EP1683334A1 - Fixed telephony server, terminal and method which can be used to send and receive sms messages - Google Patents

Fixed telephony server, terminal and method which can be used to send and receive sms messages

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EP1683334A1
EP1683334A1 EP04767928A EP04767928A EP1683334A1 EP 1683334 A1 EP1683334 A1 EP 1683334A1 EP 04767928 A EP04767928 A EP 04767928A EP 04767928 A EP04767928 A EP 04767928A EP 1683334 A1 EP1683334 A1 EP 1683334A1
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Jean-Pierre Thiebaud
Cyril Cousteur
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
    • H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
    • H04M3/5322—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems for recording text messages
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/46—Arrangements for calling a number of substations in a predetermined sequence until an answer is obtained
    • H04M3/465—Arrangements for simultaneously calling a number of substations until an answer is obtained
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/247—Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use
    • H04M1/2478—Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/71—Substation extension arrangements
    • H04M1/715—Substation extension arrangements using two or more extensions per line
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/7243—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages
    • H04M1/72436—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages for text messaging, e.g. SMS or e-mail
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42382—Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks

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  • the invention relates to a method, a terminal and a server allowing the allocation of sub-addresses to fixed telephone terminals for the reception of short messages SMS (Short Message Service).
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • the SMS service for fixed telephony uses various protocols which, in Europe, are based on the intervention of a server and in-band communications, i.e. telephone calls requiring the establishment of '' a circuit, unlike the SMS service for mobile telephony which only uses signaling, without establishing a circuit.
  • the protocol used is, for example, that of the ETSI standard ES201912.
  • This service uses the Calling Line Identifier (CLI) line identification which is standardized under the reference ETS306659-1-2-3.
  • CLI Calling Line Identifier
  • the terminal calls the SMS server which stores the message and then sends it to the destination terminal.
  • the server calls the destination terminal.
  • the latter has the server call number in memory and therefore recognizes the latter by this number.
  • the recipient terminal takes the line and then, after receiving the SMS message, hangs up automatically.
  • the duration of the exchange is approximately 4 seconds. Since for the same telephone number, several terminals can be provided in parallel with separate users, the standard provides for the possibility of assigning to each of the terminals a sub-address allowing an SMS message intended for one of these terminals only arrive at this terminal.
  • the maximum number of sub-addresses today is 10 (0 to 9). It is also possible to use the sub-addresses in the same multi-user terminal in order to identify the user receiving the message. In this case, access to the SMS service, in particular to messages received, may require the entry of a code specific to the user concerned. In the case where several terminals are in parallel, when the server sends an SMS message, only the destination terminal having the sub-address contained in the message takes the line. Similarly, when a terminal sends an SMS message, this terminal is identified by its sub-address, along with its call number. Thus, the called party can recognize the identity of the caller not only by the telephone number but also by the sub-address.
  • the terminals compatible with the SMS service contain not only the server number but also a sub-address which, by construction, is generally sub-address 0.
  • the introduction of other sub-addresses must be carried out manually by the user. This operation is often felt to be complex and therefore dissuades the use of the service in the case of use at several terminals or in the case where it may be desired that several distinct users can receive SMS messages on the same terminal.
  • the invention makes it easier to introduce sub-addresses in an installation in which at least two terminals are in parallel with the same telephone number.
  • the method according to the invention consists in automatically assigning at least one sub-address to a fixed telephone terminal connectable to an SMS server by the following steps: - a default sub-address is assigned by construction to the terminal, - the terminal sends a message to the SMS server in such a way that the latter responds with a message to the telephone number (or address) of the installation and to the sub-address sent by the terminal, - the terminal automatically detects if another terminal the installation takes the line or not, if after a determined time, no other terminal of the installation takes the line to receive the message from the server, the terminal automatically assigns the sub-address, and - if another terminal of the installation has taken the line, the terminal again sends a message to the server by assigning itself another sub-address and the terminal assigns this other sub-address if no other rminal of the installation does not take the line after a determined time following receipt of the message from the server, this step being repeated by further modifying the sub-address
  • the server is such that when a terminal subscribes to the SMS service, this server returns an acknowledgment of receipt to the terminal, it suffices to provide an operation very simple which consists, for example, in pressing a single key which triggers the implementation of the method according to the invention. It is also possible not to use this acknowledgment service.
  • the terminal is such that it sends a message which is intended for it, that is to say which is intended for its own telephone number and its sub-address.
  • the constraint imposed on the user will simply be to ask him to enter his telephone number for sending an SMS message during the automatic allocation period described above.
  • the modification of the sub-address automatically assigned to the terminal during the search for an available sub-address consists in increasing the previously selected sub-address by one.
  • the terminal sends to the server, for example by a simple press of a key, a message requesting the allocation of one or more sub-address (s), and - upon receipt of this message from the terminal, the server responds by sending to the installation telephone number, a set of successive messages in number equal to the number of installation sub-addresses, namely 10 in general, and the terminal automatically assigns the sub-address or sub-addresses that have not been received by other terminals in the installation. In this case, the terminal only sends the server a single message, which is thus less costly for the subscriber.
  • a terminal according to the invention comprises, whatever the method used: means for transmitting to a message server
  • SMS a message triggering, in this server, the sending of an SMS message in return with a sub-address, and means for detecting if, to receive the return message from the server, another terminal of the installation takes the line, and means for assigning the sub-address of the message received if the latter has not been received by another terminal.
  • a line voltage detector is provided, for example in this terminal.
  • the terminal includes means for sending the SMS server a message with a default sub-address when registering for the SMS service.
  • the terminal comprises the means for sending the server an SMS message which is intended for this terminal, this message comprising a default sub-address.
  • the terminal in another embodiment for which the terminal is intended to be connected to an SMS server capable of sending to the address of the terminal a set of SMS messages the number of which is equal to the total number of sub-addresses, each message addressed to the installation having a sub-address distinct from that of another message in the set, the terminal includes means for transmitting, for example by simple pressing of a key, a request for allocation of sub-address (s) to the SMS server without it being necessary for this request to indicate a default sub-address for the terminal, the latter comprising means for assigning a sub-address or several available sub-addresses.
  • s sub-address
  • An SMS message server comprises means for recognizing a request for allocation of subaddress (s) originating from a fixed telephone installation terminal and means for sequentially addressing a number n of SMS messages to the installation, this number n being equal to the total number of sub-addresses for an installation, each of the n messages being intended for a determined sub-address, different from one message to another.
  • the terminals if they are equipped with line occupation detection means can select the available sub-addresses.
  • - Figure 1 shows a server and two terminals of a fixed telephone system for the transmission of SMS messages
  • - Figures 2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating embodiments of methods according to the invention.
  • a terminal 10 which wishes to send an SMS message to a terminal 12 addresses the message to an SMS server 14 by indicating its sub-address.
  • the SMS message is sent with the recipient's number and its sub-address.
  • the call number of the server 14 is by construction in memory in the terminal 10.
  • the terminal automatically sends its telephone number and its sub-address.
  • the message is stored in the server 14.
  • the server 14 calls the terminal 12.
  • the latter recognizes the SMS server by means of the CLI service, that is to say it compares the number received with the server number by memory.
  • the terminal 12 therefore takes the line and automatically stores the message received from the server.
  • the method according to the invention consists in automatically assigning a sub-address to a terminal 20 ⁇ (FIG. 2) of an installation comprising, for the same telephone number, a set of terminals, 2O2, 2O3, etc.
  • the terminal 20 ⁇ addresses to the server 14 an SMS message 22 containing its sub-address so that the server 14 responds with an SMS message 24 with the same sub-address.
  • the terminal detects whether, during a predetermined time delay, the other terminals 202 r 2O3, etc.
  • the terminal 20 ⁇ assigns the sub-address determined by default such as sub-address 0. If this sub-address 0 is not available, it is ie if one of the other terminals 2O2, 2O3, ... replied to the SMS message during the timeout period, then the terminal sends another message 22 ⁇ to which the server responds with a message 24 ⁇ , the message 22 ⁇ containing a sub-address different from the sub-address of message 22, for example a sub-address increased by one. If the sub-address is available, the terminal 20 ⁇ assigns it. Otherwise, the process continues. The terminal 20 ⁇ can also allocate several sub-addresses with the same method.
  • the terminal 20 ⁇ sends the server 26 a request 28 in the form of an SMS message and the SMS server responds with successive messages 30n, 301, ..., 309.
  • These messages 30i are equal in number to the number of available sub-addresses, that is to say 10 in general (0 to 9) and each message has a different sub-address than that of the other messages.
  • the message 30Q is intended for the sub-address 0
  • the message 30 ⁇ is intended for the sub-address 1, etc.
  • the terminal having issued the request comprises, in this embodiment (as in that described with FIG. 2), a line voltage detector.
  • the terminal determines during a timeout period if each message has been received by another terminal and, if not, assigns the sub-address corresponding to the message from the server 26.
  • the terminal determines during a timeout period if each message has been received by another terminal and, if not, assigns the sub-address corresponding to the message from the server 26.
  • the procedure makes it possible to update the available sub-addresses.

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of allocating sub-addresses for the receipt of SMS-type messages in a fixed telephony installation in which several terminals correspond to the same telephone number or address. According to the invention, the automatic allocation of an SMS sub-address to a terminal comprises the following steps: a default sub-address is allocated by construction to the terminal (201); the terminal is connected to an SMS server (14) such that said server responds with a message to the telephone number of the installation and to the sub-address sent by the terminal; the terminal automatically detects if another terminal of the installation (202, 203) takes the line; and, if no other terminal of the installation has taken the line to receive the message from the server by the end of a determined period of time, the terminal is automatically allocated the sub-address.

Description

PROCEDE, TERMINAL ET SERVEUR DE TELEPHONIE FIXE PERMETTANT L'ENVOI ET LA RECEPTION DE MESSAGES SMS FIXED TELEPHONY METHOD, TERMINAL AND SERVER FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING SMS MESSAGES
L'invention est relative à un procédé, à un terminal et à un serveur permettant l'attribution de sous-adresses à des terminaux de téléphone fixe pour la réception de messages courts SMS (Short Message Service) . Dans les réseaux de téléphonie mobile, la transmission de messages courts SMS connaît un grand succès et ce service commence également à être utilisé en téléphonie fixe. Le service SMS pour la téléphonie fixe fait appel à divers protocoles qui, en Europe, sont basés sur l'intervention d'un serveur et de communications dans la bande, c'est-à-dire d'appels téléphoniques nécessitant l'établissement d'un circuit, contrairement au service SMS pour téléphonie mobile qui ne fait appel qu'à la signalisation, sans établissement de circuit. Le protocole utilisé est, par exemple, celui de la norme ETSI ES201912. Ce service fait appel à l'identification de la ligne de l'appelant CLI (Calling Line Identifier) qui est normalisé sous la référence ETS306659-1-2-3. Pour l'envoi d'un message SMS, le terminal appelle le serveur SMS qui mémorise le message puis l'envoie ensuite vers le terminal destinataire. Pour transmettre le message SMS du serveur vers le terminal destinataire, le serveur appelle le terminal destinataire. Ce dernier dispose en mémoire du numéro d'appel du serveur et reconnaît donc ce dernier par ce numéro. Le terminal destinataire prend la ligne puis après réception du message SMS, raccroche automatiquement. La durée de l'échange est d'environ 4 secondes. Étant donné que pour un même numéro de téléphone, on peut prévoir plusieurs terminaux en parallèle ayant des utilisateurs distincts, la norme prévoit la possibilité d'attribuer à chacun des terminaux une sous-adresse permettant qu'un message SMS destiné à l'un de ces terminaux arrive uniquement à ce terminal. Le nombre maximum de sous-adresses est aujourd'hui de 10 (0 à 9) . Il est également possible d'utiliser les sous-adresses dans un même terminal multi-utilisateurs afin d'identifier l'utilisateur destinataire du message. Dans ce cas, l'accès au service SMS, notamment aux messages reçus, peut nécessiter l'entrée d'un code propre à l'utilisateur concerné. Dans le cas où plusieurs terminaux sont en parallèle, quand le serveur envoie un message SMS, seul le terminal destinataire ayant la sous-adresse contenue dans le message prend la ligne. De même, quand un terminal envoie un message SMS, ce terminal est identifié par sa sous-adresse, en même temps que par son numéro d'appel. Ainsi, l'appelé peut reconnaître l'identité de l'appelant non seulement par le numéro de téléphone mais aussi par la sous-adresse. Les terminaux compatibles avec le service SMS contiennent non seulement le numéro du serveur mais aussi une sous-adresse qui, par construction, est en général la sous- adresse 0. L'introduction d'autres sous-adresses doit être effectuée manuellement par l'utilisateur. Cette opération est souvent ressentie comme complexe et est donc dissuasive de l'utilisation du service dans le cas d'une utilisation à plusieurs terminaux ou dans le cas où l'on peut souhaiter que plusieurs utilisateurs distincts puissent recevoir des messages SMS sur un même terminal. L'invention permet de faciliter l'introduction des sous-adresses dans une installation dans laquelle au moins deux terminaux sont en parallèle avec un même numéro de téléphone. Le procédé conforme à 1 ' invention consiste à attribuer automatiquement au moins une sous-adresse à un terminal de téléphonie fixe connectable à un serveur SMS grâce aux étapes suivantes : - on attribue par construction une sous-adresse par défaut au terminal, - le terminal adresse un message au serveur SMS de façon telle que ce dernier réponde par un message vers le numéro de téléphone (ou adresse) de l'installation et vers la sous- adresse envoyée par le terminal, - le terminal détecte automatiquement si un autre terminal de l'installation prend ou non la ligne, si au bout d'un temps déterminé, aucun autre terminal de l'installation ne prend la ligne pour recevoir le message du serveur, le terminal s'attribue automatiquement la sous-adresse, et - si un autre terminal de l'installation a pris la ligne, le terminal émet de nouveau un message vers le serveur en s 'attribuant une autre sous-adresse et le terminal s'attribue cette autre sous-adresse si aucun autre terminal de l'installation ne prend la ligne après un temps déterminé suivant la réception du message du serveur, cette étape étant recommencée en modifiant encore la sous-adresse jusqu'à qu'aucun autre terminal ne prenne la ligne. Lorsqu'on désire affecter plusieurs sous-adresses à un terminal, on recommence ce processus jusqu'à l'affectation du nombre de sous-adresses qu'on désire attribuer au terminal. Dans le cas où le serveur est tel que lorsqu'un terminal s'abonne au service SMS, ce serveur renvoie un accusé de réception au terminal, il suffit de prévoir une manoeuvre très simple qui consiste, par exemple, à appuyer sur une seule touche qui déclenche la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon 1 ' invention. Il est également possible de ne pas faire appel à ce service d'accusé de réception. Dans ce cas, le terminal est tel qu'il envoie un message qui lui est destiné, c'est-à-dire qui est destiné à son propre numéro de téléphone et à sa sous- adresse. Dans cette réalisation, la contrainte imposée à l'utilisateur sera simplement de lui demander d'introduire son numéro de téléphone pour l'envoi d'un message SMS au cours de la période d'attribution automatique décrite ci-dessus. Dans une réalisation du procédé selon l'invention, la modification de la sous-adresse attribuée automatiquement au terminal au cours de la recherche d'une sous-adresse disponible consiste à augmenter d'une unité la sous-adresse précédemment sélectionnée. Selon un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention, qui peut s'utiliser indépendamment de ceux décrits ci-dessus, pour simplifier le logiciel installé dans le terminal et donc pour minimiser son coût, on prévoit de commander le processus d'attribution de sous-adresses à partir du serveur en procédant de la façon suivante : - le terminal envoie au serveur, par exemple par un simple appui sur une touche, un message de demande d'attribution d'une ou plusieurs sous-adresse (s) , et - à la réception de ce message du terminal, le serveur répond en envoyant au numéro de téléphone de l'installation, un ensemble de messages successifs en nombre égal au nombre de sous-adresses de l'installation, à savoir 10 en général, et le terminal s'attribue automatiquement la sous-adresse ou les sous- adresses qui n'a (n'ont) pas été reçue (s) par d'autres terminaux de l'installation. Dans ce cas, le terminal n'envoie au serveur qu'un seul message, ce qui est ainsi moins coûteux pour l'abonné. Par contre, ce procédé peut être un peu plus coûteux pour l'opérateur car celui-ci doit adresser dix messages à chaque demande d'attribution de sous-adresses. L' invention concerne également un terminal et un serveur pour la mise en oeuvre des procédés décrits ci-dessus. Ainsi, de façon générale, un terminal selon l'invention comporte, quel que soit le procédé utilisé : des moyens pour émettre vers un serveur de messagesThe invention relates to a method, a terminal and a server allowing the allocation of sub-addresses to fixed telephone terminals for the reception of short messages SMS (Short Message Service). In mobile telephone networks, the transmission of SMS short messages is very successful and this service is also starting to be used in fixed telephony. The SMS service for fixed telephony uses various protocols which, in Europe, are based on the intervention of a server and in-band communications, i.e. telephone calls requiring the establishment of '' a circuit, unlike the SMS service for mobile telephony which only uses signaling, without establishing a circuit. The protocol used is, for example, that of the ETSI standard ES201912. This service uses the Calling Line Identifier (CLI) line identification which is standardized under the reference ETS306659-1-2-3. To send an SMS message, the terminal calls the SMS server which stores the message and then sends it to the destination terminal. To transmit the SMS message from the server to the destination terminal, the server calls the destination terminal. The latter has the server call number in memory and therefore recognizes the latter by this number. The recipient terminal takes the line and then, after receiving the SMS message, hangs up automatically. The duration of the exchange is approximately 4 seconds. Since for the same telephone number, several terminals can be provided in parallel with separate users, the standard provides for the possibility of assigning to each of the terminals a sub-address allowing an SMS message intended for one of these terminals only arrive at this terminal. The maximum number of sub-addresses today is 10 (0 to 9). It is also possible to use the sub-addresses in the same multi-user terminal in order to identify the user receiving the message. In this case, access to the SMS service, in particular to messages received, may require the entry of a code specific to the user concerned. In the case where several terminals are in parallel, when the server sends an SMS message, only the destination terminal having the sub-address contained in the message takes the line. Similarly, when a terminal sends an SMS message, this terminal is identified by its sub-address, along with its call number. Thus, the called party can recognize the identity of the caller not only by the telephone number but also by the sub-address. The terminals compatible with the SMS service contain not only the server number but also a sub-address which, by construction, is generally sub-address 0. The introduction of other sub-addresses must be carried out manually by the user. This operation is often felt to be complex and therefore dissuades the use of the service in the case of use at several terminals or in the case where it may be desired that several distinct users can receive SMS messages on the same terminal. The invention makes it easier to introduce sub-addresses in an installation in which at least two terminals are in parallel with the same telephone number. The method according to the invention consists in automatically assigning at least one sub-address to a fixed telephone terminal connectable to an SMS server by the following steps: - a default sub-address is assigned by construction to the terminal, - the terminal sends a message to the SMS server in such a way that the latter responds with a message to the telephone number (or address) of the installation and to the sub-address sent by the terminal, - the terminal automatically detects if another terminal the installation takes the line or not, if after a determined time, no other terminal of the installation takes the line to receive the message from the server, the terminal automatically assigns the sub-address, and - if another terminal of the installation has taken the line, the terminal again sends a message to the server by assigning itself another sub-address and the terminal assigns this other sub-address if no other rminal of the installation does not take the line after a determined time following receipt of the message from the server, this step being repeated by further modifying the sub-address until no other terminal takes the line. When you want to assign several sub-addresses to a terminal, you repeat this process until the number of sub-addresses you want to assign to the terminal is assigned. In the case where the server is such that when a terminal subscribes to the SMS service, this server returns an acknowledgment of receipt to the terminal, it suffices to provide an operation very simple which consists, for example, in pressing a single key which triggers the implementation of the method according to the invention. It is also possible not to use this acknowledgment service. In this case, the terminal is such that it sends a message which is intended for it, that is to say which is intended for its own telephone number and its sub-address. In this embodiment, the constraint imposed on the user will simply be to ask him to enter his telephone number for sending an SMS message during the automatic allocation period described above. In an embodiment of the method according to the invention, the modification of the sub-address automatically assigned to the terminal during the search for an available sub-address consists in increasing the previously selected sub-address by one. According to another embodiment of the invention, which can be used independently of those described above, to simplify the software installed in the terminal and therefore to minimize its cost, provision is made to control the sub allocation process. -addresses from the server by proceeding as follows: the terminal sends to the server, for example by a simple press of a key, a message requesting the allocation of one or more sub-address (s), and - upon receipt of this message from the terminal, the server responds by sending to the installation telephone number, a set of successive messages in number equal to the number of installation sub-addresses, namely 10 in general, and the terminal automatically assigns the sub-address or sub-addresses that have not been received by other terminals in the installation. In this case, the terminal only sends the server a single message, which is thus less costly for the subscriber. However, this process can be a little more expensive for the operator because he must send ten messages to each request for the allocation of sub-addresses. The invention also relates to a terminal and a server for implementing the methods described above. Thus, in general, a terminal according to the invention comprises, whatever the method used: means for transmitting to a message server
SMS un message déclenchant, dans ce serveur, l'émission d'un message SMS en retour avec une sous-adresse, et des moyens pour détecter si, pour recevoir le message de retour du serveur, un autre terminal de l'installation prend la ligne, et des moyens pour attribuer la sous-adresse du message reçu si ce dernier n'a pas été reçu par un autre terminal. Pour détecter si un autre terminal prend ou non la ligne, on prévoit, par exemple dans ce terminal, un détecteur de tension de ligne. Dans une réalisation, le terminal comporte des moyens pour adresser au serveur SMS un message avec une sous-adresse par défaut lors de son inscription au service SMS. Dans une autre réalisation, le terminal comporte les moyens pour adresser au serveur un message SMS qui est destiné à ce terminal, ce message comportant une sous-adresse par défaut. Dans une autre réalisation pour laquelle le terminal est destiné à être connecté à un serveur SMS susceptible d'envoyer à l'adresse du terminal un ensemble de messages SMS dont le nombre est égal au nombre total de sous-adresses, chaque message adressé à l'installation ayant une sous-adresse distincte de celle d'un autre message de l'ensemble, le terminal comporte un moyen pour émettre, par exemple par simple appui sur une touche, une requête d'attribution de sous-adresse (s) vers le serveur SMS sans qu ' il soit nécessaire que cette requête indique une sous-adresse par défaut pour le terminal, ce dernier comportant des moyens pour s'attribuer une sous-adresse ou plusieurs sous-adresses disponible (s) . Un serveur de messages SMS selon l'invention comporte des moyens pour reconnaître une demande d'attribution de sous- adresse (s) provenant d'un terminal d'installation téléphonique fixe et des moyens pour adresser séquentiellement un nombre n de messages SMS vers l'installation, ce nombre n étant égal au nombre total de sous-adresses pour une installation, chacun des n messages étant destiné à une sous-adresse déterminée, différente d'un message à un autre. Ainsi, les terminaux s'ils sont dotés de moyens de détection d'occupation de la ligne peuvent sélectionner les sous-adresses disponibles. D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront avec la description de certains de ses modes de réalisation, celle-ci étant effectuée en se référant aux dessins ci-annexés sur lesquels : - la figure 1 représente un serveur et deux terminaux d'un système de téléphonie fixe pour la transmission de messages SMS, et - les figures 2 et 3 sont des schémas illustrant des modes de réalisation de procédés selon l'invention. Dans le système représenté sur la figure 1, un terminal 10 qui désire envoyer un message SMS à un terminal 12 adresse le message à un serveur SMS 14 en indiquant sa sous- adresse. Le message SMS est envoyé avec le numéro du destinataire et sa sous-adresse. Le numéro d'appel du serveur 14 est par construction en mémoire dans le terminal 10. En même temps que le message adressé au serveur 14, le terminal envoie automatiquement son numéro de téléphone et sa sous-adresse. Le message est stocké dans le serveur 14. Ensuite, le serveur 14 appelle le terminal 12. Ce dernier reconnaît le serveur SMS grâce au service CLI, c'est-à-dire qu'il compare le numéro reçu avec le numéro de serveur en mémoire. Le terminal 12 prend donc la ligne et mémorise automatiquement le message reçu du serveur. Le procédé selon 1 ' invention consiste à attribuer automatiquement une sous-adresse à un terminal 20^ (figure 2) d'une installation comportant, pour le même numéro de téléphone, un ensemble de terminaux, 2Û2, 2O3, etc. Le terminal 20ι adresse au serveur 14 un message SMS 22 contenant sa sous-adresse de façon que le serveur 14 réponde par un message SMS 24 avec la même sous-adresse. Dans ce cas, le terminal détecte si, pendant une durée de temporisation prédéterminée, les autres terminaux 202 r 2O3, etc. prennent la ligne. Si aucun de ceux-ci n'a pris la ligne, le terminal 20^ s'attribue la sous-adresse déterminée par défaut telle que la sous-adresse 0. Si cette sous-adresse 0 n'est pas disponible, c'est-à- dire si l'un des autres terminaux 2O2, 2O3, ... a répondu au message SMS pendant la durée de temporisation, alors le terminal renvoie un autre message 22^ auquel le serveur répond par un message 24^, le message 22^ contenant une sous-adresse différente de la sous-adresse du message 22, par exemple une sous-adresse augmentée d'une unité. Si la sous-adresse est disponible, le terminal 20^ se l'attribue. Dans le cas contraire, le processus continue. Le terminal 20^ peut aussi s'attribuer plusieurs sous- adresses avec le même procédé. Dans l'exemple représenté sur la figure 3, le terminal 20^ adresse au serveur 26 une requête 28 sous forme d'un message SMS et le serveur SMS répond par des messages successifs 30n, 301, ..., 309. Ces messages 30i sont en nombre égal au nombre de sous-adresses disponibles, c'est-à-dire 10 en général (0 à 9) et chaque message comporte une sous-adresse différente de celle des autres messages . Par exemple le message 30Q est destiné à la sous-adresse 0, le message 30χ est destiné à la sous-adresse 1, etc. Le terminal ayant émis la requête comporte, dans cette réalisation (comme dans celle décrite avec la figure 2), un détecteur de tension de ligne. Le terminal détermine au cours d'une période de temporisation si chaque message a été reçu par un autre terminal et, dans le cas contraire, s'attribue la sous- adresse correspondant au message provenant du serveur 26. Quel que soit le mode de réalisation de l'invention, dans le cas d'un terminal multi-utilisateurs ayant déterminé les sous-adresses libres, dans une réalisation, uniquement les sous- adresses disponibles seront proposées à l'utilisateur lors de la création des comptes personnels . Dans le cas de plusieurs terminaux SMS chez l'abonné (mono ou multi-utilisateur (s) ) , lors du retrait d'un ou plusieurs terminaux, la procédure permet de remettre à jour les sous-adresses disponibles . SMS a message triggering, in this server, the sending of an SMS message in return with a sub-address, and means for detecting if, to receive the return message from the server, another terminal of the installation takes the line, and means for assigning the sub-address of the message received if the latter has not been received by another terminal. To detect whether another terminal is taking the line or not, a line voltage detector is provided, for example in this terminal. In one embodiment, the terminal includes means for sending the SMS server a message with a default sub-address when registering for the SMS service. In another embodiment, the terminal comprises the means for sending the server an SMS message which is intended for this terminal, this message comprising a default sub-address. In another embodiment for which the terminal is intended to be connected to an SMS server capable of sending to the address of the terminal a set of SMS messages the number of which is equal to the total number of sub-addresses, each message addressed to the installation having a sub-address distinct from that of another message in the set, the terminal includes means for transmitting, for example by simple pressing of a key, a request for allocation of sub-address (s) to the SMS server without it being necessary for this request to indicate a default sub-address for the terminal, the latter comprising means for assigning a sub-address or several available sub-addresses. An SMS message server according to the invention comprises means for recognizing a request for allocation of subaddress (s) originating from a fixed telephone installation terminal and means for sequentially addressing a number n of SMS messages to the installation, this number n being equal to the total number of sub-addresses for an installation, each of the n messages being intended for a determined sub-address, different from one message to another. Thus, the terminals if they are equipped with line occupation detection means can select the available sub-addresses. Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear with the description of some of its embodiments, this being carried out with reference to the attached drawings in which: - Figure 1 shows a server and two terminals of a fixed telephone system for the transmission of SMS messages, and - Figures 2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating embodiments of methods according to the invention. In the system shown in FIG. 1, a terminal 10 which wishes to send an SMS message to a terminal 12 addresses the message to an SMS server 14 by indicating its sub-address. The SMS message is sent with the recipient's number and its sub-address. The call number of the server 14 is by construction in memory in the terminal 10. At the same time as the message addressed to the server 14, the terminal automatically sends its telephone number and its sub-address. The message is stored in the server 14. Next, the server 14 calls the terminal 12. The latter recognizes the SMS server by means of the CLI service, that is to say it compares the number received with the server number by memory. The terminal 12 therefore takes the line and automatically stores the message received from the server. The method according to the invention consists in automatically assigning a sub-address to a terminal 20 ^ (FIG. 2) of an installation comprising, for the same telephone number, a set of terminals, 2O2, 2O3, etc. The terminal 20ι addresses to the server 14 an SMS message 22 containing its sub-address so that the server 14 responds with an SMS message 24 with the same sub-address. In this case, the terminal detects whether, during a predetermined time delay, the other terminals 202 r 2O3, etc. take the line. If none of these took the line, the terminal 20 ^ assigns the sub-address determined by default such as sub-address 0. If this sub-address 0 is not available, it is ie if one of the other terminals 2O2, 2O3, ... replied to the SMS message during the timeout period, then the terminal sends another message 22 ^ to which the server responds with a message 24 ^, the message 22 ^ containing a sub-address different from the sub-address of message 22, for example a sub-address increased by one. If the sub-address is available, the terminal 20 ^ assigns it. Otherwise, the process continues. The terminal 20 ^ can also allocate several sub-addresses with the same method. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the terminal 20 ^ sends the server 26 a request 28 in the form of an SMS message and the SMS server responds with successive messages 30n, 301, ..., 309. These messages 30i are equal in number to the number of available sub-addresses, that is to say 10 in general (0 to 9) and each message has a different sub-address than that of the other messages. For example the message 30Q is intended for the sub-address 0, the message 30χ is intended for the sub-address 1, etc. The terminal having issued the request comprises, in this embodiment (as in that described with FIG. 2), a line voltage detector. The terminal determines during a timeout period if each message has been received by another terminal and, if not, assigns the sub-address corresponding to the message from the server 26. Whatever the embodiment of the invention, in the case of a multi-user terminal having determined the free sub-addresses, in one embodiment, only the available sub-addresses will be proposed to the user when the personal accounts are created. In the case of several SMS terminals at the subscriber (single or multi-user (s)), when removing one or more terminals, the procedure makes it possible to update the available sub-addresses.

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1. Procédé d'attribution de sous-adresses pour la réception de messages de type SMS dans une installation de téléphonie fixe dans laquelle plusieurs terminaux correspondent au même numéro de téléphone ou adresse, caractérisé en ce que pour attribuer automatiquement une sous-adresse SMS à un terminal : - on attribue par construction une sous-adresse par défaut au terminal (20^), - on connecte le terminal à un serveur SMS (14) de façon telle que ce dernier réponde par un message vers le numéro de téléphone de l'installation et vers la sous-adresse envoyée par le terminal, - le terminal détecte automatiquement si un autre terminal de l'installation (2Û2, 2O3) prend la ligne, - si au bout d'un temps déterminé, aucun autre terminal de 1 ' installation ne prend la ligne pour recevoir le message du serveur, le terminal s'attribue automatiquement la sous-adresse, et - si un autre terminal de l'installation a pris la ligne, le terminal émet de nouveau un message vers le serveur en s 'attribuant une autre sous-adresse et le terminal s'attribue cette autre sous-adresse si aucun autre terminal de l'installation ne prend la ligne après un temps déterminé suivant la réception du message du serveur, cette étape étant recommencée en modifiant encore la sous-adresse jusqu'à ce qu'aucun autre terminal ne prenne la ligne. 1. Method for assigning sub-addresses for receiving SMS-type messages in a fixed telephone installation in which several terminals correspond to the same telephone number or address, characterized in that for automatically assigning an SMS sub-address to a terminal: - a default sub-address is assigned by construction to the terminal (20 ^), - the terminal is connected to an SMS server (14) in such a way that the latter responds with a message to the telephone number of the 'installation and to the sub-address sent by the terminal, - the terminal automatically detects if another terminal of the installation (2Û2, 2O3) takes the line, - if after a determined time, no other terminal of 1 installation takes the line to receive the message from the server, the terminal automatically assigns the sub-address to it, and - if another terminal in the installation takes the line, the terminal again sends a message to the server by assigning itself another sub-address and the terminal assigns this other sub-address if no other terminal of the installation takes the line after a determined time following the reception of the message from the server, this step being repeated in further modifying the sub-address until no other terminal takes the line.
2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'on affecte plusieurs sous-adresses à un terminal. 2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that several sub-addresses are assigned to a terminal.
3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le message adressé par le terminal au serveur SMS est un message d'inscription au service SMS tel qu'il suscite le renvoi d'un accusé de réception du serveur vers le terminal. 3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the message sent by the terminal to the SMS server is a registration message to the SMS service such that it causes the return of an acknowledgment of receipt from the server to the terminal .
4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le message adressé par le terminal au serveur est un message destiné audit terminal avec sa sous- adresse. 4. Method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the message sent by the terminal to server is a message intended for said terminal with its sub-address.
5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la modification de sous-adresses consiste à augmenter d'une unité la sous-adresse précédemment attribuée. 5. Method according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the modification of sub-addresses consists in increasing by one unit the sub-address previously assigned.
6. Procédé d'attribution de sous-adresses pour la réception de messages de type SMS dans une installation de téléphonie fixe dans laquelle plusieurs terminaux correspondent au même numéro de téléphone ou adresse, caractérisé en ce que pour l'attribution automatique de sous-adresses à un terminal : - le terminal envoie au serveur, par exemple par un simple appui sur une touche, un message de demande d'attribution d'une ou plusieurs sous-adresse (s) , - à la réception de ce message du terminal, le serveur répond en envoyant au numéro de téléphone de l'installation, un ensemble de messages successifs en nombre égal au nombre de sous-adresses de l'installation, par exemple 10 en général, et le terminal s'attribue automatiquement la sous-adresse ou les sous-adresses qui n'a (n'ont) pas été reçue (s) par d'autres terminaux de l'installation. 6. Method for allocating sub-addresses for receiving SMS-type messages in a fixed telephone installation in which several terminals correspond to the same telephone number or address, characterized in that for the automatic allocation of sub-addresses to a terminal: - the terminal sends to the server, for example by a simple press of a key, a message requesting the allocation of one or more sub-address (es), - upon receipt of this message from the terminal, the server responds by sending to the telephone number of the installation, a set of successive messages in number equal to the number of sub-addresses of the installation, for example 10 in general, and the terminal automatically assigns the sub-address or the sub-addresses which have not been received by other terminals of the installation.
7. Terminal de téléphonie fixe destiné à émettre ou recevoir des messages SMS, ce terminal comportant au moins une sous-adresse de façon à pouvoir le distinguer d'autres terminaux de la même installation ayant le même numéro de téléphone ou adresse, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte : - des moyens pour émettre vers un serveur de messages SMS un message déclenchant dans ce serveur l'émission d'un message SMS en retour avec une sous-adresse, - des moyens pour détecter si, pour recevoir le message de retour du serveur, un autre terminal de l'installation prend la ligne, et - des moyens pour attribuer la sous-adresse du message reçu si ce dernier n'a pas été reçu par un autre terminal. 7. Fixed telephony terminal intended to send or receive SMS messages, this terminal comprising at least one sub-address so as to be able to distinguish it from other terminals of the same installation having the same telephone number or address, characterized in that that it comprises: - means for transmitting a message to an SMS message server triggering in this server the transmission of an SMS message in return with a sub-address, - means for detecting whether, for receiving the message from back from the server, another terminal of the installation takes the line, and - means for assigning the sub-address of the message received if the latter has not been received by another terminal.
8. Terminal selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que pour détecter si un autre terminal prend ou non la ligne, ledit terminal comporte un détecteur de tension de ligne. 8. Terminal according to claim 7, characterized in that to detect whether another terminal takes the line or not, said terminal comprises a line voltage detector.
9. Terminal selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens pour adresser au serveur SMS un message avec une sous-adresse par défaut lors de son inscription au service SMS . 9. Terminal according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that it comprises means for sending the SMS server a message with a default sub-address when registering for the SMS service.
10. Terminal selon l'une des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens pour adresser au serveur un message SMS qui est destiné à ce terminal, ce message comportant une sous-adresse par défaut. 10. Terminal according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that it comprises means for sending the server an SMS message which is intended for this terminal, this message comprising a sub-address by default.
11. Terminal selon l'une des revendications 7 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le terminal étant destiné à être connecté à un serveur SMS susceptible d'envoyer à l'adresse du terminal un ensemble de messages SMS dont le nombre est égal au nombre total de sous-adresses, chaque message adressé à l'installation ayant une sous-adresse distincte de celle d'un autre message de l'ensemble, le terminal comporte un moyen pour émettre, par exemple par simple appui sur une touche, une requête d'attribution de sous-adresse (s) vers le serveur SMS sans qu'il soit nécessaire que cette requête indique une sous-adresse par défaut pour le terminal, ce dernier comportant des moyens pour s'attribuer une sous-adresse ou plusieurs sous-adresses disponible (s) . 11. Terminal according to one of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the terminal being intended to be connected to an SMS server capable of sending to the address of the terminal a set of SMS messages whose number is equal to the number total of sub-addresses, each message addressed to the installation having a sub-address distinct from that of another message in the set, the terminal includes a means for transmitting, for example by pressing a key, a request allocating sub-address (s) to the SMS server without it being necessary for this request to indicate a default sub-address for the terminal, the latter comprising means for assigning a sub-address or several sub -addresses available.
12. Serveur de messages SMS pour téléphones fixes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens pour reconnaître une demande d'attribution de sous-adresses provenant d'un terminal d'installation de téléphone fixe et des moyens pour adresser séquentiellement un nombre n de messages SMS vers l'installation, ce nombre n étant égal au nombre total de sous- adresses pour une installation, chacun des n messages étant destiné à une sous-adresse déterminée, différente d'un message à un autre. 12. SMS message server for fixed telephones, characterized in that it comprises means for recognizing a request for allocation of sub-addresses originating from a fixed telephone installation terminal and means for sequentially addressing a number n of SMS messages to the installation, this number n being equal to the total number of sub-addresses for an installation, each of the n messages being intended for a determined sub-address, different from one message to another.
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