incoming call transfer comprises: It is preferable to perform a process of stopping the incoming call transfer service for the rental telephone number at the end of the rental period of the telephone number. As a result, the applicant designates a necessary period in advance and applies for the service, and when the service expires after the pre-decision system, the rental service of the telephone number is automatically stopped and the service can be used conveniently.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the above-mentioned system for renting a telephone number, wherein the applicant designates the rental telephone number allocated and provided to the applicant, or More preferably, the apparatus further comprises a short message notifying unit for sending a short message to the mobile communication terminal identified from the calling telephone number or the telephone number desired to be received. By providing the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to eliminate the trouble that the applicant himself records or memorizes the rented telephone number separately, so that the rented telephone number is more convenient. I used it.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the service application reception processing means of the above-mentioned telephone number rental processing system includes a service use period and a service usage period as contents of the already applied telephone number rental service. It is preferable to include a change reception processing means for changing a telephone number desired to be received. By adopting such a configuration, if you no longer need to receive telephone calls by advertising, if you want to extend the rental period, or if you want to change the telephone number you want to receive, you can easily Can be changed and set.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the rental processing system for telephone numbers is characterized in that when the recorded contents for each rental telephone number recorded in the recording device are newly registered or changed, It is preferable to further comprise a message change setting processing means for changing and setting the contents of the guidance message output by voice before transferring the incoming call from the rental telephone number to the telephone number desired to be received. By adopting such a configuration, the content of the guidance message that is output to the person by calling the rental telephone number published for advertisement and immediately changed to the content of the applicant's service application can be changed immediately. Can be.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the telephone number rental processing system includes the number of non-rentable telephone numbers among rental telephone numbers recorded in the recording device and the number of rental service applications. In addition, the method further includes means for managing additional rental telephone numbers or returning rental telephone numbers so as to appropriately maintain the number of non-rented telephone numbers.

By adopting such a configuration, of the telephone numbers reserved for renting telephone numbers, when there are many non-renting telephone numbers, the surplus telephone numbers are returned and the non-renting telephone numbers are returned. When the number is small, it can be additionally secured. Such a function is particularly effective when the system of the present invention is directly operated by a telephone carrier.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the service application reception processing means is provided as a part of a configuration of a wired / wireless Internet website, and an application form provided in the form of an Internet web page is provided. Of the applicant's service application contents, or provided as part of the configuration of the automatic answering telephone system, the applicant is required to enter the input items in the interactive manner with the applicant It is preferable that the service application is configured to be accepted as the service application content. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to quickly obtain a telephone number for posting an advertising matter anytime and anywhere with a simple operation.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The detailed structure of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a telephone number rental processing system according to the present invention. The telephone number rental processing system 3 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a network connection processor 30 for performing processing for connecting the system to the Internet, a web server 31 for accepting an applicant's rental service application, and an automatic response. Telephone system 32, subscriber information,
A data server 33 as a recording device that records a rental telephone number list and details of the applicant's rental service application, a rental telephone number assignment processor 34 as a processor for processing the applicant's rental service application, Main processor 3
5. It is configured to include an incoming call transfer setting unit 36, a message change setting unit 37, a rental telephone number management unit 38, a payment processing unit 39, and a messaging server 29.

The network connection processor 30 has a function of connecting the telephone number rental processing system 3 of the present invention to the wired / wireless Internet.

In addition to providing various forms of web services to telephone number rental applicants and the like, the web server 31 relates to the present invention and provides a telephone number rental application or service change application via the Internet. The present invention provides a user interface in a form suitable for a reception processor that can receive a user.

[0027] The web server 31 is adapted to interact with each Internet terminal depending on what Internet terminal the applicant connecting to the web server connects to. That is, the Internet web server 31 is configured to include a wireless Internet web server in consideration of a case where a wireless Internet connection is attempted using a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, or the like.

The applicant opens a web page for renting a telephone number provided from the web server 31 and prepares and submits an application in which the telephone number desired to receive a telephone and the period of use have been entered.

In this case, in some cases, the step of inputting the telephone number desired to be received can be omitted. That is,
When connecting to the wireless Internet web server 31 using a wireless Internet terminal such as the mobile communication terminal 1 ', the telephone number desired to be received is automatically designated as the telephone number of the terminal. Can be. However, it does not exclude that other telephone numbers can be entered. Of course, even when a telephone connection is made to the automatic answering system (ARS) via the PSTN, the calling telephone number can be confirmed, so that the telephone number desired to be received can be automatically specified and corrected. For tracking the outgoing telephone number, the web server or ARS server includes another outgoing telephone number verification means (not shown). The not-shown outgoing telephone number confirming means may be included so as to have only a function of simply receiving the outgoing telephone number provided from the main carrier system that relays the telephone connection.

Thereafter, the applicant can be assigned a rental telephone number by the rental telephone number assignment processor 35. However, the rental telephone number can be allocated such that a large number of candidate telephone numbers are presented to the applicant, and one of them can be selected by the applicant. In addition, the applicant can open a service application content changing web page provided from the web server 31 and create and submit a change application form for changing the telephone number and usage period desired to be received.

The web page for rent application of the telephone number or the web page for changing the content of the service application provided from the web server 31 can be configured to be operated independently and attached to the web page of another website. It can also be configured in form. In this case, the other websites are preferably websites for various forms of C2C mediation, such as a bartering mediation website, a marriage mediation website, and the like. If provided as an additional form, convenience for the applicant can be enhanced.

The automatic answering telephone system 32 is a reception processor for accepting an application for renting a telephone number or an application for service change via the telephone network with the applicant. An automatic answering telephone-type user interface that sequentially accepts user requests is provided. The applicant makes a telephone call to the designated service telephone number, connects to the system 32, enters the telephone number desired to be received and the period of use in response to the service guidance voice, and makes a rental application for the telephone number, or has already applied. Service application contents will be changed.

The data server 33 as a recording device stores information on the subscribers who have subscribed via the website, a list of telephone numbers secured for rent, and the contents of the applicant's rental service, etc., by controlling the main processor 34. Recorded by. The format and recording method of the data recorded in the data server 33 are not particularly limited. However, as an example of the format as shown in FIG. 2, the applicant information, the telephone number desired to receive, the service start time, the service An expiration time, a service period, payment information, and the like may be recorded.

In FIG. 2, the "partition" field in the data recording format is for internal use of the data. The "payment information" field is used to identify whether a rental application has been made, and the "payment information" field includes an identification character for identifying a payment means, and an account number, card number, telephone number, and the like used in the payment processing. The "change information" field is used for identification when the applicant intends to change the contents of the service application, and the identification function can be replaced by inputting the telephone number desired to be received. When connecting to a wireless Internet web server by a terminal or the like, it is natural to go through an identity verification procedure, and thus it can be omitted. The “status” field is an identification area for confirming whether a successful incoming call transfer service has been established as a result of the applicant's rental service application.

The rental telephone number assignment processor 34 communicates with the web server 31 or the automatic answering telephone system 32 to receive a rental request for a telephone number.
When the application form of the applicant or the change application form has been completed through 32, and there is a request to allocate a rental telephone number from these processors, the rental telephone numbers recorded in the data server 33 are not rented. The telephone number in the state is read out, and the result is sent to the corresponding reception processors 31 and 32. Depending on the implementation, it may be configured to provide more than just one candidate telephone number.

The main processor 35 receives the application form of the applicant through the reception processors 31 and 32, and if the rental telephone number is determined for each application, the main processing unit 35 determines the service as the post-processing according to the rental telephone number. The application content is added to the rented telephone number to generate data in a format as shown in FIG. 2, and this data is recorded in the data server 33. When there is an application for service change by the applicant via the reception processors 31 and 32, the setting contents of the current state are read from the data server 33 and provided to the corresponding reception processors 31 and 32, and the determined service is determined. The contents of the change application are recorded in the data server 33.

After the recording process is completed, the main processor 35 sets the transfer setting unit 36 and the message change setting unit 37 for the incoming call to a setting that is established based on the relationship with the communication company by starting the rental service. Request that processing be performed. In this case, the setting processing request method for the setting processors 36 and 39 is such that the setting processing command is sent directly from the main processor 35 to the setting processors 36 and 39 whenever there is a new setting or change of the setting contents by the applicant or the like. A method of requesting to perform the setting process according to the content recorded in the data server 33 may be used.

In still another system, a system in which a "status" field is added to change the state to an unprocessed state "0" as in the example of the recording format shown in FIG. 2 can be used. In this case, the transfer setting device 36 and the message change setting device 37 of the incoming call check the recording state of the status field in the recording (item) area recorded for each rental telephone number in the recording device, and confirm that it is unprocessed. The selected items are selected and communicated with the exchange system 5 of the main carrier to perform the corresponding setting processing. Then, if the setting process is successfully established, this status field is set to the processing status “1”.
Record changes. If a configuration using another status field is used as described above, the telephone switching system manager 5 may be used depending on circumstances.
If you do n’t immediately set up incoming call forwarding,
By repeatedly observing the status field in each of the setting units 36 and 37 and performing the setting process on the unprocessed item, the setting process can be performed without omission.

Hereinafter, the setting process will be described in more detail by taking as an example the case where the setting process is performed by observing the state field. However, the following content is merely an example, and can be configured by a method in which the setting process is immediately performed according to the command of the main processor described above.

The incoming call transfer setting unit 36 continuously monitors the recording area for each item of the recording device, and searches for an item for which the service start setting process is not satisfied (an item whose status field is "0"). Then, the recorded items in the "service start time" field are checked for the retrieved item, and the system refers to the system clock (not shown) to communicate with the exchange system 5 of the main carrier at the time of starting the rental service. A setting process is performed to correct the transfer setting record of the incoming call. Then, the status field is set to “1” for the recording area for each item recorded in the recording device.
Record changes. Further, the user observes the respective recording areas for the items of the data server 33, confirms the recorded items of the “service expiration time” field for the item (status field is “1”) indicating the service providing state, and checks the system clock. To see if the rental service has expired. Then, when the service expires, a setting process is performed so as to communicate with the switching system 5 of the main carrier and cancel the transfer setting of the incoming call. Thereafter, the status field is changed to "0" and recorded.

In this case, the communication between the incoming call transfer setting unit 36 and the period communication carrier switching system 5 is performed by the incoming call transfer setting unit 36 and the switching system 5 of the main carrier.
It can also be configured to have direct data communication with a database manager within. In order to process the setting process more easily, the incoming call transfer setting device 36 uses the rental telephone number as the outgoing telephone number and calls the switching system of the main carrier to make an incoming call transfer signal (designated for each communication company). DTMF signal).

The message change setting unit 37 communicates with the switching system 5 of the main carrier to change and set the voice message presented so that the caller who has made a call with the rental telephone number can confirm the voice initially. Has functions. To explain a specific example, the message change setting unit 37 continuously observes the status field of each item of the recording device and searches for an item for which the service start setting process is not established (an item whose status field is “0”). . Then, the item recorded in the "service start time" field is checked for this item, and by referring to the system clock (not shown), at the start time of the rental service, it communicates with the switching system 5 of the main carrier to record a voice message The contents are set so that the applicant who has newly rented the telephone number can directly input the message or substitute and correct the message into a voice message adapted to the applicant.

Also in this case, the message change setting device 37
Can make a voice call to the switching system 5 of the main carrier to replace the prepared voice message recording content. Further, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which data is directly exchanged with a voice message manager (not shown) in the switching system 5 of the main carrier to replace the data.

Further, the incoming call transfer setting unit 36 observes the item recording area of the data server 33 and confirms that the item is in the service state (the state field is "1"). The recorded items in the "time" field are checked, and the setting process is performed by referring to the system clock so as to communicate with the switching system 5 of the main carrier at the end of the rental service and cancel the transfer setting of the incoming call.

On the other hand, the two change setting units 36 and 37 can be integrally configured as one, or can be separately configured. When operated separately, a status field can be added to the recording area of the format of FIG. 2 to distinguish and confirm the processing status of the two setting processors. Also, the incoming call transfer setting unit 36 can be divided into an incoming call setting processor and an incoming call canceling processor.

On the other hand, when the message change setting device 37 calls the rental telephone number in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention, the message change setting device 37 informs the user that the telephone number is the telephone number rented by Mr. XX. After audibly outputting a guidance message such as "The rental period is from when to" or "This phone number is the telephone number rented from when to when for what goods advertised where" Only needed if designed to attempt incoming call forwarding. Therefore, it is not essential if a call transfer is directly attempted without providing a guidance message. Using the guide message in this example will alert the caller of the rental phone number, and make unnecessary calls if the service is stopped or the user is changed after the transaction has already been completed. This has the effect of avoiding it.

The rental telephone number management unit 38 checks the contents recorded in the recording device at any time and additionally secures an appropriate number of rental telephone numbers based on the service application transition and the number of unrented telephone numbers. Or return the phone number. At this time, the rental telephone number manager 38
It communicates with the switching system 5 of the main carrier to perform necessary processing such as new subscription or subscription suspension.

In the rental telephone number management unit 38, the telephone number rental processing system 3 of the present invention becomes a part of the exchange system 5 of the main carrier, and additional cost settlement is required for additional security and return of telephone numbers. This is particularly effective when it is not required, or when it is easy to purchase and return a telephone number by a special contract with a core carrier.

The payment settlement processor 37 performs settlement processing of the service usage fee when the telephone number rental service according to the present invention is operated for a fee. Therefore, it is not an essential component if it is operated so as to be provided free of charge as a part of its own service on a specific website. In the present invention,
The settlement method for the service fee is not specified, but if you apply for the service to the automatic answering telephone system, it can be settled postpaid with the additional number of the telephone number you called or the telephone number you want to receive If the user connects to the web server and applies for the service, the prepaid payment processing can be performed. In particular, when the payment processing is prepaid by a credit card, a cyber card, or the like, a module for the payment processing is added to the corresponding card company or the like.

When the leasing process of the telephone number is completed by the application of the applicant, the messaging server 29 notifies the mobile communication telephone number of the applicant. At this time, the applicant's mobile communication phone number can be confirmed by filling out the applicant separately, and the mobile communication phone number of the mobile communication terminal that can be confirmed and connected to It can also be confirmed by the telephone number you want to receive when you rent the number.

As described above, the configuration of the telephone number rental processing system 3 according to the present invention has been described. However, some of the components may be provided in a form in which functions are integrated with other components. In particular, each component may be constituted by software program modules that perform the same function, and may be configured to be sequentially processed by a central processing unit of a computer. In addition, it can be provided in a form integrated with the switching system 5 of the core telecommunications carrier.

Hereinafter, a rental processing method in the telephone number rental processing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First, the applicant applies the web server 3 shown in FIG.
After connecting to the reception processors 31 and 32 provided in the form of the first or the automatic answering telephone system 32, the user mode is selected (step S1). The user mode is divided into a registration application mode for the rental service and a change application mode for the contents of the service application. At first, the applicant selects the registration application mode and applies for the service registration (step S2).

When the registration application mode is selected, the applicant can arbitrarily input the telephone number desired to receive and the period of use of the rental service of the telephone number, select the payment method, and input the payment-related record to provide the service. The registration application is completed (steps S3, S4, S5). By this registration application, the rental telephone number assignment processor 34 of the rental processing system 3
Searches the rental telephone number list, selects one rental telephone number that is not rented, and assigns the rental telephone number to the applicant (step S6). In this case, a number of candidate telephone numbers may be presented during the assignment process and selected by the applicant.

On the other hand, the receiving telephone number input step of step S3 is not essential. In particular, in consideration of the service provided via the wireless Internet, a configuration is also possible in which the mobile phone terminal number that has attempted to connect to the wireless Internet at present is automatically set to be the receiving phone number. In the receiving telephone number input step, the number is automatically set to the number of the mobile communication terminal connected to the web server 31 currently trying wireless Internet connection or the telephone number of the telephone terminal calling the ARS system, and then changed. You can use a method that asks whether or not it is possible to change the setting.

It is also possible to apply without specifying the use period, and to use the service forever until there is an application for suspension. In this case, it is also possible to configure such that, when there is an application for service suspension, the service usage time up to the present is calculated and billed at a time. Further, a reservation may be made by designating the use period in advance.

As described above, if the rental telephone number is allocated and the telephone number to be received and the use period are determined by the application for the rental registration of the telephone number of the applicant, the main processor 35 of the processing system 3 will execute the determined service. The contents of the application are recorded on the recording device in the format shown in FIG. 2, and the contents are notified to the applicant (step S7).

The incoming call transfer setting unit 36 of the processing system 3 refers to the recorded contents recorded in the form of FIG. 2 in the data server 33 of the main processor to search for an unprocessed rental telephone number. After that, it confirms the point in time when the transfer service of the incoming call recorded for the corresponding rental telephone number starts. Then, when the service starts (step S
8) Communication setting is performed with the telephone exchange system manager so that the incoming call to the rental telephone number is transferred to the desired telephone number described by the applicant (step S9).

After that, when the rental service of the telephone number starts, a billing process for the corresponding applicant is performed (S1).
0). The billing method can be changed depending on whether you connect to the website and apply for service registration, or if you connect to the automatic answering telephone system and apply for service registration.Specifically, depending on the settlement method of each operator It is determined. As shown in FIG. 3, the billing process can be performed after the transfer setting of the incoming call is sequentially completed, or can be performed before that. Also, the billing process step is not considered to be essential as it can be provided free of charge, taking into account benefits in other parts.

Then, after the rental service of the telephone number applied by the applicant has been normally performed, the rental processing system 3
The call transfer setting unit 36 calculates the lease expiration time according to the recorded service application contents, and stops the call transfer setting for the corresponding rental telephone number when the service expiration time is reached, thereby performing the service processing. Is completed (step S19).

On the other hand, the applicant can request a service change to the rented telephone number. In this case, the applicant can correct and change the contents of the service application by connecting to the service reception processors 31 and 32 via the Internet or telephone network and selecting the change application mode (step S11).

In this case, the connection authority can be confirmed by confirming the user ID and the connection code in the case of the web server connection, and in the case of the automatic answering telephone system, the rental is performed by the user. A telephone number (or a telephone number to be corrected) can be input (ARS connection) and confirmed. Then, the process of viewing the contents of the service application and confirming the presence or absence of the modification authority is performed by inputting a separate password or by inputting a telephone number desired to be modified as a password.

When the change application mode starts after the browsing and the confirmation of the modification authority are completed (step S11), the applicant inputs a telephone number desired to be received or a correction item for the service use period and makes a change application ( Step S1
2, S13, S14). After the change application is established, the reception processors 31 and 32 of the system process the service change application input contents to be recorded on the recording device, notify the received contents to the applicant, and request confirmation. (Step S15). Thereafter, if everything is well established, the main processor 35, the incoming call transfer setting device 36, and the message change setting device 37 perform post-processing by correcting the service contents (step S16).

In this case, the change of the service usage period is as follows.
The service is terminated as soon as the service ends, or the service period is extended, and if the change application procedure is completed, additional settlement processing by extending the use period is established (step S17). When the rental expiration time has passed for the subsequent application, the transfer setting of the incoming call is canceled (S18, S19), and all the processes are completed.

FIG. 4 is a processing flowchart showing a process of renting a telephone number by connecting to a telephone number renting system according to the present invention using an ARS telephone. The process of FIG. 4 is essentially the same as the telephone number rental application process shown in FIG. As shown in this drawing, the user makes a telephone call to a known service ARS telephone number (step S21), and inputs a telephone number desired to receive (step S22) and a service use period (step S23) to make a telephone call. Apply for a rental service for the number (step S24).

Then, the contents of the service application are output and a confirmation input of the applicant is requested (step S25). If the applicant confirms the contents of the service application, the assigned rental telephone number is displayed (step S26). . Through this process, the application process for renting the applicant's phone number has been completed,
The incoming call setting to the telephone number desired to receive the rental telephone number is set (step S27), and the usage fee settlement process by service application is performed (step S28). In this case, the step of inputting the desired telephone number and the step of inputting the service use period can be omitted. That is, the telephone number desired to be received can be automatically inputted as the calling telephone number of the current call, and the service period of use can be determined in advance by the service provider (for example, specially designated If not, consider it a 72-hour lease).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of renting a telephone number by connecting to a telephone number renting system according to the present invention using a wireless Internet terminal. The processing procedure of FIG. 5 is essentially the same as the telephone number rental application processing procedure shown in FIG. As shown in this drawing, a user who wants to receive a rental service of a telephone number can use a wireless Internet connection terminal to access a wireless Internet website for renting a telephone number via the wireless Internet (the web server of FIG. 1). Provided to
(Step S31). Then, after inputting the telephone number desired to be received (step S32) and the service use period (step S33), a rental service application for the telephone number is made (step S34). Thereafter, the contents of the service application are output and a request is made for confirmation input of the applicant (step S).
35) If the applicant confirms the contents of the service application, the assigned rental telephone number is displayed (step S3).
6). The applicant records the assigned rental telephone number by hand, or stores the assigned telephone number in a terminal and checks it at any time. In consideration of a case where the mobile communication terminal is particularly difficult to store, it may be configured that the assigned telephone number is notified by text via a short text messaging service.

Through the above process, the rental application process of the applicant's telephone number is completed, and the incoming call setting process to the telephone number desired to receive the rental telephone number is performed (step S3).
7). If the service usage fee settlement method has not been determined in advance, a usage fee payment method can be designated and a process of requesting payment can be added separately (step S3).
8).

In FIG. 5, the step of inputting the telephone number desired to receive and the step of inputting the service use period can be omitted. That is, when the mobile communication terminal is connected to the wireless Internet via the mobile communication terminal, the transmission telephone number of the mobile communication terminal can be automatically inputted with the telephone number desired to be received. Further, the service use period can be configured so as to be determined in advance by the service provider side (for example, if it is not specified specially, it is regarded as a 72-hour lease).

FIG. 3 shows a process of processing the telephone number rented in advance via the ARS telephone connection of FIG. 4 or the wireless Internet connection of FIG. The process is essentially the same as that shown. Detailed description is omitted. In this case, as a matter of course, the connection medium to be used for the change setting process of the applicant need not be the same as the medium used when applying for the rental of the telephone number. Any media can be changed and set regardless of the type of media used at the time of application.

On the other hand, although not shown in the drawings of FIGS. 3 to 5, the service applicant has the full text of the voice guidance sentence or at least a name (ID) for identifying himself / herself to other applicants.
It is preferable to include a step of inputting by voice or text.

Then, when the caller attempts a call using the rental telephone number disclosed through the advertisement, the voice guidance message output immediately before the transfer of the incoming call is transmitted to the voice guidance message input by the service applicant or the voice guidance message of the applicant. Because the service can be configured to include a name, the nature of the service reduces the possibility that the caller mistakenly attempts to call the recipient even if the user is frequently changed for the same telephone number. it can.

Further, in the case of using a wireless Internet mobile communication terminal to apply for a rental of a telephone number via the wireless Internet, a guide text can be directly input in real time by voice or text at the terminal. In addition to the above configuration, the "owner name" data recorded in advance on the terminal device is sent to be displayed on the initial screen of the terminal device of the applicant, so that it can be used to create a message guide message. More preferred.

When the application for renting the telephone number and the process of transferring the incoming call to the telephone number desired to be received for the rented telephone number are completed by the above procedure, the applicant becomes the public who disclosed the telephone number. The rental telephone number will be posted as a contact telephone number on Internet personal advertisements or advertisements such as living information papers. as a result,
The applicant's personal telephone number is protected without exposure. On the other hand, if a person who sees the advertisement calls the rental telephone number as the caller 10, the call is automatically forwarded to the desired telephone number set by the receiver 20 as the applicant. Therefore, no additional inconvenience occurs.

On the other hand, if the applicant calls the rental telephone number, the call is forwarded to the telephone number desired to be received.
It is preferable that a guidance message notifying that this telephone is a rental telephone number using the incoming call transfer function can be output by voice. In addition, since many applicants will use the rental telephone number for a fixed period of time and use it in common, let us know the target of the advertisement and the period of use etc. in consideration of the case where it is erroneously transmitted to other applicants Guide messages can also be added. In particular, when specifying the target of the advertisement, the rental telephone number assignment processor has a function to search for the applicant's advertisement type that was used previously when assigning the rental telephone number and assign it so that the advertisement types do not overlap. It is preferable to add.

As described above, the configuration of the telephone number renting method and the telephone number renting processing system according to the present invention has been described from the embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

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According to the present invention, a rental applicant who wants to rent a public telephone number used for the purpose of posting a personal advertisement or the like can use a wired / wireless Internet terminal to connect to a web server or make a telephone call. By using a terminal and connecting to the automatic answering telephone system, the telephone number can be rented with only simple operations, and at the same time, the incoming call can be forwarded to the desired telephone number for the rented telephone number. It became so. As a result, it is possible to prevent inconveniences such as a prank call caused by disclosing the telephone number used by the user in an advertisement and a frequent inquiry call for already sold items.

In particular, according to the present invention, the rental telephone number applicant has a terminal capable of connecting to the communication network anytime and anywhere, connects to the rental processing system, corrects his application contents, and Can be shortened or extended, and the desired telephone number can be changed, thereby increasing the convenience.

Further, according to the present invention, the number of telephone numbers secured by the rental processing system can be increased or decreased by monitoring the number of unrented telephone numbers and changes in customers, thereby enabling efficient system operation. It became so.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a telephone number rental processing system according to the present invention and a connection state with peripheral devices.

FIG. 2 is a diagram simply showing a recording format of a service application state by telephone number recorded in a recording device of the telephone number rental processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an overall processing procedure of a telephone number rental processing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of connecting to a telephone number rental processing system according to the present invention and renting a telephone number using ARS.

FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart showing a process of connecting to the telephone number rental processing system according to the present invention using the wireless Internet and renting a telephone number.

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 1, 1 'Applicant's Internet terminal 2, 2' Applicant's telephone terminal 3 Rental processing system of telephone number 4 Internet network 5 Telephone exchange system of main carrier 10 Caller telephone 20 Receiver telephone 41 Telephone exchange system 42 Base station 43 Wired / wireless interlocking gateway

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hon-sungki South Korea, Guncheon Sikhung 2nd Sun 92-2, Byeongsan Apartment, No. 202-1204 (72) Inventor Ryuyoung-chul, Seoul, Korea Republic Kang-dong Jung Ho 1-dong 28- 1, Deson Villa number 302 F term (reference) 5K024 AA02 AA45 CC01 DD06 EE01 GG03

Claims (16)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A telephone number rental system for renting a telephone number via a telecommunications network at the request of an applicant and applying for a transfer of an incoming call to the rented telephone number. Receiving a rental service application for a telephone number and, after defining a rental telephone number by applying for a rental service for a telephone number, recording the telephone number to be received and the rental telephone number in a one-to-one correspondence, Notifying the applicant of the rental telephone number as the determined service content; and performing a process of starting a transfer service for an incoming call to the telephone number desired to be received with respect to the determined rental telephone number. A method for renting a telephone number. 2. The method of claim 2, wherein the designation of the telephone number desired to be received in the step of accepting the service application is automatically confirmed by a telephone terminal connected to the telephone number rental processing system, and designated. The method for renting a telephone number according to claim 1. 3. The step of receiving a service application includes the step of designating a lease period of a telephone number, and the step of designating a transfer service of the incoming call to the rental telephone number at the time of expiration of the lease period of the determined telephone number. 3. The method for renting a telephone number according to claim 1, further comprising a step of performing a stop process. 4. The step of notifying the applicant of the rental telephone number includes sending a short message to the mobile communication terminal specified by the applicant or confirmed from the calling telephone number of the applicant or the telephone number desired to be received. The method for renting a telephone number according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a step. 5. A step in which the applicant applies for a change in the contents of the telephone number or the telephone number desired to be received, and a request for changing the contents of the applicant, the expiration of the telephone number or the telephone number desired to be received. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a step of processing a change setting with respect to a time point. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the request for the rental service application or the service content change application of the applicant's telephone number is made using a wired / wireless Internet terminal connected to a data communication network. 6. The method for renting a telephone number according to claim 5. 7. An application for applying for a rental service of the applicant's telephone number or an application for changing the service content is made using a telephone terminal connected to an automatic answering telephone system via a telephone network. The method for renting a telephone number according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 8. A system for renting a telephone number via a telecommunication network in response to an application by an applicant and applying for a transfer of an incoming call to the rented telephone number, the system comprising: A recording means for recording the list and service application contents for each applicant, and a service application reception for accepting service application contents including a telephone number desired to be received and interacting with the applicant by applying for a rental service of a telephone number by the applicant. Processing means, corresponding to the service application content reception of the reception processing means,
Searching at least one of the rental telephone numbers recorded in the recording device that is out of service, and providing the rental telephone number for the corresponding application to determine the rental telephone number. Means for assigning a telephone number, processing for adding the application content of the applicant to the confirmed rental telephone number provided and provided by the rental telephone number assigning means, and recording the content on a recording device, By providing the recorded contents to the transfer setting processing means, the main processing means for requesting the transfer setting of the incoming call for the corresponding rental telephone number; and the request recorded from the main processing means in the recording device. Incoming call that refers to the recorded contents of each rental phone number and starts the transfer service for incoming calls to the desired phone number for the corresponding rental phone number Rent processing system of the telephone numbers, characterized in that it comprises a transfer setting processing means. 9. When the applicant connects to the rental processing system for telephone numbers using a telephone terminal, the system further includes means for confirming the outgoing telephone number of the applicant, and receiving the service application. 9. The telephone number rental processing system according to claim 8, wherein the processing means initializes the calling telephone number confirmed by the calling telephone number confirming means as a telephone number desired to be received. 10. The applicant designates the rental telephone number allocated and provided to the applicant, or sends a short message to the mobile communication terminal confirmed from the originating telephone number of the applicant or the telephone number desired to be received. 10. The system for renting a telephone number according to claim 9, further comprising a short message sending means for sending. 11. The service application receiving processing means includes a change receiving processing means for changing a service use period and a telephone number desired to be received, which are contents of a rental application of a telephone number already applied. The telephone number rental processing system according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein: 12. The telephone number rental processing system according to claim 1, wherein when the recorded contents for each rental telephone number recorded in said recording device are newly registered or changed, a call is received from the rental telephone number to a telephone number desired to be received. The telephone number rental processing system according to any one of claims 8 to 11, further comprising message change setting processing means for changing and setting the content of a message output before the call transfer. . 13. The rental processing system for telephone numbers, wherein the number of non-rented telephone numbers is compared with the number of non-rented telephone numbers among the rental telephone numbers recorded in the recording device and the transition of the rental service application. The telephone number according to any one of claims 8 to 12, further comprising a means for managing a rental telephone number to additionally secure a rental telephone number so as to appropriately maintain the rental telephone number or to return the rental telephone number. Rental processing system. 14. The telephone number as claimed in claim 8, wherein said service application reception processing means is provided as a part of a configuration of a wired / wireless Internet website. Rental processing system. 15. The service application reception processing means is provided as a part of the configuration of the automatic answering telephone system, and converts input items to be sequentially input in an interactive form with the applicant in accordance with the application contents of the applicant. The telephone number rental processing system according to any one of claims 8 to 14, wherein the system has been accepted. 16. The service application reception processing means further receives a rental period entered by the applicant, which is a service application content, and the incoming call transfer setting processing means determines whether or not the rental period of the telephone number has expired. The telephone number rental processing system according to any one of claims 8 to 15, wherein processing for stopping the transfer service of the incoming call for the rental telephone number is performed.