EP1423982A2 - Procede de configuration a distance d'un terminal de telecommunication - Google Patents

Procede de configuration a distance d'un terminal de telecommunication

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Publication number
EP1423982A2
EP1423982A2 EP02760148A EP02760148A EP1423982A2 EP 1423982 A2 EP1423982 A2 EP 1423982A2 EP 02760148 A EP02760148 A EP 02760148A EP 02760148 A EP02760148 A EP 02760148A EP 1423982 A2 EP1423982 A2 EP 1423982A2
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Prior art keywords
communication terminal
connection
function code
communication
feature
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English (en)
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Susanne Stiegel
Frank Blaimberger
Cristoph Grundel
Anton Obermaier
Peter Maly
Manfred Schacht
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Siemens AG
Siemens Corp
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Siemens Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/22—Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
    • H04W8/24—Transfer of terminal data
    • H04W8/245—Transfer of terminal data from a network towards a terminal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W24/00—Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
    • H04W24/02—Arrangements for optimising operational condition
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W76/00—Connection management
    • H04W76/10—Connection setup
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/18—Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
    • H04W8/20—Transfer of user or subscriber data
    • H04W8/205—Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

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  • the invention relates to a method for the remote configuration of a communication terminal and / or a communication connection via which the terminal is connected to a communication network. Furthermore, the invention relates to a communication terminal , a service facility and a system consisting of at least one communication terminal and a service facility for carrying out the method according to the invention.
  • the adjustable features include not only the performance features such as various functions and parameters of the device itself, but also the service and performance features of the connection, which are supported by the network operator and have to be requested from the terminal device by appropriate programming, such as an external call diversion, the establishment of a conference call or the suppression of your own number when making calls.
  • the correct setting of the features is not easy to carry out. This applies in particular to smaller communication terminals, for example telephones, whose user interface must be accommodated in a small space and in which the setting is often carried out using a combination of different key presses. Such settings are particularly problematic when the
  • a connection is first established between the relevant communication terminal that the user wishes to configure and a service facility via the communication network.
  • This call connection is held throughout the configuration, and the user can use this call connection from the service facility to set a specific performance or service feature of the terminal and / or the communication connection, such as, for example, adjusting the volume of the terminal or activating call diversion , request verbally.
  • the service facility On the part of the service facility, it can be real service personnel who accept the wishes of the user and accordingly initiate the configuration of the terminal or the connection from there. However, it can also be an automatic device with voice recognition and voice output, so that the user can use the
  • connection control device is generally a device within the network which controls the features, that is to say the parameters and functions, of the relevant communication connection of the terminal. It can be implemented in various ways within the network.
  • the connection control device can also consist of a plurality of control units which are distributed within the network and which each carry out different tasks in controlling the connection. This is the same device that is contacted by the user himself when the connection is configured from the terminal.
  • the difference in the method according to the invention is that here the signals required for the configuration for the terminal are sent out by the service device and not by the communication terminal itself.
  • the transmitted function code is then recognized by the communication terminal and / or by the connection control device of the communication network, and the desired one is then
  • the function code must be recognized at least to such an extent that the terminal either recognizes whether this is a function code intended for the network operator with which a feature of the connection is to be set, or whether it is a function code with which internally a feature is to be set in the terminal and which feature is to be changed and how.
  • Communication terminal is required which, in addition to means for establishing a call connection between the communication terminal and the service device in order to indicate the desired setting of the features of the terminal or the connection, also has means for receiving the function code from the service device during the ongoing call connection.
  • a facility is needed to recognize a received function code and then initiate a desired setting of the feature in the communication terminal. This can be done, for example, by converting the function code into an internal control signal and sending it to the desired component, for example when the display brightness is set at the power control input of a lighting device.
  • a service device which also has means for establishing a call connection between the communication terminal and the service device, as well as a transmission device in order to send corresponding function codes to the communication terminal and / or to the connection control device during the ongoing call connection, which provides the connection of the communication terminal controls to send.
  • the function code can be transmitted via a second channel, preferably a data channel, set up parallel to the first channel which forms the voice connection.
  • a second channel preferably a data channel
  • both the terminal and the terminal and the service facility must be correspondingly able to build at least two parallel channels' between these two devices and nen to operate. This is e.g. B. given with ISDN connections.
  • any function codes can be sent via the second channel, which can also be recognized, separated and edited as a function code in the terminal device in a relatively simple manner.
  • the function code is directly next to the voice data transmitted over the channel for the voice connection and separated from the voice data by means of a filter unit in the terminal.
  • this method requires feeding suitable, special function codes into the voice channel, which can be easily separated from the voice data.
  • a corresponding filter is required on the end device side in order to recognize the function codes within the voice channel between the voice data and, if necessary, to filter them out.
  • the method advantageously works even with simple analog connections.
  • this method also has the advantage, when used on connections with multiple channels, that only one channel is required and thus no additional burdens on the communication network or increased connection costs due to the remote configuration.
  • a service facility can also have means to send the function codes both over a separate channel - if this is possible on the part of the terminal - or alternatively to transmit the function codes over the voice channel. Accordingly, such a service facility is able to adapt itself to the terminal device to be configured or the connection and the cheapest in each case
  • a communication terminal according to the invention can also be constructed accordingly so that it can use both transmission methods.
  • an activation code is transmitted from the service facility to the communication terminal as the first function code.
  • the filter unit is activated with this activation code.
  • the service device transmits a deactivation code as the last function code, with which the filter unit is deactivated again.
  • the filter unit can also be deactivated automatically when the call connection is interrupted.
  • the function codes are transmitted in the form of DTMF signals (Dual Tone Multi Frequency).
  • DTMF signals Double Tone Multi Frequency
  • These DTMF tones are in a higher frequency range than the normal speech signals, which are in a frequency range of 300 to 3 kHz. They can therefore be identified relatively easily and can also be filtered out in a simple manner.
  • the filtering after the activation of the filter unit at the beginning of a voice connection between the communication terminal and the service facility and before the final deactivation has the particular advantage that the user does not permanently receive the DTMF signals during the entire configuration process, which disturb the speech quality, eavesdrop uss.
  • a function code is generated regardless of whether it is a function code for setting a feature of the connection or the communication end acts itself, sent by the service facility and received by the communication terminal. It is then recognized in the communication terminal whether the function code is used to set a feature of the terminal itself or to set a connection feature. In the first case, the function code is further processed in the communication terminal itself. In the second case, the function code is forwarded from the communication terminal to the connection control device of the communication network. Alternatively, a corresponding control signal can also be sent from the communication terminal to the connection control device. This means that the function code is converted by the service device into a control signal that the connection control device understands, for example, and then this control signal is sent.
  • the communication terminal must of course have appropriate means to forward a recognized function code for setting a connection feature to the connection control device or to convert the function code into a control code suitable for the connection control device and send it to the connection control device.
  • the connection control device of the communication network automatically recognizes a function code which is intended for it and processes it. All that then has to be recognized in the communication terminal is whether the transmitted function code is a function code for setting a feature of the terminal itself. Only in this case is the function code used in the communication terminal to set a feature. Otherwise this function code is ignored.
  • most of the configuration settings of the terminal or of the connection such as call group assignment, MSN entries (Multiple Subscriber Number) or setting of a possibly integrated answering machine, can be carried out online.
  • the method also has the particular advantage that in many cases a user can immediately check the change in a feature and either confirm it or request a new change. This affects, for example, the setting of such features as volume, ringtone settings or the illuminance of the display etc.
  • the method is also relatively simple and inexpensive and does not require any complex changes within the end devices.
  • a relevant service facility can also be set up using simple means. With the appropriate connection number and corresponding service personnel or places running parallel to automatic systems with voice interfaces and a plurality of terminals can be set at the same time, multiple users are served simultaneously, the 'means.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic flow diagram of the method according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of a control device in a communication terminal according to the invention
  • Figure 3 is a timing diagram of a sequence of signals in the inventive method.
  • the embodiment shown in the figures is a method which only requires one voice channel and in which the function codes are in the form DTMF tones are also transmitted on the voice channel during the call.
  • the method shown can consequently be used with any end devices, ie also with simple end devices in an analog network.
  • Figure 1 shows a typical procedure in a terminal from the transmission of a DTMF signal from the service facility to the terminal.
  • the service facility sends a DTMF signal sequence F as function code F.
  • a so-called post-election detection then takes place on the end device side. It is checked whether the transmitted DTMF signal sequence F is a defined caller number, that is to say a character sequence defined as a service sequence by the network operator for configuring a connection. If this is the case, this function code should be used to configure the connection accordingly. This means that it is, for example, a function code to enable or block a certain service feature at the operator, such as. B. a number suppression, an establishment of an R call or a facility of a conference call. This phone number is then looped through by the terminal and sent to the network. A negative acknowledgment is preferably also sent so that the network recognizes that this is a signal which is intended for the network.
  • the transmitted DTMF signal sequence F is not recognized as a defined service sequence of the network, it is processed further in the device and, for example, converted into an internal control signal C, which is used in the device to set the relevant features.
  • the DTMF signal sequence F can be converted into a menu shortcut C, which the user would otherwise have to enter if he configures the device himself.
  • the converted control signal C is then processed in the device as usual and so that desired feature changed, for example the volume up or down or a certain ringtone or an internal call diversion set.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows the main components of a remote control unit 1 of a terminal device required for carrying out the method according to the invention and their interconnection with one another.
  • the remote control unit 1 can be arranged as a coherent unit in the terminal. However, it can also be a remote control unit formed from several separate components, wherein some components can also belong to other functional units of the device and are only used by the remote control unit. In particular, many components can also be implemented in software, for example in a general control unit of the device or a CPU.
  • a main element of the remote control unit 1 is a filter unit 2.
  • This filter unit 2 is located, for example, in a receiving device (not shown) of the mobile radio device.
  • the speech data S and the DTMF signal sequences F are applied to the filter unit 2.
  • the DTMF signal sequences F are filtered out when the filter unit 2 is activated, whereas the voice data 3 is looped through and processed in the usual way within the terminal.
  • the filter unit 2 is preceded by a recognition unit 7 on the input side.
  • This recognition unit 7 serves a special function code which is to serve as an activation code A or D as a deactivation code for the filter unit ⁇ 2 to recognize.
  • an activation code A is recognized, the filter unit 2 is automatically activated by the recognition unit 7 so that it performs its filter function.
  • filter unit 2 is active, a user hears the DTMF signal sequences F no more.
  • a deactivation code D is recognized, the filter unit 2 is deactivated accordingly and all signals, that is to say also the DTMF signal sequences F, are looped through by the filter unit 2, so that they can be perceived again by the user.
  • the filter unit 2 is also used to recognize whether a filtered DTMF signal sequence F is a caller code, which is intended for the network or the connection control of the network, in order to set a connection feature.
  • the signal is passed to a post-dialing transmission device 5, which ensures that the post-dialing is sent back to the network and processed there.
  • This post-dial transmitter 5 is essentially a connection to the transmitter (not shown) of the communication terminal in order to send the DTMF signal sequence F from there back to the network.
  • the DTMF signal sequence F is first stored in a buffer memory 4 and then converted into an internal control signal C of the terminal within a converter device 3.
  • the buffer memory 4 is optional. That is, it is also possible to immediately forward the DTMF signal sequence F to the converter device 3.
  • the converter device contains a DTMF sequence comparison table, in which various DTMF signal sequences are stored and internal control signals C, for example menu shortcuts, are assigned. The implementation is done simply by reading the values in this table.
  • the control signal C determined in the converter device 3 is then passed on to the corresponding functional unit 6, which is responsible for changing the desired feature.
  • This can be, for example, a disc play control, a volume control or the general device control 6, for example a CPU of the device, which then initiates a setting of the desired feature in the device.
  • FIG. 3 once again illustrates the chronological sequence of the individual signals.
  • a voice connection V is established at a time T 0 .
  • the service facility first sends an activation code A in the form of a DTMF signal sequence - here at time Ti.
  • the filter device 2 is activated in the user's communication terminal at time T 2 , so that the user does not hear any further transmitted DTMF signal sequences.
  • the first DTMF signal sequence can be understood by the user, for example after a corresponding explanation by the service personnel, as an acknowledgment with which the user can control the activation of the remote configuration service.
  • the active time of the filter device is shown in Figure 3 by the dashed arrow.
  • the necessary function codes F which set the device or the connection in the desired manner, are then sent by the service facility in the form of further DTMF signal sequences F.
  • the user can communicate with the service facility at any time and have other requests or any settings changed immediately after a check.
  • the service facility With the support of the service facility, he is able to have his device configured interactively without service personnel coming directly to the device or having to take the device to a service point. This is particularly advantageous if the user wants to change a parameter but cannot specify the exact one-part sizes for the change.
  • An example of this is changing the volume of the ring tone.
  • the user can simply tell the service facility that he wants the ringtone to be set a little louder.
  • the corresponding function code is then sent from the service facility to the terminal.
  • the user can immediately check the change and either confirm it or request a new change in volume, whereupon a new function code is then sent accordingly by the service facility. If the user is satisfied with the setting and confirms the setting, the change is finally saved in the device, for example, with another function code.
  • a function code is sent as a special deactivation code D, which ensures that the filter unit 2 is deactivated at time T 3 and thus the terminal is again in the original state, in which DTMF

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de configuration à distance d'un terminal de télécommunication et/ou d'une connexion permettant au terminal d'être connecté à un réseau de télécommunication. L'invention est caractérisée en ce qu'on établit tout d'abord entre le terminal et un dispositif de services une communication par l'intermédiaire de laquelle un usager du terminal demande l'ajustement d'un caractère distinctif du terminal et/ou de la connexion. Un code fonctionnel correspondant est ensuite transmis, par voie interactive, par le dispositif de services, au terminal ou au réseau pendant que ladite communication est en cours, et l'ajustement désiré dudit caractère distinctif est ensuite effectué au moyen du code fonctionnel.
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