JP6528861B2 - Management system, management method, program, transmission system, and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a transmission management system that transmits the name of a destination in communication between transmission terminals to a transmission terminal.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, video conference systems as an example of a transmission system for performing communication via a communication network have become widespread along with business travel expenses and requests for reducing business travel time. In the video conference system, communication of content data such as image data and audio data is performed between video conference terminals as an example of the transmission terminal, and a video conference can be realized.

  When starting communication such as a video conference, there is known a method of selecting a specific destination from the destination list indicating the names of candidate destinations and requesting the start of communication (see Patent Document 1). ). In this method, the transmission management system that controls the start of communication creates a destination list indicating the names of candidate destinations, transmits the list to the transmission terminal, and causes the transmission terminal to select a specific destination. As names of destinations managed by the transmission management system, geographical names such as "Japan", names of offices such as "Tokyo office", or names of terminals such as "AB terminal" have been used.

  However, the names of easily identifiable destinations may differ depending on communication. For example, when communication within the same organization uses a team name used in an organization as the name of a destination, or in communication between different organizations, specifying a destination is facilitated by using a company name as the name of the destination There is. In the conventional transmission system, since a common name is used as the name of the destination provided to each user, there arises a problem that the name of the destination corresponding to the communication can not be provided.

The invention according to claim 1 relates to a destination name information management unit which manages a plurality of destination name information indicating names of destinations in communication between transmission terminals with respect to one destination, and a first transmission capable of communicating with the destination A receiving unit for receiving a first login request based on first identification information from the terminal; and the plurality of destination name information managed by the destination name information managing unit when the first login request is received of transmits the first destination name data associated with the first identification information received from the transmission terminal of which first sends a login request, in association with the destination on the first transmission terminal A transmitting unit, and the receiving unit further receives a second login request based on second identification information different from the first identification information from a second transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination The transmitting unit is configured to The second identification received from the second transmission terminal that has transmitted the second login request among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit when the login request of It is a management system characterized by transmitting destination name information different from the first destination name information associated with information to the second transmission terminal in association with the destination .

  As described above, according to the present invention, the transmission management system manages a plurality of pieces of destination name information indicating the name of a destination for one destination, and at least one of the plurality of destination name information is selected. Destination name information is extracted and transmitted to the transmission terminal. In this case, since the transmission management system can manage destination name information according to communication for each destination, it is possible to provide destination name information according to communication. Play.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram showing the state of transmission and reception of image data, audio data, and various management information in the transmission system. It is an outline view of a transmission terminal concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a hardware block diagram of the transmission terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram of the transmission management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of each terminal which comprises the transmission system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, an apparatus, and a system. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a relay apparatus management table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a terminal authentication management table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a session management table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a destination list management table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a reservation management table and a reservation terminal management table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a terminal management table. It is the sequence diagram which showed the process of the preparation phase which starts communication between transmission terminals. It is a flow figure showing processing which creates meeting information and addressee information. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of meeting information and address | destination information. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of a meeting list | wrist and a destination list | wrist. It is the sequence diagram which shows the processing which accepts the reservation. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of a reservation reception screen. It is a sequence diagram showing processing which acquires meeting detailed information. It is the flowchart which shows the processing which draws up conference detailed information. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of meeting detailed information. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of a meeting detailed list. It is a sequence diagram showing processing to start communication. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the terminal of other embodiment.

<< Whole Configuration of Embodiment >>
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the overall configuration of the present embodiment will be described using FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the state of transmission and reception of image data, audio data, and various management information in the transmission system.

  The transmission system of this embodiment includes a data providing system for transmitting content data in one direction from one transmission terminal to the other transmission terminal via the transmission management system, and a plurality of transmission terminals via the transmission management system. It includes a communication system that mutually communicates information and the like. This communication system is a system for mutually transmitting information between a plurality of communication terminals (corresponding to "transmission terminals") via a communication management system (corresponding to "transmission management system") A video telephone system, an audio conference system, an audio telephone system, a PC (Personal Computer) screen sharing system, and the like can be given as examples.

  In this embodiment, assuming a video conference system as an example of a communication system, a video conference management system as an example of a communication management system, and a video conference terminal as an example of a communication terminal, a transmission system, a transmission management system, And the transmission terminal will be described. That is, the transmission terminal and the transmission management system of the present embodiment are applied not only to the video conference system but also to a communication system or a transmission system. In the present embodiment, the "television conference" is also simply referred to as a "conference."

  The transmission system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a plurality of transmission terminals (10aa, 10ab,...), Displays (120aa, 120ab,...) For the respective transmission terminals (10aa, 10ab,. 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d), the transmission management system 50, the program providing system 90, and the maintenance system 100. The plurality of transmission terminals 10 perform communication by transmitting and receiving image data and audio data as an example of content data. The image of the image data may be a moving image or a still image, or may be both a moving image and a still image. In this embodiment, the case where the image of the image data is a moving image will be described.

  In the following, “transmission terminal” is simply represented as “terminal”, and “transmission management system” is simply represented as “management system”. Further, any of the plurality of terminals (10aa, 10ab, ...) is represented as "terminal 10", and any of the plurality of displays (120aa, 120ab, ...) is represented as "display 120" Among the plurality of relay devices (30a, 30b, 30c, and 30d), any relay device is represented as "the relay device 30".

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in the transmission system 1, a management information session sei for transmitting and receiving various management information is established between the terminals 10 via the management system 50. Further, between the terminals 10, a session for transmitting and receiving image data and audio data is established via the relay device 30. Here, sessions for transmitting and receiving image data and audio data are collectively shown as a content data session sed.

  The terminal 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 transmits and receives content data such as image data and audio data in order to communicate with another terminal 10. That is, the communication in the present embodiment includes not only transmission and reception of audio data but also transmission and reception of image data. However, the terminal 10 may transmit and receive audio data without transmitting and receiving image data. The relay device 30 relays content data between the plurality of terminals 10. The management system 50 centrally manages the terminal 10 and the relay device 30.

  A plurality of routers (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d, 70ab, 70cd) perform selection of an optimal route of content data. In the following, any of the routers (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d, 70ab, 70cd) is represented as "router 70".

  The program providing system 90 includes an HD (Hard Disk) 204 described later, and stores a terminal program for causing the terminal 10 to realize various functions (or causing the terminal 10 to function as various means). The terminal program can be sent to The HD 204 of the program providing system 90 also stores a relay device program for causing the relay device 30 to realize various functions (or to cause the relay device 30 to function as various means). The relay device program can be transmitted. Furthermore, a management system program for causing the management system 50 to realize various functions (or to cause the management system 50 to function as various means) is also stored in the HD 204 of the program providing system 90, and the management system 50 The management system program can be sent.

  The maintenance system 100 is a computer for performing maintenance, management, or maintenance of at least one of the terminal 10, the relay device 30, the management system 50, and the program providing system 90. For example, when the maintenance system 100 is installed in the country, and the terminal 10, the relay device 30, the management system 50, or the program providing system 90 is installed outside the country, the maintenance system 100 can remotely communicate via the communication network 2. And maintenance such as maintenance, management, and maintenance of at least one of the terminal 10, the relay device 30, the management system 50, and the program providing system 90. Further, the maintenance system 100 does not go through the communication network 2, but at least one of the terminal 10, the relay device 30, the management system 50, and the program providing system 90, a model number, a serial number, a sales destination, maintenance inspection, Or perform maintenance such as management of failure history.

  The terminals (10aa, 10ab,...), The relay device 30a, and the router 70a are communicably connected by the LAN 2a. The terminals (10ba, 10bb,...), The relay device 30b, and the router 70b are communicably connected by the LAN 2b. The LAN 2a and the LAN 2b are communicably connected by a dedicated line 2ab including a router 70ab, and are constructed in a predetermined company A. For example, company A is in Japan, LAN 2a is built in an office in Tokyo, and LAN 2b is built in an office in Osaka.

  On the other hand, the terminals (10ca, 10cb,...), The relay device 30c, and the router 70c are communicably connected by the LAN 2c. The terminals (10da, 10db,...), The relay device 30d, and the router 70d are communicably connected by a LAN 2d. The LAN 2 c and the LAN 2 d are communicably connected by a dedicated line 2 cd including a router 70 cd, and are constructed in a predetermined company B. For example, company B is in the United States, LAN2c is built in a New York office, and LAN2d is in Washington, D.W. C. It is built in the office of The company A and the company B are communicably connected from the routers (70ab and 70cd) via the Internet 2i, respectively.

  The management system 50 and the program providing system 90 are communicably connected to the terminal 10 and the relay device 30 via the Internet 2i. The management system 50 and the program providing system 90 may be installed in the company A or the company B, or may be installed in areas other than these.

  In the present embodiment, the communication network 2 of the present embodiment is constructed by the LAN 2a, the LAN 2b, the dedicated line 2ab, the Internet 2i, the dedicated line 2cd, the LAN 2c, and the LAN 2d. The communication network 2 may have portions where wireless communication such as WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) or Bluetooth (registered trademark) is performed as well as wired communication.

  Also, in FIG. 1, four sets of numbers shown above and below each terminal 10, each relay device 30, management system 50, each router 70, program providing system 90, and maintenance system 100 are those in general IPv4. The IP address is simply shown. For example, the IP address of the terminal 10aa is "1.2.1.3". Also, although IPv6 may be used instead of IPv4, in order to simplify the description, IPv4 will be used.

  In addition, each terminal 10 is not only communication between a plurality of business establishments, communication between different rooms within the same business establishment, communication within the same room, communication with outdoor and indoor or outdoor and outdoor. It may be used. When each terminal 10 is used outdoors, wireless communication such as a cellular phone communication network is performed.

<< Hardware Configuration of Embodiment >>
Next, the hardware configuration of the present embodiment will be described. First, the hardware configuration of the terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 is an external view of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of the terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the longitudinal direction of the terminal 10 will be described as an X axis direction, a direction perpendicular to the X axis direction in a horizontal plane as a Y axis direction, and a direction (vertical direction) orthogonal to the X axis direction and the Y axis direction as a Z axis direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal 10 includes a housing 1100, an arm 1200, and a camera housing 1300. Among them, the front wall surface 1110 of the housing 1100 is provided with a suction surface (not shown) formed by a plurality of suction holes, and the rear wall surface 1120 of the housing 1100 is formed with a plurality of exhaust holes. An exhaust surface 1121 is provided. As a result, by driving the cooling fan incorporated in the housing 1100, the outside air at the rear of the terminal 10 can be taken in via the air intake surface (not shown) and exhausted to the rear of the terminal 10 via the exhaust surface 1121. A sound collection hole 1131 is formed on the right side wall surface 1130 of the housing 1100, and a sound such as voice, object sound, and noise can be collected by a built-in microphone 114 described later.

  An operation panel 1150 is formed on the right wall surface 1130 side of the housing 1100. The operation panel 1150 is provided with a plurality of operation buttons (108a to 108e) which will be described later, a power switch 109 which will be described later, and an alarm lamp 119 which will be described later. A sound output surface 1151 formed by a plurality of sound output holes for passing therethrough is formed. Further, on the side of the left side wall surface 1140 of the housing 1100, a housing portion 1160 as a concave portion for housing the arm 1200 and the camera housing 1300 is formed. The right wall surface 1130 of the housing 1100 is provided with a plurality of connection ports (1132 a to 1132 c) for electrically connecting a cable to an external device connection I / F 118 described later. On the other hand, the left wall surface 1140 of the housing 1100 is provided with a connection port (not shown) for electrically connecting a cable 120 c for the display 120 to an external device connection I / F 118 described later.

  In the following, the "operation button 108" is used to indicate any of the operation buttons (108a to 108e), and "if any connection port of the connection ports (1132a to 1132c) is indicated. Description will be made using the connection port 1132 ".

  Next, the arm 1200 is attached to the housing 1100 via the torque hinge 1210, and the arm 1200 is configured to be vertically rotatable with respect to the housing 1100 within the range of the tilt angle θ1 of 135 degrees. ing. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the tilt angle θ1 is 90 degrees.

  The camera housing 1300 is provided with a built-in camera 112 described later, and can image a user, a document, a room, and the like. Further, a torque hinge 1310 is formed in the camera housing 1300. The camera housing 1300 is attached to the arm 1200 via a torque hinge 1310. The camera housing 1300 is attached to the arm 1200 via the torque hinge 1310, and the camera housing 1300 is at a pan angle θ2 of ± 180 ° with the state shown in FIG. In the range of ± 45 degrees, and in the range of the tilt angle θ3, it is configured to be rotatable in the vertical and horizontal directions.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the terminal 10 according to the present embodiment includes a central processing unit (CPU) 101 that controls the overall operation of the terminal 10, a read only memory (ROM) 102 that stores a program for the terminal, and a CPU 101. RAM (Random Access Memory) 103 used as a work area, flash memory 104 for storing various data such as image data and audio data, and SSD for controlling reading or writing of various data to flash memory 104 under the control of CPU 101 Solid State Drive) 105, a media drive 107 for controlling reading or writing (storage) of data to a recording medium 106 such as a flash memory, an operation button 108 operated when selecting a destination of the terminal 10, a power supply of the terminal 10 For switching ON / OFF of The source switch 109 is provided with a network I / F (Interface) 111 for data transmission using the communication network 2 described later.

  The terminal 10 also has a built-in camera 112 that captures an object and obtains image data according to control of the CPU 101, an imaging device I / F 113 that controls driving of the camera 112, a built-in microphone 114 that inputs sound, and sound A built-in speaker 115 for outputting the sound, an audio input / output I / F 116 for processing input / output of an audio signal between the microphone 114 and the speaker 115 under the control of the CPU 101, and image data to the external display 120 under the control of the CPU 101 As shown in FIG. 4, the display I / F 117 for transmission, the external device connection I / F 118 for connecting various external devices, the alarm lamp 119 for notifying abnormality of various functions of the terminal 10, and the above respective components are shown. Bus lines 110 such as an address bus and a data bus for electrically connecting To have.

  The display 120 is a display unit configured of a liquid crystal or an organic EL that displays an image of a subject, an operation icon, and the like. The display 120 is also connected to the display I / F 117 by a cable 120c. The cable 120c may be a cable for an analog RGB (VGA) signal or a cable for a component video, or a cable for HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) or DVI (Digital Video Interactive) signals. It may be a cable of

  The camera 112 includes a lens and a solid-state imaging device that converts light into electric charge to digitize an image (image) of a subject, and as a solid-state imaging device, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) or a charge coupled device (CCD) Etc. are used.

  An external camera, an external microphone, an external speaker, etc. are connected to the external device connection I / F 118 by a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable or the like inserted into the connection port 1132 of the housing 1100 shown in FIG. The external devices of are connectable electrically. When an external camera is connected, the external camera is driven prior to the built-in camera 112 according to the control of the CPU 101. Similarly, when an external microphone is connected or an external speaker is connected, the external microphone or the external speaker 115 is given priority over the built-in microphone 114 or the built-in speaker 115 according to the control of the CPU 101. External speakers drive.

  The recording medium 106 is configured to be removable from the terminal 10. Further, as long as the nonvolatile memory performs reading or writing of data according to the control of the CPU 101, not only the flash memory 104 but also EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM) or the like may be used.

  Furthermore, the terminal program may be distributed by being recorded in a computer readable recording medium (recording medium 106 or the like) in a file of an installable format or an executable format. The terminal program may be stored in the ROM 102 instead of the flash memory 104. The external view and the hardware view of the terminal described in FIGS. 3 and 4 are merely an embodiment, and the present invention is not limited to this content. For example, the appearance or hardware may be a common desktop or laptop personal computer. In this case, the camera and the microphone do not necessarily have to be built in, and may be externally attached.

  Subsequently, hardware configurations of the management system 50, the relay apparatus 30, the program providing system 90, and the maintenance system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of a management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Since the relay device 30, the management system 50, the program providing system 90, and the maintenance system 100 are the same as the appearance of a general server computer, the description of the appearance will be omitted.

  The management system 50 includes a CPU 201 for controlling the overall operation of the management system 50, a ROM 202 storing a management system program used to drive the CPU 201 such as IPL (Initial Program Loader), a RAM 203 used as a work area for the CPU 201, management Read or write data to the HD 204 that stores various data such as system programs, HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 205 that controls reading or writing of various data to the HD 204 according to the control of the CPU 201, and recording media 206 such as flash memory Storage), a display 208 for displaying various information such as a cursor, a menu, a window, characters, or an image, and a network for transmitting data using the communication network 2. Work I / F 209, a keyboard 211 having a plurality of keys for inputting characters, numerical values, various instructions, etc., selection and execution of various instructions, selection of processing target, mouse 212 for moving a cursor, etc., detachable A CD-ROM drive 214 that controls reading and writing of various data to a compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) 213 as an example of a recording medium, a clock 215 as a built-in clock of the management system 50, and each component described above , And a bus line 210 such as an address bus or a data bus for electrically connecting as shown in FIG.

  The management system program may be a file in an installable format or an executable format, and may be distributed by being recorded in a computer readable storage medium such as the storage medium 206 or the CD-ROM 213. . The management system program may be stored in the ROM 202 instead of the HD 204.

  In addition, since the relay device 30 has the same hardware configuration as the management system 50, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, the relay device program for controlling the relay device 30 is recorded in the HD 204. Also in this case, the relay apparatus program may be recorded and distributed in a computer readable recording medium such as the recording medium 206 or the CD-ROM 213 in the form of an installable or executable file. . Furthermore, the relay device program may be stored in the ROM 202 instead of the HD 204.

  Further, since the program providing system 90 and the maintenance system 100 have the same hardware configuration as the management system 50, the detailed description thereof is omitted. However, the HD 204 has recorded therein a program for providing a program for controlling the program providing system 90 or a maintenance program for controlling the maintenance system 100. Also in this case, these programs may be recorded and distributed in a computer readable recording medium such as the recording medium 206 or the CD-ROM 213 in the form of an installable or executable file. Also, these programs may be stored in the ROM 202 instead of the HD 204.

  In addition, as another example of the removable recording medium, each program is provided by recording on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-R (Compact Disc Recordable), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and a Blu-ray Disc. May be

<< Functional Configuration of Embodiment >>
Next, a functional configuration of the present embodiment will be described using FIG. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of each terminal, apparatus and system that constitute a transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the terminal 10, the relay device 30, and the management system 50 are connected so as to be able to perform data communication via the communication network 2. Further, the program providing system 90 and the maintenance system 100 shown in FIG. 1 are omitted in FIG. 6 because they are not directly related to the video conference communication.

<Functional configuration of terminal>
The terminal 10 includes a transmitting / receiving unit 11, an operation input receiving unit 12, a login request unit 13, an imaging unit 14, an audio input unit 15a, an audio output unit 15b, a display control unit 16, and a storage / read processing unit 19. There is. These functions are realized by any one of the components shown in FIG. 4 being operated by an instruction from the CPU 101 according to a terminal program expanded on the RAM 103 from the flash memory 104, or It is a means to function. The terminal 10 further includes a storage unit 1000 configured by the RAM 103 illustrated in FIG. 4 and the flash memory 104 illustrated in FIG. 4.

(Each function part of the terminal)
Next, each functional configuration of the terminal 10 will be described in detail using FIGS. 4 and 6. In the following, in describing each functional configuration of the terminal 10, among the components shown in FIG. 4, the relationship with the main components for realizing each functional configuration of the terminal 10 will also be described. .

  The transmission / reception unit 11 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 4 and the network I / F 111 shown in FIG. 4, and transmits various terminals (devices or systems) and various data via the communication network 2 Or send and receive information). The transmitting and receiving unit 11 is an example of a receiving unit, and receives destination name information transmitted by the management system 50.

  The operation input reception unit 12 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 4 and the operation button 108 and the power switch 109 shown in FIG. 4, and receives various inputs from the user. For example, when the user turns on the power switch 109 shown in FIG. 4, the operation input receiving unit 12 shown in FIG. 6 receives power on and turns on the power.

  The login request unit 13 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 4, and requests the management system 50 to log in via the communication network 2 from the transmitting / receiving unit 11 when receiving the power ON. Is automatically transmitted, and the current IP address of the terminal 10 as the request source. In addition, when the user turns the power switch 109 from the ON state to the OFF state, the operation input reception unit 12 completely turns the power OFF after the transmitting / receiving unit 11 transmits the status information to the management system 50 to the effect that the power is turned OFF. Do. Thus, the management system 50 can recognize that the terminal 10 has been switched from the power on to the power off.

  The imaging unit 14 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 4 and the camera 112 and the imaging device I / F 113 shown in FIG. Output data.

  The voice input unit 15a is realized by an instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 4 and a voice input / output I / F 116 shown in FIG. 4, and the user's voice is converted into a voice signal by the microphone 114. Thereafter, voice data relating to this voice signal is input. The audio output unit 15 b is realized by an instruction from the CPU 101 shown in FIG. 4 and the audio input / output I / F 116 shown in FIG. 4, and outputs an audio signal related to audio data to the speaker 115. The voice is output from 115.

  Display control unit 16 is realized by an instruction from CPU 101 shown in FIG. 4 and display I / F 117 shown in FIG. 4 and performs control for transmitting received image data to display 120. . The display control unit 16 is an example of an output unit, and outputs the destination name information received by the transmitting and receiving unit 11 by transmitting the information to the display 120.

  Storage / read processing unit 19 is realized by an instruction from CPU 101 shown in FIG. 4 and SSD 105 shown in FIG. 4 or an instruction from CPU 101, and stores various data in storage unit 1000 or stores A process of reading various data stored in the unit 1000 is performed. The storage unit 1000 stores a terminal ID (Identification) for identifying the terminal 10, a password, and the like. Furthermore, the storage unit 1000 overwrites and stores image data and audio data received when performing communication with the destination terminal 10 each time they are received. Among these, the image is displayed on the display 120 by the image data before being overwritten, and the sound is output from the speaker 115 by the audio data before being overwritten. The terminal ID of the present embodiment and a relay device ID described later indicate identification information such as a language, characters, symbols, or various marks used to uniquely identify the terminal 10 and the relay device 30, respectively. The terminal ID and the relay device ID may be identification information in which at least two of the language, characters, symbols, and various marks are combined.

<Functional configuration of relay device>
The relay device 30 includes a transmission / reception unit 31, a relay unit 32, and a storage / read processing unit 39. These units are functions or functions implemented by any of the components shown in FIG. 5 being operated by an instruction from the CPU 201 according to the relay device program developed on the RAM 203 from the HD 204. It is a means. The relay device 30 further includes a storage unit 3000 constructed of the RAM 203 shown in FIG. 5 or the HD 204 shown in FIG.

(Each function part of relay device)
Next, each functional configuration of the relay device 30 will be described in detail. In the following, among the components shown in FIG. 5, the relationship with the main components for realizing each functional configuration of the relay device 30 is also used to explain each functional configuration of the relay device 30. explain.

  The transmission / reception unit 31 of the relay device 30 shown in FIG. 6 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5 and the network I / F 209 shown in FIG. It exchanges various data (or information) with other terminals, devices, or systems. The relay unit 32 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5, and relays content data transmitted and received between the terminals 10 in the content data session sed via the transmission and reception unit 31.

  Storage / read processing unit 39 is realized by an instruction from CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5 and HDD 205 shown in FIG. 5 and stores various data in storage unit 3000 or stores in storage unit 3000. Perform processing to read out various data.

<Functional configuration of management system>
The management system 50 includes a transmission / reception unit 51, a terminal authentication unit 52, a state management unit 53, a terminal extraction unit 54, a relay apparatus selection unit 56, a session management unit 57, a storage / read processing unit 59, a reservation extraction unit 61, and a conference. The destination information creation unit 64 is included. These units are functions or functions implemented by any of the components shown in FIG. 5 being operated by an instruction from the CPU 201 according to a management system program developed on the HD 203 from the HD 204. It is a means. Further, the management system 50 has a storage unit 5000 constructed by the HD 204 shown in FIG.

(Relay device management table)
In the storage unit 5000, a relay device management DB 5001 configured by the relay device management table as shown in FIG. 7 is constructed. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing the relay device management table. In the relay device management table, the IP address of the relay device 30 is managed in association with each relay device ID of each relay device 30. For example, in the relay device management table shown in FIG. 7, the IP address of the relay device 30a of the relay device ID "111a" is shown as "1.2.1.2".

(Terminal authentication management table)
Furthermore, in the storage unit 5000, a terminal authentication management DB 5002 configured of a terminal authentication management table as shown in FIG. 8 is constructed. FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a terminal authentication management table. In the terminal authentication management table, each password is associated with each terminal ID of all the terminals 10 managed by the management system 50 and managed. For example, in the terminal authentication management table shown in FIG. 8, it is indicated that the terminal ID of the terminal 10aa is "01aa" and the password is "aaaa".

(Session management table)
Further, in the storage unit 5000, a session management DB 5005 configured of a session management table as shown in FIG. 9 is constructed. FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a session management table. In this session management table, for each session ID for identifying a session sed for content data between terminals 10, a reservation ID for identifying which reservation is a communication based on this session, content data in this session A relay device ID for identifying the relay device 30 used for relaying, and a terminal ID for identifying the terminal 10 performing communication in this session are managed in association with each other. For example, in the session management table shown in FIG. 9, the relay device 30c of the relay device ID "111c" with the content data session sed with the reservation ID corresponding to the session ID "se03" is "rsv08" is It is shown that content data is relayed between (10ae, 10dc). When communication not based on reservation is executed, the item of reservation ID in the session management table is blank.

(Destination list management table)
Further, in the storage unit 5000, a destination list management DB 5004 configured by a destination list management table as shown in FIG. 10 is constructed. FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing the destination list management table. In the destination list management table, the terminal ID of the destination candidate terminal 10 that can communicate with the request source in association with the terminal ID (an example of the request source identification information) of the terminal 10 of the request source of communication start Destination name information (first destination name information) indicating the names of candidates is managed. For example, in the destination list management table shown in FIG. 10, the destination candidate that can communicate with the request source terminal 10aa whose terminal ID is "01aa" is the terminal (10ab, 10ba, ..., 10db) It is shown. Further, in the destination list management table, for one destination (for example, the terminal 10ba identified by the terminal ID "01ba"), a plurality of destination name information (for example, "Osaka △ planning team", "Osaka BO") , A Inc., etc.) are managed. The destination name information is registered based on a request for registration of destination name information specifying a communicable destination from the terminal 10 of any request source. In the present embodiment, as the first destination name information, a language such as a team name is used in a language used by the request source so that the request source can easily identify the destination. In the case of another company's address, information such as the company name is used. The destination list management DB 5004 configures a part of the destination name information management unit 5010 by managing the first destination name information.

(Reservation management table)
Furthermore, in the storage unit 5000, a reservation management DB 5009 configured of a reservation management table as shown in FIG. 11A and a reservation terminal management table as shown in FIG. 11B is constructed. It is done. FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a reservation management table and a reservation terminal management table. In the reservation management table, when communication reservation is made between the terminals 10, a reservation ID for identifying this reservation, a meeting start date and time, an end date and time, and a meeting name are managed in association with one another. For example, in the reservation management table shown in FIG. 11, the start date and time of the meeting based on the reservation identified by the reservation ID “rsv03” is “15:00 on November 10, 2011”, and the end date and time is “ At 17:00 on November 10, 2011, it is indicated that the meeting name is "Security Meeting".

  On the other hand, in the reservation terminal management table, destination name information indicating the terminal ID of the terminal 10 that executes communication based on this reservation and the name when the terminal 10 is the destination in association with the above reservation ID (second It is managed in association with destination name information). When one terminal 10 has a plurality of reservations, for one terminal 10 (for example, the terminal 10aa identified by the terminal ID "01aa"), a plurality of destination name information (for example, " Tokyo xxx sales project team, "Tokyo" etc. will be managed. In the present embodiment, the second destination name information is set in an appropriate language so that each participant of the conference can identify the other participants. The reservation terminal management table of the reservation management DB 5009 configures a part of the destination name information management unit 5010 by managing the second destination name information.

  The reservation ID, start date and time, end date and time, meeting name, terminal ID, and destination name information in the reservation management table and reservation terminal management table are stored and read based on a request for registration from the arbitrary terminal 10 to the management system 50. It is registered by the processing part 59 adding.

(Terminal management table)
Further, in the storage unit 5000, a terminal management DB 5003 configured by a terminal management table as shown in FIG. 12 is constructed. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a terminal management table. In this terminal management table, for each terminal ID of each terminal 10, destination name information (third destination name information) indicating the operating state of each terminal 10, the IP address of the terminal 10, and the name of the destination when the terminal 10 is the destination. ) Are associated and managed. For example, in the terminal management table shown in FIG. 12, the operating status of the terminal 10aa with the terminal ID "01aa" is "Online", and the IP address of this terminal 10aa is "1.2.1.3". It is shown that the destination name information is "03-1234- ○○○○". In the present embodiment, numerical values such as telephone numbers are set as the third destination name information so that all other communicable terminals 10 may be notified. The terminal management DB 5003 configures part of the destination name information management unit 5010 by managing the third destination name information.

(Each functional configuration of management system)
Next, each functional configuration of the management system 50 will be described in detail. In the following, in describing each functional configuration of the management system 50, among the components shown in FIG. 5, the relationship with the main components for realizing each functional configuration of the management system 50 is also included. explain.

  The transmission / reception unit 51 is executed by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5 and the network I / F 209 shown in FIG. 5, and transmits various terminals (devices or systems) and various data via the communication network 2 Or send and receive information). The transmission / reception unit 51 is an example of a destination name information transmission unit, and performs processing (destination name information transmission processing) of transmitting destination name information to the terminal 10.

  The terminal authentication unit 52 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5 and uses the terminal ID and password included in the login request information received via the transmission / reception unit 51 as a search key. The terminal authentication management table (see FIG. 8) is searched, and terminal authentication is performed by determining whether the same terminal ID and password are managed in the terminal authentication management table.

  The state management unit 53 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5, and the terminal management table (see FIG. 12) is used to manage the operation state of the request source terminal making the login request. The terminal ID of the terminal, the operating state, and the IP address are associated and stored and managed. In addition, the state management unit 53 performs terminal management based on the state information indicating that the power is turned off, which is sent from the terminal 10 by the user turning the state of the power switch 109 of the terminal 10 from ON to OFF. Change the operating status showing table online to offline.

  The terminal extraction unit 54 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5 and searches the destination list management table (refer to FIG. 10) using the terminal ID of the request source terminal that made the login request as a key. The terminal ID of the terminal 10 is read out to extract the terminal ID. The terminal extraction unit 54 is an example of a destination name information extraction unit, and a plurality of destination names managed by the terminal management DB 5003, the destination list management DB 5004, or the reservation management DB 5009 that constitute the destination name information management unit 5010. A process of extracting at least one piece of destination name information from information (destination name information extraction process) is performed.

  The relaying apparatus selecting unit 56 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5 and selects the relaying apparatus 30 to be used for relaying content data by communication based on the content data session sed between the terminals 10.

  The session management unit 57 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5 and is for identifying the content data session sed each time the content data session sed between the terminals 10 is newly established. Generate a session ID. In addition, the session management unit 57 stores and manages a session ID, a reservation ID, a terminal ID, and a relay device ID in association with a session management table (see FIG. 9).

  Storage / read processing unit 59 is executed by an instruction from CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5 and HDD 205 shown in FIG. 5 to store various data in storage unit 5000 or stored in storage unit 5000. Perform processing to read out various data.

  The reservation extraction unit 61 is realized by an instruction from the CPU 201 shown in FIG. 5, and searches the reservation terminal management table (see FIG. 11) using the reservation ID as a search key, and extracts the corresponding terminal ID. Further, the reservation extraction unit 61 searches the reservation management table using the reservation ID as a search key, and extracts the corresponding start date, end date, and meeting name.

  The conference / destination information creation unit 64 creates, for each reservation ID, conference information including the start date and time, the end date and time, and the conference name, and destination information including the terminal ID, operation status, and destination name information. Also, the meeting / destination information creation unit 64 creates detailed meeting information including reservation ID, start date / time, end date / time, conference name, terminal ID, operation status, and destination name information.

<< Process or Operation of Embodiment >>
Next, processing or operation in the transmission system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. First, transmission / reception processing of each management information in the preparation stage before the terminal 10aa starts communication will be described using FIG. 13 to FIG. FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing processing of a preparation phase for starting communication between terminals. FIG. 14 is a flow diagram showing a process of creating meeting information and destination information. FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the meeting information and the destination information. FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a conference list and a destination list. In FIG. 13, various management information is transmitted and received by the management information session sei shown in FIG. 2.

  First, when the user of the terminal 10aa turns on the power switch 109 shown in FIG. 4, the operation input reception unit 12 shown in FIG. 6 receives power on and turns on the power (step S21). Then, the log-in request unit 13 automatically transmits log-in request information indicating a log-in request to the management system 50 from the transmission / reception unit 11 via the communication network 2 when receiving the power ON (step S22). The login request information includes a terminal ID and a password for identifying the terminal 10aa which is the own terminal as the request source. The terminal ID and the password are data read from the storage unit 1000 via the storage / read processing unit 19 and sent to the transmission / reception unit 11. When login request information is transmitted from the terminal 10aa to the management system 50, the management system 50 on the receiving side can grasp the IP address of the terminal 10aa on the transmitting side.

  Next, the terminal authentication unit 52 of the management system 50 uses the terminal ID and the password included in the login request information received via the transmission / reception unit 51 as a search key, and manages the terminal authentication management of the terminal authentication management DB 5002 of the storage unit 5000. Terminal authentication is performed by searching a table (see FIG. 8) and determining whether the same terminal ID and password are managed in the terminal authentication management table (step S23). Since the same terminal ID and password are managed by the terminal authentication unit 52, the state management unit 53 performs terminal management when it is determined that the login request is from the terminal 10 having a valid usage right. The terminal ID of the terminal 10aa, the operating state, and the IP address of the terminal 10aa are associated with each other and stored in the DB 5003 (see FIG. 12) (step S24). Thus, in the terminal management table shown in FIG. 12, the operation status "online" and the IP address "1.2.1.3" of the terminal 10aa are associated with the terminal ID "01aa" and managed. It will be

  Then, the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 transmits the authentication result information indicating the authentication result obtained by the terminal authentication unit 52 to the terminal 10aa that has made the login request via the communication network 2 (step S25). In the present embodiment, a case where it is determined by the terminal authentication unit 52 that the terminal has a valid usage right will be described continuously below.

  The meeting / destination information creation unit 64 of the management system 50 creates meeting information indicating a conference that includes the terminal 10 aa having requested login as a participant, and destination information indicating a candidate for the destination of the terminal 10 aa (step S 26). . The process of creating the meeting information and the destination information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a flow diagram showing a process of creating meeting information and destination information. First, the reservation extraction unit 61 of the management system 50 searches the reservation terminal management table (see FIG. 11) using the terminal ID "01aa" of the terminal 10aa that has made the login request as a search key, and the corresponding reservation ID ("rsv01", "Rsv02" is extracted (step S26-1). Thereby, reservation ID which identifies reservation of the meeting which terminal 10aa participates is extracted.

  Further, the reservation extraction unit 61 searches the reservation management table (see FIG. 11) using the extracted reservation IDs (“rsv01”, “rsv02”) as a search key, and extracts the start date, end date, and meeting name. (Step S26-2). The meeting / destination information creation unit 64 creates, for each reservation ID extracted by the reservation extraction unit 61, meeting information indicating the start date and time, the end date and time, and the name of the meeting (step S26-3). An example of the created conference information is shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, the terminal extraction unit 54 of the management system 50 searches the destination list management table (see FIG. 10) using the terminal ID "01aa" of the terminal 10aa that has made the login request as a search key, and the destination candidate capable of talking with the terminal 10aa The terminal ID of the terminal 10 and the destination name information indicating the name of the destination candidate are read out (step S26-4). Here, the terminal ID (“01ab”,...) Of the destination candidate terminal (10ab,...) Corresponding to the terminal ID “01aa” of the terminal 10aa, and the destination name information (“□□ sales project team”,...) It will be extracted.

  Next, the terminal extraction unit 54 searches the terminal management table (see FIG. 12) using the terminal ID (“01ab”,...) Of the extracted destination candidate terminal 10 as a search key, and the operating state (“in meeting” ", ...) by reading out (step S26-5). Thus, the conference / destination information creation unit 64 creates destination information including the terminal ID of the terminal 10 as the destination candidate, the destination name information, and the operating state (step S26-6). An example of the created destination information is shown in FIG.

  Next, the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 transmits the conference information and the destination information created by the conference / destination information creation unit 64 to the terminal 10aa (step S27). In the terminal 10aa, the transmission / reception unit 11 receives the conference information and the destination information, and the storage / readout processing unit 19 stores the conference information and the destination information in the storage unit 1000 (step S28).

  The management system 50 repeatedly executes the process of step S26 at a predetermined timing to manage updating of the conference information and the destination information (step S29). Here, when either the meeting information or the destination information is updated, the transmitting / receiving unit 51 includes the meeting information (reservation ID, start date, end date, meeting name), destination information (terminal ID, operating status, destination) The name information is transmitted to the terminal 10aa (step S30). The storage / readout processing unit 19 of the terminal 10aa sequentially updates the conference information and the destination information received from the management system 50 by storing them in the storage unit 1000 (step S31).

  The display control unit 16 of the terminal 10aa causes the display 120aa to display the conference list and the destination list based on the conference information and the destination information stored in the storage unit 1000 (step S32). An example of the displayed conference list and destination list is shown in FIG.

  In the meeting / destination list frame 311-1 shown in FIG. 16, destination name information 311-2 such as “□□ sales project team” is displayed, and an icon indicating the operating status for each destination name information (311-3a, 311-3b, 311-3c) is displayed. Among these icons, the icon 311-3 a indicates that communication is possible with the destination candidate terminal 10 because the terminal is waiting in the on-line state. The icon 311-3 b indicates that communication with the terminal 10 is not possible when one of the destination candidate terminals 10 is in the OFF line state. The icon 311-3 c indicates that one of the destination candidate terminals 10 is in a meeting state. In addition, the start date and time, the end date and time, and the meeting name 311-4 of the meeting such as “2011/11/10 10:00 to 11:30 sales meeting” are displayed in the destination list frame 311-1, An icon 311-4 a for requesting detailed information on a meeting is displayed for each meeting name.

  Subsequently, a process of receiving a reservation for communication between the terminals 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18. FIG. 17 is a sequence diagram showing a process of receiving a reservation. FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a reservation acceptance screen. In FIG. 17, various management information is transmitted and received by the management information session sei shown in FIG. 2.

  After receiving the destination information from the management system 50 (see step S27), the operation input receiving unit 12 of the terminal 10aa receives a reservation for communication between the terminals 10 (step S41). In this case, the display control unit 16 of the terminal 10aa causes the display 120aa to display the reservation acceptance screen shown in FIG. Thereby, the operation input reception unit 12 receives the input of the conference name, the start date and time, the end date and time, and the terminal 10 participating in the conference. In the present embodiment, the terminal 10 participating in the conference can be selected from among the terminals 10 identified by the terminal ID included in the destination information transmitted by the management system 50. Also, as the name of the terminal 10 participating in the meeting, destination name information included in the destination information is set as an initial value, and is updated by selecting and editing the icon 320 shown on the reservation acceptance screen. Ru. When these inputs are accepted, the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10aa requests a reservation including the name of the meeting, the start date and time, the end date and time, the terminal ID of the terminal 10 participating in the meeting, and the updated destination name information. The reservation request information indicating the fact is transmitted to the management system 50 (step S42).

  When the reservation request information is received by the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50, the storage and readout processing unit 59 associates the meeting name, the start date and time, and the end date and time contained in the reservation request information with the reservation ID. It stores in the table (see FIG. 11A) (step S43). The above reservation ID may be one created in the management system 50 or one created at the terminal 10aa as long as it can uniquely identify a reservation. Further, the storage / read processing unit 59 stores the terminal ID and the updated destination name information in the reservation terminal management table (see FIG. 11B) in association with the reservation ID.

  Subsequently, using FIG. 19 to FIG. 22, processing of requesting the management system 50 to acquire the detailed information (meeting detailed information) of the reserved meeting before the terminal 10aa starts the reserved meeting. Will be explained. The conference detailed information includes destination name information of the terminal 10 that can communicate with the terminal 10aa. FIG. 19 is a sequence diagram showing a process of acquiring meeting detailed information. FIG. 20 is a flow chart showing a process of creating meeting detail information. FIG. 21 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the meeting detailed information. FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the meeting detail list. In FIG. 19, various management information is transmitted and received by the management information session sei shown in FIG.

  First, when the user of the terminal 10aa presses the operation button 108 shown in FIG. 4 and selects the icon 311-4a corresponding to the conference from the conference list (see FIG. 16), the operation input accepting unit 12 , And receives a request for acquisition of meeting detailed information (step S51). The transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10aa includes the terminal ID of the terminal 10aa and the reservation ID (see step S27) corresponding to the selected meeting, and indicates meeting detail request information indicating that acquisition of meeting detail information is requested, It transmits to the management system 50 (step S52). The transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 receives the request for acquisition of the meeting detailed information by receiving the meeting detailed request information.

  Next, the meeting / destination information creation unit 64 of the management system 50 creates detailed meeting information including information on the destination terminal that participates in the conference selected by the terminal 10aa (step S53). The process of creating the meeting detailed information will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, the reservation extraction unit 61 searches the reservation management table (see FIG. 11) using the reservation ID included in the meeting detail request information transmitted from the terminal 10aa as a search key, and extracts the start date and time, the end date and time, and the meeting name. (Step S53-1). Subsequently, the reservation extraction unit 61 searches the reservation terminal management table (see FIG. 11) using the reservation ID included in the meeting detail request information transmitted from the terminal 10aa as a search key, and extracts the terminal ID (step S53). -2).

  Furthermore, the terminal extraction unit 54 determines whether destination name information (second destination name information) corresponding to the terminal ID extracted in step S53-2 is managed in the reservation terminal management table (see FIG. 11). It judges (step S53-3). If it is determined that the destination name information is managed in the reservation terminal management table (YES in step S53-3), the terminal extraction unit 54 determines in step S53-2 the reservation ID transmitted from the terminal 10aa. The corresponding destination name information (second destination name information) corresponding to the extracted terminal ID is extracted from the reservation terminal management table (step S53-4).

  If it is determined that the destination name information (second destination name information) is not managed in the reservation terminal management table (NO in step S53-3), the terminal extraction unit 54 determines that the terminal of the request source terminal 10aa is Whether or not the destination name information (first destination name information) associated with the ID “01aa” and the terminal ID of the destination extracted in step S53-2 is managed in the destination list management table (see FIG. 10) It is determined (step S53-5). If it is determined that the destination name information is managed (YES in step S53-5), the terminal extraction unit 54 extracts the terminal ID "01aa" of the request source terminal 10aa in step S53-2. Destination name information (first destination name information) associated with the identified terminal ID is extracted from the destination list management table (step S53-6).

  If it is determined that the destination name information is not managed in the destination list management table (NO in step S53-5), the terminal extraction unit 54 determines the destination name corresponding to the terminal ID extracted in step S53-2. Information (third destination name information) is extracted from the terminal management table (see FIG. 12) (step S53-7).

  Subsequently, the terminal extraction unit 54 searches the terminal management table (see FIG. 12) using the terminal ID extracted in step S53-2 as a search key and extracts the operation state by reading (step S53-8).

  If a plurality of terminal IDs corresponding to the reservation ID are extracted in step S53-2, the terminal extraction unit 54 repeatedly executes the processing of steps S53-3 to S53-8 to obtain each terminal ID. Extract the corresponding destination name information.

  When the extraction of the destination name information is completed, the conference / destination information creation unit 64 receives the reservation ID, the terminal ID extracted by the reservation extraction unit 61, the start date and time, the end date and time, the conference name, and the terminal extraction unit 54. The extracted destination name information and destination information including the operating state are created (step S53-9). An example of the created destination information is shown in FIG.

  Next, the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 transmits the conference detailed information created by the conference / destination information creation unit 64 to the terminal 10aa (step S54). In the terminal 10aa, the transmitting and receiving unit 11 receives the meeting detailed information. The display control unit 16 of the terminal 10aa creates a conference detailed list including destination name information based on the conference detailed information received by the transmitting and receiving unit 11, and displays the conference detailed list by displaying on the display 120aa (step S55). An example of the displayed meeting detail list is shown in FIG.

  In the meeting detail list 311-6 of FIG. 22, the start date and time of the meeting, the end date and time, and the meeting name 311-7 are displayed. Also, in the conference detail list 311-6, each destination name information 311-2 such as "Tokyo" is displayed, and icons (311-3a, 311-3c) indicating the operating status for each destination name information are displayed. It is displayed. Further, in the meeting detail list 311-6, an entry button 311-5 for receiving a request for starting a meeting is displayed. As a result, the terminal 10aa can accept participation in a reserved conference from the screen on which the conference detail list is displayed.

  Subsequently, processing in which the terminal 10aa starts communication based on reservation will be described using FIG. FIG. 23 is a sequence diagram showing a process of starting communication. In FIG. 23, various management information is transmitted and received by the management information session sei. Also, when the terminal 10aa requests start of communication based on reservation, the terminal 10ba and the terminal 10db are in a state of executing communication based on reservation by the content data session sed via the relay device 30a. There is.

  First, when the user of the terminal 10aa presses the entry button 311-5 on the meeting detail list (see FIG. 22), the operation input receiving unit 12 receives a request to start communication based on a reservation (step S61).

  Subsequently, the transmission / reception unit 11 of the terminal 10aa manages start request information indicating that the start of communication is requested including the terminal ID "01aa" of the terminal 10aa and the reservation ID "rsv02" received in step S54. It transmits to 50 (step S62). The transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 receives the request for start of communication from the terminal 10aa by receiving the start request information, and receives the IP address "1.2.1.3" of the terminal 10aa as the transmission source. It will be understood. The state management unit 53 of the management system 50 sets the field portion of the operating state of the record including the terminal ID "01aa" of the terminal 10aa included in the start request information to "during a meeting" in the terminal management table (see FIG. 12). To (step S63).

  The session management unit 57 adds the terminal ID “01aa” of the terminal 10aa to the field portion of the terminal ID of the record in the session management table (see FIG. 9) including the reservation ID “rsv02” transmitted from the terminal 10aa Step S64). The session management unit 57 searches the session management table using the reservation ID “rsv02” transmitted from the terminal 10aa as a search key, and extracts the corresponding session ID “se01” and the relay apparatus ID “111a” (step S65). The session ID “se01” is generated by the session management unit 57 and stored in the session management table when one of the terminals (10ba, 10db) initially starts communication based on reservation. The relay device ID “111a” is selected by the relay device selection unit 56 when one of the terminals (10ba, 10db) first starts communication based on reservation, and the session management unit 57 performs session management. It is stored in the table.

  Next, the transmitting / receiving unit 51 transmits the session ID “se01” extracted in step S65 and the relay device connection information used to connect to the relay device 30a to the terminal 10aa via the communication network 2 (step S66). The relay device connection information can include the IP address, authentication information, port number, etc. of the relay device 30a. The terminal 10aa connects to the relay device 30a using the received relay device connection information, and transmits content data.

  Subsequently, the transmission / reception unit 51 of the management system 50 transmits relay start request information to the effect that the start of relay is requested to the relay device 30a (step S67). The relay start request information includes the IP address of the terminal 10aa that newly starts communication in the content data session sed, and the session ID "se01" extracted in step S65. The storage / readout management unit 39 of the relay device 30 a stores the IP address of the terminal 10 ab newly participating in the content data session sed in the storage unit 3000 in the session ID “se01”. The relay unit 32 relays the content data transmitted from the terminal 10aa to the terminals (10ba, 10db) via the transmission / reception unit 31 based on the IP address stored in the storage unit 3000, and the terminals (10ba, 10db) Relay the content data transmitted from the terminal 10 a to the terminal 10 aa. As a result, a content data session sed for communicating content data is established between the terminals (10aa, 10ba, 10db). The terminal 10aa starts communication based on reservation with the terminals (10ba, 10db) by this session.

<< Supplement of embodiment >>
In the above embodiment, the destination name information is not particularly limited as long as it indicates the name of the destination. As the destination name information, the serial number of the terminal 10 as an example of the name based on the terminal 10, the address, the telephone number, the area where the terminal 10 is arranged, the project to which the user belongs as an example of the name based on the user of the terminal 10. Name, team name, user name etc.

  The management system 50 and the program providing system 90 in each of the above embodiments may be constructed by a single computer, or may be constructed by a plurality of computers divided into parts (functions or means) and arbitrarily assigned. May be Also, in the case where the program providing system 90 is constructed by a single computer, the program sent by the program providing system 90 may be divided into a plurality of modules and may be sent separately. It may be sent. Furthermore, when the program providing system 90 is constructed by a plurality of computers, the plurality of modules may be transmitted from each computer in a separated state.

  Further, a recording medium storing the terminal program, the relay apparatus program, and the transmission management program according to the present embodiment, the HD 204 storing the program, and the program providing system 90 including the HD 204 Any of these is used when provided as a program product (Program Product) to users of the program for terminals, the program for relay device, and the program for transmission management, etc., domestically or abroad.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, although the IP address of the relay apparatus in FIG. 7 and the IP address of the terminal in FIG. 12 are managed, the present invention is not limited to this, and in order to specify the relay apparatus 30 on the communication network 2 In the case of the relay device identification information of the above or the terminal identification information for identifying the terminal 10 on the communication network 2, each FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) may be managed. In this case, an IP address corresponding to the FQDN is acquired by a well-known DNS (Domain Name System) server. In addition to "relay device identification information for identifying the relay device 30 in the communication network 2", "relay device connection destination information indicating a connection destination to the relay device 30 on the communication network 2" or "communication It may be expressed as “relaying device destination information” indicating the destination to the relaying device 30 on the network 2. Similarly, not only “terminal identification information for identifying the terminal 10 in the communication network 2” but also “terminal connection destination information indicating a connection destination to the terminal 10 on the communication network 2” or “on the communication network 2” It may be expressed as “terminal destination information indicating a destination to the terminal 10”.

  In the present embodiment, “video conference” is used as a term that can be replaced with “video conference”.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case of the video conference system has been described as an example of the transmission system 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this as long as it is a system capable of communication specifying a destination. It may be a telephone system such as an internet telephone, a facsimile, a social networking service (SNS), an online game, an electronic mail system or the like. Furthermore, the transmission system 1 may be an audio conference system or a PC (Personal Computer) screen sharing system.

  The transmission system 1 may be a communication system of a mobile phone. In this case, for example, the terminal corresponds to a mobile phone. A display example of the destination list in this case is shown in FIG. FIG. 24 is a conceptual diagram showing a destination list of another embodiment. That is, the terminal 310 as a portable telephone includes a main body 310-1 of the portable telephone, a menu screen display button 310-2 provided on the main body 310-1, a display unit 310-3 provided on the main body 310-1, and a main body A microphone 310-4 provided at the lower part of 310-1 and a speaker 310-5 provided at the main body 310-1 are provided. Among these, the "menu screen display button" 310-2 is a button for displaying a menu screen on which icons indicating various applications are displayed. The display unit 310-3 is a touch panel, and when the user selects destination name information, communication can be performed with the other party's mobile phone.

  Further, in the above embodiment, although the case of performing a video conference by the transmission system 1 has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be used for a meeting, general conversation, or one-way information presentation. Absent.

<< Main effects of the embodiment >>
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the destination name information management unit 5010 manages a plurality of destination name information indicating the name of a destination for one destination. Further, the terminal extraction unit 54 extracts at least one destination name information from among a plurality of destination name information, and the transmitting and receiving unit 51 transmits the extracted destination name information to the terminal 10 capable of communicating with the destination. Do. In this case, since the destination name information management unit 5010 can manage destination name information corresponding to communication for one destination, it is possible to provide destination name information according to communication. It plays an effect.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the destination list management table (see FIG. 10) manages the first destination name information in association with the terminal ID of the request source terminal 10. The terminal extraction unit 54 extracts the first destination name information (for example, “B company Washington DC”) associated with the request source terminal ID (for example, “01aa”) from the destination list management table, and transmits / receives unit 51 Transmits the extracted first destination name information to the request source terminal 10 (for example, the terminal 10aa). The destination list management table can manage, for each request source, address name information that is easy to specify in the request source for one address, so that the management system 50 can easily specify the destination name information in the request source. The effect is that it becomes possible to provide

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the reservation terminal management table (see FIG. 11) manages the second destination name information in association with the reservation ID. The terminal extraction unit 54 extracts the second destination name information (for example, “Tokyo”) associated with the reservation ID (for example, “rsv02”) from the reservation terminal management table, and the transmission / reception unit 51 extracts the extracted destination The name information is transmitted to the terminal 10 (for example, the terminal 10db) which starts communication based on the reservation. This makes it possible to manage easily addressable destination name information in each terminal 10 participating in communication based on reservation for one address, so that the management system 50 is easy to specify in the request source. The effect of providing destination name information is achieved.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when the second destination name information is not managed in the reservation terminal management table (see FIG. 11), the terminal extraction unit 54 generates the second information from the destination list management table (see FIG. 10). The destination name information of 1 is extracted, and the transmission / reception unit 51 transmits the extracted first destination name information to the terminal 10 that is the request source of the communication based on the reservation. As a result, even when the destination name information based on the reservation is not set, the first destination name information can be extracted and transmitted to the request source terminal 10.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the terminal management table (see FIG. 12) manages third destination name information. Thereby, even when destination name information corresponding to the request source or destination name information based on reservation is not set, the third destination name information can be extracted and transmitted to the request source terminal 10 It plays an effect.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the destination name information includes the serial number of the terminal 10, the address, the telephone number, the name based on the terminal 10 such as the area where the terminal 10 is arranged, the project name, the team name, and the use. The name based on the user of the terminal 10, such as a person's name, is included. As a result, the degree of freedom in specifying the destination is improved.

1 Transmission system 10 Transmission terminal 11 Transmission / reception unit (an example of a reception unit)
12 operation input acceptance unit 13 login request unit 14 imaging unit 15a audio input unit 15b audio output unit 16 display control unit (an example of an output unit)
19 storage / read processing unit 30 relay device 31 transmission / reception unit 32 relay unit 39 storage / read processing unit 50 transmission management system 51 transmission / reception unit (an example of destination name information transmission unit)
52 terminal authentication unit 53 state management unit 54 terminal extraction unit (an example of a destination name information extraction unit)
56 relay device selection unit 57 session management unit 61 reservation extraction unit 64 conference / destination information creation unit 70 router 90 program providing system 100 maintenance system 120 display 1000 storage unit 3000 storage unit 5000 storage unit 5001 relay device management DB
5002 Terminal Authentication Management DB
5003 Terminal Management DB
5004 Destination List Management DB
5005 Session Management DB
5009 Reservation Management DB
5010 Destination Name Information Management Department

JP, 2012-50063, A

Claims (13)

A destination name information management unit that manages a plurality of destination name information indicating names of destinations in communication between transmission terminals for one destination;
A receiving unit that receives a first login request based on first identification information from a first transmission terminal that can communicate with the destination;
Among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit when the first login request is received, the first received from the first transmission terminal that transmitted the first login request. A transmitter configured to transmit, to the first transmission terminal, first destination name information associated with one piece of identification information in association with the destination;
Have
The receiving unit further receives, from a second transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination, a second login request based on second identification information different from the first identification information.
When the transmission unit receives the second login request, the second transmission terminal transmits the second login request among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit. Management system characterized by transmitting destination name information different from the first destination name information associated with the second identification information received from the second transmission terminal to the second transmission terminal in association with the destination. . The destination name information management unit manages the first destination name information in association with the first identification information.
The transmission unit transmits, to the first transmission terminal, the first destination name information associated with the first identification information among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit. The management system according to claim 1, wherein the management system transmits. The destination name information management unit manages second destination name information in association with reservation identification information for identifying a reservation of the communication,
A destination name information extraction unit for extracting the second destination name information associated with reservation identification information for identifying a predetermined reservation from the destination name information management unit;
The transmission unit transmits the second destination name information associated with reservation identification information for identifying the predetermined reservation to a transmission terminal that starts communication based on the predetermined reservation. The management system according to claim 1 or 2. The destination name information management unit manages first destination name information in association with the first identification information, and associates second destination name information in association with reservation identification information for identifying the reservation of the communication. Manage
The transmission unit is configured to use the first identification information when the second destination name information associated with reservation identification information for identifying a predetermined reservation is not managed in the destination name information management unit. The management system according to claim 1, characterized in that the first destination name information associated with each other is transmitted to a transmission terminal that can communicate with the destination that starts communication based on the predetermined reservation.   The management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the destination name information is information based on the transmission terminal or information based on a user of the transmission terminal.   The destination name information managed in the destination name information management unit is information registered based on a request for registration of destination name information from a transmission terminal. Management system as described in Section. A management method executed in a management system having a destination name information management unit that manages a plurality of destination name information indicating names of destinations in communication between transmission terminals with respect to one destination,
Receiving a first login request based on first identification information from a first transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination;
Among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit when the first login request is received, the first received from the first transmission terminal that transmitted the first login request. Transmitting destination name information associated with one identification information to the first transmission terminal in association with the destination;
Receiving a second login request based on second identification information different from the first identification information from a second transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination;
Among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit when the second login request is received, the second received from the second transmission terminal that has transmitted the second login request. Transmitting destination name information different from the first destination name information associated with the identification information of No. 2 to the second transmission terminal in association with the destination;
Management method characterized by having. In a management system having a destination name information management unit that manages a plurality of destination name information indicating names of destinations in communication between transmission terminals for one destination,
Receiving a first login request based on first identification information from a first transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination;
Among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit when the first login request is received, the first received from the first transmission terminal that transmitted the first login request. Transmitting destination name information associated with one identification information to the first transmission terminal in association with the destination;
Receiving a second login request based on second identification information different from the first identification information from a second transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination;
Among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit when the second login request is received, the second received from the second transmission terminal that has transmitted the second login request. Transmitting destination name information different from the first destination name information associated with the identification information of No. 2 to the second transmission terminal in association with the destination;
A program characterized by causing A transmission system comprising: a transmission management system; and a transmission terminal connected to the transmission management system via a network,
The transmission management system
A destination name information management unit that manages a plurality of destination name information indicating names of destinations in communication between transmission terminals for one destination;
A receiving unit that receives a first login request based on first identification information from a first transmission terminal that can communicate with the destination;
Among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit when the first login request is received, the first received from the first transmission terminal that transmitted the first login request. A transmitter configured to transmit, to the first transmission terminal, first destination name information associated with one piece of identification information in association with the destination;
Have
The receiving unit further receives, from a second transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination, a second login request based on second identification information different from the first identification information.
When the transmission unit receives the second login request, the second transmission terminal transmits the second login request among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the destination name information management unit. Destination name information that is different from the first destination name information associated with the second identification information received from the second address information, and is transmitted to the second transmission terminal in association with the destination;
The transmission terminal is
A transmission system comprising: a display control unit that causes a display unit to display destination name information transmitted by the transmission unit.   10. The transmission system according to claim 9, wherein the destination name information is information based on the transmission terminal or information based on a user of the transmission terminal.   11. The transmission system according to claim 9, wherein the transmission system is a video conference system, and the transmission terminal is a video conference terminal.   The transmission system according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the transmission management system is constructed by one or more computers. A transmission management system managing a plurality of destination name information indicating names of destinations in communication between transmission terminals for one destination, a first transmission terminal connected to the transmission management system via a network, and a second transmission terminal A method implemented in a transmission system having a transmission terminal of
Receiving a first login request based on first identification information from the first transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination;
Among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the transmission management system, the first received from the first transmission terminal that transmitted the first login request when the first login request is received. Transmitting destination name information associated with identification information to the first transmission terminal in association with the destination;
Receiving a second login request based on second identification information different from the first identification information from the second transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination;
Among the plurality of pieces of destination name information managed by the transmission management system, when the second login request is received, the second received from the second transmission terminal that transmitted the second login request. Transmitting destination name information different from the first destination name information associated with identification information to the second transmission terminal in association with the destination;
The method is characterized in that the first and second transmission terminals each have a step of displaying on the display unit the destination name information transmitted by the transmission management system.