CN1287607C

CN1287607C - Method for transmitting data to a telephone terminal unit by analog line and telecommunication hardware implementing said method

Info

Publication number: CN1287607C
Application number: CN 00803828
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗依克·奥利佛; 米歇尔·勒·克利夫
Original assignee: Alcatel NV
Current assignee: Alcatel CIT SA; Alcatel Lucent SAS; Alcatel Lucent NV
Priority date: 1999-12-16
Filing date: 2000-12-11
Publication date: 2006-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 2020-12-11
Also published as: WO2001045377A3; CN1470135A; FR2802749A1; EP1208702A2; FR2802749B1; JP2003517783A; WO2001045377A2

Abstract

The invention concerns a method and telecommunication equipment for transmitting data to a subscriber telephone terminal provided with data processing hardware and software (5D, 7D) for its management. Said unit is for example a telephone terminal (3) or a main unit (5, 7) of a shared installation (4, 6) serving several telephone and/or radiotelephone (8) terminals (3'), it is linked to a telephone network at a connecting exchange unit (2, 2') by one or a small number of analog telephone lines (L). The method consists in sending control and/or information messages, from the central connecting exchange of the terminal unit to the data processing means of said unit, besides the usually transmitted signals, after they have been coded so that they can be transmitted by the analog telephone line. Said messages can be interpreted at the unit through a code conversion.

Description

A kind of telecommunication installation that sends this method of methods and applications of information through an analog line to a telephone terminal unit

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of information be sent to the communication the terminal unit and the method for information processing hardware and/or software service from telephone network, by one or more analog of telephone line a calling subscriber terminal unit is connected to described telephone network, described calling subscriber terminal unit for example is a telephone terminal, such as a telephone set or a sharing means, especially serve a main website of a plurality of phones and/or mobile telephone terminal.

Background technology

Will be sent out with the form of the analog signal of tone or combinations of tones through the information spinner that an analog of telephone line sends to this calling subscriber terminal unit from the telephone network switch, described analog line is connected to this switch with a calling subscriber terminal unit.This is being known in the art.Tone or combinations of tones transmit a spot of information because the user uppick they the time must be able to make an explanation; They are used to notify the execution of an order or do not carry out, and only are used for notice.And same tone must be used for two various objectives, for example is used for wrong number and engaged line, and this causes the uncertainty for the pitch detector in user and the terminal unit.

Usually also send a calling subscriber terminal unit information from analog of telephone line of local call switch of a calling subscriber terminal unit with the form of record notice, especially from this unit after this switch sends an order.Yet the calling subscriber terminal unit can not be explained or use a record notice usually or take any out of Memory of voice signal form.

During a sequence of operation, the intermediary by its hardware and/or software operation device and under the operation of the local switch of this unit particularly, for example usually after request from a user, in this unit, start under the situation of an operation, if must on terminal unit, take action, just have serious deficiency.For example, if the supplementary service that user capture can insert through the calling subscriber terminal unit, then the notice of the record that is sent by the local call switch can not be explained in the calling subscriber terminal unit.Especially, if the operation that will carry out may be different according to situation about running into, then these operations can not be carried out in the calling subscriber terminal unit.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the objective of the invention is to a kind of method that information is sent to a calling subscriber terminal unit from a telephone network, described calling subscriber terminal unit has and is used for hardware and software information processor that it is managed, a telephone terminal or serve a main website of the sharing means of a plurality of telephone terminals and/or mobile telephone terminal for example, described telephone network is connected to this terminal unit by a local switch and through one or more analog of telephone line.

According to a feature of the present invention, except sending between described switch and the described unit voice signal and the signaling in a usual manner, preparation sends order and/or infomational message from the local switch of this unit to the included management logic unit of the information processor of purpose unit, each message is encoded so that it can be sent to this unit by an analog of telephone line from switch, and decoded so that explained therein in this unit.According to the present invention, send order and/or infomational message from the local switch of calling subscriber terminal unit after an order of carrying out by the intermediary of user by telephone terminal unit to this unit, the user communicates by this telephone terminal unit.

According to the present invention, message is that its content will be by the message of interim at least storage on the unit that receives this message.

According to a kind of modification of the present invention, the message that is sent is command transfer message.

The present invention also provides the telephone device that is suitable for carrying out this method.

A kind of local switch that is used for a telephone network specifically is provided, this telephone network is connected to the calling subscriber terminal unit by analog of telephone line, described terminal unit has and is used for its corresponding software that manages and hardware information processing unit, and telephone terminal specifically is provided and/or serves telephone terminal or the main website of the sharing means of mobile telephone terminal.

According to a feature of the present invention, described switch comprises the hardware and software device, described device makes it except sending between described switch and the described unit voice signal and the signaling in a usual manner, order and/or infomational message can also be sent to the management logic unit of the information processor of telephone terminal unit, each message is encoded so that it can send to this unit from switch by an analog of telephone line.

The present invention also provides the telecommunication installation of calling subscriber terminal cell type, comprises being used for hardware and software information processor that it is managed, and is adapted to pass through the local switch that at least one analog of telephone line is connected to telephone network.

According to a feature of the present invention, the device of calling subscriber terminal cell type comprises hardware and/or the software service that is used to transmit with process information, make it receive voice signal and order the signaling and/or the infomational message that sends except from described switch through an analog of telephone line from local switch, described information is decoded into can be by a kind of form of the use of the management logic circuit in the information processor, so that it can be used.

Description of drawings

Feature of the present invention and advantage thereof are explained in following explanation, provide described explanation with reference to unique accompanying drawing.

Accompanying drawing is the block diagram of telecommunication system, and expression is connected to a telecommunication system of various calling subscriber terminals by analog of telephone line.The switch that these unit and they are connected to is suitable for carrying out the method according to this invention.

Embodiment

Method according to transmission information of the present invention will be used under the facility environment of a telecommunication system can setting up phone and/or mobile calls; This unique accompanying drawing diagram also utilizes nonrestrictive example that so a kind of system is described.

This system comprises a telephone network 1 at least, is used to connect various calling subscriber terminals unit, by analog of telephone line L the calling subscriber terminal unit is connected to the telephone exchange 2,2 ' of network 1 for this reason.

Telephone terminal unit is the hardware cell that can be used for the user, and can have nothing in common with each other, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.Utilization comprises that the example of telephone set 3 comes the graphic terminal unit, and described telephone set 3 is connected to local call switch 2 ' by an analog of telephone line L respectively.Also illustrate the terminal unit of sharing telephone device 4, described shared telephone device 4 comprises and is used for this unit and by a telephone wire L or may be connected to a main website 5 of local call switch 2 by multiple phone line.The terminal unit that constitutes the main website 5 of sharing telephone device is served a plurality of calling subscriber terminals 3 ', and described a plurality of calling subscriber terminals 3 ' are compatible each other, and represents with telephone set at this.This unit is suitable for making the terminal use who shares it can be by telephone network 1 or by analog of telephone line or serve telephone wire L and other phone of this device or may be that mobile telephone terminal communicates.In the nonrestrictive example that provides herein, main website 5 comprises information processor, uses the management logic unit 5D that links to each other with switch to represent.Switch can be connected to the telephone terminal 3 ' of this unit service its local switch 2 by analog of telephone line or the circuit L that is connected to switch.This is being known in the art.Also as well known in the field in this technique, if terminal 3 ' is connected to a circuit by parallel, switch 5C can be small-sized; They normally have " n " individual terminal prot and " m " individual line port one type, and wherein n and m are positive integers.

Main website 5 can serve cordless telephone, if it provides and for example makes it can be optionally and the radio set device of the mobile communication of cordless terminal; Mobile phone is equipped with built-in dialing keyboard usually.This also is being known in the art.

An example of terminal unit is illustrated, and comprise the main mobile telephone unit 7 of sharing means, described sharing means is served authorized user, this user has such as cordless telephone, for example the cordless telephone of DECT, CT0 or CT1 or such as the mobile telephone terminal 8 of the mobile phone of GSM or other telephone set.

Unit 7 comprises switching device 7C, authorizes portable terminal 8 to be connected to the telephone wire L (perhaps one of telephone wire L) that it connects for one that is used for optionally will being connected thereto.It also comprises a management logic unit 7D, makes its needs and available resource according to the user come concrete operations switching device 7C.Unit 7 also comprises mobile phone transceiver arrangement 7A and make the interface arrangement 7B of can interconnect transceiver arrangement and switching device 7C under the control of management logic unit 7D.Operation especially according to by radio from authorized cellular telephone terminal or the request that receives from local call switch 5 by analog of telephone line L.Near the authorization terminal 8 that makes in the mobile phone overlay area of unit 7 and be sitting at it can insert telephone networks by unit 7, and for example by this way, under different situations, some terminals are positioned near the base station of mobile telephone network 6.

In one embodiment, authorized cellular telephone terminal 8 is the user terminals such as the same tissue of a little company, and described little company has the main website 7 that meets its needs.Thereby authorization terminal may be the standard mobile telephone terminal that the mobile telephone network of service is provided to the public.In order to provide all users of access to communicate by phone and telephone network 1, when they in its area of coverage the time, give main website 7 with their position message.Outside the area of coverage, in case determine the position by one of base station of public mobile telephone network respectively, this moment, they were in its a-n radio range a-n, used mobile telephone terminal 8 in the mode of routine.

Irrelevant with related calling subscriber terminal unit, and as already noted, they hardware and/or software communication and

information processor

2D and 5D or 7D between under the situation of exchange message, except sending analog or digital voice signal and the telephone signaling usually between the switch that this unit and it connected, the local switch that this unit connected can be to its transmission information.

Message is formed so that they can directly be used by the information processor that receives them.They are encoded in the mode that can send and receive telephone terminal by analog of telephone line and can receive and make an explanation.Therefore, terminal unit must be equipped with suitable decoding device, and they are included in this unit for other purpose.Be provided at a line interface place at this not shown decoding device, and be connected to information processor, included processor in terminal unit for example, no matter terminal unit is such as simple terminal of telephone set or such as a sharing means main website of telephone exchange.This is being known in the art.

For example the form with V23 or dtmf code sends message, the receiving terminal unit is equipped with code translator, be known in the art, being used for they are converted to can be by the processing unit of this unit, and for example a kind of normal binary of

management logic unit

5D and 7D use is encoded.

The message of the above-mentioned type that can directly be used is provided especially so that the local switch of calling subscriber terminal unit can utilize the information order in response to a service request to respond, and for example dials and is a user or starts Additional Services.Then, under the user's who serves by this unit operation, utilize terminal unit to carry out this operation.These action command message can be used, particularly in the unit that receives them, after for example in its

management logic unit

5D or 7D, handling, to start immediately or to postpone in this unit or action in being connected to one or more terminals of telephone network in suitable.

A kind of embodiment sends will be displayed on terminal unit self, if for example this unit is the telephone set that has a screen, perhaps by the message on the screen of a terminal of this unit service, if the latter is the sharing means type.For example, be ready for sending and/or show that reflection is accepted or the message of the service request that refusal is submitted to telephone network by the calling subscriber terminal unit under the operation of described unit users.Display message message on the screen of a terminal that also is ready for sending and/or serves in a unit or it especially under the situation of network error or fault, for example relates to the request of this unit to concrete operations of its local switch.Especially prepare the time and the underway moment of Dang Qi when occurring, can send order or infomational message to a calling subscriber terminal unit from a local switch such as the operation of condition call setup.If called phone machine or mobile telephone terminal are busy, if exist temporary prevention to insert called subscriber's traffic congestion, if perhaps unspecified or inappropriate call number is sent to its local switch by this terminal unit under the operation of a terminal unit user, prepare to show concrete mistake or fault message message.Certainly, on screen, show it only is a concrete option, can use equally to be used for, perhaps be stored, be particularly useful for blind users with the form of the message of record in advance with the form of conversion of signals precedent to display as the voice signal that generates by synthesizer.

Also prepare will through telephone wire by the message transmission of the intermediary of this message with in advance or with after a tone or a concrete voice message that same circuit sends combine.

Claims

1. method that sends information from a telephone network to calling subscriber terminal unit, described calling subscriber terminal unit has and is used for hardware and software information processor that described calling subscriber terminal unit is managed, this calling subscriber terminal unit is by local switch (2,2 ') and through one or more analog of telephone line (L) be connected to described telephone network, it is characterized in that except between described switch and described calling subscriber terminal unit, sending in a usual manner voice signal and the signaling, also prepare local switch from this calling subscriber terminal unit to the included management logic unit (5D of the information processor of this calling subscriber terminal unit, 7D), the order of purpose unit transmission just/or infomational message, each message is encoded so that it can be sent to this calling subscriber terminal unit by an analog of telephone line from switch, and decoded so that explained therein in this calling subscriber terminal unit.

2. according to the method for claim 1, wherein the local switch from the calling subscriber terminal unit sends order and/or infomational message to this calling subscriber terminal unit after the order that the intermediary agency that is passed through the calling subscriber terminal unit by the user carries out, and wherein the user communicates by this calling subscriber terminal unit.

3. according to the method for claim 1 or 2, wherein message is the message that its content will be stored on the calling subscriber terminal unit that receives this message at least temporarily.

4. according to the method for arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 3, wherein message is command transfer message.

5. the local switch (2 of a telephone network, 2 ') telecommunication installation of type, this telephone network is connected to the calling subscriber terminal unit by analog of telephone line, described calling subscriber terminal unit has and is used for corresponding software and hardware information processing unit that described calling subscriber terminal unit is managed, specifically manage telephone terminal (3) and/or serve telephone terminal (3 ') or the sharing means (4 of mobile telephone terminal (8), 6) main website (5,7), the telecommunication installation of described local switch type is characterised in that it comprises hardware and/or software service, described hardware and/or software service make the telecommunication installation of described local switch type except sending between described switch and the described calling subscriber terminal unit voice signal and the signaling in a usual manner, order and/or infomational message can also be sent to the management logic unit of the information processor of calling subscriber terminal unit, each message is encoded so that it can be sent to this calling subscriber terminal unit from switch by an analog of telephone line.

6. the telecommunication installation of a calling subscriber terminal cell type, be adapted to pass through the local switch that at least one analog of telephone line is connected to telephone network, described telecommunication installation comprises and is used for hardware and software information processor that described calling subscriber terminal unit is managed, described telecommunication installation is characterised in that it comprises hardware and/or the software service that is used to transmit with process information, make described telecommunication installation receive voice signal and order the signaling and/or the infomational message that sends except from described switch through an analog of telephone line from local switch, described message is decoded into when arriving can be by a kind of form of the use of the management logic unit in the information processor, so that it can be used.