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• • H—ELECTRICITY
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  • H04M2203/00—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
  • H04M2203/10—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to the purpose or context of the telephonic communication
  • H04M2203/1016—Telecontrol

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of multimedia services rendered to users of communication terminals.
• the present invention relates more particularly to a new mode of supply of such services.
• a first form of connection consists in calling, from the terminal, a voice platform, made available by a communication operator or by a service provider and controlling, by means of simple words (voice commands ) or via the keys of the terminal, the execution of the services. This is for example the case of voice mail classic in the world of mobile telephony as in the world of fixed telephony.
• a second, more complete and complex form of connection also exists. It requires the terminal to have a connection to the global Internet network in order to enable it to access so-called "online" services by means of dynamically generated pages in an HTML language, these pages being adapted to be viewed on terminals whose screens may be small.
• the known techniques of the prior art call for a "dynamic" detection of the parameters of the Internet browser installed within the terminal.
• the services rendered in this second form of connection are generally paid and are executed within a platform implemented by service providers.
• Another disadvantage of this prior art technique is related to the types of terminals required to implement the services of the second form of connection, particularly to the types of mobile terminals. Indeed, these terminals must have an Internet connection. These are therefore recent terminals, with display capabilities adapted to the pages to display. These terminals offer increased opportunities for access to services.
• services are mostly shared services, which involve resources that are implemented by service providers or service providers. These shared services are generally paying.
• the development of new services requires significant investments from operators or service providers, without the service rendered being really appreciated.
• a recent service is to allow, from a mobile terminal, the remote programming of a digital video recorder that has the user.
• a service is made possible by the access of this mobile terminal to a specific Internet server from which the user selects predefined time slots and television channels to be recorded.
• the Internet server backs up this data and waits for the VCR to connect, for a routine update, to the server, to take into account the user's registration wishes.
• the service provider who proposes it indicates that the transfer of the user's program is performed on the video recorder between one and thirty-six hours after the entry of the latter. The user, who pays for this service, is not even sure that the program he wants to see will actually be saved.
• the solution proposed by the invention does not have these disadvantages of the prior art. It relates to a control method, from a mobile terminal of a user, a service provider.
• said service provider is installed within a residential communication network of said user and is accessible from said mobile terminal via a residential gateway.
• the method according to the invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art, related to the low processing capabilities of mobile terminals, allowing the implementation of a personal service of a user, through a personal service provider.
• the supplier of services is the property of the user of the terminal and is physically located within his personal network, ie for example in his main residence. The service is therefore rendered for the terminal by the personal service provider.
• said method comprises: a step of establishing a communication between said mobile terminal and said service provider; a step of initializing at least one service to be rendered by said personal service provider via a command from said user, and a step of implementing said at least one service.
• the invention makes it possible to directly control the execution of the service to be rendered by the service provider from the mobile terminal.
• Such an implementation differs from the techniques of the prior art, in particular techniques based on the use of a shared server, in that the method according to the invention makes it possible for example to communicate directly to the mobile terminal, and therefore to the user who uses it, the result of the execution of the service to be rendered.
• the implementation of the service may consist in the activation of other services, such as for example sticky notes or creating office documents such as word processing files.
• said initialization step comprises: a sub-step of selecting said at least one of a plurality of available services; a sub-step of starting said at least one service.
• the method of the invention allows the user to select services available within the service provider and start the startup thereof. For example, such a selection can be made by voice command.
• a selection can be made by voice command.
• the user once connected to the service provider, the user is able to become acquainted with the services available through a voice service implemented within the personal service provider. .
• the user can select the service to be implemented, for example by selecting a key on the terminal keypad.
• the service provider then starts the execution of the service.
• the user therefore has access to his own service resources and not to shared resources for the implementation of services that may be personal, but which will be handled centrally through common resources, as it is the case in the techniques of the prior art.
• said step of implementing said at least one service comprises: a substep of provision, by said terminal, of at least one characteristic data enabling said at least one service to be implemented ; a substep of processing said at least one datum.
• the invention makes it possible to implement, in real time during the communication established between the terminal and the service provider, the service selected by the user. according to a particular characteristic of the invention, that said step of establishing a communication is performed via a SIP type protocol.
• the invention makes it possible to establish a multimedia communication between the terminal and the personal service provider.
• the invention is therefore still distinguishable from the prior art, which allows the terminal to connect to centralized management servers only through an Internet access that must be supported by the terminal.
• the invention using the SIP protocol, can initiate a service of the personal service provider through a usual voice communication, not requiring the possession of a specific terminal.
• the establishment of the communication can be performed, in a conventional manner between the terminal and a specific server of a communication network responsible for establish a communication using the SIP protocol with the personal service provider. This server then acts as a relay between the old generation mobile terminal and the personal service provider.
• SIP also eliminates the need to associate a phone number with the personal service provider. Indeed, the SIP protocol allows two entities that do not know each other to enter into a relationship. However, the residential gateway is typically connected to the Internet through a variable IP address, usually assigned through DHCP. This address is not known to the terminal. In this particular embodiment, the use of SIP makes it possible to communicate the mobile terminal and the service provider.
• said steps of initialization and implementation of said at least one service are performed via an IMS type protocol.
• the method according to the invention enables the implementation of multimedia services, in situation of mobility of the terminal while taking care of the existing telephone systems based on packet switching or circuit switching
• said command from said user is a voice command capable of being recognized by said service provider.
• the mobile terminal has high processing capabilities to enable the implementation of the service
• said at least one characteristic data item is a multimedia digital output stream produced by said user and capable of being transformed within said service provider.
• this particular embodiment of the invention enables a personal service provider, for example a personal computer of the user, to be used for the realization of multimedia digital flow processing, for example the processing of digital media.
• a digital recording of the user's voice in order to provide this user with text that can be transmitted to the terminal.
• Such an embodiment greatly simplifies the seizure of text intended for example to be incorporated in an electronic mail or in a short service message (SMS).
• SMS short service message
• the invention also relates to a service provider for controlling at least one service from a mobile terminal of a user.
• said service provider is installed within a residential communication network of said user and in that said service provider is accessible from said mobile terminal via a residential gateway.
• such a control device may be a specific equipment installed within the residential network of the user.
• such a device may be in the form of a hardware to be inserted into a personal computer of the user or in the residential gateway of it.
• such a device can be emulated in a form of integrated software service within one of the aforementioned equipment.
• the invention also relates to a device including a service provider as described above.
• the invention also relates to a communication system including a mobile terminal and a service provider capable of being controlled from said mobile terminal.
• said service provider is installed within a residential communication network and said service provider is accessible from said mobile terminal via a residential gateway.
• the invention also relates to a computer program product downloadable from a communication network and / or stored on a computer-readable medium and / or executable by a microprocessor, and comprising program code instructions for the computer. execution of the control method as described above.
• FIG. 1 presents a block diagram of a residential communication network architecture in which the method according to the invention is implemented;
• FIG. 2 presents the main steps of the control method according to the invention;
• FIG. 3 describes the interaction of the services implemented within a user's personal computer in a particular mode of implementation of the invention;
• FIG. 4 schematically describes a control device according to the invention.
• the invention therefore proposes a user to have his own personal service provider.
• a solution for implementing the permanent connection consists of creating a SIP link (of the English “Session Initialization Protocol” for "Initialization Protocol of
• Session between the PC and the mobile phone to be able to pass all the information between the two terminals.
• the user has a pre-installed service that can be started on demand when the user's personal computer is turned on.
• the terminal and the residential gateway it is envisaged, during the establishment of the communication between the terminal and the residential gateway, to allow the latter to "wake up" the user's personal computer if the one it is in a state of deep sleep or extinction, so that the user no longer has the need to leave his PC turned on to be able to take advantage of the services he can provide.
• a general architecture of a residential network also called a home network in which the control method can be implemented is presented.
• a mobile terminal 100 of a user is used, via a communication network 200, to connect to a residential gateway 300 located for example at the home of the user.
• This gateway 300 gives access to a personal network 400 of the user to whom a personal computer 500 (PC type) is connected. It allows the terminal devices 100 and 500 to recognize and communicate when for example these two devices are connected to different networks, to establish a communication session such as a SIP session.
• the terminal 100 and the personal computer 500 are located on the same communication network (such as the user's personal local area network)
• the terminal 100 may be directly connected to the personal computer 500.
• the gateway 300 is not necessarily cut. When it is used, it allows the devices 100 and 500 to exchange data under particular conditions.
• FIG. 2 the steps of the control method are presented in this embodiment.
• the user uses his mobile terminal 100 and connects to the PC 400 of the house via a SIP or IMS connection.
• a connection is made in several stages: - a first connection (10) of the terminal 100 to the communication network
• translations (20), (30) of the connection (10) to carry the communication at the PC 400 are carried out by the communication network and a client (for example SIP) which can be installed at the residential gateway 300 or elsewhere in the communication network.
• a client for example SIP
• the mobile terminal can then request (40) the execution of the service.
• the PC executes (50) the requested service, and returns (60) a result to the terminal immediately after the execution of the service.
• This communication established between the PC and the terminal can be direct, that is to say that it does not necessarily require the use of the residential gateway.
• the connections between these two parties are managed according to the conditions of access of the terminals to the networks.
• SIP or IMS relay suitable for example for terminals that do not have this capability, it is envisaged to go through a SIP or IMS relay, which the user is able to call via his terminal and which charge to "transfer" the communication to the personal service provider. It is a relay that will in this case ensure the security of data exchanged.
• the mobile terminal becomes only an input and display terminal but does not calculate anything, that is to say it is considered only as a screen and a keyboard .
• Another extension of the invention is to use the hard disk of the PC to continuously store a film that is filmed remotely from its mobile phone for example.
• a remote voice dictation service the subject of which is a transcription of a message dictated by the user to his mobile terminal, in a text that can be used for other applications.
• the architecture used for this embodiment of the invention is in accordance with that described with reference to FIGS.
• a user of a mobile terminal connects to his personal network via the SIP protocol (a SIP server may be located on the operator's communication network and a SIP client is located for example in the residential gateway of the operator. 'user).
• An application is then launched on its mobile terminal. It offers the user to dictate a voice memo. The user dictates his memo, whose digital stream is transmitted directly to the PC. The latter then executes the speech recognition application.
• This application is a service that renders the PC to the user of the mobile terminal. It allows to transcribe the digital flow into a text.
• the service can return the recognized text as a suitable message to the mobile terminal which displays it as an editable text.
• This text can then be used in several ways: the user can then retrieve it as a reminder on the PC of the house; - It can use it to send a service message (SMS) using its terminal; he can use it to compose an e-mail and send it: either directly using his mobile terminal, if he has this capacity; - or by using a new service of his personal service provider for the latter to send the e-mail.
• SMS service message
• the recognized text is retransmitted to the user.
• Another service of the user's personal computer can be used to continue other treatments in relationship with this text.
• the recognized text as a series of commands that allow the control of specific software installed on the user's computer: for example if it dictates the phrase "Control S”, the recognized text can be "transferred” to a shortcut management service, connected to the office application currently in use to execute the command corresponding to this shortcut (in this case "saving the file being edited”) .
• PDF can then be transferred to the user's terminal or sent via e-mail, always via voice commands sent by the user from his terminal.
• FIG. 3 a diagram is presented showing the operation of the voice recognition service.
• This architecture comprises, on the PC of the user, three components that communicate together:
• An enabler management service 501 is installed in an operating system dependent environment. This service is waiting for the requests of the user from a mobile terminal for example third generation or WiFi. Once the connection is made, communications between the PC and the terminal are implemented both by sending audio streams and sending instant messages.
• the voice recognition service 502 adds the recognized text message to an XmI file 503 after the user has given it the order to do it.
• the location of this file is known by both the voice recognition service 502, the enabler management service 501 and the memory management application 504.
• the Sticky Notes Management Application 504 decomposes the XmI file 503 and displays the new messages on the screen. This application accesses read / write on the file to be able to both display and delete messages.
• a specific application is installed so that the terminal can communicate with the "enabler" service 501.
• SIP communication is used between the mobile and the PC.
• the return of the recognition is done by an SIP Info message.
• the establishment of the SIP connection is made using a server
• SIP / IMS behind an SBC (of the English "Session Border Controller” which is a call manager as part of the voice over IP) that is responsible for resolving addresses.
• these port openings can be performed automatically using a "factory" setting.
• FIG. 4 an embodiment of a device for implementing the rendering method according to the invention is presented.
• Such a device comprises a memory 41 consisting of a buffer memory, a processing unit 42, equipped for example with a microprocessor ⁇ P, and driven by the computer program 43, implementing the restitution method according to the invention .
• the code instructions of the computer program 43 are for example loaded into a RAM before being executed by the processor of the processing unit 42.
• the processing unit 42 receives as input at least information I to transmit (such as a voice request to the voice transcription service).
• the microprocessor of the processing unit 42 implements the steps of the rendering method described above, according to the instructions of the computer program 43, to deliver processed information.
• the rendering device comprises, in addition to the buffer memory 41, means for formulating the request and the response, and information processing means, in particular allowing the execution of the method according to the invention. These means are controlled by the microprocessor of the processing unit 42.

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