CN1276140A - Method of installing terminal, and wireless telephone system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a telephone system and a method of installing a terminal in the telephone system comprising a number of terminals (100, 102) and a management system (128) which controls and monitors the operation of the terminals having device-specific operational parameters set by the management system. To enable swift installation of the terminals, when a new terminal (128) is put to use in the system for the first time, the terminal sends the management system (128) a message indicating the terminal in question, and the management system starts controlling the terminal and sends the necessary operational parameters to the terminal on the basis of the message.
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Invention field
The present invention relates to a kind of in the telephone system that comprises many terminals and a management system method of installing terminal, wherein this management system control and monitoring work with terminal of the device-specific operational factor that is provided with by management system.
Background of invention
Because cellular radio system is more and more universal, their overlay area is more and more expanded and is often substituted by fixed-line telephone and connects the system that realizes, so the telephone system of development and use cellular radio system necessitates.For example, in the area that does not have fixed-line telephone to connect, perhaps terminal be placed on a kind of with do not allow in the facile environment application scenario of the vehicle of Yi Donging for example, the phone that needs are such being connected of fixed network.In the system that the present invention especially can be applicable to be realized by cellular wireless system.
Such system and terminal, for example, pay phone, so-called wireless local loop (WLL) terminal, payment terminal in the shop and mobile smartcard terminal are transmitted fund by these terminals between bank and smart card.
Let us is at first checked pay telephone system.For the pay phone operator, control and monitoring that a key property of pay phone is a pay phone.Therefore, pay telephone system comprises a management system.Pay phone transmitting control and monitoring information are to management system.This information comprises business and Trouble Report, and notice needs to safeguard, the number of coins in coin telephone, and the information in the phone of stamping the card on the used card, with the mode of communication, etc.This management system conversely, is controlled the operation of pay phone by the parameter that pay phone is set.Such phone-specific parameter comprises telephone number, the price-list information of calling, the phonecard type of acceptance, the choice of language of phone and speech volume.
It is manufactured and provide the standing value that has set in factory when delivering the operator that some operational factor can be worked as equipment.Yet most operational factor is relevant with the position of phone.For example, in price-list information, local call has different initial numbers at diverse location.Therefore, can not just all operational factors be arranged in the equipment, because less than the information aspect the device location in future in factory.This also is applicable to based on the so-called SIM card in the phone of GSM.Before this equipment came into operation in purpose country, SIM card was not operated the person and packs in the pay phone.
Therefore, most of operational factors are enclosed in far away and install in the pay phone that will install in the connection.This task realizes with manual type by telephone user interface.Replacement scheme is, make the memory circuit with different content, connects installing, and the memory circuit that will comprise correct information is packed in the phone.And the dedicated phone number of equipment is also sent into.These steps are wanted about 20 minutes usually.Be very slow in the infield with the information load facility and make mistakes easily.Yet according to another kind of method, setter is made a phone call to operator's management system on equipment, the manager of the management system phone of device-specific information having been packed into.This possible alternative has only when there is man-hour at the management system place just can make the phone installation obtain implementing, and this step is still time-consuming.
Therefore known certain methods is extremely problematic; The fast grateful and easy pay phone of installing of operator.
Similarly step and problem also are applicable to other telephone system of the communication of terminal and telephone system.For example, the payment terminal in the shop can be communicated by letter in a similar manner with management system, need with the similar operational factor of pay phone.
The invention summary
Therefore the present invention relates to a kind of method and system, can solve prior art problems thus.This is to reach by the method for describing in foreword, it is characterized in that when a new terminal wants input coefficient to use, at first, the message that this terminal transmission indicates described terminal is to management system, and this management system begins control terminal and sends necessary running parameters to terminal according to this message.
The invention still further relates to a telephone system that comprises many terminals and a management system, the operation of this management system control and monitoring terminal arranges this terminal to store and the device-specific operational factor of using by the management system setting.Telephone system of the present invention is characterised in that, the terminal of system comprises and is used to detect the device that uses of input coefficient first of this terminal when, with be used to send the message that indicates related terminal device to management system, arrange management system to begin to control this terminal concurrence and send necessary running parameters to give terminal according to this message.
Be disclosed in the dependent claims optimum implementation of the present invention.
Can obtain several benefits by method and system of the present invention.In factory, all will be delivered and can send with same equipment and software to user's equipment, and this has just simplified step greatly.Relevant with the operator is to install to become to be more prone to rapid, and the automation of installation has reduced potential mistake.No matter whether management system has the people is on duty all can to install.
The accompanying drawing summary
In conjunction with optimum implementation the present invention is described in more detail referring now to accompanying drawing, wherein
Fig. 1 is with the sketch that explains the telephone system structure,
Fig. 2 is with the sketch that explains the another kind of structure of telephone system,
Fig. 3 is the block diagram that illustrates according to an example of pay phone terminal structure in the system of the present invention.
Detailed Description Of The Invention
Below, will utilize a kind of pay telephone system to describe the present invention in greater detail, realize as an example by the Digital GSM mobile telephone system, but also be not limited to this system.Clearly, solution of the present invention can make an amendment slightly and be implemented in any telephone system that is realized by other technology, and terminal has the device-specific operational factor that is provided with by management system therein.
Fig. 1 structure that explains a kind of pay telephone system of in cellular radiotelephone system, implementing.System comprises many pay phones 100 to 102.Each links base station 108 to 110 by radio route 104 to 106.For radio route and base station, there is not any difference as the terminal of pay phone work and common payment terminal, communicate by letter with base station controller 116 to 118 in base station 108 to 110 in typical case, by transmission line 112 to 114, each controls several base stations, transmission line can pass through optical cable, copper cable or link connect to be realized, base station controller 116 to 118, successively, communicate by letter with mobile switching centre 124 by transmission line 120 to 122, described mobile switching centre controls the operation of base station controller, and the calling of terminal is handed to the other parts of fixed network or cellular radio system by transmission line 126.
Pay telephone system further comprises the management system 128 that control and monitoring pay phone 100 to 102 are operated, in being used as the gsm system of example, control appliance 128 in pay telephone system utilizes, for example, X.25 interface 130, be connected to SMS service center 132, successively, be connected to GSM cellular network and their mobile switching centre.Cellular radio system described above is applicable to gsm system, clearly, though detailed in other systems structure and described deviation is arranged, the structure in associated components is similar.Be noted that in gsm system also can not have SMS service center, the control appliance 128 of pay telephone system be connected to cellular radio system, for example, pass through modulator-demodulator by adopting some other known method.
Let us checks that a new pay phone 134 is loaded into the situation of system.In solution of the present invention, pay phone is arranged to detect when an equipment is switched on for the first time.This can realize by so-called " using a for the first time " sign, in other words, be set to particular value by predetermined memory position and reach.When equipment was switched on after physics is installed, equipment is read the content of memory position and this time connected according to program detection was for the first time.Under these circumstances, equipment does not begin its conventional action, just sends and indicates the message 136 of related pay phone to management system 128.Management system begins to control pay phone 134 according to this message and sends necessary running parameters to the paying phone in answering message 138.The operational factor that is installed in each pay phone in the system is programmed in advance or is arranged in the management system, and replacement scheme is that management system is provided with the operational factor that will be installed in the pay phone in the system according to the position of pay phone.
For example, pay phone sends message 136 as a short message, in this stage, its telephone number of pay phone there is no telling, but SMS service center 132 is attached to this number on the short message, and replacement scheme is, in gsm system, can carry out data call, first message 136 how with send to the data that are connected where and be programmed in the pay phone in advance in factory.
The message that is sent by pay phone can comprise the positional information of pay phone in network, for example identifier of base station.Under these circumstances, the position of pay phone can the base station or antenna for base station covering of the fan precision determine, the more accurate geographical valuation in pay phone position also can by, for example, gps system is incorporated in the message.
In a kind of optimum implementation of the present invention, first message of pay phone does not comprise positional information, but this information if desired, and management system was inquired pay phone this respect information in the past in that operational factor is set.
Fig. 2 is with explaining another kind of optimum implementation of the present invention.This figure illustrates pay telephone system forward from mobile switching centre 124, the remainder of system as shown in fig. 1, yet, originally illustrate two management systems 128 of pay phone, 200, the former 128 is that operator's the management system and the latter 200 is management systems of pay phone manufacturer.According to the preferred embodiments of the invention, the pay phone that install sends a message to predetermined general management system 200, for example, and the system of manufacturer.This management system 200 will send to pay phone about the connection data message of the management system of separating 128 of pay phone.Then, pay phone will send the management system 128 of another message to it according to the connection data that receive, and begin to control pay phone and send necessary running parameters to the paying phone.
Fig. 3 is with an example that explains according to pay phone preferred embodiment in the system of the present invention, and pay phone of the present invention comprises cellular radio transmitter-receiver 300, and control unit 304 is directly connected to transmitter-receiver 302 and does not have two lines to connect.Terminal of the present invention further comprises paying gathering-device 306, links control unit 304.According to embodiment, the paying gathering-device can be accepted phonecard, credit card, and smart card and coin are as the charge instrument.Terminal further comprises choice device 310 in typical case, selects desirable telephone number thus, display unit 308 and earphone 312.Terminal can further comprise the device of function that can " without hand ", comprise loud speaker 316 and microphone 318 and necessary amplifier, if desired, can directly be integrated in the transmitter-receiver 300 with some or all of upper-part, but they also can be used as device separately and implement, yet structurally are in identical cabinet.
If necessary, the dedicated radio link that is established to the base station is served in transmitter-receiver unit 300, makes calling to be sent out.Unit 300 also is responsible for and is often referred to the radio route of tasking mobile phone and calls out and keep relevant institute in steps.
Control unit 304 is served the control pay phone.Control unit comprises microprocessor in typical case, fixing and re-programmable memory circuit, multiplex machine and switch.The operation of other unit of control unit control appliance, calling and responsible charge that registration has been done, the operational factor of pay phone is stored in the control unit memory usually, these phone-specific parameters comprise telephone number, price-list information according to the calling of being done, choice of language on the telephone displays and speech volume do not depart from the operation of known pay phone control unit, except the characteristic of invention described above on the operating principle of control unit.
In the foundation pay phone of system of the present invention, control unit 304 detects when the pay phone input coefficient first time uses.The utilization of having described more than this is available " uses " method of sign to realize that control unit 304 is controlled transmitter-receiver unit 300 by this way for the first time, makes the unit send and indicates the message of the pay phone of being addressed to management system 128.In pay telephone system of the present invention, management system is arranged to begin to control pay phone and send necessary running parameters to the paying phone according to this message.As mentioned above, transmission message is called out as a short message or data in transmitter-receiver unit 300.For some part, the most handy software of method of the present invention is realized.For pay phone, this is specially adapted to detection and uses for the first time, and control messages sends, and receives operational factor and is stored in the pay phone memory.
More than utilize pay telephone system to describe the present invention in greater detail as an example.Clearly, solution of the present invention can obtain implementing in any telephone system that realizes with other technology, and wherein terminal has the device-specific operational factor that is provided with by management system, and for example terminal is the charging terminal that uses in the shop.Under these circumstances, operational factor comprises, for example, in the information of the available language of terminal, acceptable paying card, the control information of card and as the price sign indicating number of the product of option.And wireless local loop also can be utilized installation solution of the present invention and system, and its terminal is a mobile smartcard, and fund transmits between bank and smart card thus.
Though abovely described the present invention according to the referenced drawings example, should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to this, make amendment in many ways in the scope of the inventive concept that can illustrate in the appended claims.
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1. one kind is comprising many terminals (100,102), method with installing terminal in the telephone system of a management system (128), the operation of this management system control and monitoring terminal, this terminal has the operational factor of the device-specific that is provided with by management system, it is characterized in that when a new terminal (134) input coefficient use for the first time, the message that the terminal transmission indicates related terminal is to management system (128), and management system begins control terminal and sends necessary running parameters to terminal according to this message.
2. the method described in claim 1 is characterized in that telephone system is realized by cellular radio system.
3. the method described in claim 1 is characterized in that the connection data on management system are to be programmed in advance in the terminal that will install.
4. the method described in claim 1 is characterized in that the message by the terminal transmission indicates the position of terminal.
5. the method described in claim 1 is characterized in that management system sends the inquiry about terminal location after new terminal reception message.
6. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that the operational factor that will be installed in each terminal in the system is arranged in the management system in advance.
7. the method described in claim 4 or 5 is characterized in that management system is provided with the operational factor that will be installed in the terminal in the system according to the position of terminal.
8. the method described in claim 1, it is predetermined to it is characterized in that terminal sends a message to, common management system, send information according to connection data about the management system of separating of terminal, terminal sends to its management system according to the connection data that receive with another message, and the beginning control terminal also sends necessary parameter to terminal.
9. the method described in claim 2 is characterized in that message sends as short message.
10. the method described in claim 2 is characterized in that message sends as data call.
11. the method described in claim 1 is characterized in that operational factor is included in the information that terminal can obtain language, acceptable debit card and their control information.
12. as the method described in each of former claim, it is characterized in that telephone system is that a pay telephone system and terminal are pay phones.
13., it is characterized in that terminal is the charging terminal that is used in the shop as each described method in the former claim.
14., it is characterized in that terminal is the mobile smartcard terminal as each described method in the former claim.
15., it is characterized in that terminal is the wireless local loop terminal as each described method in the former claim.
16. the method described in claim 12 is characterized in that operational factor comprises price-list information.
17. one kind comprises many terminals (100,102,134) and the telephone system of a management system (128), the operation of management system control and monitoring terminal, terminal is arranged to store and use the device-specific operational factor that is provided with by management system, it is characterized in that system terminal comprises is used to detect the device (100) when terminal is used by input coefficient for the first time, with be used to send indicate related terminal message to management system (128), begin control terminal and send necessary running parameters according to this message to terminal.
18. the telephone system described in claim 17 is characterized in that terminal comprises the device (100) that is used for sending as short message message.
19. the telephone system described in claim 17 is characterized in that terminal comprises the device (100) that is used for sending as data call message.
20., it is characterized in that telephone system is that pay telephone system and terminal are pay phones as each described telephone system in the claim 17 to 19.
21., it is characterized in that terminal is the charging terminal that is used for the shop as each described telephone system in the claim 17 to 19.
22., it is characterized in that terminal is a mobile smartcard as each described telephone system in the claim 17 to 19.
23., it is characterized in that terminal is the wireless local loop terminal as each described telephone system in the claim 17 to 19.
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