EP1127442A1 - Public information terminal - Google Patents
Public information terminalInfo
- Publication number
- EP1127442A1 EP1127442A1 EP99970534A EP99970534A EP1127442A1 EP 1127442 A1 EP1127442 A1 EP 1127442A1 EP 99970534 A EP99970534 A EP 99970534A EP 99970534 A EP99970534 A EP 99970534A EP 1127442 A1 EP1127442 A1 EP 1127442A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- communication equipment
- office
- communication
- access
- office automation
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L12/00—Data switching networks
- H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
- H04L12/2854—Wide area networks, e.g. public data networks
- H04L12/2856—Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access
- H04L12/2869—Operational details of access network equipments
- H04L12/2898—Subscriber equipments
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- H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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- H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
- H04L12/1453—Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data transmission involving significant interaction with the data transmission network
- H04L12/1464—Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data transmission involving significant interaction with the data transmission network using a card, such as credit card, prepay card or SIM
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
- H04L12/1453—Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data transmission involving significant interaction with the data transmission network
- H04L12/1482—Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data transmission involving significant interaction with the data transmission network involving use of telephony infrastructure for billing for the transport of data, e.g. call detail record [CDR] or intelligent network infrastructure
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- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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- H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
- H04L12/2854—Wide area networks, e.g. public data networks
- H04L12/2856—Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04M1/247—Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use
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- 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
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- H04M17/02—Coin-freed or check-freed systems, e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths
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- H04M17/00—Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
- H04M17/02—Coin-freed or check-freed systems, e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths
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- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/253—Telephone sets using digital voice transmission
- H04M1/2535—Telephone sets using digital voice transmission adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to office automation and communication equipment. It also relates to a method and a system for managing a fleet of such equipment.
- office and communication equipment is understood here to mean equipment offering both conventional functions encountered in an office such as the processing, viewing and printing of documents, and communication functions such as faxing, telephony, and access to communication networks, including the Internet.
- devices and terminals combining communication means and document processing means, such as personal computers, computer stations or workstations, equipped with a connected modem. to a communication network.
- microcomputers which can be personal, family, professional, or usable in cybercafés.
- terminals providing information of all kinds (access map, list of hotels, etc.), terminals allowing the purchase of tickets, tickets for shows.
- Internet access and consultation stations are already available in internet cafes, administrations and hotels. These stations are generally microcomputers connected in local network or provided with a modem. Their access is controlled by various technical means.
- the Internet access points currently available if they actually provide an Internet access service in public places, However, they are part of a simple access point, paid or not, to the Web via an access provider.
- document W09712479 discloses a communication terminal allowing access to communication networks, in particular the Internet, and which can be connected to a telephone network in place of a telephone set.
- communication networks in particular the Internet
- the object of the invention is to remedy this situation by proposing a new concept of office automation and communication equipment making it possible to offer, automatically or by card, a set of the usual office automation functionalities, while being massively widespread on the whole territory and therefore accessible to the greatest number in places or sites which until now did not offer access points to office and communication resources.
- this office automation and communication equipment is designed to be installed in an existing telephone box connected to one of said communication networks, in substitution for a telephone device initially equipping said telephone box, and it further comprises means for communicating via said communication network (s) with a central server site comprising means for managing a set of such office and communication equipment installed in an existing network of telephone booths.
- the present invention can have a significant positive economic impact for telecommunications operators. currently operating telephone booths, to the extent that it gives new impetus to the existing fleet of public telephone booths whose frequentation is constantly decreasing as the market for mobile telephones develops.
- a telecommunications operator thus transforming its fleet of booths equipped with public payphones into a fleet of booths receiving office and communication equipment, should benefit from a positive image with the public and the population in general, to the extent it thus sets up a public service responding to real and identified needs in communication and multimedia, by making available to all and in particular to the excluded a modern form of public office offering a combination of services that it is currently difficult to find in the heart of cities and villages.
- the office automation and communication equipment further comprises means for selectively controlling access to the means for exchanging information, to the processing means and / or means of access to resources available on one or more of said communication networks.
- the office automation and communication equipment according to the invention preferably comprises means for directly making an electrical connection with an electrical installation equipping the telephone booth receiving this office automation and communication equipment, as well as means for making a communication connection directly with a communication installation equipping this telephone booth. It is also advantageous to provide that the office automation and communication equipment or PUBLIDESK according to the invention further comprises means for directly making a mechanical connection with a mechanical support within the telephone booth receiving this office automation and communication equipment. .
- the means of access to resources on the network can advantageously cooperate with the central management means and with the communication means to provide an access portal to a plurality of services, while it is preferably provided that the equipment office and communication may further include means for providing a basic telephone service, either via an existing telephone network such as the PSTN network, or a digital integrated services network (ISDN) or via the Internet network (Web -phone).
- a basic telephone service either via an existing telephone network such as the PSTN network, or a digital integrated services network (ISDN) or via the Internet network (Web -phone).
- office and communication equipment according to the invention or PUBLIDESK can advantageously include means for providing an electrical energy supply service for portable computer and / or telecommunications equipment. Access to this electrical energy supply service can be conditioned by the possession of access rights contained for example in a memory card or by the use of a payment card.
- This particular configuration mainly targets, but is not limited to, the user segment made up of businessmen, salespeople, consultants and the liberal professions, for whom this offer meets a widely felt need. Cabins of this type could advantageously be installed in the heart of business centers, in stations and airports.
- the office automation and communication equipment may also include means for providing a service for connecting portable computer and / or telecommunications equipment to a or more of said means of communication.
- Access to the energy supply and connection service means can be controlled for example by mechanical shutter means controlled or even electronically.
- an office equipment according to the invention or PUBLIDESK is arranged to provide selective access to one or more predetermined services available on one or more of the communication networks to a holder of a portable data medium, such as a memory card, containing data representative of selective access rights allocated to this holder.
- a method for managing a set of office automation and communication equipment according to the invention, these office automation and communication equipment being installed in public telephone boxes in place of public telephones equipping initially these cabins, characterized in that it is arranged to manage communications and exchanges of information involving each of said office automation and communication equipment via one or more of the communication networks.
- This management process can advantageously be arranged to provide each of the equipment with office and communication access to resources available on one or more of the communication networks, in particular on the Internet. It can also be provided that this management method provides each of the office automation and communication equipment with an access portal to a plurality of service provider sites, and that it can manage a charging for the management services of the fleet of public cabins. thus equipped, based for example on a measurement of communication and information and data exchange flows involving all of the office automation and communication equipment installed in this fleet of public cabins.
- a system for managing a set of office and communication equipment according to the invention, these office and communication equipment being installed in a network of public telephone booths in substitution.
- public payphones initially equipping these cabins, characterized in that it comprises, in a management site connected to one of the communication networks to which this network of cabins is connected, means for managing communications and exchanges of information involving each office automation and communication equipment via one or more of these communication networks.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a public telecommunication booth equipped with office automation and communication equipment according to the invention or PUBLIDESK;
- - Figure 2 illustrates an example of connection of office automation and communication equipment according to the invention in a telephone box
- - Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating a system for managing a fleet of office automation and communication equipment according to the invention
- FIG. 4 illustrates optional equipment of office automation and communication equipment according to
- FIG. 5 illustrates a set of features offered in office and communication equipment; and - Figure 6 illustrates an example of information flow in a particular implementation of the management method according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 An exemplary embodiment of an office and communication equipment according to the invention or PUBLIDESK installed in a public telecommunication cabin.
- a CA telecommunication cabin of conventional structure is provided, normally provided for receiving a telephony device, with office and communication equipment 1 according to the invention, which is fixed for example on a mounting plate on a technical stand normally provided for fixing a public phone.
- Office and communication equipment or PUBLIDESK 1 includes a rear face for this purpose, provided with fixing elements designed and positioned so as to allow simple and quick fixing to the fixing plate.
- the office automation and communication equipment 1 included in a box designed to withstand shocks and damage, comprises, by way of nonlimiting example, on its front face, an AND display screen, which may be of the conventional type or touch screen, a conventional or touch screen CO keyboard, a LC smart card designed to control access to communication networks, an SI printer output, an HP speaker, track pointing and selection TP equipment, a CT telephone handset and a keyboard CN composition.
- the office automation and communication equipment 1 is installed in place of a conventional telephony device and as such uses the existing telephone link LT and the power supply link LR of the host cabin CA.
- the connections of the office automation and communication equipment 1 to a base support 20 of the public booth CA can be made in a very simple way, with reference to FIG. 2, by connecting, on the one hand, a plug electrical supply male 11 from the rear face 10 of the equipment 1 in an electrical supply socket 21 provided on the support 21 and, on the other hand, a telecommunications connector 12 in a telecommunications socket 22 also provided on the base support 21.
- the internal structure of the office automation and communication equipment 1 includes a communication unit connected by an appropriate connector to the public telephone network, and a central control and processing unit card to which the touch screen AND, the keyboard are connected. external CO, the LC card reader, and all of the other peripherals on this equipment.
- the central unit card is provided with a storage unit, for example of the CD-ROM type, intended for storing resident software having the following functions:
- the system for managing a fleet of office automation and communication equipment S comprises, with reference to FIG. 3: - a dedicated server SG centralizing all the data accessible from the cabins CA1, .., CAi, CA, personalized CM smart cards containing for example the following data: identifier, curriculum vitae in the case of job seekers, personalized access rights, e-mail address,
- the telecommunication booths CA can be connected to the management server SG either by a switched telephone network PSTN, or by a digital network with integrated services RN, or by any other type of communication network.
- the management server SG is connected to a second communication network RI, for example to the Internet network, to which service sites SI,..., SN such as servers of employment agency sites or employment sites. real estate agency are connected.
- a second communication network RI for example to the Internet network, to which service sites SI,..., SN such as servers of employment agency sites or employment sites. real estate agency are connected.
- CM transaction card for example a telephone card, a dedicated card (job, accommodation, etc.), a payment, a credit card or any other card, for example a multi-service card.
- ANPE for example, ANPE, international ANPE, APEC, temporary work companies
- APEC APEC
- temporary work companies a “student” card giving access to information of interest to the student world, such as results in exams or competitions, pre-registrations in universities, consultations of study programs of French or foreign universities, or scheduling consultations;
- a “businessman” card allowing access to hotel lists, to transport companies, or to sockets embedded in the terminal according to the invention for recharging a portable computer and benefiting from all the office automation functionalities ( sending a fax, sending and consulting an email, word processing, spreadsheet, etc.).
- Telecommunication booths equipped with a particular version of office automation and communication equipment according to the invention designed to offer this latter set of functionalities are provided with a PA power supply socket and a standardized connection socket.
- PT whose access is controlled, either mechanically by means of removable shutters VA, or electronically, as illustrated in Figure 4.
- a main menu offered by office and communication equipment according to the invention constitutes the first page visible on the screen of this cabin and presents the information that can be consulted.
- this menu should only include a limited number, for example no more than twelve, of generic title icons such as "national education”, “transport”, “jobs” , “Shows”, “jobs abroad”, “foreign universities”, “surf the web”, “shopping”. These icons are given by way of nonlimiting example and can be modulated according to the site of establishment.
- the main menu can for example propose, by means of icons, generic headings such as those mentioned above.
- the user can only access the sites authorized by his card and is thus channeled in his research, thus saving precious time. Depending on the rights assigned to them, this user will be able to explore the entire site, surf the web or connect their laptop and continue working.
- cabins located in protected or semi-protected places one can for example provide a cyclic log taking place when the office and communication equipment is at rest.
- the icons contained in the main menu can be adapted to the cabin's reception site, which will offer different information whether it is a university, an employment agency or a café. for example, in a university, a student can consult his timetable, choose these tutorials for the following year, consult your notes, be in contact with foreign universities in order to carry out a study session, have access to job offers, play, etc.
- a telecommunication booth which would be dedicated to a particular service, for example a job offer service or accommodation offer, in addition to the provision of the public service telephony.
- the software implemented in office and communication equipment allows, through a simple and fun tree structure, quick access to the information offered in the icons of the main menu.
- This equipment is designed to receive downloads and to participate in automatic telecollections at predetermined times for various updates on the central site. It is also designed to manage opposition and payment lists.
- Office and communication equipment 1 according to the invention or PUBLIDESK installed in a public booth CA simply connected by a telephone line LT to a telecommunications network RT, provides, in addition to the basic telephony functions initially offered by public payphones, complete set of office automation functionalities for document processing F, as illustrated in FIG. 5. It is thus possible to obtain, from an original document DO, a DC copy, a fax, a digitization (scanner), and transmission by electronic mail (e-mail). Conversely, the user of this equipment can receive documents by fax, by e-mail, and print screen pages viewed while browsing the Web.
- the user can also transmit and receive information and data in electronic form from equipment office automation and communication according to the invention which is provided with connection means for a computer or means for reading digital information media.
- This information and data which can also be entered or completed using the keyboard of the office automation and communication equipment, can then be transmitted by email.
- the software implemented in office and communication equipment can include for example an operating system, a text editor, an Internet browser, a manager Internet e-mail, a fax manager and an anti-virus module.
- the activity sectors accessible from a telecommunications booth according to the invention according to the invention can be diversified: employment, culture, education, health, tourism, entertainment, transport, ...
- the office automation and communication equipment according to the invention or PUBLIDESK must have a minimum size and meet the general principles of the equipment made available to the public, in particular in terms of waterproof keyboard, touch screen, telephone equipment, resistant materials, signage and recognizable design.
- FIG. 6 a nonlimiting example of implementation and use of office and communication equipment according to the invention installed in a public booth, for search services. employment.
- the memory MM of this card notably includes ID data identifying the holder, DP data representative of the access rights associated with this card (for example, URLs of searchable sites), and a credit CU of telephone units .
- this icon opens and gives access to a tree structure offering several choices. For example:
- the user can also deposit his Curriculum- Vitae on -line by entering SA on the touch keyboard of the office automation and communication equipment, display (VI) on screen the relevant job offers OEi, .., OEk, print (PR) the addresses of the companies to which it sent his CV and the content of the advertisements.
- VI display
- OEi ..., OEk
- PR print
- the management server SG keeps for each user who has created an email address the CV of this user, possibly the job offers he has selected and the response messages MS from job offer sites or employers who have issued OE offers.
- a telecommunications operator owning or controlling an existing fleet of telephone booths acquires a set of office and communication equipment according to the invention, installs them in telephone booths in place of public payphones, and directly manages this office and communication equipment, by collecting from users rights of access to telephone and IT resources or by paying for the services provided to users who only pay for communications at local rate or even can have free access telephony services.
- a telecommunications operator owning or controlling a fleet of public telephone boxes entrusts to an operator of the method according to the invention, all of the substitution operations (uninstalling of existing payphones, installation and connection of equipment for office automation and communication), management and maintenance of equipment, which is then the property of the operator or is entrusted to management.
- the telecommunications operator can be remunerated on the one hand with the communications generated and paid for by the users from all the office automation and communication equipment, and on the other hand, according to the use of the various peripherals of the equipment office automation, for example in relation to the number of prints made.
- the operator can also be remunerated with a determined percentage of the financial flows generated by the use of office and communication equipment according to the invention, for example on the basis of payments by the users of the services provided, or on the basis of advertising rights collected by the operator.
- This second method of management has the advantage for the telecommunications operator of not requiring investment in new public equipment and expenses for replacement, maintenance and upkeep, and of not involving responsibility in operational management.
- the office automation and communication equipment according to the invention or PUBLIDESK can have any exterior shape.
- the components used to carry out the various visualization, input and communication functions can of course change over time according to technological advances in this field.
- the field of application of the present invention is not limited to a particular communication network or to a given fleet of telephone booths.
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Priority Applications (1)
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EP08018363A EP2068538A3 (en) | 1998-10-08 | 1999-10-08 | Public information terminal |
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FR9812633A FR2785127B1 (en) | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | TELECOMMUNICATION CABIN PROVIDING ACCESS TO SERVICES AVAILABLE ON COMMUNICATION OR ENERGY NETWORKS, ACCESS DEVICE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CAB, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS THEREOF |
PCT/FR1999/002423 WO2000022798A1 (en) | 1998-10-08 | 1999-10-08 | Public information terminal |
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