FR2803708A1 - Internet communications terminal access having keyboard/screen modem and single push button access predefined server/internet network memory set text receiving. - Google Patents

Abstract

The internet communications terminal (2) has a keyboard (7) and screen (8) with a modem (12) and memory (11). The terminal has a single push button (15) for transmission and reception of text (9) for access to a server and internet network which has been set in the terminal memory.

Description

The invention relates, on the one hand, to a communication terminal the Internet network comprising a keyboard, a screen, a modem and memory and, on the other hand, to a communication installation via the Internet network, said installation comprising at least one such terminal and a dedicated server access to the Internet. The present invention relates to the field of manufacture of devices capable of transmitting remote messages via the Internet.

 When it comes to remotely transmitting messages, especially in the form of a text or the like, it is customary to make use of different communication devices.

Faxing is, to date, one of the most common communication devices. This facsimile has, however, a number of disadvantages relating, in particular, to the use of a large amount of paper both for transmitting and receiving the transmitted messages. This is the storage of these messages which, in the form of sheets of paper, represent a significant volume. It should also be noted that the messages remain fixed on the transmitted sheet so that the contribution of any modification to the transmitted text requires, in most cases, a new entry of this text.

In part, the disadvantages of faxing have been addressed through the development of electronic communication networks such as the Internet. Such a network allows the transmission of messages in digital form capable of being recorded on a medium other than paper and of significantly reduced size with respect to such a paper medium. Such messages are also likely to be exploited quickly, directly and easily, in particular by making changes to the body of the transmitted text without these changes require a new entry of said text.

It should be noted, however, that in order to have access to such a communication network, it is essential to have a computer equipped or connected to a modem connected, in particular via the telephone network, to a server allowing access to Internet. Said computer must, meanwhile, include specific software capable of allowing the connection to said network.

It will be observed that the transmission and reception of messages in digital form through a communication network of the Internet type requires, on the one hand, a significant financial investment for the acquisition of the equipment necessary for such transmission and reception. On the other hand, it is necessary to have a certain amount of knowledge in order to install the software and to introduce, at the level of the computer, the parameters making it possible to access the network. The next step is to acquire the mastery of the software needed to transmit and receive e-mail messages. In this respect, it will be observed that such software is, in most cases particularly advanced because adapted to a demanding clientele, particularly professional. As a result, these softwares are complex to handle and present many possibilities which are, in most cases, never exploited in a use that could be described as normal.

It is easy to understand that Internet communication requires a certain number of financial means and a certain ease, especially in the computer field. As a result, this type of communication is not within the reach of everyone and, for example, children and adolescents may not have access to it.

The object of the present invention is to solve the problems encountered through communication devices of the state of the art. In particular, it is sought, through the present invention, to provide a communication device particularly compact and easy to use, able to send and receive a text via the Internet with a minimum of manipulation. Such a communication device must, on the one hand, represent a very low cost price and, on the other hand, be particularly simple to use so that children and adolescents can use it like a toy or the like. For this purpose, the present invention relates to a communication terminal via the Internet network comprising a keyboard, a screen, a modem and a memory, characterized in that the said terminal comprises at least one single command button for the transmission and / or the transmission. receiving text to or from a predefined Internet access server whose access parameters, permanent and non-modifiable, are known at the memory of said terminal.

According to another characteristic of this terminal, the latter comprises means for controlling the input of a text and / or at least one identifier, in particular in the form of a name, first name or other, for transmission, said predefined server, said text and / or said identifier through the operation of said single command button.

An additional feature is that this terminal comprises means for controlling the display of at least one identifier and / or at least one text received by said terminal, from the predefined server and from said identifier, to the through the actuation of said single control button.

According to another characteristic, this terminal also includes means for controlling the recording in its memory and / or the consultation, from the latter and at the screen level, of a text and / or an identifier issued, or to be transmitted, direction of said predefined server or received from the latter through the actuation of said single command button.

such terminal may also include means for controlling the recording, in the memory, and / or the consultation, from the latter and at the screen, the name and / or the first name and / or the address, including electronic, and / or phone number corresponding to an identifier.

The present invention also relates to a communication installation via the Internet network, such an installation comprising at least one terminal with the characteristics described above as well as a dedicated access server to the Internet network characterized by the fact that said server and / or said terminal comprises means for controlling the recording of management parameters of the transmission and / or reception of a text towards a terminal.

According to the characteristic of this installation, said terminal and / or said server comprise means for managing the content of said text transmitted or received by this terminal and / or this server, this in function management parameters recorded through the control means of the recording of these parameters In fact such management means can be defined by means capable of recognizing and censoring portions of text, in particular contrary to morality.

An additional feature relates to the fact that these management means are defined by means capable of ensuring a translation and / or correction, orthographic and / or grammatical, of said transmitted or received text.

According to another characteristic of this installation, said terminal and / or said server comprise means for managing the time and / or the frequency and / or the number of connections between the terminal and the server, this according to the management parameters recorded.

An additional feature relates to the fact that the server comprises means able to put the text transmitted by a terminal in a format that makes it able to be carried by the Internet.

Finally, the server of such an installation comprises means able to put a text, received by the server via the Internet network and intended to be transmitted to a specific terminal, in a form making it able to be consulted in an intelligible way on the Internet. screen of said terminal.

The advantages of the present invention are that the terminial present in the form of a device of reduced size and particularly simplified use. Through particularly simple manipulations, especially designed to be made a child, it is easy and fast to send an electronic message via the Internet. After having entered, at the terminal, a text and the identifier to which this text must be addressed, just connect said terminal to the telephone network for, through the simple operation of a button, send this message to its recipient via a server access to the Internet.

Through the actuation, as the case may be, of this same button or of another button, it is, again, ensured the transmission, from said server and to said terminal at which said button was actuated, d a text coming from an identifier.

Such a terminal can also act as an electronic organizer likely to contain the coordinates (surname, first name, address, telephone number, email address ...) of a number of identifiers, including able to receive and / or or to send electronic messages through said terminal.

Said server and / or said terminal comprise means for controlling the management parameters of the transmission and / or reception of a text.

These means make it possible to introduce, at said terminal and / or said server, specific parameters concerning, for example, the content of the transmitted and / or received text. Through these means, parents, whose child has such a terminal can prevent the transmission and / or reception of messages whose content is questionable, even contrary to morality, by exercising a censorship of a at least part of the texts communicated.

The introduction of these parameters also makes it possible, depending on the identifier for example, to ensure a translation of a transmitted or received text. It is still possible, before the transmission or reception of such text, to ensure correction, orthographic and / or grammatical, thereof.

These control means make it possible, again, to introduce, at the server and / or the terminal, parameters capable of managing the time and / or the frequency and / or the number of connections between the terminal and the server. Thus, the parents of a child with such terminal, may voluntarily limit the use of this terminal to avoid clumsiness, error, mishandling, or abuse by this child.

Advantageously, the server comprises means able to put the text transmitted by a terminal in a format that makes it able to be conveyed by the Internet. In addition, this server advantageously comprises means capable of putting a text, received the server via the Internet network and intended to be transmitted to a specific terminal, in a form that makes it able to be read in an intelligible manner on the screen of said terminal.

 Thus, it is at the level of said server that all the formatting operations of the text sent and / or received by the terminal are performed. As a result, format and standard changes for e-mail messages over the Internet as well as updates to network access software are only made at the server level and not at the terminal level. The latter will, therefore, likely to operate over a long period without this requires, at the level of said terminal, ceaseless interventions to make the latter able to communicate, despite changes in format, standards, etc. inherent in said network.

A design according to the invention consists in offloading all the control and management means, more particularly the more expensive ones or those requiring the most computing resources, at the server level, which advantageously makes it possible to design a terminal of great simplicity and simplicity. a very low cost.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description relating to an embodiment which is given by way of indicative and non-limiting example.

The understanding of this description will be facilitated with reference to the appended drawings in which: - Figure 1 is a schematic and general view of a communication installation according to the invention, - Figure 2 is a schematic view, in perspective and in partial section, of a terminal according to the invention; - Figure 3 is a view similar to the previous is Internet access server and connected to the terminal.

The present invention relates to the field of manufacturing communication devices able to convey electronic messages through a digital communication network.

<B> Tel </ B> that <B> visible in Figure 1, the present invention relates, </ B> <B> more particularly, a facility 1 communication </ B> <B> allowing </ B> the transmission <B> and / or the reception of electronic messages </ B> by a communication network of the Internet type.

<B> Such an installation 1 comprises at least one communication terminal 2 connected, via a telephone network 3, to a server 4 intended to be connected and allowing <B> access to the Internet 5 . </ B>

<B> As can be seen more particularly in FIG. 2, a communication terminal 2 takes the form of a similar housing 6 which has a keyboard 7, in particular of alphanumeric type, as well as a screen 8.

<B> In fact, this screen 8 is intended to realize the display and the <B> <B> character display defining, on the one hand, a corresponding text 9 </ B> content of an electronic message and / or, on the other hand, at least one identifier 10, 10 '. The latter corresponds, by </ B> <B> example, to the surname, first name, address, or other of the recipient and / or </ B> the sender of said e-mail message.

<B> In this regard, it will be observed that the characters displayed on the screen 8 correspond, in particular, to what has been input via said keyboard 7.

<B> The said communication terminal <B> 2 also includes, inside said housing 6, a memory 11 and a modem 12, preferably connected thereto. Said modem 12 is associated with means 13 capable of making a connection with the telephone network 3 in order to establish a link between said terminal 2 and the server 4. Such connection means 13 adopt, for example,. form of a telephone cable 14 equipped with a plug adapted to be introduced in traditional telephone wall socket.

According to the invention, this communication terminal 2 comprises at least a single command button 15 for controlling the transmission and / or reception of the text 9 of an electronic message, as the case may be, direction or from a server 4 predefined Internet access.

According to a first embodiment, it is defined, level of said terminal 2, on the one hand, a first single command button for controlling the transmission of a text and, secondly, a second single command button intended to control the reception of a text.

However, according to another embodiment visible in FIG. 2, said terminal 2 comprises a single command button 15 for controlling the transmission and reception of a text 9.

It should be noted that the server 4 is preferably dedicated to one or more communication terminals 2, 2 'and is characterized by a number of own access parameters, including a telephone number or other. These access parameters are, in fact, known at the level of the memory 11 of these terminals 2, 2 'so that through the actuation of said single control button 15, said terminal 2 is directly and automatically connected to his server 4 pedefined and dedicated.

It will be observed that, according to a preferred embodiment, said access parameters are preferably introduced into the memory 11 of the terminal 2 only once, in particular by the manufacturer or the seller, or even the buyer. These access parameters then appear permanently in this memory 11 and are not intended to be modified later.

According to another characteristic of the present invention, such a communication terminal 2 comprises means 16 for controlling the input of a text 9 and / or at least one identifier 10 ', the latter adopting, for example, the form a name, a first name, an address, including electronic, a phone number or other.

These control means 16 are intended to allow the input of characters constituting the content of said text 9 and / or said identifier 10, 10 'for subsequent transmission to said dedicated server 4, this through the actuation of said command button unique 15.

Such control means 16 may be constituted by said keyboard 7 whose keys allow the input of these characters. The validation of said text 9 and / or said identifier 10, 10 'as well as the transition from one to the other of these latter takes place through the actuation, for example, of a combination of keys of said keyboard 7 or a specific button 17 that includes the housing 6. Such a button 17 and such a combination of keys of the keyboard 7 are, again, means for controlling said text 9 and / or at least one identifier 10, 10 for transmission to said server 4.

An additional feature concerns the fact that said terminal 2 comprises display control means 18 at least one identifier 10 'and / or at least one text received by said terminal 2 through the actuation of said single control button 15. Such a text 9 comes, in fact, said predefined server and was issued from an identifier 10 'Such control means of the display 18 are designed to allow the display, at the level of the screen 8, a text 9 and / or its identifier 10 'received by the terminal 2 through actuation of said control button 15, this for example instead of a message sent through the actuation of a button 15. These control means of the display 18 can also ensure the successive scrolling of the text 9 and / or the identifier 10 'of several electronic messages received by said terminal 2, as the case may be, simultaneously during a unique actuation of said button 15 or more of these operations spaced apart in time. <B> In fact, such control means <B> of the display 18 </ B> <B> can, again, be defined by a combination of keys </ B> <B> of said keyboard 7 and / or by a specific <B> 19 <command button. </ B>

<B> According to an <B> additional <B> feature, said <B> command <B> terminal <B> includes control means 20 of the record </ B> <B and / or consulting a text 9 and / or an identifier 10, 10 '</ B> <B> corresponding to an electronic message, either transmitted or transmitted in <B> <B> direction of said predefined server <B> 4, or received from it, this </ B> <B> through </ B> the operation <B> of said single command button </ B> <B > Such control means 20 allow, on the one hand, <B> the recording, at the level of the memory 11 of said terminal 2 </ B>, <B> of a <B> of <B> > text 9 and / or an identifier 10, 10 'and, on the other hand, the </ B> <B> consultation of the latter 9, 10, 10' from this </ B> memory <B > 11 </ B> <B> and at the level of said screen 8. </ B>

<B> These control means <B> 20 can be defined by a key combination of said keyboard 7 and / or by a specific command button. . </ B>

<B> additional feature of the present invention </ B> <B> relates to the fact that this </ B> terminal <B> 2 comprises means 22 of </ B> <B> control of the recording, in the memory 11, and / or the <B> <B> consultation, from the latter 11 and at the screen </ B> <B> 8, coordinates of an identifier 10, 10 '. These coordinates are </ B> <B> consisting of a name and / or a given name and / or address, including </ B> electronic, <B> and / or a telephone number corresponding to this </ B> < B> ID 10, 10 '. </ B>

<B> means 22 are, again, defined by a combination of </ B> <B> keys of said keyboard 7 and / or by a specific command button </ B> <B> 23. They <B> advantageously <B> allow terminal 2 to constitute a directory. </ B>

<B> In fact, such a directory can be designed to associate, </ B> <B> automatically with a text 9, the email address of a <B> identifier 10 when entering, at keyboard level 7, any <B> <B> parameters <B> corresponding to the coordinates of this </ B> <B> 10 identifier. </ B> I1 should be observed that terminal 2 may also include means capable of controlling the display of the local time and / or the time zone of the country of an identifier 10, 10 '.

According to the invention, the communication installation 1 comprises, at its server 4 and / or said communication terminal 2, control means 24 for recording the management parameters of the transmission and / or the transmission. receipt of a text 9, as the case may be, by or direction of a given terminal 2.

Such control means 24 are associated with means 25 capable of managing the content of said text 9 transmitted or received by the terminal 2 and / or the server 4, this as a function of the management parameters recorded through said control means 24 of the invention. recording of these parameters.

According to a first embodiment, such management means 25 are defined by means capable of recognizing censoring portions of text, in particular contrary to morality. Such means ultimately make it possible for a child to avoid sending, but especially receiving, messages of dubious or shocking content. These recognition means may be parameterized, in particular by the parents, through the control means 24.

Such management means 25 may further be defined by means capable of ensuring a translation and / or correction, orthographic and / or grammatical, of said text 9 transmitted or received.

Finally, such an installation 1 may also comprise means 26, associated with the control means 24 for recording the management parameters, and capable of managing the time and / or the frequency and / or the number of connections between the terminal 2 and the server 4. Such a management can, again, be done according to the parameters recorded through the control means 24.

As regards, moreover, these control means 24 of the recording of the management parameters, they can, according to a first embodiment, be located at the level of said server 4. The recording of the management parameters by said management control means 24 can be performed, for example, by the manufacturer and / or the vendor of the server 4 and / or the installation 1. As for the control means 24, the latter can, for example, be defined by </ B> <B> a keyboard, <B> allowing <B> the introduction of parameters, and / or by any other </ B> <B> other means of input and / or validation. </ B>

Such control means 24 can, again, be located at the level of said terminal so that the parameters can be </ b>. B> <B> introduced, by the keyboard 7 of the latter, <B> especially <B> by </ B> <B> parents for example before the first use of said </ B> terminal <B> 2. </ B>

<B> It should be noted that the content management means </ B> <B> and / or connection management means 26 may, according to <B> <B> first embodiment, be localized to the level of the said <B> 2 </ B>. </ B>

<B> However, and according to a preferred embodiment, these management means and 26 are located at the level of said server 4. In </ B> <B> the same, <B> it it is better to deport, also, the means of </ B> <B> command 24 at the level of this server 4 without which <B> it is advisable to transmit, <B> to the latter, the settings stored at the level of the terminal 2. </ B>

<B> The location, at the level of said server 4, means of </ B> <B> command 24 and management 25, 26 </ B> allows, <B> advantageously, to </ B> <B> deport at the level of said server 4, the set of control and management operations which usually require, on the one hand, the most computing resources and on the other hand share, the most expensive means. This <B> also <B> also reduces the cost and <B> size of the terminal 2. </ B>

As seen in FIG. 3 and according to another characteristic of the present invention, said server 4 comprises means 27 able to put the text transmitted by a </ B> </ B> > terminal <B> 2 </ B> under <B> a <B> format <B> that makes it <B> <B> fit to be carried by the Internet 5. </ B>

<B> Such an embodiment advantageously makes it possible to implement </ B> <B> at the level of said terminal 2, a specially simplified design word processor </ B> <B> that requires few resources. / B> <B> allows a substantial reduction, on the one hand, of the level of <B> <B> performance and, on the other hand, the size of such </ B> terminal <B> 2 . This </ B> also allows <B> to transmit to the server 4 a message adopting </ B> <B> a particularly simplified and streamlined form allowing the use of a modem 12 with more modest performance therefore , low cost.

This server 4 may, again, comprise means 28 capable of putting a text 9, received by the server 4 via the Internet network 5 and intended to be transmitted to a specific terminal 2, in a form that makes it intelligible to read on the screen 8 of said terminal 2.

The electronic message, having passed through the Internet 5, is modified at the server 4 to be put in a suitable form, including simplified and refined, so that the message is able, on the one hand, to be transmitted by the telephone network 3 to the terminal 2 and, on the other hand, to be interpreted and visualized at the latter 2 with the aid of an appropriate word processor, especially of the type mentioned above.

Such an embodiment makes it possible, advantageously, to avoid updating the means implanted at the level of said terminal 2 and indispensable for authorizing the operation of the latter, this despite the evolutions of standards, formats, etc., relating to the network. Internet 5. Indeed, such an update is advantageously at the server 4.

Finally, it should be observed that the control means 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 described above are, for the most part, associated with means capable of ensuring a particular function, particularly of transmission, visualization recording, management 25 and 26 etc. Such means as well as the means 27, 28 for formatting a text 9 adopt, in fact, advantageously and preferentially, the form of software.

These software can be implemented at a memory 11, 29 that include, depending on the case, the terminal 2 and / or the server 4. Ultimately, the terminal 2 object of the present invention is designed in a particularly compact manner, including the size of a book, so that it can easily be carried with you during any trip. Such a terminal 2 also has own power supply means, in particular in the form of batteries or the like, which are suitable. <B> its standalone use and <B> in </ B> the absence of socket. </ B>

<B> In addition and according to <B> a <B> particular application of the present <B> <B> invention, this terminal 2 will find use as </ B> as a play object <B> for children . </ B>

<B> Although the invention has been described about a particular form of </ B> <B> realization, it is understood that it is <B> <B> by no means limited </ B> that <B> can make various modifications of <B> forms, materials and combinations of these various elements, without </ B> <B> for that </ B> to move away <B> of the <B> Frame <B> and the spirit of the invention. </ B>

Claims (1)

<U> Claims </ U> <B> 1. Communication terminal <B> (2) via the Internet network </ B> comprising a keyboard (7), a screen (8), a modem (12) and memory (11), characterized in that said terminal (2) <B> comprises at least a single command button (15) for transmitting </ B> and / or receiving a text (9) to or from a <B> predefined server (4) <B> of access to the Internet network (5) whose access parameters, permanent and non-modifiable, are known <B> level of the memory (11) of said < Terminal (2). 2. Terminal (2) according to claim 1, characterized by the <B> fact </ B> that it <B> comprises means (16) of command of the seizure of a </ B> text (9) and / or at least one identifier (10, 10 '), in particular under <B> form of a name, first name or other, for the purpose of transmission, audit </ B> predefined server (4), said text (9) and / or said identifier (10 10 ') through the actuation of said single control button (15). 3. Terminal (2) according to any one of claims 1 characterized in that it comprises means (18) of <B> control of the display of at least one identifier (10, 10 '</ B> and / or at least one text (9) received by said terminal (2), <B> from the predefined server </ B> <B> (4) and from said identifier </ B> <B> 10 '), through </ B> the <B> operation of said single <B> <B> <B> <B> command button (15 </ B>). 4. Terminal (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it comprises means (20) for controlling <B> the recording in its memory (11), and / or the consultation, </ B> from the latter (11) and at the screen (8), a text (9) and / or an identifier (10, 10 ') issued, or transmit, to said predefined server (4) or received from the latter through the operation of said single control button (15). 5. Terminal (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it comprises means (22) for controlling the recording in the memory (11), and / or consultation from the latter (11) and at the screen (8), the name and / or first name and / or address, in particular electronic, and / or the telephone number corresponding to an identifier ( 10, 10 '). 6. Installation (1) for communication over the Internet network (5) and comprising at least one terminal (2) according to any one of the preceding claims and a dedicated server (4) for access to the Internet network (5). ), characterized in that said server (4) and / or said terminal (2) comprise means (24) for controlling the recording of management parameters of the transmission and / or reception of a text (9) by or towards a particular terminal (2). 7. Installation (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that said terminal (2) and / or said server (4) comprise means for managing (25) the content of said text (9) issued or received this terminal ( 2) and / or this server (4), this according to the management parameters recorded through the means (24) for controlling the recording of these parameters. 8. Installation (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the means (25) management are defined by means capable of recognizing and censoring portions of text, in particular contrary to morality. 9. Installation (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the management means (25) are defined by means capable of ensuring a translation and / or correction, orthographic and / or grammatical, said text (9) issued or received. 10. Installation (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that said terminal (2) and / or said server (4) comprise means (26) for managing the time and / or the frequency and / or the number of connections between the terminal (2) and the server (4), this according to the management parameters recorded. 11. Installation (1) according to any one of claims 6 to 10, characterized in that the server (4) comprises means (27) adapted to put the text (9), issued by a terminal (2), in a format that makes it suitable for being conveyed by the Internet (5). 12. Installation (1) according to any one of claims 6 to 11, characterized in that the server (4) comprises means (28) able to put a text (9), received by the server (4) via the Internet network (5) and intended to be transmitted to a specific terminal (2), in a form making it able to be viewed in an intelligible manner on the screen (8) of said terminal (2).