Positional information tracking and forwarding method for conducting optimal forward destination control in conformity to actual situations of user
View Patent ↗A positional information tracking and forwarding method is disclosed for conducting an optimal forward destination control method to estimate the situations of a user. A position database stores a plurality of forward destinations for a call to the user that correspond to positional information and time period information (business hours or the like) of the forward destinations. This is used as a search table. For forwarding a call to the user, the current position of the user is detected from the position of a mobile telephone carried by the user, and a forward destination list is created based on the detected current position of the user, the current time, and the search table. The forward destination list enumerates forward destinations that are arranged in an order in which the user is more likely to be present at the forward destinations. The forward destinations are selected one after another in accordance with the forward destination list to forward the call to the user.
1. A positional information tracking and forwarding method comprising the steps of:
detecting the current position of a user from the position of a terminal carried by the user;
storing a plurality of forward destinations for a call to the user that correspond to positional information on the forward destinations; and
selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another at which the user is likely to be present from the stored forward destinations based on the current position of the user detected from the position of the terminal, and forwarding the call to the user at the selected forward destination,
wherein the step of selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another comprises:
sending the call to a highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored;
determining if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations is answered within a predetermined time period after the call has been sent;
if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations has not been answered within the predetermine time period, repeating the sending step with a next-highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored.
2. A positional information tracking and forwarding method comprising the steps of:
detecting the current position of a user from the position of a terminal carried by the user;
storing a plurality of forward destinations for a call to the user that correspond to positional information on the forward destinations and time period information associated with the forward destinations; and
selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another at which the user is likely to be present from the stored forward destinations based on the current position of the user detected from the position of the terminal and the current time, and forwarding the call to the user at the selected forward destination,
wherein the step of selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another comprises:
sending the call to a highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored;
determining if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations is answered within a predetermined time period after the call has been sent;
if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations has not been answered within the predetermine time period, repeating the sending step with a next-highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored.
3. A positional information tracking and forwarding method comprising the steps of:
detecting the current position of a user from the position of a terminal carried by the user;
storing a plurality of forward destinations for a call to the user that correspond to positional information on the forward destinations and time period information associated with the forward destinations;
selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another at which the user is likely to be present from the stored forward destinations based on the current position of the user detected from the position of the terminal;
determining whether or not the call to the user should be forwarded to the selected forward destination based on the time period information associated with the selected forward destination and the current time.
wherein the step of selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another comprises:
sending the call to a highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored;
determining if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations is answered within a predetermined time period after the call has been sent;
if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations has not been answered within the predetermine time period, repeating the sending step with a next-highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored.
4. A positional information tracking and forwarding system comprising:
a means for detecting the current position of a user from the position of a terminal carried by the user;
a means for storing a plurality of forward destinations for a call to the user that correspond to positional information on the forward destinations; and
a means for selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another at which the user is likely to be present from the stored forward destinations based on the current position of the user detected from the position of the terminal, and forwarding the call to the user at the selected forward destination,
wherein the means for selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another comprises:
means for sending the call to a highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored in the storing means;
means for determining if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations is answered within a predetermined time period after the call has been sent,
wherein, if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations has not been answered within the predetermine time period, utilizing the sending means and the determining means to forward the call to a next-highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored in the storing means.
5. A positional information tracking and forwarding system comprising:
a means for detecting the current position of a user from the position of a terminal carried by the user;
a means for storing a plurality of forward destinations for a call to the user that correspond to positional information on the forward destinations and time period information associated with the forward destinations; and
a means for selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another at which the user is likely to be present from the stored forward destinations based on the current position of the user detected from the position of the terminal and the current time, and forwarding the call to the user at the selected forward destination,
wherein the means for selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another comprises:
means for sending the call to a highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored in the storing means;
means for determining if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations is answered within a predetermined time period after the call has been sent,
wherein, if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations has not been answered within the predetermine time period, utilizing the sending means and the determining means to forward the call to a next-highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored in the storing means.
6. A positional information tracking and forwarding system comprising:
a means for detecting the current position of a user from the position of a terminal carried by the user;
a means for storing a plurality of forward destinations for a call to the user that correspond to positional information on the forward destinations and time period information associated with the forward destinations;
a means for selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another at which the user is likely to be present from the stored forward destinations based on the current position of the user detected from the position of the terminal;
a means for determining whether or not the call to the user should be forwarded to the selected forward destination based on the time period information associated with the selected forward destination and the current time,
wherein the means for selecting forward destinations in sequence one after another comprises:
means for sending the call to a highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored in the storing means;
means for determining if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations is answered within a predetermined time period after the call has been sent,
wherein, if the call to the highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations has not been answered within the predetermine time period, utilizing the sending means and the determining means to forward the call to a next-highest ranking one of the plurality of forward destinations that are stored in the storing means.