Server apparatus

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a first memory which memorizes group tables respectively showing correspondence relations between groups constituted by dividing the plurality of data terminals and data IDs of data terminals belonging to these groups, a second memory which memorizes band tables respectively showing correspondence relations between combinations of the plurality of groups and bands usable among plurality of data terminals to be communication-connected, and a controller which refers to the group tables and the band tables based on data IDs associated with the phone IDs included in the call information event, when the call information event is received, and executes communication connections among data terminals corresponding to the data IDs based on the reference result to assign bands to the data terminals.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

A general architecture that implements the various feature of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings and the associated descriptions are provided to illustrate embodiments of the invention and not to limit the scope of the invention.

FIG. 1 is an exemplary schematic configuration view depicting a visual communication system regarding a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exemplary block diagram depicting a functional configuration of a visual communication solution (VCS) server depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view depicting an example of storage content in a connection information management table depicted in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view depicting an example of storage content in an extension terminal-data terminal (visual communication (VC)) association table depicted in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view depicting an example of storage content in a session information management table depicted in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view depicting an example of storage content in a group table depicted in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view depicting an example of storage content in a communication band table depicted in FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is an exemplary sequence view depicting operations when data terminals are associated with extension terminals in the first embodiment;

FIG. 9 is an exemplary flowchart depicting the control processing procedure of the VCS server in deciding communication band values to be assigned to the data terminals;

FIG. 10 is an exemplary block diagram depicting a functional configuration of the VCS server as a second embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is an exemplary view depicting an example of storage content in a schedule table depicted in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an exemplary view depicting an example of storage content in a communication band table depicted in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is an exemplary block diagram depicting the functional configuration of a VCS server SVC as a third embodiment of the invention; and

FIG. 14 is an exemplary view depicting for explaining operations in shifting the same data terminal into a different environment in the third embodiment.

Claims

1. A server apparatus which receives a call information event including phone IDs specifying a plurality of phone terminals to be call-connected, and makes communication connections of a plurality of data terminals work together with the call connections, the data terminals being associated with the phone IDs of the plurality of phone terminals, respectively, and the data terminals being assigned data IDs, the server apparatus comprising: a first memory which memorizes group tables respectively showing correspondence relations between groups constituted by dividing the plurality of data terminals and data IDs of data terminals belonging to these groups;a second memory which memorizes band tables respectively showing correspondence relations between combinations of the plurality of groups and bands usable among plurality of data terminals to be communication-connected; anda controller which refers to the group tables and the band tables based on data IDs associated with the phone IDs included in the call information event, when the call information event is received, and executes communication connections among data terminals corresponding to the data IDs based on the reference result to assign bands to the data terminals.

2. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interface which connects a telephone exchange apparatus to execute exchange processing among plurality of phone terminals, wherein the controller refers to the group tables and the band tables based on the call information event notified from the telephone exchange apparatus, and executes communication connections among data terminals based on the reference result to assign bands to these data terminals.

3. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting switching controller which selectively sets one of the plurality of band tables to an effective state based on prescribed conditions if the second memory memorizes a plurality of band tables differing from one another.

4. The server apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the setting switching controller uses any one of a time zone and communication traffic in order to determine the conditions.

5. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an updating unit which updates a group which belongs to the group table contains an arbitrary data terminal based on the prescribed conditions.

6. The server apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the updating unit uses a use place of an arbitrary data terminal to determine the conditions.