Server apparatus, server control program, and server-client system

Abstract

A server-client system includes a client terminal having a telephone function, and a server apparatus on a network. The terminal displays telephone number display screen data received form the server apparatus, and transmits, to the server apparatus, designation information indicating a telephone number position in the display screen, which is designated by a user. The server apparatus transmits designated telephone number outgoing call data to the terminal based on the designation information. The terminal makes an outgoing call in accordance with the telephone number outgoing call data received from the server apparatus.

1 . A server apparatus comprising:
 a communication component for communicating with a terminal having a telephone function;   a telephone number storage component for storing telephone number data;   a telephone number screen generation component for generating telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data stored in the telephone number storage component;   a telephone number screen transmission control component for controlling the communication component to transmit, to the terminal, the telephone number display screen data generated by the telephone number screen generation component;   an outgoing call data generation component for generating outgoing call data in accordance with a telephone number at a telephone number position corresponding to position designation information when the communication component receives the position designation information in the telephone number screen from the terminal after the telephone number screen transmission control component transmits the telephone number display screen data to the terminal; and   a number outgoing call data transmission control component for controlling the communication component to transmit, to the terminal, the telephone number outgoing call data generated by the outgoing call data generation component.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the telephone number display screen data generated by the telephone number screen generation component generates telephone number list display screen data containing a plurality of telephone numbers, and telephone number list position designation information received from the terminal by the communication component is range designation information, and   the outgoing call data generation component comprises a telephone number extraction component for extracting a telephone number from a telephone number list range corresponding to the range designation information, and generates the outgoing call data in accordance with the telephone number extracted by the telephone number extraction component.   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the telephone number extraction component performs a character recognition process for the telephone number list range corresponding to the range designation information to extract a telephone number. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , which further comprises a terminal identifier storage component for storing a terminal identifier which is stored in advance, and in which the telephone number screen generation component includes terminal authentication component for, when the communication means receives a telephone number instruction together with the terminal identifier from the terminal, authenticating whether the terminal is a terminal stored in advance, based on the terminal identifier stored in the terminal identifier storage component, and generates the telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data in the telephone number storage component when the terminal authentication means authenticates that the terminal is the terminal stored in advance. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus according to  claim 2 , which further comprises a terminal identifier storage component for storing a terminal identifier which is stored in advance, and in which the telephone number screen generation component includes terminal authentication component for, when the communication means receives a telephone number instruction together with the terminal identifier from the terminal, authenticating whether the terminal is a terminal stored in advance, based on the terminal identifier stored in the terminal identifier storage component, and generates the telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data in the telephone number storage component when the terminal authentication means authenticates that the terminal is the terminal stored in advance. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus according to  claim 3 , which further comprises a terminal identifier storage component for storing a terminal identifier which is stored in advance, and in which the telephone number screen generation component includes terminal authentication component for, when the communication means receives a telephone number instruction together with the terminal identifier from the terminal, authenticating whether the terminal is a terminal stored in advance, based on the terminal identifier stored in the terminal identifier storage component, and generates the telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data in the telephone number storage component when the terminal authentication means authenticates that the terminal is the terminal stored in advance. 
     
     
         7 . A server control program recorded in a recording medium to control a computer of a server apparatus connected to a communication network and configured to comprise a telephone number storage component for storing telephone number data, the computer of the server apparatus functioning as
 a communication component for communicating with a terminal having a telephone function on the network,   a telephone number screen generation component for, when the communication component receives a telephone number instruction from the terminal, generating telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data stored in the telephone number storage component,   a telephone number screen transmission control component for controlling the communication component to transmit, to the terminal, the telephone number display screen data generated by the telephone number screen generation component,   an outgoing call data generation component for generating outgoing call data in accordance with a telephone number at a telephone number screen position corresponding to position designation information when the communication component receives telephone number screen position designation information from the terminal after the telephone number screen transmission control component transmits the telephone number display screen data to the terminal, and   a number outgoing call data transmission control component for controlling the communication component to transmit, to the terminal, the telephone number outgoing call data generated by the outgoing call data generation component.   
     
     
         8 . The server control program according to  claim 7 , the outgoing call data generation component comprising a telephone number extraction component for extracting a telephone number from a telephone number list range, and generates the outgoing call data in accordance with the telephone number extracted by the telephone number extraction component. 
     
     
         9 . The server control program according to  claim 8 , wherein the telephone number extraction component performs a character recognition process for the telephone number list range to extract a telephone number. 
     
     
         10 . A server-client system comprising a client terminal having a telephone function, and a server apparatus on a network,
 the terminal further comprising   a telephone number designation transmission component for transmitting a telephone number instruction to the server apparatus in response to a user operation,   a telephone number display control component for displaying telephone number display screen data received from the server apparatus in response to transmission of the telephone number instruction from the telephone number instruction transmission component,   a position designation information transmission component for transmitting, to the server apparatus, position designation information in a telephone number display screen in response to the user operation on a telephone number display screen displayed by the telephone number display control component, and   an outgoing call control component for making an outgoing call in accordance with telephone number outgoing call data received from the server apparatus, in response to the position designation information in the telephone number display screen, which is transmitted from the position designation information transmission component, and   the server apparatus further comprising   a communication component for communicating with a terminal,   a telephone number storage component for storing telephone number data,   a telephone number screen generation component for, when the communication means receives a telephone number instruction from the terminal, generating telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data stored in the telephone number storage component,   a telephone number screen transmission control component for controlling the communication means to transmit, to the terminal, the telephone number display screen data generated by the telephone number screen generation component,   an outgoing call data generation component for generating outgoing call data in accordance with a telephone number at a telephone number position corresponding to position designation information when the communication component receives the position designation information in the telephone number screen from the terminal after the telephone number screen transmission control component transmits the telephone number display screen data to the terminal, and   number outgoing call data transmission control component for controlling the communication component to transmit, to the terminal, the telephone number outgoing call data generated by the outgoing call data generation component.   
     
     
         11 . The server-client system according to  claim 10 , wherein the client terminal comprises a cellular phone. 
     
     
         12 . The server-client system according to  claim 10 , wherein the telephone number display screen data generated by the telephone number screen generation component generates telephone number list display screen data containing a plurality of telephone numbers, and telephone number list position designation information received from the terminal by the communication component is range designation information. 
     
     
         13 . The server-client system according to  claim 12 , wherein the outgoing call data generation component comprises a telephone number extraction component for extracting a telephone number from a telephone number list range corresponding to the range designation information, and generates the outgoing call data in accordance with the telephone number extracted by the telephone number extraction component. 
     
     
         14 . The server-client system according to  claim 13 , wherein the telephone number extraction component performs a character recognition process for the telephone number list range corresponding to the range designation information to extract a telephone number. 
     
     
         15 . The server-client system according to  claim 10 , the server apparatus further comprising a terminal identifier storage component for storing a terminal identifier which is stored in advance, and in which the telephone number screen generation component includes terminal authentication component for, when the communication means receives a telephone number instruction together with the terminal identifier from the terminal, authenticating whether the terminal is a terminal stored in advance, based on the terminal identifier stored in the terminal identifier storage component, and generates the telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data in the telephone number storage component when the terminal authentication means authenticates that the terminal is the terminal stored in advance. 
     
     
         16 . The server-client system according to  claim 12 , the server apparatus further comprises a terminal identifier storage component for storing a terminal identifier which is stored in advance, and in which the telephone number screen generation component includes terminal authentication component for, when the communication means receives a telephone number instruction together with the terminal identifier from the terminal, authenticating whether the terminal is a terminal stored in advance, based on the terminal identifier stored in the terminal identifier storage component, and generates the telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data in the telephone number storage component when the terminal authentication means authenticates that the terminal is the terminal stored in advance. 
     
     
         17 . The server-client system according to  claim 13 , the server apparatus further comprises a terminal identifier storage component for storing a terminal identifier which is stored in advance, and in which the telephone number screen generation component includes terminal authentication component for, when the communication means receives a telephone number instruction together with the terminal identifier from the terminal, authenticating whether the terminal is a terminal stored in advance, based on the terminal identifier stored in the terminal identifier storage component, and generates the telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data in the telephone number storage component when the terminal authentication means authenticates that the terminal is the terminal stored in advance. 
     
     
         18 . The server-client system according to  claim 14 , the server apparatus further comprises a terminal identifier storage component for storing a terminal identifier which is stored in advance, and in which the telephone number screen generation component includes terminal authentication component for, when the communication means receives a telephone number instruction together with the terminal identifier from the terminal, authenticating whether the terminal is a terminal stored in advance, based on the terminal identifier stored in the terminal identifier storage component, and generates the telephone number display screen data based on the telephone number data in the telephone number storage component when the terminal authentication means authenticates that the terminal is the terminal stored in advance. 
     
     
         19 . The server-client system according to  claim 12 , wherein the client terminal comprises a cellular phone. 
     
     
         20 . The server-client system according to  claim 15 , wherein the client terminal comprises a cellular phone.