Mobile telephone, telephone number managing server, telephone number changing system, telephone number requesting method, and telephone number requesting program
| Title: | Mobile telephone, telephone number managing server, telephone number changing system, telephone number requesting method, and telephone number requesting program |
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| Patent Number: | 8,532,695 |
| Publication Date: | September 10, 2013 |
| Appl. No: | 12/294587 |
| Application Filed: | March 06, 2007 |
| Abstract: | It is desired from the viewpoints of accessory and economy to make common use of one telephone number among a plurality of mobile telephones. A server makes an ID intrinsic to a mobile telephone and a telephone number correspond to each other thereby to relay communications between the mobile telephones made to correspond. A mobile telephone requests the server managing the telephone number and the ID of the mobile telephone from itself via the Internet, to change the correspondence between the telephone number and the mobile telephone ID. In response to this request, the server changes the correspondence between the telephone number and the mobile telephone ID. |
| Inventors: | Suetsugu, Hirokazu (Osaka, JP); Fujita, Kazuo (Osaka, JP); Kaida, Naoki (Osaka, JP) |
| Assignees: | Kyocera Corporation (Kyoto, JP) |
| Claim: | 1. A mobile telephone comprising: a network communication unit operable to communicate with a telephone number management server via a network, the telephone number management server relaying calls between mobile telephones with use of information indicating one-to-one correspondences between a plurality of telephone numbers and a plurality of pieces of identification information respectively unique to the mobile telephones; a request unit operable to, via the network communication unit, (i) notify the telephone number management server of identification information of the mobile telephone and authentication information specific to a predetermined telephone number that is pre-registered in the telephone number management server, and (ii) request the telephone number management server to establish a correspondence between the predetermined telephone number and the notified identification information; and a registration unit operable to newly register, to the telephone number management server via the network communication unit, a telephone number which has not been registered in the telephone number management server. |
| Claim: | 2. The mobile telephone of claim 1 further comprising: a storage unit operable to store, as a telephone number of the mobile telephone, a telephone number transmitted from the telephone number management server; and an output unit operable to output the telephone number stored by the storage unit. |
| Claim: | 3. The mobile telephone of claim 1 , wherein the registration unit registers, along with the telephone number, authentication information specific to a telephone number, which can be used by the telephone number management server to permit use of the telephone number registered therewith, and the request unit transmits the authentication information to the telephone number management server when requesting the telephone number management server to establish a correspondence between (a) the telephone number that is registered and (b) the identification information unique to the mobile telephone. |
| Claim: | 4. The mobile telephone of claim 1 further comprising an acquisition unit operable to (i) transmit the telephone number of the mobile telephone to another mobile telephone with use of a short-range wireless communication and (ii) acquire identification information of the another mobile telephone, wherein the request unit is operable to request the telephone number management server to change a correspondence, by transmitting the identification information of the another mobile telephone to the telephone number management server, such that the telephone number corresponding to the identification information of the mobile telephone corresponds to the identification information of the another mobile telephone. |
| Claim: | 5. A telephone number management server which relays calls between mobile telephones with use of information indicating, one-to-one correspondences between a plurality of telephone numbers and a plurality of pieces of identification information respectively unique to the mobile telephones, the telephone number management server comprising: a storage unit operable to store the plurality of telephone numbers and the plurality of pieces of identification information in a one-to-one correspondence as well as a plurality of pieces of first authentication information having a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of telephone numbers; a receiving unit operable to receive, from a mobile telephone, (i) a request to establish a correspondence between a telephone number and identification information of a mobile telephone specified by the mobile telephone which has transmitted the request and (ii) second authentication information; a correspondence unit operable to change a correspondence between the telephone number, which is specified based on the received request, and a corresponding piece of identification information such that the telephone number corresponds to the identification information of the specified mobile telephone, wherein the correspondence unit changes the correspondence if the second authentication information matches the first authentication information corresponding to the telephone number specified by the received request, wherein the mobile telephone registers the telephone number in the number management server if the telephone number has not been previously registered in the telephone number management server. |
| Claim: | 6. The telephone management server of claim 5 , comprising an authentication unit operable to judge whether or not the second authentication information matches a piece of first authentication information corresponding to the telephone number specified by the received request, wherein the correspondence unit, if the authentication unit determines that the second authentication information matches the first authentication information, changes the correspondence. |
| Claim: | 7. The telephone management server of claim 5 further comprising: a notification unit operable to, if the correspondence unit changes the correspondence, notify the mobile telephone, whose identification information corresponds to the telephone number, of the corresponding telephone number. |
| Claim: | 8. A telephone number changing system comprising a plurality of mobile telephones and a telephone number management server which relays calls between mobile telephones with use of information indicating one-to-one correspondences between a plurality of telephone numbers and a plurality of pieces of identification information respectively unique the mobile telephones, wherein the telephone number management server comprises: a storage unit operable to store the plurality of telephone numbers and the plurality of pieces of identification information of in a one-to-one correspondence as well as a plurality of pieces of first authentication information having a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of telephone numbers; a receiving unit operable to receive, from a mobile telephone, (i) a request to establish a correspondence between a telephone number and identification information of a mobile telephone specified by the mobile telephone which has transmitted the request and (ii) second authentication information; and a correspondence unit operable to change a correspondence between the telephone number, which is specified based on the received request, and a corresponding piece of identification information such that the telephone number corresponds to the identification information of the specified mobile telephone, wherein the correspondence unit changes the correspondence if the second authentication information matches the first authentication information corresponding to the telephone number specified by the received request, and each of the plurality of mobile telephones comprises: a network communication unit operable to communicate, via a network, with the telephone number management server; a request unit operable to, via the network communication unit, (i) notify the telephone number management server of identification information of the mobile telephone and authentication information specific to a predetermined telephone number that is pre-registered in the telephone number management server, and (ii) request the telephone number management server to establish a correspondence between the predetermined telephone number and the notified identification information; and a registration unit operable to newly register, to the telephone number management server via the network communication unit, a telephone number which has not been registered in the telephone number management server. |
| Claim: | 9. A telephone number request method used by a mobile telephone to request a telephone number management server to establish a one-to-one correspondence between a telephone number and a piece of identification information, the telephone number management server relaying calls between mobile telephones with use of information indicating one-to-one correspondences between a plurality of telephone numbers and a plurality of pieces of identification information respectively unique to the mobile telephones, the telephone number request method comprising: requesting, via a network, the telephone number management server to establish a correspondence between a predetermined telephone number and a piece of identification information of the mobile telephone transmitted by the mobile telephone; transmitting authentication information specific to the predetermined telephone number which is used as a basis for the telephone number management server to judge whether or not to change the correspondence of the predetermined telephone number; and registering in the telephone number management server the predetermined telephone number if it has not been previously registered in the telephone number management server. |
| Claim: | 10. A telephone umber request program indicating processes for causing a computer of a mobile telephone to request a telephone number management server to establish a one-to-one correspondence between a telephone number and a piece of identification information, the telephone number management server relaying calls between mobile telephones with use of information indicating one-to-one correspondences between a plurality of telephone numbers and a plurality of pieces of identification information respectively unique to the mobile telephones, the telephone number request program causing the computer to perform a process comprising: requesting, via a network, the telephone number management server to establish a correspondence between a predetermined telephone number and a piece of identification information of the mobile telephone transmitted by the mobile telephone; transmitting authentication information specific to the predetermined telephone number which is used as a basis for the telephone number management server to judge whether or not to change the correspondence of the predetermined telephone number; and registering in the telephone number management server the predetermined telephone number if it has not been previously registered in the telephone number management server. |
| Claim: | 11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer of a mobile telephone to perform a process comprising: requesting a telephone number management server to establish a one-to-one correspondence between a telephone number and a piece of identification information, the telephone number management server relaying calls between mobile telephones with use of information indicating one-to-one correspondences between a plurality of telephone numbers and a plurality of pieces of identification information respectively unique to the mobile telephones; requesting, via a network, the telephone number management server to establish a correspondence between a predetermined telephone number and a piece of identification information of the mobile telephone transmitted by the mobile telephone; and transmitting authentication information specific to the predetermined telephone number which is used as a basis for the telephone number management server to judge whether or not to change the correspondence of the predetermined telephone number; and registering in the telephone number management server the predetermined telephone number if it has not been previously registered in the telephone number management server. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 4555/501 |
| Patent References Cited: | 6108790 August 2000 Moriya et al. 2005/0192035 September 2005 Jiang 2003-244290 August 2003 2003-258999 September 2003 2004-312385 November 2004 2005-117545 April 2005 2003-429585 July 2005 2005-191836 July 2005 WO-2005/018209 February 2005 |
| Other References: | International Search Report dated Apr. 10, 2007 directed towards international application No. PCT/JP2007/054346; 3 pages. cited by applicant Japanese Office Action mailed on Sep. 28, 2010 directed to Japanese Application No. 2008-7025913; (4 pages). cited by applicant Korean Office Action mailed on Sep. 28, 2010 directed to Korean Application No. 2008-7025913; (8 pages). cited by applicant |
| Assistant Examiner: | Lu, Ngan Pham |
| Primary Examiner: | Chang, Kent |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Duane Morris LLP |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.08532695 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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