Telephone transmission system, telephone transmission server and display unit
View Patent ↗When a user B presses a button, a display unit generates a pseudo-random number based on a clock time of a first clock and a unique ID of the display unit, then displays the generated pseudo-random number on a liquid crystal display. Upon receiving a signal from a mobile telephone, a telephone transfer server receives information generated by operating the mobile telephone. Upon receiving the information, the telephone transfer server generates a pseudo-random number based on a clock time of a second clock and the unique ID of the display unit stored in advance, and determines whether or not the pseudo-random number so generated matches the pseudo-random number in the received information. In the affirmative case, the telephone transfer server connects the mobile telephone to a fixed telephone.
1. A telephone transmission system comprising a display unit and a telephone transfer server, wherein
the display unit includes:
a first clock tracking a first clock time;
a unique ID memory storing a unique ID;
a first pseudo-random number generator generating a first pseudo-random number from the unique ID and the first clock time tracked by the first clock; and
a display displaying the first pseudo-random number, and
the telephone transfer server includes:
a second clock tracking a second clock time;
a unit information memory storing the unique ID of the display unit and a telephone number associated with the display unit;
a receiver receiving information generated by an operation of a telephone;
a second pseudo-random number generator generating, when the receiver receives the information, a second pseudo-random number from the second clock time tracked by the second clock and the unique ID stored in the unit information memory;
a determiner making a matching determination to find a match between the information and the second pseudo-random number; and
a communication controller connecting the telephone to the telephone number associated with the display unit when the matching determination is successful.
2. The telephone transmission system of claim 1 , wherein
the unit information memory stores the unique ID in association with a valid display unit device number,
the telephone transfer server further includes:
a registration information receiver receiving a device number of the display unit and the telephone number associated with the display unit;
a verifier making a memory determination of whether or not the device number is stored in the unit information memory;
a registration number generator generating a registration number that is unique to the display unit when the memory determination is affirmative; and
a register registering the registration number and the telephone number in the unit information memory, in association with the unique ID,
the receiver further receives the registration number through the operation of the telephone, and
the determiner makes the matching determination by reading the unique ID associated with the registration number from the unit information memory, and then using the second clock time with the unique ID that is read.
3. The telephone transmission system of claim 2 , wherein
the second pseudo-random number generator generates a plurality of verification candidates from the unique ID and each of the second clock time, an earlier clock time preceding the second clock time by a predetermined interval, and a later clock time following the second clock time by the predetermined interval, using an algorithm identical to the first pseudo-random number generator,
the determiner makes the matching determination to find a match between any one of the verification candidates and the information,
when the matching determination is successful, the determiner determines that the information matches the second pseudo-random number and records a correction value as an offset between the second clock time and a source clock time of the verification candidate of the successful matching determination, and
for a subsequent matching determination, the second pseudo-random number generator generates the verification candidates using a corrected clock time obtained by applying the correction value to the second clock time.
4. The telephone transmission system of claim 2 , wherein
the display unit further includes an operator receiving a user operation, and
the first pseudo-random number generator generates the first pseudo-random number once the operator receives the user operation.
5. The telephone transmission system of claim 2 , wherein
the communication controller connects the telephone to the telephone number registered in the unit information memory by placing a call to the telephone number.
6. The telephone transmission system of claim 2 , wherein
the communication controller uses a Short Message Service to make a call notification to the telephone number registered in the unit information memory, and connects the telephone to the telephone number upon receiving a call back from the telephone number.
7. A telephone transmission server, comprising:
a clock tracking a clock time;
a unit information memory storing a unique ID of a display unit and a telephone number associated with the display unit;
a receiver receiving information generated by an operation of a telephone;
a pseudo-random number generator generating, when the receiver receives the information, a pseudo-random number from the clock time tracked by the clock and the unique ID stored in the unit information memory;
a determiner using the clock time and the unique ID stored in the unit information memory to make a determination of whether or not the information indicates the pseudo-random number;
a determiner making a matching determination to find a match between the information and the pseudo-random number; and
a communication controller connecting the telephone to the telephone number associated with the display unit when the matching determination is successful.
8. A display unit constituting a telephone transmission system in combination with a telephone transmission server, comprising:
a first clock tracking a first clock time;
a unique ID memory storing a unique ID;
a first pseudo-random number generator generating a first pseudo-random number from the unique ID and the first clock time tracked by the first clock; and
a display displaying the first pseudo-random number, wherein
the telephone transfer server includes:
a second clock tracking a second clock time;
a unit information memory storing the unique ID of the display unit and a telephone number associated with the display unit;
a receiver receiving information generated by an operation of a telephone;
a second pseudo-random number generator generating, when the receiver receives the information, a second pseudo-random number from the second clock time tracked by the second clock and the unique ID stored in the unit information memory;
a determiner making a matching determination to find a match between the information and the second pseudo-random number; and
a communication controller connecting the telephone to the telephone number associated with the display unit when the matching determination is successful.