EP3682623A1 - Method for telephonic linking of a communication terminal with multiple numbers - Google Patents
Method for telephonic linking of a communication terminal with multiple numbersInfo
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- EP3682623A1 EP3682623A1 EP18759659.8A EP18759659A EP3682623A1 EP 3682623 A1 EP3682623 A1 EP 3682623A1 EP 18759659 A EP18759659 A EP 18759659A EP 3682623 A1 EP3682623 A1 EP 3682623A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to the field of telecommunications.
- the method of the invention enables the establishment of a telephone connection between two communication terminals connected to a telecommunication network, eg a GSM (for 'Global System for Mobile Communication "according to the English acronym “Global mobile communication system”, also known as 2G), UMTS ("Universal Mobile Telecommunications System”, also known as 3G) or LTE (for "Long Term Evolution", also known as 4G).
- GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
- UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the present invention provides users with a multiple number, that is to say, using a service, for example via a software application, enabling them to have to make and receive phone calls or mini-messages by means of their communication terminal, in addition to the physical call number associated with said terminal, or more precisely associated with a SIM card inserted in said terminal, one or more virtual numbers usable with the same terminal.
- the present invention also makes it possible to make telephone connections in an optimized manner in terms of cost, regardless of the country in which the user is located.
- IP Voice over IP
- Internet Protocol Internet Protocol
- multiple number means that a user has both a physical call number, such as the physical number associated with the SIM card (for "Subscriber”).
- Identity Module “according to the acronym in English means” module of the subscriber identification) engaged in the terminal, and at least one virtual call number given by an operator independent service with the network hardware infrastructure telecommunication access to the user via its SIM card and the physical number associated with it.
- the invention provides a method for establishing a telephone connection between a first terminal of a user, said first terminal having a first physical call number, unique, and a second terminal of a contact, said second terminal having a second unique physical call number, the first terminal being connected to a telecommunications network via an infrastructure of a first operator and the second terminal being connected to said telecommunications network via an infrastructure of a second operator, the infrastructures of the first operator and the second operator being connected to a call server comprising a database comprising a plurality of technical numbers, the user also having a separate virtual call number number physical appeal, the correspondence between said first physical call number and virtual call number being SAVE in said call server database, said method comprising:
- the telephone connection of the first terminal and the second terminal by means of transmitting the call or the SMS message by the call server to the first physical call number or, respectively, the second physical call number.
- a user having at least one virtual number associated with a physical call number can send and receive calls or mini-messages transparently for his contacts, by using numbers d. local calls allocated to said contacts and designated "technical numbers".
- the technical number assigned to the second physical call number corresponds to a local call number of the country in which the first terminal is located.
- the method comprises the detection by the call server of any change of country in which the first terminal is located and the allocation of a new local technical number to each contact having a second physical call number. in case of change of country.
- the first terminal comprising a plurality of contacts respectively associated with a second physical call number, said method comprises assigning a technical number to each second physical call number.
- a plurality of lists of a plurality of technical numbers corresponding to lists of local numbers for a plurality of respective countries are prerecorded in a memory of the first terminal.
- the method comprises downloading a list of a plurality of local technical issues of new country in which the first terminal is located and the assignment of a new local technical number to each contact having a second physical call number.
- the call server transmits to the first terminal or the second terminal corresponding to the destination terminal of the call or short message, the technical issue of the second terminal or, respectively, the virtual number the first terminal, corresponding to the terminal transmitting the call or the mini-message, as constituting an identification number of the terminal transmitting the call or the mini-message.
- the telephone connection comprises:
- the telephone connection comprises:
- FIG. 1 represents the implementation diagram of the method according to the invention when a user sends a call signal to a contact
- FIG. 2 represents the implementation diagram of the method according to the invention when a user receives a call sent by a contact.
- the term "communication terminal” or “terminal” any electronic device, including any mobile phone type “smartphone”, with calculation means and data storage means and apt transmitting and receiving data via a telephone and / or data communication network.
- the communication terminals of the user User A and the contact User B are thus, in particular, smartphones connected to a telephone communication network 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14.
- a telephone communication network 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 consists of a private or extended communication infrastructure allowing the connection of a plurality of communication equipment such as servers, switches, databases and communication terminals.
- the communication infrastructure of a telephone communication network forms a wireless and / or wired.
- the telephone communication network is preferably of GSM, UMTS or LTE type.
- a data communication network consists of a private or extended communication infrastructure allowing the connection of a plurality of communication equipment, such as servers, switches, databases or communication terminals for example.
- the communication infrastructure of a data communication network forms a wireless and / or wired network.
- the data communication network is in particular a network compliant with the IP protocol. The method according to the invention is intended for users having a multiple number on their communication terminal.
- Such a user has a software application having access to a list of contacts saved in a memory of said terminal. Said software application cooperates with a remote call server 10 storing in particular, in a database, information relating to all the users, including the association between their respective physical calling number and their virtual number (s).
- the software application imports the contact list to form a contact list of the software application synchronized with the contact list of the terminal and downloads a copy of said contact list of the software application on the server of call 10.
- the present invention allows a fine management of the various numbers used by the user to send and receive calls or SMS from any terminal with a physical call number.
- said terminal is a portable communication terminal, in other words a "smartphone", equipped with a SIM card associated with a physical call number.
- the present invention allows in particular to achieve this management of the reception or the transmission of communications via a virtual number conferred by a service, transparently in terms of user experience, and including without access to the Internet, in other words, without the concerned terminal being connected to a data communication network when it is connected to a telephone communication network, typically via a valid SIM card with a telephone operator.
- a number called technical 4 is assigned to each contact in the contact list.
- This association between each contact with a physical call number 5 and a technical number 4 is generated via the software application and recorded both at the user terminal and the call server 10
- the technical number 4 may equally well be a mobile, fixed, geographic or surcharged number.
- the technical number is even, according to one embodiment, be a simple technical code not corresponding to a call number.
- Each technical number 4 is thus linked to a specific contact in the contact list of the software application.
- the list number of contacts of the software application is synchronized with that of the terminal and that of the call server 10.
- This synchronization is preferably automatic via said software application. Alternatively, it can be performed manually by the user.
- said technical number 4 associated with each contact may be invisible to the user User A.
- the technical numbers 4 associated with the contacts of the contact list of the software application are local numbers of the country in which the user is located.
- the software application detects the country in which the user User A and the terminal are located so as to associate local technical numbers with the contacts of the contact list of the software application.
- the software application possibly via the call server 10, for example interrogates the SIM card of the terminal to know the country in which the terminal is located. Therefore, the technical numbers 4 associated with the contacts are adapted to correspond to local numbers, for example local numbers of portable communication terminals. In this way, each contact in the contact list is associated with a dedicated technical number 4 assigned to it.
- the technical issue 4, for each contact is recorded as a number of said contact, typically as a second call number, to the side of a main call number, said primary number may be a natural number of call for example, that is to say associated with a communication terminal of the contact via a SIM card.
- the software application is a function of a portable terminal operating system of the user User A
- "second number" ie the technical issue may be invisible to said user User A.
- it is thus considered a user "User A” holding a portable terminal with a SIM card associated with the physical call number 0 or +336 00000000, and two virtual numbers 1, 2 conferred by the software application, either +336 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 and +336 22222222 for example.
- said virtual numbers may be associated with a category, so as to be used differentially depending on the context.
- the +336 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 can be associated with a "Business” category and +336 22222222 can be associated with a "Family” category.
- the user "User A” has a plurality of contacts. If necessary, each contact can also be associated with a category, such as "Business", “Family”, etc., for classifying said contacts.
- User B has a terminal with a SIM card associated with the physical number of call 5, or +336 55555555, for example classified in a category "Business”.
- Technical number 4, +336 44444444, is assigned by the software application to this physical call number 5 of the User B contact.
- the User B contact can also be registered in the contact list with, moreover, a virtual number, or +336 33333333. In this case, a separate technical number may be associated with this virtual number + 336 33333333.
- This technical number 4 appears as a second number of the contact in the contact list stored on the user's terminal and can be made invisible by the operating system of said terminal if the software application is part of it.
- the technical number 4 of the contact user B is bound, in the software application of the user user A, the virtual number of the user user A belonging to the same category, and any category change is automatically synchronized by the software application.
- the software application via the call server 10, detects and recreates it.
- the call is routed through the telecommunications network, via 14, 13, 12, 8, 7, 6, without intervention of the method according to the invention.
- the contact User B dials a virtual number of the user User A, for example the virtual number 1 categorized as "Business", ie the +336 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, then, in this case, the terminal of the contact User B, via the SIM card of the corresponding terminal, sends a call to the virtual number of the user User A.
- the call is transmitted, via 14, 13, 12, 1 1, to the call server 10 of the operator owning the virtual number +336 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.
- the call server 10 belonging to the hardware infrastructure of said owner, knows, because this information is stored in the database, the association between said virtual number 1, here categorized "Business", and the physical number of call the user.
- the said call server 10 therefore delivers, via 9, 8, 7, 6, the call to the call number of physical 0 associated with the SIM card of the user or the 00000000 336.
- the call server 10 also has information indicating that contact User B, call sender, possesses as a physical call number 5 the associated physical number in the built-in SIM card to the terminal that it uses, +336 55555555 either, and that the call is for the number 336 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 which is a virtual number 1 categorized "Business" user A.
- the call server 10 to route the call to the destination and thus telephone the contact User B and User User A, issues a new call, designated "call termination "to call the physical number 0 of the user user A or 00000000 336 then abuts the call received from the terminal contact user B and said terminating call.
- the call server 10 indicates to the user's terminal User A the technical number +336 44444444 of the contact User B as calling number. In terms of user experience, from the perspective of the user User A, everything happens as if it were receiving a conventional phone call from a contact who as call number +336 44444444 on.
- the software application has the User A SIM card issued a call to the technical number +336 44444444 assigned to this contact.
- the call is routed to the call server 10, via 6, 7, 8, 9.
- the call server 10 by means of its database, knows the number physical call 5 corresponding to technical number 4 which has been assigned to the user A.
- User Said call server 10 accordingly routes the call to the contact User B, VIA 1 1, 12, 13, 14 .
- the call server 10 when the contact User B is categorized in the contact list of the user, for example as a "Business" or “Family” contact, the call server 10 indicates as the number d caller's call the virtual number of the user User A corresponding to said category.
- the call server 10 may indicate that the call is made withheld number.
- the software application opens the native application of the terminal for sending SMS and pre-dials the technical number 4 assigned to the contact User B, to know the +336 44444444.
- the SMS sent to the technical number 4, +336 44444444 is received by the call server 10 belonging to the owner of said technical number 4.
- Said call server 10 redirects the SMS to the number call physics 5 associated with the SIM card of the User B contact terminal, ie +336 55555555, preferably by displaying as a number of the user sending the SMS one of his virtual numbers, corresponding to the category to wherein the contact belongs user B in the buddy list of the user A.
- user [0060] for reception of SMS user user A the steps described above apply vice versa.
- the techniques numbers assigned to contacts are preferably call numbers matching local portable terminals.
- "local" means that said call numbers correspond to telephone numbers of the country in which the user's terminal is located.
- each contact can be assigned a new technical number when the user changes country.
- the call server 10 is configured to provide each user a group of 10,000 technical numbers by country. It is extremely rare for a user to have more than 10,000 contacts. The number of technical numbers per country may however be chosen lower or higher than this figure of 10,000.
- the present invention also relates to a dedicated communication infrastructure comprising the call server 10, comprising a database hosting technical numbers and storing user contact lists. and the association between each user and his (her) number (s) Virtual (s).
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