EP2215818A1 - Procédé et téléphone pour organiser une conférence téléphonique - Google Patents

Procédé et téléphone pour organiser une conférence téléphonique

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EP2215818A1
EP2215818A1 EP08855439A EP08855439A EP2215818A1 EP 2215818 A1 EP2215818 A1 EP 2215818A1 EP 08855439 A EP08855439 A EP 08855439A EP 08855439 A EP08855439 A EP 08855439A EP 2215818 A1 EP2215818 A1 EP 2215818A1
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Prior art keywords
telephone
conference
settings
functions
menu
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English (en)
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EP2215818A4 (fr
Inventor
Jonas Aronsson
Torbjörn KARLSSON
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Avaya Inc
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Konftel AB
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W76/00—Connection management
    • H04W76/40—Connection management for selective distribution or broadcast
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/56—Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities
    • H04M3/567—Multimedia conference systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/247—Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use
    • H04M1/2477—Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use for selecting a function from a menu display
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72469—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
    • H04M2250/62—Details of telephonic subscriber devices user interface aspects of conference calls
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/56—Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W76/00—Connection management
    • H04W76/10—Connection setup

Definitions

  • This invention concerns a method for calling several telephones for connecting them to a conference call, and a telephone that makes this method possible
  • Telephones for conference calls have long been commercially available and it has been possible to connect several analogue telephones, system telephones, at the same time to these, in order to create a telephone conference group
  • a currently available telephone for conference calls comprises different functions and settings and it comprises for this purpose different electrical control, regulation and monitoring units, memory units, and similar units
  • the selection of functions and settings is done using different regulators, such as, for example, buttons, on the telephone
  • the buttons activate directly a function of the telephone or they give access to selection menus for different functions and settings in which it is possible to browse up and down at various levels of the selection menus
  • the telephone has a screen, suitably an LCD screen, on which a menu system is displayed
  • Adjustment means influence a cursor that can be displaced to and locked onto the desired selected heading in the menus and that activates the function or setting that is coupled to it
  • the cursor is caused to stop on the desired heading in the selection menus and the selection is confirmed by, for example, the pressing of a button, such as the pressing of a button labelled with, for example, "OK” or "C”
  • the displacement of the cursor normally takes place by pressing buttons labelled "Up” or “Down", or using other forms of direction symbolism
  • the selection menus are collected in a main menu that provides a clear entry into the various functions and settings Some of these functions and settings are also available through one or several more or less direct buttons on the telephone It has been necessary for a call to be placed to each telephone (and the number that is associated with it) that is participating in each conference, until all who are to be attending the conference have been connected. Since the calling takes place through a network operator, each call must take place through the use of the user symbols or buttons on the telephone in a manner that has been determined in advance by the network operator, and this requires a great deal of time if many persons are to participate in the conference and calls must be made to many numbers. This requires also extensive knowledge of the commands of the telephone operator, which commands may be difficult to remember.
  • One purpose of the present invention is to offer a method when calling several telephones for connecting these telephones to a conference call, which method is simple and rapid, and to offer a telephone with which the method of placing the calls can be made simple and rapid.
  • This invention comprises how the particular method of placing calls is to be managed for a conference call, when creating a conference group.
  • the invention is constituted by a method comprising, and a telephone that makes possible, the use of a specific entry to the menu system in the form of a menu and various submenus, headings, that belong to this menu, under which the functions and settings of the telephone related to telephone conferences are collected and stored such that the functions and settings are at least one of accessible, selectable, modifiable and ready for activation.
  • Activation of an adjustment means on the telephone that acts directly connects one user of the telephone to the telephone conference menu.
  • the menu system of the telephone is accessed after pressing a button labelled "Menu”, and a heading, a submenu, is found in the menu, which submenu has exactly this function and is labelled “Conference guide”. There is also a button on the telephone that links directly to this heading, this submenu (the "Conference guide”). All functions and settings relating to the conference function of the telephone are collected under this heading, organised under several headings and submenus. The conference guide may be accessed when the telephone is "on hook” or "off hook".
  • List groups Displays a list of all stored conference groups. It is here that the group that is to be called is selected, and the calling function activated. Show group Displays a list of all members of a selected group. Add group Adds a new group and the associated members, with their telephone numbers. The group is to be given a name, the members are to be given names, and the correct telephone numbers are to be specified. Edit group Change group name
  • Edit member change at least one of name and telephone number, for example Remove group Removes a selected group.
  • a function of memory that is present in the telephone is activated when information relating to at least conference group is at least one of input, saved, checked, updated and becomes available for selection.
  • a free group number is selected and this is given a group name.
  • Several members are prepared with a symbol under the group, and each member is selected in turn and given a name. The correct number for the member is given and saved.
  • Each member is defined with a name and the associated telephone number, and several members form a conference group.
  • the number of conference groups that may be stored and the number of members with their telephone number in each group depend on the memory capacity of the conference telephone. The memory capacity in currently available conference telephones makes it possible to store around 20 groups with six members in each group.
  • the telephone comprises a call function that can be activated and that comprises a calling step for an existing conference group that has been stored in the telephone and selected.
  • the call steps function and follow each other in the manner that the existing network operator requires for the activation of a conference group. This has been implemented in advance in the control and regulatory system of the computer.
  • a conference group When a conference group is to be activated for a conference, the user, the one who initiates contact, enters the telephone conference menu, the conference guide, either through activation of the button intended for this or through the menu system.
  • the user there selects, marks, activates the desired group under the heading "List groups", and subsequently selects, marks, activates the first member.
  • the selection of the first member activates the start of a procedure that has been programmed into the conference telephone.
  • the procedure comprises a call function with the functional selections that normally take place manually.
  • the call received is confirmed after the call has been placed, and it is appropriate that this is done by the person who connects the conference group, although it may be taken care of also by the telephone, and the called partner, by the person initiating the call by the activation of a "Continue" function of the telephone that then activates the call function for the next member, and the telephone number of this member on the conference group list, and calls the next member in the group.
  • the telephone comprises also a function that makes possible the input and storage of a temporary conference group with its members, followed by activation of a call function for direct calling of the temporary conference group.
  • the heading "Instant" provides the possibility of creating just for the moment a conference group that is called using the telephone-calling function that has been stored in the telephone.
  • the person initiating connection must in this case enter a telephone number in order to thereafter directly initiate calling, activate the calling function, and subsequently to confirm that the telephone number has been called and that the line has been opened.
  • the next telephone number is entered, and the procedure is repeated until all desired telephone numbers have been called and the calls have been confirmed.
  • the group that has been created is confirmed and a conference call is under way.
  • An enquiry to a conference group can be made and the conference group called while the telephone is in its "on hook” condition.
  • the telephone displays instructions and available selections on the screen, and replies to these can be made by pressing the "C” and "OK” buttons.
  • Buttons labelled “C”, “Menu” or “Conference guide” are used to exit from the heading "Conference guide”.
  • the button “On hook” is used to terminate the conference guide function. In the "off hook” condition, available selections will be displayed on the display screen and the person initiating the contact will be given the opportunity to make selections, choose functions and settings.
  • the status for the conference guide can be displayed by pressing the button labelled "Conference guide”.
  • a list of all members of the conference group is displayed on the display screen, and members who initiate the connection procedure are indicated with an additional symbol.
  • buttons are functional due to their connection with the control and regulatory units in the telephone that unite and make it possible to connect and disconnect, and the control of functions that may be influenced by the user.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé d'appel de plusieurs téléphones pour les connecter à une conférence téléphonique grâce à un téléphone prévu pour des conférences téléphoniques et comprenant diverses unités électriques de commande, de régulation et de surveillance, des unités de mémoire, des régulateurs pour sélectionner des fonctions et des paramétrages, un écran d'information sur lequel des systèmes de menus couplés aux fonctions et aux paramètres sont affichés, et un moyen de réglage agissant sur un curseur qui peut être déplacé et bloqué sur l'en-tête sélectionné souhaité dans les menus et qui active la fonction ou le paramétrage qui lui est associé(e). Le procédé comprend l'utilisation d'une entrée spécifique sur le système de menus sous la forme d'un menu et de divers sous-menus et divers en-têtes, qui appartiennent à ce menu, dans lequel les fonctions et les paramétrages du téléphone associé aux conférences téléphoniques sont regroupés et stockés de telle sorte que les fonctions et les paramétrages ont au moins une des caractéristiques suivantes : accessible, sélectionnable, modifiable et prêt pour l'activation. L'invention concerne également un téléphone qui rend cela possible.
EP08855439.9A 2007-11-26 2008-11-25 Procédé et téléphone pour organiser une conférence téléphonique Withdrawn EP2215818A4 (fr)

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SE0702612A SE0702612L (sv) 2007-11-26 2007-11-26 Förfarande och telefon
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