WO2009036700A1

WO2009036700A1 - Method, system and apparatus for establishing the communication between a telephone terminal and an instant messaging client

Info

Publication number: WO2009036700A1
Application number: PCT/CN2008/072379
Authority: WO
Inventors: Zhihong Li
Original assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Priority date: 2007-09-17
Filing date: 2008-09-17
Publication date: 2009-03-26
Also published as: CN101159702A; CN101159702B

Abstract

A communication system for establishing the connection between a telephone terminal and an instant messaging (IM) client is provided, which comprises: a telephone terminal, for transmitting call signals; a forwarding server, for receiving the call signals transmitted by the telephone terminal, determining the IM client requiring communication connection with the telephone terminal according to the IM client's identifier included in the call signal, generating the connection request message, and transmitting the connection request message to the IM client. A forwarding server, comprises an information transmitting/receiving unit and a processing unit, wherein the information transmitting/receiving unit is used to receive call signals transmitted by the telephone terminal, and transmit the connection request message from the processing unit to the IM client which is determined by the processing unit; the processing unit is used to determine the IM client requiring communication connection with the telephone terminal according to the IM client's identifier included in the call signal, generate a connection request message, and control the information transmitting/receiving unit to transmit the connection request message to the said IM client.

Description

Method, system and device for establishing communication between telephone client and instant messaging client The present application claims to be submitted to the Chinese Patent Office on September 17, 2007, the application number is 200710077175.2, and the invention name is "the method for voice communication between the telephone user and the PC user" The priority of the Chinese Patent Application, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and more particularly to a method, system and apparatus for establishing a communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client.

Background technique

Voice communication is already a common means of communication in modern life, currently through telephone, personal computer

(Personal Computer, PC) can achieve voice communication.

In voice communication based on telephone, the telephone user only needs to dial the number of another telephone user, and the party can answer it. In PC-based voice communication, PC users (ie, instant messaging users) use their instant messaging accounts to log in to Instant Messaging (ΙΜ) clients and initiate calls to other clients (including instant messaging clients, phones) through softswitches. The client's call.

At this stage, to realize the voice communication between the instant messaging client and the telephone client, it is limited to the PC user actively calling the telephone client through the instant communication client, and the telephone client can only act as the called party, which makes the two The implementation of voice communication between the users is single and lacks flexibility. Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method, system, and device for establishing a communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client, which aims to solve the problem that the communication mode is less flexible only when the call is actively initiated by the instant communication user in the prior art. The problem is to achieve the purpose of establishing a communication connection by initiating a call by the telephone client.

In view of this, the embodiments of the present invention provide:

A communication system between a telephone client and an instant messaging client, including a telephone client and an instant messaging client, the system further comprising a relay server connected to the telephone client and the instant messaging client respectively.

The telephone client is configured to send a call signal;

The relay server is configured to receive a call signal sent by the telephone client, according to the call Calling the instant messaging client identifier in the signal, confirming that the instant messaging client that needs to communicate with the telephone client, generating a connection request message, and sending the connection request message to the instant messaging client, so that the call is made A communication connection is established between the client and the instant messaging client.

A transit server includes: an information transceiving unit and a processing unit,

The information transceiver unit is configured to receive a call signal sent by the telephone client, and send a connection request message from the processing unit to the instant communication client determined by the processing unit;

The processing unit is configured to confirm, according to the instant communication client identifier in the call signal, an instant messaging client that needs to communicate with the telephone client, and generate a connection request message, and control the information transceiver unit to A connection request message is sent to the instant messaging client.

A method for establishing a communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client, the method comprising the steps of:

A. receiving a call signal sent by the telephone client;

B. confirming, according to the instant messaging client identifier in the call signal, an instant messaging client that needs to establish a communication connection with the telephone client, and generating a connection request message to be sent to the instant messaging client, so that the telephone client And establishing a communication connection with the instant messaging client.

The invention enters a relay server between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, and is used for determining the instant communication that needs to establish a connection with the telephone client according to the instant communication client identifier in the call signal sent by the telephone client. The client sends a connection request message to the instant messaging client to establish a communication connection between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, thereby realizing the purpose of triggering the establishment of the communication connection by actively initiating the call through the telephone client.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system between a telephone client and an instant messaging client according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a structural diagram of a communication system between a telephone client and an instant messaging client in an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a structural diagram of a communication system between a telephone client and an instant messaging client in an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a structural diagram of a switching unit in a relay server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a switching unit in a relay server according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method for establishing communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client in an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a timing diagram of a method for establishing communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client in an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 8 is a flow diagram of a method of establishing communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The invention introduces a relay server between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, and after receiving the call signal sent by the telephone client, the relay server confirms the need and the telephone client according to the instant communication client identifier in the call signal. The instant messaging client that performs the communication connection, and after receiving the call signal, generates a connection request message and sends the connection request message to the instant messaging client, thereby establishing a communication connection between the telephone client and the instant messaging client.

It should be noted that the instant messaging client described in the embodiments of the present invention may be on a PC.

1 shows the communication system structure of a telephone client and an instant messaging client in the present invention, including a relay server 100, a telephone client 200, an instant messaging client 300a, and an instant messaging client 300b. It should be noted that the connections between the various devices in the various figures of the present invention are intended to clearly illustrate the need for their information interaction and control processes and should therefore be considered as logical connections and should not be limited to physical connections.

The transit server 100 is connected to the telephone client 200 and the instant messaging client 300a respectively. In a specific network environment, the VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) can be passed between the transit server 100 and the instant messaging client 300a. a gateway (not shown) connected to convert the signals supported by the telephone network (the network where the telephone client is located) into signals supported by the Internet network (the network where the instant messaging client is located), and/or , converts signals supported by the Internet network into signals supported by the telephone network. The relay server 100 itself has a telephone number identifying itself and stores communication related information of the instant messaging client in the system for use in accordance with the telephone client 200. The instant messaging client identifier in the sent call signal confirms the instant messaging client 300a that needs to communicate with the telephone client 200, and after receiving the call signal, generates a connection request message and sends the connection request message to the instant messaging client 300a. A communication connection is established between the telephony client 200 and the instant messaging client 300a, and the voice signal transmitted by the telephony client 200 or the instant messaging client 300a is forwarded to the peer based on the established communication connection. Its specific internal structure will be explained in detail in the embodiment shown in FIG.

The telephone client 200 establishes a communication connection with the instant messaging client 300a via the relay server 100. It is used to send a call signal to the relay server 100, the call signal including the telephone number of the relay server 100, and the instant messaging client identification.

The instant messaging client 300a is configured to receive the connection request message sent by the relay server 100, and send a feedback message, which may be a confirmation message or a rejection message. The instant messaging client 300a can also be directly connected to and communicate with other instant messaging clients (such as the instant messaging client 300b shown in FIG. 1). It should be noted that the instant messaging client 300a and the instant messaging client 300b in the present drawing are similar in physical structure and function, and the present invention is hereby distinguished only for the sake of clearer explanation, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of protection.

The communication system of the telephone client and the instant messaging client described in this embodiment introduces a relay server between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, and the relay server according to the instant messaging client in the call signal sent by the telephone client Identifying, identifying an instant messaging client that needs to communicate with the telephone client, and after receiving the call signal, generating a connection request message to the instant messaging client to establish an instant communication client and the telephone client The communication connection enables voice communication to initiate a call not only through the instant messaging client, but also through the telephone client.

The system structure shown in FIG. 1 is only an example system, and the present invention can be flexibly expanded on the basis of this. As shown in FIG. 2, the number of telephone clients 200 can be expanded into multiple (telephone clients 200a, 200b.. ...200η) , other instant messaging clients directly connected to the instant messaging client 300a can also be expanded into multiple (instant messaging client 300b, instant messaging client 300c, instant messaging client 300n) ), thus enabling multi-person voice communication.

The transit server 100 is configured to receive a call signal sent by the telephone client, and confirm an instant communication client that needs to communicate with the telephone client according to the instant communication client identifier in the call signal. The terminal 300a generates a connection request message, and sends a connection request message to the instant messaging client 300a to establish a communication connection between the telephone client and the instant messaging client.

After establishing a communication connection between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, the relay server 100 transmits a voice signal from the telephone client to the instant messaging client, and transmits a voice signal from the instant messaging client to the telephone client.

The instant messaging client 300a includes: an information transceiving unit and a mixing unit;

The information transceiving unit is configured to receive the voice signal sent by the plurality of telephone clients, send the voice signal sent by the plurality of telephone clients, and the voice signal of the local (instant messaging client 300a) to the mixing unit, and mix the sound The voice signal obtained after the unit mixing process is sent to a plurality of telephone clients; or, the voice signal from the telephone client and the voice signal of other instant communication client are received, and the voice signal of the telephone client, the voice signal of other instant messaging client, and The local voice signal is sent to the mixing unit, and the voice signal obtained by mixing the mixing unit is separately sent to the telephone client and other instant communication clients;

The mixing unit is configured to perform mixing processing on the received multi-channel speech signal, and send the speech signal obtained by the mixing processing to the information transceiving unit.

Among them, the mixing unit includes:

a determining unit, configured to determine whether a sample rate (SR) of the multi-channel voice signal is consistent;

a sampling conversion unit, configured to perform the conversion of the multi-channel speech signal when the judging unit is no, so that the sampling rates of the converted speech signals are consistent;

The linear superimposing unit is configured to linearly superimpose the multi-channel speech signals with the same sampling rate, and send the linear superimposed speech signals to the information transceiving unit.

The communication system of the telephone client and the instant messaging client described in this embodiment introduces a relay server between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, and the relay server according to the instant messaging client in the call signal sent by the telephone client Identifying, identifying an instant messaging client that needs to communicate with the telephone client, and after receiving the call signal, generating a connection request message to the instant messaging client to establish an instant communication client and the telephone client Communication connection, so that voice communication can not only initiate a call through an instant messaging client, but also initiate a call through a telephone client; further, the instant messaging client can receive from the telephone client and other instant messaging clients The voice signal is mixed with the received voice signal and the local voice signal, and the voice signal obtained by the mixing process is separately sent to the telephone client and other instant messaging clients; or, the voice is received from multiple telephone clients. The signal is mixed with the received voice signal and the local voice signal, and the voice signal obtained by the mixing process is sent to a plurality of telephone clients for the purpose of multi-person communication.

The relay server provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: an information transceiving unit and a processing unit, where the information transceiving unit is configured to receive a call signal sent by the telephony client, and send the e-mail to the instant messaging client determined by the processing unit. a connection request message of the processing unit;

a processing unit, configured to confirm, according to the instant messaging client identifier in the call signal, an instant messaging client that needs to communicate with the telephone client, and generate a connection request message, and control the information transceiver unit to connect the request A message is sent to the instant messaging client.

The processing unit includes: a storage unit and a switching unit. Referring to FIG. 3, the transit server in the communication system of the telephone client and the instant messaging client includes: an information transceiving unit 101, a storage unit 102, and a switching unit 103, where:

(1) The information transceiving unit 101 is configured to perform information interaction with the telephony client 200 and the instant messaging client 300a, and specifically includes: receiving a call signal of the telephony client 200, and sending the call signal to the switching unit 103. The call signal includes a phone number of the relay server 100, an identity number of the instant communication user (such as a phone number, an ID card number, etc.), wherein the identity number of the instant communication user is used to subsequently determine the instant messaging client, so After receiving the connection request message sent by the switching unit 103, the connection request message is sent to the instant communication client 300a determined by the switching unit 103; after receiving the feedback message sent by the instant communication client 300a, The input switching unit 103 performs analysis and determination.

(2) a storage unit 102, configured to store communication related information of the instant communication user, and store connection related information after the connection is established;

In the embodiment of the present invention, the communication related information of the instant communication user includes the identity identification number of the instant communication user and its corresponding instant communication number, where: the identity identification number is a unique number used to identify the identity of the instant communication user. In an embodiment, the identification number may be a phone number, an ID number, etc.; the instant communication number may be an account for the user to perform instant communication. In another embodiment, the identity number of the instant messaging user is the instant messaging number. Connection related information refers to all information related to the established communication connection, including the identity number of both clients, and Connect to establish time and so on.

(3) The switching unit 103 is connected to the information transceiving unit 101 and the storage unit 102 respectively, and is configured to query the corresponding instant communication number from the storage unit 102 according to the identity identification number of the instant communication user in the call signal sent by the telephone client 200. To confirm that the instant messaging client 300a needs to establish a communication connection with the telephone client 200, and after receiving the call signal by the information transceiving unit 101, generate a connection request message, and the control information transceiving unit 101 transmits the connection request message to the instant communication. Client 300a. The specific internal structure of the switching unit 103 will be explained in detail in the following embodiments.

4 further shows the internal structure of the switching unit 103 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, including a parsing module 1031, a port confirming module 1032, and a signal switching module 1033, where:

The parsing module 1031 is configured to parse the call signal sent by the telephony client 200 to obtain the identity number of the instant communication user.

The port confirmation module 1032 is connected to the parsing module 1031 and the signal switching module 1033, and is configured to query the instant communication number of the instant messaging user according to the parsed to identify the instant messaging client that needs to communicate with the telephony client. 300a, and the instant communication number is sent to the signal switching module 1033.

The signal switching module 1033 is connected to the port confirmation module 1032, and configured to receive the instant communication number sent by the port confirmation module 1032, and generate a connection request message corresponding to the identity identification number of the instant communication user (ie, a connection request corresponding to the instant communication number). Message), according to the instant messaging number, the control information transceiving unit 101 transmits a connection request message to the instant messaging client 300a, and forwards the voice signal after the connection is established.

The modules in the switching unit 103 of the above embodiment exist in an integrated manner. Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above.

The communication system of the telephone client and the instant messaging client described in this embodiment introduces a relay server between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, and the relay server according to the instant communication user in the call signal sent by the telephone client The identification number confirms an instant messaging client that needs to communicate with the telephone client, and after receiving the call signal, generates a connection request message and sends the connection request message to the instant messaging client, so that the instant messaging client and the telephone client Establish a communication connection so that voice communication can initiate a call not only through the instant messaging client, but also through the telephone client. FIG. 5 shows the internal structure of the switching unit 103 in another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is an exemplary embodiment of the present invention from the perspective of the current network architecture and specific implementation. In this embodiment, the relay server 100 can be considered to be composed of two servers: one is an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) server, placed in the telephone network, usually provided by a telecommunications carrier; the other is instant An instant message (IM) server is placed in the Internet and is usually provided by an IM server. Accordingly, each module in the switching unit 103 can be refined to the telephone side and the IM side.

The port confirmation module 1032 further includes an IVR port control module 10321 and an IM port control module 10322, wherein: the IVR port control module 10321 obtains information of the instant messaging client 300a called by the phone client 200 from the parsing module 1031, such as an instant communication user. The identity number is communicated with the IM port control module 10322. The IM port control module 10322 determines the related information of the called instant messaging client 300a, including: obtaining the instant communication number of the instant messaging client 300a according to the identity identification number of the instant messaging user And the control signal switching module 1033 and the instant messaging client 300a establish a connection.

The signal switching module 1033 further includes an IVR signal switching module 10331 and an IM signal switching module 10332, wherein: the IVR signal switching module 10331 generates a connection request message corresponding to the identity identification number of the instant messaging user, and sends the connection request message to the IM signal. The switching module 10332 further transmits the connection request message to the instant messaging client 300a according to the instant communication number by the IM signal switching module 10332. After the connection is established, the IVR signal switching module 10331 obtains the user voice from the parsing module 1031. The information is converted to a voice signal receivable by the instant messaging client 300a, and then forwarded to the instant messaging client 300a by the IM signal switching module 10332.

In this embodiment, the switching unit 103 in the relay server is refined into corresponding units on the telephone side and the IM side, and can be placed on the IVR server and the IM server respectively, so that the network arrangement is flexible.

6 shows a flow of a method for establishing a communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client in the present invention, the method flow being based on the system shown in FIG.

Before performing all the steps of the present invention, the communication related information of the instant communication user is stored in the relay server 100, and the communication related information includes the identity identification number of the instant communication user and its corresponding instant communication number, wherein: the identification number is a unique number for identifying a user identity. In one embodiment, the identity number can be a phone number, an ID number, etc.; The signal code may be an account for the user to perform instant communication. In another embodiment, the identity number of the instant communication user is an instant communication number.

In step S601, the relay server 100 receives the call signal transmitted by the telephone client 200. The call signal includes a phone number of the relay server 100 and an instant messaging client identifier, wherein the instant communication client identifier may be an identity number of the instant messaging user.

In step S602, the relay server 100 determines the instant messaging client 300a that needs to communicate with the telephone client according to the instant messaging client identifier in the call signal, and generates a connection request message after receiving the call signal, and Send to the determined instant messaging client 300a.

The specific implementation of the step may include: (1) the relay server 100 parses the call signal sent by the telephone client 200 to obtain the identity identification number of the instant communication user; (2) querying the corresponding identifier according to the identity identification number of the instant communication user An instant communication number confirming an instant communication client 300a that needs to communicate with the telephone client 200; (3) generating a connection request message corresponding to the instant communication number, and transmitting the connection request message to the office by using an instant communication number The instant messaging client 300a is determined.

In step S603, when the relay server 100 receives the connection confirmation message fed back by the instant messaging client 300a, the connection related information is stored, and after the communication connection is established, the telephone client 200 and the instant messaging client 300a can be based on the communication. Connect for voice communication.

The embodiment introduces a relay server between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, and the relay server confirms the instant connection required to communicate with the telephone client according to the instant communication client identifier in the call signal sent by the telephone client. After receiving the call signal, the communication client generates a connection request message and sends the connection request message to the instant messaging client, so that the instant communication client establishes a communication connection with the telephone client, so that the voice communication can be performed not only through the instant messaging client A call is initiated and a call can also be initiated through the telephone client.

FIG. 7 is a timing diagram of a method for establishing a communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client according to an embodiment of the present invention. The timing diagram is based on the system shown in FIG.

Step 1: The telephone client 200 sends a call signal to the relay server 100, and the call signal includes the telephone number of the relay server 100, the identity number of the instant communication user (such as a telephone number, an identity card number, etc.).

Step 2: The relay server 100 parses the call signal to obtain the identity number of the instant communication user. The code, and query for its instant communication number, confirms the instant messaging client 300a that needs to communicate with the telephone client.

Step 3: The relay server 100 generates a connection request message, and transmits a connection request message to the instant messaging client 300a according to the instant communication number.

Step 4: After receiving the connection request message, the instant messaging client 300a feeds back a connection confirmation message to the relay server 100.

Step 5: The relay server 100 stores connection related information, including the identity number of the telephone client 200 and the instant communication client 300a, the connection establishment time, and the like.

Step 6: The relay server 100 sends an acknowledgment signal to the telephone client 200.

Step 7: The telephony client 200 communicates with the instant messaging client 300a based on the established communication connection.

In this embodiment, a transit server is introduced between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, and the relay server confirms that a communication connection with the telephone client is required according to the identity number of the instant communication user in the call signal sent by the telephone client. Instant messaging client, and after receiving the call signal, generate a connection request message and send the instant messaging client to establish a communication connection between the instant messaging client and the telephone client, so that the voice communication can be not only through instant communication The client initiates a call and can also initiate a call through the telephone client.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a method for communicating between a telephone client and an instant messaging client according to an embodiment of the present invention. The flow is based on the system and device shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. The specific process includes:

Before all the steps, the communication related information of the instant communication user is stored in the relay server 100, where the communication related information includes an identity identification number of the instant communication user, and an instant communication number, where: the identity identification number is used to identify the identity of the user. The unique number, in one embodiment, the identification number is a phone number, an ID number, etc.; the instant communication number is an account for the user to perform instant communication, and in another embodiment, the identity number of the instant communication user is instant Communication number.

In step S801, the relay server 100 receives the call signal transmitted by the telephone client 200. The call signal includes the telephone number of the relay server 100 and the identification number of the instant communication user who desires to establish a communication connection.

In step S802, the relay server 100 analyzes the call signal by using the parsing module 1031 in its switching unit 103, thereby obtaining the identity number of the instant communication user. In step S803, the relay server 100 uses the port confirmation module 1032 in its switching unit 103 to query the instant communication number of the instant communication user corresponding to the identity identification number of the instant communication user from the storage unit 102 to confirm the need with the phone. The client 200 performs a communication connection with the instant messaging client 300a and sends the instant communication number to the signal switching module 1033 in the switching unit 103.

In step S804, the relay server 100 generates a connection request message corresponding to the instant communication number by using the signal switching module 1033 in its switching unit 103, and sends it to the information transceiving unit 101.

In step S805, the signal switching module 1033 in the relay server 100 transmits the connection request message to the instant messaging client 300a where the PC user is located, based on the instant communication number.

In step S806, the relay server 100 receives the feedback message sent by the instant messaging client 300a. In step S807, it is determined whether the feedback message is a connection confirmation message: if it is a connection confirmation message, then go to step S808; if it is a connection rejection message, it ends.

In step S808, the relay server 100 uses its storage unit 102 to store connection related information, including the identity number of the telephone client 200 and the instant messaging client 300a, the connection establishment time, and the like, and sends an acknowledgment signal to the telephone client 200.

In step S809, the telephony client 200 and the instant messaging client 300a can now perform voice communication based on the established communication connection, and the relay server 100 performs the forwarding of the voice signal between the two.

In step S809 and step 7 in FIG. 7, multi-person voice communication can be implemented, which can be implemented by the following two methods:

The first implementation includes:

(1), the plurality of telephone clients send a voice signal to the instant messaging client 300a through the relay server;

(2) The instant messaging client 300a mixes the voice signals of the plurality of telephone clients with the local voice signals;

(3) The instant messaging client 300a sends the mixed voice signal to the plurality of telephone clients through the relay server.

The second implementation includes:

4 that the instant messaging client 300a is originally in a multi-person voice communication state, then the phone client The wireless communication can be added to the multi-person voice communication through the communication connection established with the instant messaging client 300a. The specific implementation manners include:

(1) The instant messaging client 300a sends a message to other instant messaging clients participating in the voice communication to notify the new client to join (this step can also be omitted);

(2) The telephone client 200 transmits a voice signal to the instant messaging client 300a through the relay server;

(3) The instant messaging client 300a performs a mixing process on the multi-channel voice signal, where the multi-channel voice signal includes: a voice signal of the phone client 200, a voice signal of an instant communication client participating in voice communication, and a local voice signal;

(4) The instant messaging client 300a sends the mixed voice information to the telephone client 200 through the relay server;

(5) The instant messaging client 300a sends the mixed voice information to other instant messaging clients participating in the multi-person voice.

The instant messaging client 300a performs the mixing process on the multi-channel voice signal, which specifically includes: determining whether the sample rate (SR) of the multi-channel voice signal is consistent, and if the sample rate is inconsistent, the multi-channel voice signal is performed. The sample conversion is performed so that the sampling rates of the converted voice signals are consistent; the multi-channel speech signals with the same sampling rate are linearly superimposed to obtain the converted speech signal.

In this embodiment, a transit server is introduced between the telephone client and the instant messaging client, and the relay server confirms that a communication connection with the telephone client is required according to the identity number of the instant communication user in the call signal sent by the telephone client. Instant messaging client, and after receiving the call signal, generate a connection request message and send the instant messaging client to establish a communication connection between the instant messaging client and the telephone client, so that the voice communication can be not only through instant communication The client initiates a call and can also initiate a call through the telephone client. Further, the instant messaging client can receive the voice signal from the telephone client and other instant messaging clients, mix the received voice signal and the local voice signal, and send the voice signal obtained by the mixing process to the telephone client separately. And other instant messaging clients; or, receiving voice signals from multiple telephone clients, mixing the received voice signals and local voice signals, and transmitting the voice signals obtained by the mixing process to multiple telephone clients, To achieve the purpose of multi-person communication.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Rights request

A communication system between a telephone client and an instant messaging client, comprising a telephone client and a instant communication client, wherein the system further comprises a relay server connected to the telephone client and the instant messaging client respectively.

The telephone client is configured to send a call signal;

The relay server is configured to receive a call signal sent by the telephone client, and confirm an instant communication client that needs to communicate with the telephone client according to an instant communication client identifier in the call signal, to generate a connection. And requesting the message, sending the connection request message to the instant messaging client, so that a communication connection is established between the phone client and the instant messaging client.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the relay server comprises: an information transceiver unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit,

The information transceiver unit is configured to receive a call signal sent by the telephone client, and send a connection request message from the processing unit to the instant messaging client confirmed by the processing unit;

The storage unit is configured to store communication related information of an instant communication user, where the communication related information includes an identity identification number of the instant communication user and a corresponding instant communication number thereof;

The switching unit is configured to parse the call signal received by the information receiving unit, obtain an identity identification number of the instant communication user, and query the instant communication from the storage unit according to the identity identification number of the instant communication user. The instant communication number of the user to confirm an instant messaging client that needs to communicate with the telephone client, and generate a connection request message, and control the information transceiver unit to send a connection request message to the instant messaging client.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein:

The instant messaging client includes: an information transceiving unit and a mixing unit;

The information transceiver unit is configured to receive voice signals sent by multiple telephone clients, send voice signals of multiple telephone clients and local voice signals to the sound mixing unit, and transmit voices from the sound mixing unit Sending a signal to the plurality of telephone clients; or receiving a voice signal from the telephone client and a voice signal of another instant messaging client, transmitting the received voice signal and the local voice signal to the mixing unit, and Voice signals from the mixing unit are separately sent to the telephone client and other instant messaging clients;

The mixing unit is configured to mix multi-channel speech signals received from the information transceiving unit Processing, sending the voice signal obtained by the mixing process to the information transceiver unit.

A relay server, comprising: an information transceiving unit and a processing unit, wherein the information transceiving unit is configured to receive a call signal sent by a telephony client, and to the instant messaging client determined by the processing unit Sending a connection request message from the processing unit;

The processing unit according to claim 4, wherein the processing unit comprises: a parsing module, a port confirming module, and a signal switching module;

The parsing module is configured to parse a call signal sent by the telephony client to obtain an identity identification number of the instant communication user;

The port confirmation module is configured to query an instant communication number of the instant communication user according to the identified identity number of the instant communication user, to confirm an instant communication client that needs to communicate with the telephone client, and The instant communication number is sent to the signal switching module;

The signal switching module is configured to generate a connection request message, and control, according to the instant communication number, the information sending and receiving unit to send the connection request message to an instant messaging client.

6. The relay server according to claim 5, the processing unit further comprising:

a storage unit, configured to store communication related information of an instant communication user, where the communication related information includes an identity identification number of the instant communication user and a corresponding instant communication number thereof;

The port confirmation module is configured to query the storage unit for the instant communication number of the instant communication user according to the identified identity number of the instant communication user, and send the instant communication number to the signal transfer module.

7. The relay server according to claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein the relay server is an interactive voice response server.

A method for establishing a communication between a telephone client and an instant messaging client, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

A. receiving a call signal sent by the telephone client;

B. confirming, according to the instant messaging client identifier in the call signal, an instant messaging client that needs to establish a communication connection with the telephone client, and generating a connection request message to send to the instant communication client The client establishes a communication connection between the telephone client and the instant messaging client.

The method according to claim 8, wherein the instant messaging client that needs to establish a communication connection with the telephone client according to the instant messaging client identifier in the call signal comprises:

B1. The transit server parses the call signal sent by the telephone client to obtain an identity number of the instant communication user;

B2 Query the corresponding instant messaging number according to the identity number of the instant messaging user to confirm the instant messaging client that needs to establish a communication connection with the telephone client.

The method according to claim 9, wherein the step A further comprises: storing communication related information of the instant communication user in the relay server; the communication related information includes an identity identification number of the instant communication user and Its corresponding instant messaging number;

The transit server queries the corresponding instant messaging number according to the identity identification number of the instant messaging user, which is specifically:

The transit server acquires a pre-stored instant communication number corresponding to the identity identification number of the instant messaging user according to the identity identification number of the instant messaging user.

The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein after step B, the method further comprises:

The instant messaging client receives the voice signal sent by the plurality of telephone clients through the relay server; mixes the received voice signal with the local voice signal, and sends the voice signal obtained by the mixing process through the relay server. Give the plurality of phone clients.

The instant messaging client receives the voice signal from the telephone client through the relay server; and receives the voice signal sent by the other instant messaging client; mixes the voice signal of the received telephone client, the voice signal of other instant messaging client, and the local voice signal To process, the voice signal obtained by the mixing process is sent to the telephone client through the relay server, and the voice signal obtained by the mixing process is sent to the other instant messaging client.

The method according to claim 8, wherein the call signal in the step A comprises: a phone number of the relay server and an identity number of the instant communication user.