Information processing terminal and information processing program

Abstract

To provide an information processing terminal that allows participants in an electronic conference to easily sense an incoming notification of the electronic conference.SOLUTION: In a communication control system, an information processing terminal 12 includes a conference control unit 123 that conducts an electronic conference and a wireless communication control unit 125 that wirelessly connects to a telephone terminal 14 associated with the information processing terminal 12. When the wireless communication control unit 125 detects an incoming call signal for the electronic conference received by the conference control unit 123, the wireless communication control unit transmits a call control signal for causing the wirelessly connected telephone terminal 14 to output a ring tone.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing terminal used in an electronic conference system. [Background technology]

[0002] Systems that link and function information processing terminals such as personal computers (PCs) and telephone terminals such as business phones have been commercialized (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1). In the system of Non-Patent Document 1, when an incoming call is received at the telephone terminal and the telephone terminal rings, an incoming call notification is sent to the information processing terminal, and the information processing terminal can know that an incoming call has been received at the telephone terminal.

[0003] In addition, electronic conference systems that hold video conferences over communication networks such as the Internet are becoming more common. Video conference systems are equipped with a function that displays an incoming call notification on a PC display to notify the start of the conference, and outputs a ringtone to the PC speaker to notify the incoming call. [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0004] [Non-Patent Document 1] “DESKPORT instruction manual”, [searched February 14, 2022], Internet<URL: https: / / www.ntt-west.co.jp / kiki / support / pdf / PAC2_DESK.PDF> Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In electronic conference systems, even if an incoming call notification is sent to notify the start of the conference, video conference participants may not notice the incoming call notification. In particular, when a headset is connected to a PC but not worn by a participant, the notification message is simply displayed on the edge of the PC screen and the ringtone cannot be heard, so participants may not notice the incoming call notification. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an information processing terminal according to the present invention comprises: Participants in the electronic conference An information processing terminal having a conference control unit for holding an electronic conference, , arranged near the information processing terminal and a telephone terminal short distance wireless communication a wireless communication control unit that connects the electronic conference call to the wireless communication terminal when the conference control unit detects an incoming signal for the electronic conference call; short distance wireless communication To the connected telephone terminal for allowing participants of the electronic conference to recognize receipt of an incoming signal of the electronic conference; A call control signal for outputting a ring tone is transmitted.

[0007] Furthermore, the information processing program according to the present invention comprises: Participants in the electronic conference A program executed in an information processing terminal having a conference control unit for holding an electronic conference, the information processing terminal including a , arranged near the information processing terminal and a telephone terminal short distance wireless communication a wireless communication control unit that connects the electronic conference call to the wireless communication terminal when the wireless communication control unit detects an incoming signal for the electronic conference call received by the conference control unit; short distance wireless communication To the connected telephone terminal for allowing participants of the electronic conference to recognize receipt of an incoming signal of the electronic conference; The step of transmitting a call control signal for outputting a ring tone is executed to cause the computer to function as the information processing terminal. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing terminal that allows participants in an electronic conference to easily sense an incoming call notification in the electronic conference. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication control system including an information processing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication control system including an information processing terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the communication control system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the information processing terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] <Embodiments of the present invention> A communication control device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figures 1 to 4. The present invention can be embodied in various forms and is not limited to the embodiment described below.

[0011] <Communication control system configuration> 1, a communication control system 10 according to this embodiment includes an information processing terminal 12 such as a personal computer (PC) for holding electronic conferences such as TV conferences, and a communication control device 11 to which the information processing terminal 12 and a telephone terminal 13 such as a business phone are connected. The telephone terminal 13, which is the master terminal, is provided with a telephone terminal 14, which serves as a slave terminal and can be connected to the telephone terminal 13 using short-range wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

[0012] The communication control device 11 is connected to the communication network 1 and has a router function. By connecting to an electronic conference system on the communication network side, the communication control device 11 can provide electronic conference functions such as a video conference to the information processing terminal 12 and telephone communication functions to the telephone terminals 13 and 14. The information processing terminal 12 is associated with the telephone terminals 13 and 14, and the user of the information processing terminal 12 is associated with the telephone terminals 13 and 14 located near the information processing terminal 12. The information processing terminal 12 may be connected to the electronic conference system on the communication network side via another device (such as a router). In this case, the information processing terminal 12 receives a notification signal for the video conference from the communication network 1 without going through the communication control device 11.

[0013] The information processing terminal 12 that holds a video conference or the like is equipped with a function that, when it receives a signal notifying of an incoming call from another participant in the video conference (hereinafter referred to as an "incoming call signal"), displays the reception of the incoming call signal on the display of the information processing terminal 12 and outputs a ring tone to notify of the incoming call from the speaker of the information processing terminal 12. This allows the participants in the video conference to recognize the incoming call signal by the image on the display of the information processing terminal 12 and the sound from the speaker.

[0014] In this case, the incoming call signal notified to the information processing terminal 12 that is conducting the video conference is input to the information processing terminal 12 via the communication control device 11. If the participants in the video conference are using a headset connected to the information processing terminal 12, the ringtone of the incoming call signal is output to the earphones or headphones of the headset.

[0015] If the headset is not attached to the body of a conference participant, a notification message informing of the incoming call will simply pop up on the edge of the display, and the ringtone of the headphones will not be detected, so the video conference user may not be able to recognize the incoming call signal.

[0016] In the present invention, the electronic conference function provided by the information processing terminal 12 that executes the TV conference is linked with the telephone communication function provided by the telephone terminals 13 and 14, so that an incoming signal of the TV conference is detected and transmitted to the telephone terminal 14, thereby making the users of the TV conference aware of the reception of the incoming signal.

[0017] Specifically, an information processing terminal 12 equipped with a conference control unit for conducting electronic conferences is configured to establish a wireless connection with a telephone terminal 14, which is a handset of a telephone terminal 13 (base unit) associated with the information processing terminal 12, and is configured to establish a wireless connection with the telephone terminal 14 (handset) and transmit a call control signal to cause the telephone terminal 14 (handset) to output a ringtone when a received incoming signal for an electronic conference is detected.

[0018] With this configuration, even if participants in a video conference are not wearing headsets, they can recognize the receipt of an incoming signal for the video conference by the ringing of the telephone terminal 14 (handset) wirelessly connected to the information processing terminal 12.

[0019] <Configuration of information processing terminal> 2, the information processing terminal 12 includes a communication interface (I / F) 121, a control unit 122, a display unit (screen) 126, an audio input / output unit (e.g., a microphone and a speaker) 127, a storage unit 128, and a wireless communication interface (I / F) 129 for wirelessly connecting to the telephone terminal 14. A headset equipped with a microphone and headphones can be connected to the audio input / output unit 127. The wireless communication interface (I / F) 129 is used when pairing with the telephone terminal 14 using a short-range wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) to establish a wireless connection.

[0020] The control unit 122 includes a conference control unit 123 as a processing unit for providing electronic conference functions, a call control unit 124 for coordinating with telephone communication functions and transmitting call control signals to the telephone terminal 14, and a wireless communication control unit 125 for establishing a wireless connection with the telephone terminal 14.

[0021] The storage unit 128 stores information processing programs such as an electronic conference program for operating the conference control unit 123, a call control program for operating the call control unit 124, and a wireless communication program for operating the wireless communication control unit 125. The electronic conference program, the call control program, and the wireless communication program may be supplied to the information processing terminal 12 via a communication line such as the Internet. The storage unit includes various magnetic recording media, magneto-optical recording media, CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, and various memories.

[0022] The information processing terminal 12 can be realized by a computer equipped with a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory, and an I / F, and can be realized by an information processing program that controls these hardware resources.

[0023] In addition to the above-mentioned programs, the storage unit 128 stores a correspondence table between the information processing terminal 12 and the telephone terminal 13 and telephone terminal 14. This correspondence table shows the correspondence between the information processing terminal 12 and the telephone terminal 13 and telephone terminal 14 that are installed in correspondence with the information processing terminal 12. The telephone terminal 13 (base unit) installed near the information processing terminal 12 of the participant of the video conference is associated with the telephone terminal 14 (handset) that is wirelessly connected to the telephone terminal 13 (base unit).

[0024] <Telephone terminal configuration> The telephone terminal 13 is equipped with a call processing interface (I / F) 131 for connecting to the communication control device 11, a control unit 132, an audio input / output unit 133, and a wireless communication interface (I / F) 134 for wirelessly connecting to the telephone terminal 14, and is configured to provide telephone communication functions together with the communication control device 11.

[0025] The telephone terminal 14 includes a wireless communication interface (I / F) 141 for wirelessly connecting with the telephone terminal 13 and the information processing terminal 12, a control unit 142, and an audio input / output unit 143. The telephone terminal 14 is configured to perform multi-pairing using a short-range wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) so as to be able to wirelessly connect with both the telephone terminal 13 and the information processing terminal 12 (dotted arrows A and B in FIG. 2).

[0026] The telephone terminals 13 and 14 are, for example, curl cordless (CCL) telephones. When the telephone terminal 14 is not in wireless communication with the information processing terminal 12 (dotted arrow B in FIG. 2), the telephone terminal 14 (handset) communicates wirelessly with the telephone terminal 13 (base unit) and operates as a normal telephone terminal (dotted arrow A in FIG. 2).

[0027] Here, the telephone terminal 13 (base unit) and the telephone terminal 14 (handset) may be devices other than curl cordless (CCL) telephones that can be connected using short-range wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). The telephone terminal 14 (handset) may be a smartphone, a smart watch, a speaker, a microphone, or other device.

[0028] When an electronic conference is held, an electronic conference program is read from the storage unit 128 in the information processing terminal 12 and executed by the conference control unit 123. At this time, an image to be shared by the participants of the electronic conference is output to the display unit 126 of the information processing terminal 12, and audio is input and output by the audio input / output unit 127. The participants of the electronic conference can input and output audio using a headset connected to the audio input / output unit 127.

[0029] An audio signal input from the communication network 1 passes through the communication control device 11 and is input to the information processing terminal 12 via the communication interface 121, and is then controlled by the conference control unit 123 and output from the audio input / output unit 127. The audio signal input from the audio input / output unit 127 is output to the communication network 1 via the communication interface 121 and the communication control device 11.

[0030] Participants in an electronic conference can also participate in the conference using only voice from telephone terminals 13 and 14, without using information processing terminal 12. In this case, voice signals input from communication network 1 are output by voice input / output units 133 and 143 of telephone terminals 13 and 14 via communication control device 11, and voice signals input at voice input / output units 133 and 143 of telephone terminals 13 and 14 are output to communication network 1 via communication control device 11.

[0031] <Operation sequence of the communication control system> FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the communication control system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0032] The wireless communication control unit of the information processing terminal 12 refers to a correspondence table between the information processing terminal 12 and the telephone terminals 13 and 14 stored in the storage unit, determines the telephone terminal 14 to connect wirelessly, and establishes a wireless connection by pairing with the telephone terminal 14 using a short-range wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). The telephone terminal 14 has a multi-pairing function and is configured to be able to connect wirelessly with both the telephone terminal 13 and the information processing terminal 12.

[0033] During a video conference, the communication control device 11 transmits a notification signal of the electronic conference received from the communication network to the information processing terminal 12. The conference control unit of the information processing terminal 12 controls the electronic conference in accordance with the notification signal of the electronic conference. For example, if the notification signal of the electronic conference is an incoming call signal from a conference participant, the information processing terminal 12 displays the incoming call signal on the display of the information processing terminal 12 and controls the information processing terminal 12 to output a ring tone to notify the incoming call from the speaker of the information processing terminal 12. If the information processing terminal 12 is connected to an electronic conference system on the communication network side via another device (such as a router), the information processing terminal 12 receives the notification signal of the electronic conference from the communication network 1 without going through the communication control device 11.

[0034] The wireless communication control unit of the information processing terminal 12 refers to the notification signal received by the conference control unit and detects an incoming signal for the electronic conference from the received notification signal. For example, the incoming signal for the electronic conference can be detected by identifying the audio signal of the incoming signal for the electronic conference.

[0035] When the wireless communication control unit of the information processing terminal 12 detects an incoming call signal for an electronic conference, it generates a call control signal for causing the telephone terminal 14 to output a ringtone, and transmits the generated call control signal to the call control unit.

[0036] The call control unit transmits a call control signal to the telephone terminal 14 wirelessly connected by the wireless communication control unit. The telephone terminal 14 rings a ringtone based on the received call control signal, in the same way as when a normal telephone call is received. Participants in the video conference can recognize the reception of an incoming call signal by the ringtone of the telephone terminal 14, even if they are not wearing a headset. Here, the ringtone may be changed to distinguish the incoming call from a normal telephone call.

[0037] By going off-hook at the telephone terminal 14, the telephone terminal 14 may be used as an audio input / output terminal for the video conference. In this case, audio signals of the video conference at the information processing terminal 12 are transmitted and received between the information processing terminal 12 and the telephone terminal 14 via the wireless communication interface (I / F) 129.

[0038] When the telephone terminal 14 is off-hook, the microphone and speaker of the audio input / output unit 127 of the information processing terminal 12 may be turned off. Also, when the telephone terminal 14 is on-hook, the audio communication between the information processing terminal 12 and the telephone terminal 14 may be terminated.

[0039] <Operation of the communication control device> The operation of information processing terminal 12 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information processing terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0040] The wireless communication control unit of the information processing terminal 12 refers to a correspondence table between the information processing terminal 12 and the telephone terminals 13 and 14 stored in the memory unit, and determines the telephone terminal 14 to send the call control signal (step S1), and then pairs with the telephone terminal 14 using a short-range wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) to establish a wireless connection (step S2).

[0041] During the TV conference, the conference control unit of the information processing terminal 12 receives a notification signal of the electronic conference from the communication control device (step S3). The conference control unit of the information processing terminal 12 controls the electronic conference in response to the notification signal of the electronic conference.

[0042] The wireless communication control unit of the information processing terminal 12 detects an incoming signal for the electronic conference from the received notification signal (step S4). For example, the incoming signal for the electronic conference can be detected by identifying the audio signal of the incoming signal for the electronic conference.

[0043] When detecting an incoming call signal for an electronic conference, the wireless communication control unit of the information processing terminal 12 generates a call control signal for causing the telephone terminal 14 to output a ring tone (step S5).

[0044] The wireless communication control unit transmits the generated call control signal to the call control unit (step S6), and the call control unit outputs the call control signal to the determined telephone terminal 14 (step S7). The telephone terminal 14 sounds a ringtone based on the received call control signal, in the same way as when a normal telephone call is received (step S8).

[0045] <Other embodiments> In the above embodiment, an embodiment has been described in which the wireless communication control unit generates a call control signal in response to detecting an incoming signal for an electronic conference. However, the wireless communication control unit may also be configured to generate a call control signal when, after detecting an input notification signal, it determines, based on a predetermined determination condition, that there is no reaction to the notification signal in the information processing terminal 12.

[0046] Here, the predetermined condition is, for example, when there is no reaction from the participant to the notification signal after a predetermined time has elapsed since the notification signal was received. If there is a reaction to the notification signal in the information processing terminal 12 before the predetermined time has elapsed, the process of generating the call control signal ends. If there is no reaction from the participant to the notification signal after receiving the notification signal a predetermined number of times, the call control signal may be generated.

[0047] <Effects of this embodiment> According to the information processing terminal of this embodiment, when an incoming call notification is made to an information processing terminal such as a PC that is used to hold an electronic conference, if the participant is unable to sense the ringtone and does not notice the incoming call display (pop-up display, etc.) on the screen of the information processing terminal, the ringtone is output from a telephone terminal associated with the information processing terminal, so that the participants in the electronic conference can easily sense the incoming call notification of the electronic conference.

[0048] In the embodiment of the present invention, an example of the configuration and operation of an information processing device that achieves the above-mentioned effects has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Any configuration that can achieve the functions and effects of the information processing device described above may be used. [Industrial Applicability]

[0049] The present invention can be applied to an electronic conference system connected to a communication network. [Explanation of symbols]

[0050] 1. Communication Network 10. Communication Control System 11 Communication control device 12 Information processing terminal 13 Telephone terminal (base unit) 14 Telephone terminal (handset)

Claims

1. An information processing terminal equipped with a conference control unit for participants in an electronic conference to hold the electronic conference, a wireless communication control unit associated with the information processing terminal and configured to establish a short-range wireless communication connection with a telephone terminal located near the information processing terminal; When the conference control unit detects the received incoming signal for the electronic conference, the wireless communication control unit transmits a call control signal to the telephone terminal connected by the short-range wireless communication to cause the telephone terminal to output a ring tone to make the participants of the electronic conference recognize the reception of the incoming signal for the electronic conference. Information processing terminal.

2. a storage unit that stores the correspondence between the information processing terminal and the telephone terminal; The wireless communication control unit determines the telephone terminal to be connected by short-range wireless communication based on the correspondence.

2. The information processing terminal according to claim 1.

3. The wireless communication control unit When the information processing terminal determines that there is no response to the incoming call signal for the electronic conference based on a predetermined determination condition, the information processing terminal transmits the call control signal to the telephone terminal.

3. The information processing terminal according to claim 1 or 2.

4. A program executed on an information processing terminal equipped with a conference control unit through which participants in an electronic conference hold the electronic conference, the information processing terminal includes a wireless communication control unit associated with the information processing terminal and establishing a short-range wireless communication connection with a telephone terminal located near the information processing terminal; a step in which, when the wireless communication control unit detects an incoming signal for the electronic conference received by the conference control unit, the wireless communication control unit transmits a call control signal to the telephone terminal connected via the short-range wireless communication to cause the telephone terminal to output a ring tone to make the participants of the electronic conference recognize the reception of the incoming signal for the electronic conference. and an information processing program for causing a computer to function as the information processing terminal.

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