FR2858150A1 - ADSL gateway for establishing communication, has switching fabric to establish call from calling terminal to called terminal through preselected communication mode corresponding to least cost value calculated from rating data - Google Patents

Abstract

The gateway has an ADSL modem (1b) to access a remote telecommunication network (20). A switching fabric (1g) establishes a call from a calling terminal e.g. mobile telephone (7) and fixed telephone (11), to a called terminal through one mode preselected from two communication modes. The preselected mode corresponds to a least cost value among two cost values calculated for two respective rating data associated to the modes. Independent claims are also included for the following: (a) a device for establishing communication from a calling telecommunication terminal towards a called telecommunication terminal (b) a method for establishing communication from a calling telecommunication terminal towards a called telecommunication terminal.

Description

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  The invention relates to a device and a method for establishing a communication from a telecommunication terminal.

  The communications between a calling terminal and a called terminal usually go through a telecommunication network dedicated to the type of the calling terminal, which can be for example fixed or mobile type.

  To trigger the call, the user dials on the calling terminal the number of the called terminal, which will be transmitted in a signaling message to the network to establish the call.

  The invention aims at extending the technical possibilities of putting the called terminal in communication mode from the same calling terminal.

  In particular, the invention aims to be able to route the communication between the calling terminal and the called terminal by several existing telecommunication networks of different types, corresponding to different communication modes from the same calling terminal.

  For this purpose, a first object of the invention is an access gateway for establishing a call from a calling telecommunication terminal to a called telecommunication terminal, characterized in that the access gateway comprises, in a box: access equipment to a remote external telecommunications network; - means for receiving a call request, specifying a user identifier of the calling terminal and sent to the access equipment by the calling terminal, - means for automatically interrogating at least one remote external information system 30, connected to the telecommunications network, in response to reception by said receiving means of the call request, to automatically load in the access gateway by the access equipment via the external telecommunication network, at least first and second tariff data, associated in the system of information to the user identifier specified in the call request and associated respectively with at least first and second set communication modes determined, - means for establishing the call of the terminal called from of the calling terminal by the preselected call-up mode by preselection means of one of the first and second call-up modes, which corresponds to the lowest cost value among first and second calculated cost values Respectively for the first and second tariff data, the preselection means being provided in the access gateway housing.

  A second object of the invention is a device for establishing a call from a calling telecommunication terminal 15 to a called telecommunication terminal, characterized in that the device comprises: an access gateway comprising a box containing a equipment for accessing a remote external telecommunication network and means for receiving a call request, specifying a user identifier of the calling terminal and sent to the access equipment by the calling terminal; automatic interrogation means of at least one remote external information system, connected to the telecommunication network, for, in response to reception by said receiving means of the call request, automatically loading into the gateway of access by the access equipment via the external telecommunication network, at least the first and second tariff data associated therewith in the user identifier information system specified in the call request and respectively associated with at least first and second set communication modes, - the access gateway comprising means for establishing calling the called terminal from the calling terminal by the preselected call-up mode by means of preselecting one of the first and second call-up modes, which corresponds to the lowest cost value among first and second cost values respectively calculated for the first and second pricing data, the preselection means being provided in the access gateway box.

  According to other features of the invention, the terminals are telephones, the first and second communication modes are respectively put in communication respectively by a fixed telephone communication network and by a mobile telephone communication network; the access gateway comprises a numbering module on the fixed telephone network and a numbering module on the mobile telephone network; - The calling telecommunication terminal is one of a fixed telephone and a mobile phone, the access gateway is adapted to be connected to a local telecommunications network for sending the call request of the communication terminal. calling the access gateway via this local telecommunication network; the local telecommunication network comprises a connection socket to a transmitting-receiving terminal of a bidirectional wireless link of proximity with the mobile telephone and a DECT type connection with the fixed telephone; the access gateway comprises a man-machine interface means for automatic delivery to the calling telecommunication terminal having issued the call request of a preselection information corresponding to the preselection set-up mode by the preselection means , said preselection information offering the user a choice between an immediate call from the calling telecommunication terminal having issued the call request with the called terminal according to the preselected call-up mode, and a deferred call from the calling telecommunication terminal having sent the call request with the called terminal according to the communication mode not preselected by the preselection means, the call establishment means being able to automatically trigger the call of the called terminal from the terminal calling by the preselected call setup mode i mmediate in the case of transmission by the communication terminal 10 calling to the human-machine interface a response message containing the choice of the immediate call, and the access gateway being able to calculate a future instant determined for the deferred calling of the called terminal according to the non-preselected handshake mode with a third associated cost value, less than the first cost value and the second cost value, the call establishment means being capable of to monitor the arrival of a determined future instant, to automatically trigger the call of the called terminal from the calling terminal by the non-preselected call mode after the arrival of said determined future instant, in case of transmission by the communication terminal calling to the human - machine interface a response message containing the choice of the delayed call; the access gateway comprises a man-machine interface means for sending, following receipt of the call request by the reception means, to the calling telecommunication terminal having issued the call request, at least one message inviting the user to define at least one reserve of communication time, the means for establishing the call being able to record the reserve of communication time present in the response to said invitation message , issued by the calling telecommunication terminal, the access gateway being able to calculate the future instant determined for the deferred call of the called terminal according to the communication mode not preselected by the preselection means, allowing to preserve said reservation of recorded communication time; the access gateway comprises an interface means for sending, when the means for establishing the call have determined the arrival of the future instant, to the calling telecommunication terminal having issued the request for call, a second message inviting the user to confirm or not a new communication with the called terminal according to the call setup mode not preselected by the preselection means, the means of establishing the call being able to automatically initiate the call of the called terminal from the calling terminal 15 by the non-preselected call-up mode in the event of transmission by the calling communication terminal to the man-machine interface of a response message containing the choice of confirming the new communication with the called terminal according to the non-preselected call-up mode; the access gateway comprises a human-machine interface means for sending to the calling telecommunication terminal that has sent the call request a message warning the user of said new communication, in the event of transmission by the communication terminal calling the man-machine interface of a response message 25 containing the choice of confirming the new communication with the called terminal according to the non-preselected communication mode; the telecommunication terminals are IP phones, the access gateway is able to be connected to a local telecommunication network for sending the call request from the calling communication terminal to the access gateway via this local telecommunications network; the first and second communication modes are connected respectively by connection via the Internet respectively by a virtual circuit and a router respectively of the first and second access providers; the automatic interrogation means are provided in the casing of the access gateway; the automatic interrogation means are provided in a service management platform, making it possible to access the information system and remote from the access gateway; the first and / or second pricing data are capable of being modified in said at least one information system and, in case of modifications of the first and / or second pricing data in said at least one information system, Means are provided for sending these changes from said at least one information system to the remote service management platform for reloading the remote service management platform into the gateway.

  A third object of the invention is a method of establishing a call from a calling telecommunication terminal to a called telecommunication terminal, to be implemented in the communication setting device as described. above, characterized in that - a call request, specifying a user identifier of the calling terminal, is sent from the calling terminal to a local access gateway, including access equipment to an external telecommunication network, the access gateway having received the call request triggers the automatic interrogation, by its access equipment, of at least one remote external information system, connected to the telecommunication network, to recover at least first and second pricing data, associated in the information system with the user identifier specified in the call request and assoc respectively to at least first and second set-up modes determined, - the access gateway automatically preselects one of the first and second set-up modes, which corresponds to the lowest cost value among first and second cost values respectively calculated for the first and second pricing data, for setting the called terminal call from the calling terminal by the preselected call setup mode.

  The invention will be better understood on reading the description which will follow, given solely by way of nonlimiting example with reference to the appended drawings, in which: FIG. 1 schematically represents a telecommunication network, in which are set First and second embodiments of the method, device and communication establishment gateway according to the invention; FIG. 2 schematically shows in more detail a gateway that can be used in the embodiments of the invention; 3 schematically represents a flowchart of the flow of the first embodiment of the communication establishment method according to the invention; FIG. 4 schematically represents a flowchart of the flow of the second embodiment of the establishment process; according to the invention, - Figure 5 schematically represents a network of telecommunication, in which are implemented third and fourth embodiments of the method, the device and the communication establishment gateway according to the invention, - Figure 6 schematically shows a flow chart of the progress of the third embodiment of the invention. FIG. 7 schematically represents a flowchart of the flow of the fourth embodiment of the communication establishment method according to the invention; FIG. 8 schematically represents a telecommunication network, in which is implemented a fifth embodiment of the method, the device and the communication establishment gateway according to the invention; - FIG. 9 schematically represents a flow diagram of the progress of the fifth embodiment of the establishment method. 10 of communication according to the invention, - the fig FIG. 10 schematically represents a telecommunication network, in which a sixth embodiment of the method, the device and the gateway according to the invention is implemented; FIG. 11 schematically represents a telecommunication network in which Embodiments of the seventh and eighth embodiments of the method, device and gateway according to the invention; FIG. 12 schematically shows a flowchart of the flow of the seventh embodiment of the method according to the invention; 13 schematically represents a flow diagram of the progress of the eighth embodiment of the method according to the invention, and - FIG. 14 schematically represents a telecommunication network, in which is implemented a ninth embodiment of the method, the device and the the gateway according to the invention.

  In Figure 1, there is shown an access gateway I according to the invention, which is present for example in the form of an open local gateway for example of the ADSL type and OSGI (open service gateway 30 initiative). The gateway 1 comprises a device lb access to an external telecommunication network and a local telecommunication network 2. Access equipment lb is for example an ADSL modem or subscriber digital line asymmetric rate, which allows a subscriber to connect to Internet sites. The gateway 1 comprises a housing lc, containing the access equipment lb. Means for the implementation of the invention may also be contained all or for certain in the gateway, that is to say in its housing lc or be distributed outside this housing lc. This gateway is described in more detail in Figure 2, for the example of the telephony of Figures 1, 5 and 8. Of course, this gateway may also be suitable for other applications of Figures 14, and 18, with the corresponding adaptations.

  This gateway 1 is connected on the user side to the telecommunication network 2, for example domestic (home network RLD) having a wiring 3 in series between nodes 4 leading to connection sockets, and for example - to a first socket 5a of connection to a transmitting terminal 15 receiving a wireless bidirectional proximity link 6, such as a connection of the Bluetooth, Wifi or other type, with a corresponding mobile phone 7, able to communicate with a corresponding mobile telephone network 8, by GSM example, - to a second socket 5b of connection to a computer 9, and - to a third socket 5c of connection to another computer 10.

  In addition, the gateway 1 is connected by its equipment lb, user side to a fixed telephone 11 by a link 12, for example of the type DECT (Digital European Cordless Telecommunications).

  It is assumed by way of example in FIG. 1 that the user has a first subscription for his fixed telephone 11 and a second subscription for his mobile telephone 7. First data D1 relating to a first supply contract with a first provider telecommunication services for this first subscription 30 are recorded on a first remote external information system 21, where they are identified by a user identifier can be the number X1 of the fixed telephone and where they can be read by the subscriber .

  Second D2 data relating to a second supply contract with a second telecommunication service provider for that second subscription is recorded on a second remote external information system 22, where they are identified by a user identifier which can be the X2 number of the mobile phone and where they where they can be read by the subscriber. The second supplier can be linked to the first provider. In general, as much pricing data as communication modes and as many information systems as suppliers are provided.

  On the external network side 20, the access equipment 1b of the gateway 1 is connected via an access network 23, of the RTC type capable, in the example described above, of transmitting the communications in ADSL, to a server The Broadband Access Server (BAS), itself connected by a router 25 to the first information system 21 and a router 26 to the second information system 22. The connection between the server 24 and the router 25 for example uses a virtual circuit 27 of services and a virtual video circuit 28. The connection between the server 24 and the router 26 for example uses a virtual circuit 26b from an Internet access provider. The connection between the server 24 and the systems 21, 22 can also be established by any access provider, identical or independent of the aforementioned first and second suppliers, owners of the systems 21, 22 and use for example the Internet network.

  In FIG. 2, the gateway 1 comprises, in addition to the access equipment 1b formed by an ADSL modem, connected to the external access network 25 communicating with the server 24, a numbering module on the fixed telephone network. 29, a numbering module If on the mobile network 8 and a switching matrix lg. The switching matrix 1g serves to switch and establish user-side communications between the fixed telephone 11 via the link 12, the terminals such as 7, 9, 10 present on the home network 2, and therefore the mobile telephone 7 by the link 6, and the fixed telephone network 29. The switching matrix 1g comprises a data communication channel, and in the case of telephony in addition to a voice channel. The gateway 1 furthermore comprises a module ld comprising technical means making it possible to implement the steps or certain steps of the method, which are those indicated below as being executed by the gateway 1. This module ld 5 controls the hardware elements of the gateway, such as for example lb, le, 1f and lg to start the dialings on the fixed network 29 or mobile 8 for the call of a number Y, establish links between the mobile network 8 and the fixed telephone 11 or between the mobile telephone 7 and the fixed network 29, provide dialogue screens or more generally man-machine interfaces with the user during implementations with choice or response initiated by the user. These human-machine interfaces with the user take the data channel or, when a communication with the requested telephone number has been established in the case of telephony, the voice channel.

  The user sends a call request from another telephone number Y by his fixed telephone 11 or by his mobile telephone 7, by dialing this number Y on the keyboard of the latter, for example for an immediate call from this person. number Y. This call request is sent by the network 2 to the gateway 1 (sending step El). The gateway comprises, for example, for this purpose the telephone call management system by which the user performs in step E1, via the fixed telephone 11 or mobile phone 7 connected to this management system, a request for a call. for example, call the telephone number Y to 10 digits (in this example, the optional time parameter of the call has default value of immediate call).

  During an interrogation step E2 following the step E1, when the gateway 1 receives the call request by appropriate means of reception, the gateway 1 triggers by appropriate means the automatic interrogation of the information systems 21 and 22 by its access equipment lb to retrieve the first and second data D1 and D2 of the first and second subscriptions, which are those associated in the systems 21 and 22 to the user identifier of these data, having been specified in the appeal request.

  Data D1 and D2 are tariff-based and are referred to as the general term pricing data. The charging data D1 and D2 are applicable to FIGS. 1 to 14 at a telephone communication of the user with the called number Y, that is to say to the supply of said product or service by respectively the first and second supplier, in the case where the product or service to be provided to the user is a telephone call.

  Here, the first pricing data D1 relates, according to the first mode of communication, communications by a fixed network 29 communication. This fixed network 29 is for example the same as the access network 23. The data D1 relate, for example, to the geographic tariff zones, the tariff levels in effect for calling the number Y from the number X1 by the fixed external network 29 through which the calls made from the fixed telephones pass, the balance of fixed-line packages 11 or other information.

  Here, the second pricing data D2 relates, according to the second mode of communication, communications by the mobile network 8 communication. The data D2 relate for example the balance of a fixed price of communications having been allocated to the mobile phone 7 or other information.

  For example, the gateway interrogates in step E2, preferably but not necessarily, securely the information systems 21 and 22 to retrieve all the subscriptions of the client user, identified by the call numbers. fixed and mobile caller and recover, for the fixed network and the mobile network, the levels and tariff zones in effect for the call of the correspondent Y, the time or times already consumed 30 of the customer's package (s). The tariff zones and the tariff levels in force can be parameters whose validity (update) is carried out periodically at the level of the local gateway (management of telephone calls).

  During an analysis step E3 following the interrogation step E2, the gateway 1 having received the first and second data D1 and D2 constructed by means appropriate for each of them a call context for the called number Y of the call request, which comprises in addition to the called number Y and the user's subscription data D1 and D2, for example the type of the called party's telephone medium Y (fixed or mobile), the promotional offers proposed at this time by the 10 telecommunications service providers, the date and time.

  The gateway 1 analyzes the first and second data D1 and D2 (analysis step E3) to calculate automatically for the call of the number Y, by an appropriate means, a first cost value VI for the first data D1 and a second value V2 cost for the second 15 D2 data.

  The gateway 1 then compares the first and second calculated cost values VI and V2 with each other to preselect automatically by any appropriate means (comparison step E4) for the user and by the access equipment lb the first data D1 (FIG. case of step E5) or the second data D2 (case of step E6), which correspond to the first or second cost value VI or V2 the lowest. The gateway 1 thus causes a pre-selection of that of the first and second subscriptions, which corresponds to a lowest cost value V1 or V2, that is to say a preselection of the first subscription 25 in the case where the value V1 is less than or equal to the value V2 (case of step E5) or a preselection of the second subscription in the case where the value V2 is less than or equal to the value V1 (case of step E6).

FIRST EMBODIMENT

  In a first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pre-selection of the first subscription automatically triggers the call, during step E5, of the number Y via the access equipment lb and by the fixed network 29 and the putting into telephone communication mode with the number Y, via the access equipment lb and the fixed network 29, the fixed telephone 11 or the mobile telephone 7 having issued the initial request for call, that is to say say in the example described above of the fixed telephone 11.

  Thus, in the case where the mobile phone 7 has sent the call request to the gateway 1, the preselection of the first subscription automatically triggers the call, in step E5, the number Y by the network fixed 29 and the setting in telephone communication mode of the mobile phone 7 with the number called Y by this fixed network 29 instead of passing through the mobile network 8.

  In this first embodiment, the preselection of the second subscription automatically triggers the call, during the step E6, of the number Y by the mobile network 8 and the setting in telephone communication mode with the number Y, by the mobile network 8, the landline telephone 15 11 or the mobile phone 7 having issued the initial call request, that is, in the example described above, the fixed telephone 11. This case of exploitation of a call and a telephone communication to landline, which use a mobile phone, is interesting.

  In steps E5 and E6, setting the mobile phone 207 to the called number Y, when the mobile telephone 7 is the telephone that issued the call request for the number Y, is made via the network 2, the socket 5a and the link 6.

SECOND EMBODIMENT

  In a second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the gateway 1 having received the call request generates and sends to step E2, by any appropriate means of human-machine interface (HMI), before carrying out the procedure. interrogating the data D1 and D2, on the telephone 7 or 11 having sent out this call request, a message inviting the user to define telephone communication time reserves that the user wishes to keep for future calls, which may be more important or more urgent than the call of the number Y. These reserves of communication time can be defined for the fixed telephone and / or for the mobile telephone. This invitation message is for example voice or a display on the screen of the phone 7 or 11 when it has.

  If the user sends a response to this invitation message, for example by voice or by pressing the keys of his telephone 7 or 11, the gateway 1 records the reserve of communication time present in this response, for example 15 minutes. for the landline phone and 20 minutes for the mobile phone. In the absence of a response, the gateway 1 will not record any reserves of communication time.

  Then, in the second embodiment, the gateway 1 also determines during the analysis carried out in step E3, taking into account in addition to the recorded communication time reserve, the future instant TF for which a call from the number Y would have a value V3 of the lowest cost, or the nearest future instant TF for which a call of the number Y would have a value V3 of cost lower than the cost values V1 and V2, or the instant future TF for which a call of the number Y would have a cost value V3 smaller than a given percentage of the smaller of the values VI and V2.

  After step E3, comparison step E4 is replaced by step El0, during which the preselection carried out by gateway 1 results in the delivery by gateway 1 to telephone 7 or 11 of the user. having issued the call request, with corresponding preselection information, by any means of human-machine interface, for example voice and / or including a display on the screen of the telephone 7 or 11 when it has .

  In the case of the preselection of the first data D1, this preselection information proposes for example to the user a choice between making an immediate call by the fixed network 29 or of making a deferred call at the future instant TF determined by the mobile network 8, when the cost value V3 associated with this future instant TF for the second data D2 is less than the value V1 of cost. This future instant TF is for example indicated in the form of a future time interval until the occurrence thereof, for example in 12 minutes. In the case of the preselection of the second data D2, the preselection information proposes, for example, the user a choice between making an immediate call by the mobile network 8 or of making a delayed call at the determined future instant TF. by the fixed network 29, when the cost value V3 associated with this future instant TF for the first data D1 is less than the value V2 of cost.

  It is assumed in the steps described E1-E21 described below that the first charging data D1 on the fixed network 29 have been preselected by the gateway 1 in the step E3.

  The user then chooses in step El 1, on his phone 7 or 11 having issued the call request, between the proposed immediate call or delayed call, this choice being transmitted by a response message corresponding to the gateway 1.

  In the case where the gateway 1 determines that the user has not chosen the deferred call, the gateway 1 proceeds to the call of the number Y by the fixed network 29 during the step E12 to establish the communication of the telephone 11 or 7 having issued the call request by this fixed network 29, similarly to the operations triggered by the preselection of the first 20 data D1 in the first embodiment during step E5.

  After the step E12, the gateway 1 monitors during the step E13 the time elapsed during the communication established on the telephone 11 or 7 having sent the call request by the fixed network 29, to determine at step E14 if the future instant TF has occurred, that is to say if this elapsed time exceeds or not the future time interval. If not in step E14, it is returned to step E13. If so in step E14, the gateway sends in step E15 a message to the user on his telephone 11 or 7 having issued the call request, to invite him to choose a new communication with the number Y on the same phone 11 or 7 having issued the call request, but by the mobile network 8.

  Following step E15, the user chooses in step E16, on his phone 7 or 11 having issued the call request, the new communication by the mobile network 8 on the same phone 11 or 7 having issued the call request, or the maintenance of the communication via the fixed network 29, this choice being transmitted by a response message corresponding to the gateway 1.

  In the case where the gateway 1 determines that the user has chosen in the step E16 the new communication by the mobile network with the called number Y, the gateway I sends in the step E17 a message corresponding to the number Y to warn him that the current communication with the user of the telephone 11 or 7 will be interrupted, then interrupts the current call of the number Y with the user of the telephone 11 or 7 by the fixed network 29, and proceeds to the call of the number Y by the mobile network 8 during the step E18 to establish the new communication of the telephone 11 or 7 having sent the call request by this mobile network 8, in a similar way to the operations triggered by the pre-selection of the second data D2 in the first embodiment in step E6.

  In the case where the gateway 1 determines that the user has chosen during the step E16 the maintenance of the communication via the fixed network 29, this communication is continued.

  In the case where the gateway 1 determines that the user has chosen the delayed call in the step E1, the gateway 1 monitors in step E19 the elapsed time, to determine in step E20 if the future time TF occurred, that is, whether or not this elapsed time exceeds the future time interval. If not in step E20, it is returned to step E19.

  If so in step E20, the gateway sends in step E21 a message to the user on his phone 11 or 7 having issued the call request, to invite him to choose a call with the number Y on the same phone 11 or 7 having issued the call request, by the mobile network 8.

  Following step E21, the user chooses, on his phone 7 or 11 having issued the call request, the communication via the mobile network 8 on the same telephone 11 or 7 having issued the call request, or the absence of communication, this choice being transmitted by a response message corresponding to the gateway 1.

  In the case where the gateway 1 determines that the user has chosen after the step E21 the communication by the mobile network 8 with the called number Y, the gateway 1 proceeds to the call of the number Y by the mobile network 8 when step E18 described above.

  In the case where the gateway 1 determines that the user has chosen after the step E21 the absence of communication, and after the step E18, it is ended the course of the process.

  Of course, the steps El1 to E21 are also implemented analogously in the case where the second pricing data D2 on the mobile network 8 has been preselected by the gateway I during the step E3, the role of the network fixed 29 and the mobile network 8 is then permuted in steps Ell to E21, as the role of the first data D1 and second data D2.

THIRD EMBODIMENT

  In a third embodiment, shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the steps E1 and E2 of the second embodiment are replaced by the steps E30, E31, E32 and E33 described below.

  In FIG. 5, analogous to FIG. 1 for the common reference signs, the server 24 is connected for example by the virtual circuit 27 to a service management platform 30, which makes it possible to access the service system. information 21. The server 24 is also connected to the information system 22 for example by the virtual circuit 26b via an ISP access provider to the Internet.

  In the third embodiment, in step E30, the user registers from the gateway 1, to the "telephone resource utilization assistant" (AURT) service at a management platform 30 service of a gateway operator, by communicating the user identifier, which is for example the number of the fixed telephone 11 of the user (ADSL line on the fixed). This gateway operator can be linked to one of the providers. The gateway 1 comprises means 5 for downloading applications (bundles) and executing them and is called a call management gateway.

  The service management platform 30 knows the user's identifier and, in response to the identifier of the user sent to it, loads the application AURT in the gateway 1 during the following step E31. , 10 retrieves from the user (via a human-machine interface) his mobile telephone number. The service management platform 30 retrieves the second pricing data D2 from the information system 22 of the mobile operator, as well as the first pricing data D1 from the information system 21 of the fixed operator and 15 builds a complete call context. The AURT application is reloaded into the gateway with this full call context.

  In the next step E32, the user, via his fixed telephone 11 or his mobile telephone 7, connected to the telephone call management system of the local ADSL gateway 1, makes a call request. similarly to step E1 described above for the first and second embodiments (in this example the optional parameter "call time" has the default value "immediate call").

  Then, during the step E33, the gateway I retrieves from the various information systems 21 and 22, the time or times already consumed of the customer package (s) (the customer could call from other fixed telephones of the House). The gateway 1 knows, for the fixed network and the mobile network, the levels and the tariff zones in force, all the subscriptions of the customer or the particular offers that he has subscribed. The gateway proposes to the customer (HMI dialogue) to define "reserves" of communication time that he wants to keep, for the mobile and / or the fixed, for more urgent calls for example (by default no reserve), in a manner analogous to that described for step E2 of the second embodiment with regard to the reserves. For example, the reserve time for the fixed telephone is 15 minutes, and the reserve time for the mobile phone is 20 minutes, these standby times being identified by the fixed and mobile numbers X1 and X2 of the mobile phone. the caller.

  Then steps E3 and E10 to E21 of the second embodiment are executed.

FOURTH EMBODIMENT

  A fourth embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. 5 and 7.

  In this fourth embodiment, steps E30 and E31 of the third embodiment are replaced by steps E40 and E41. In step E40, it is assumed that changes in data D1 and / or D2 are made. The information system 21 or 22 of the operator (fixed or mobile), having validated a modification sends a request, relative to the profile of the user, to the platform 30 of service management.

  In step E41, the operations of step E31 of the third embodiment are implemented with a new "full call context" incorporating the modifications. In particular, the service management platform 30 reconstructs the new full call context.

  The AURT application is reloaded in gateway 1 with this new full call context.

  Then steps E32, E33, E3 and E10 to E21 of the third embodiment are executed.

FIFTH EMBODIMENT

  A fifth embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.

  In FIG. 8, similar to FIGS. 1 and 5 for the common reference signs, the server 24 of FIG. 5 is connected for example by the virtual circuit 27 to the service management platform 30, which provides access to on the one hand to the information system 21 and on the other hand to the information system 22 via the Internet.

  In this fifth embodiment, the step E1 of the first and second embodiments is first performed, during which the request for supply is issued from a telephone 11 or 7 of the user.

  Then a step E51 is executed, during which the gateway 1 of the user for example by his telephone call management system transmits, through the circuit 27 (implemented for example by an Internet Service Provider (ISP)) a second call request to the service management platform 30, this platform 30 also being linked to the information system 21 of the first provider of the fixed network. Similarly to the call request described with reference to step E1 of the first embodiment, this second request comprises at least one identifier of the user from the first provider, an identifier of the user with the second 20 provider and the called number Y, which are for example the telephone number X1 of the fixed telephone 11, the telephone number X2 of the mobile telephone 7 and the telephone number Y of the called telephone. Further, similarly to step E2 of the second embodiment, this second request may further include a reserve of communication time for the fixed telephone and / or a communication time reserve for the mobile telephone, which have been defined in advance by the user.

  This second request is for example: Type request = "advantageous call" idFixList = "02 99 33 44 55" MobileCallID = "06 75 65 35 37" called number = "02 99 12 45 25" reserve time for fixed = "15 min" spare time for the mobile = "20 min".

  Then, an interrogation step E52, analogous to the interrogation step E2, is executed on the basis of the second request by the service management platform 30 instead of by the gateway 1 of the 'user.

  After the interrogation step E52, a step E53 analogous to the analysis step E3 of the second embodiment is executed by the service management platform 30 instead of by the gateway 1 of 10 I '. user. In addition, this step E53 comprises generating a third request to the gateway 1, which is received for example by its telephone call management system. This third request comprises at least the user's identifier from the first provider, the user's identifier from the second provider and the called number Y, which are present in the second request and furthermore the information from the second provider. preselecting the first data D1 or the second data D2, similar to the preselection information to be delivered in step E10 of the second embodiment.

  In the example above, this third request is: 20 Request type = "call answer" idCallList = "02 99 33 44 55" mobileCallID = "06 75 65 35 37" called number = "02 99 12 45 25" most advantageous media in the immediate future = "fixed telephone" media that will become the most advantageous = "mobile phone" in "12 min".

  After step E53, steps E10 to E21 of the second embodiment are executed.

SIXTH EMBODIMENT

  A sixth embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 10, similar to FIG. 1 for the common reference signs, the user has, instead of the telephones 11 and 7 of FIGS. 1, 5 and 8, an IP telephone (Internet Protocol), designated by the sign of FIG. reference 61 and address or telephone number X. The IP 61 telephone 5 is connected by cable or wirelessly to a corresponding socket 5d of its local network 2, for example connected to the other outlets 5b and 5c of the network 2 by a cabling 3 in series. The switching matrix lg of the gateway is able to establish calls requested from the IP phone 61.

  The first and second information systems 21 and 22 are those of the first and second ISPs (FAI1 and FAI2). A router 62 connected to the server 24 provides Internet access to the first and second information systems 21 and 22.

  The method described above for the first, second, third, and fourth embodiments is performed by the user's gateway 1 by replacing the telephones 11 and 7 with the IP phone 61, with the IP telephone 61 communications taking place. with the called telephone, IP or not, of a correspondent, designated by the reference sign 67 and of telephone number Y. When the communication with the called party Y called from the calling telephone 61 must be carried out by the first ISP provider 1, the router 24 is connected for example by a virtual circuit 63 of this first ISP access provider to a router 64 of this first ISP IS for Internet connection to the IP telephone 67 of called number Y. When the call with the called party Y called from the calling telephone 61 must be made by the second ISP provider 2, the router 24 is connected by for example a virtual circuit 65 of this second ISP access provider 2 to a router 66 of this second provider FAI2 access for the Internet connection to the IP telephone number 30 67 of the called number Y.

  Thus, the gateway 1 of the user, managing the services interrogates, preferably but not necessarily securely, the first and second information systems 21 and 22 to recover the first and second data D1 and D2 and constitute a IP number call pilot context of the Y number (instead of a calling context for the called phone number Y). The gateway 1 establishes a connection from the telephone 61 to the called telephone 67 according to the circuit 63 and the router 65 or according to the circuit 65 and the router 66. Thus, during the step E18, the gateway 1 can be in the process of communication, dynamically switch from the first ISP provider to the second ISP provider2 and vice versa, depending on the pilot context. This implementation can be done without disconnection of voice communication perceptible by the caller and the called party.

SEVENTH EMBODIMENT

  A seventh embodiment of the invention is shown in Figures 11 and 12.

  In FIG. 11, similar to FIG. 1 for the common reference signs, the user has, instead of telephones 11 and 7 of FIGS. 1, 5 and 8, an electricity meter 70 of an electrical installation 75 of FIGS. the user, to be supplied with electricity by a supplier. In the seventh embodiment, the first and second suppliers are electric power distributors, instead of being telephony operators or telecommunication service providers.

  The local network 2 of the user has instead of the socket 5a a fifth connection socket to a module 71 interrogation (or automatic reading or automatic control) of the power consumption of the counter 70.

  The server 24 is connected for example by the virtual circuit 74 to the service management platform 30, which is similar to that of the fifth embodiment, which can be linked to a telecommunications operator and which provides access to on the one hand to the first information system 21 of the first provider and secondly to the second information system 22 of the second supplier via the Internet.

  In a similar manner to the third embodiment, the gateway 1 comprises means for downloading applications (bundles) and executing them.

  In step E70, the user registers from the gateway 1, the "Power Resource Utilization Assistant" (AURE) service with the service management platform 30, communicating the user identifier (for example the user name or the number of the ADSL line of the gateway 1) which allows it to be uniquely identified.

  After the step E70, when the platform 30 has recognized the identifier of the user that has been sent to it, the platform 30 executes an interrogation step E71 similar to the interrogation step E2 of the first embodiment, for triggering by appropriate means the automatic interrogation of the information systems 21 and 22 by its access equipment lb to retrieve their first and second data D1 and D2, which are those associated in the systems 21 and 22 to the user ID. The service management platform 30 takes into account the parameters collected from the information systems of the various electrical energy suppliers, updates the application "Electricity consumption control and change management system" to register with the various electrical power distributors "to take into account these parameters and load this application in the gateway I of the user.

  After the step E71, the gateway, through its application "Electricity consumption control system and change registration management with the various distributors of electrical energy", acting as a module ld, questions during of step E72 regularly, for example daily, the power consumption control module 71 to obtain the power consumption of the counter 70 at the moment of this interrogation.

  The gateway 1 analyzes the first and second data D1 and D2 and the pricing data formed by the consumption data delivered by the power consumption control module 71 in a similar manner to the analysis step E3, in order to preselect either the first or the second data. data D1, ie the second data D2, that is to say a preselection of the first data D1 in the case where the calculated cost value V1 associated therewith is less than or equal to the calculated cost value V2 associated with second data D2 or a preselection of the second data D2 in the case where the value V2 is less than or equal to the value V1. The preselection can trigger, as in the first embodiment, an immediate and automatic action with the second provider (steps E5 and E6), which will be assumed in the following, or as in the second embodiment the delivery of information preselection proposing action to the second supplier (step El10).

  In the case of the preselection of the second data D2, the system ld sends, in the step E73, a message (unsubscription) if necessary to the system 21 of the first provider so that the user is no longer supplied with electricity by this first and sends another message (registration) to the second provider's system 22 to subscribe to the second pricing data and for the user to be provided with electricity by that second.

  After steps E72 and E73, gateway 1 monitors in step E74 whether the period of the lump sum with the first provider has elapsed. In the negative, it is returned to step E74. If yes, he moved to step E75.

  During step E75, the gateway repeats the operations implemented in step E72. If the first data D2 is pre-selected, the system ld sends in step E76 a message (unsubscription) if necessary to the system 22 of the second provider so that the user is no longer supplied with electricity by the second and sends another message (registration) to the system 21 of the first provider to subscribe to the first pricing data and for the user to be provided with electricity by the first.

EIGHTH EMBODIMENT

  An eighth embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. 11 and 13.

  In this eighth embodiment, steps E70 and E71 of the seventh embodiment are replaced by steps E80, E81, E82 and E83.

  During step E80, modifications of the data D1 or D2 are performed. The information system 21 or 22 of the provider, having validated a modification, sends a request, relative to the user's profile, to the service management platform 30.

  Step E81 following step E80 is analogous to the operations of step E71 of the seventh embodiment and is implemented incorporating the changes. Thus, the service management platform 30 takes into account the parameters collected from the information systems of the various electrical energy suppliers (the one that has changed and the others), updates the application "Control system" 20 of electricity consumption and registration change management from the various electrical power distributors "to take into account these parameters and load the application in the gateway 1 of the user.

  It is assumed in step E82 that one of the information systems 21 and 22 of the first and second electric power suppliers, having validated a new rate offer valid for all the customers, sends a request, relating to the profile of the subscriber, to the service management platform 30.

  The step E83 following the step E82 is similar to the operations of the step E71 of the seventh embodiment and is implemented by integrating the new offer. Thus, the service management platform 30 takes into account the parameters collected from the information systems of the different electrical energy suppliers (the one that has changed and the others), updates the application "Control system of electricity consumption and registration change management from the various electrical power distributors "to account for these parameters and charges the application in the gateway 1 of 5 the user who has subscribed to the service" System of control of electricity consumption and management of registration changes at the various electrical power distributors ".

  After steps E82 and / or E83, steps E72 to E75 of the seventh embodiment are executed.

Ninth Embodiment

  A ninth embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 14, similar to FIG. 11 for the common reference signs, the user has, instead of telephones 11 and 7 of FIGS. 1, 4 and 7, an electricity meter 70.

  The ninth embodiment is analogous to the seventh and eighth embodiments, apart from the following features.

  The server 24 is connected to the first and second information systems 21 and 22 of the first and second suppliers, for example a virtual circuit 72 of an Internet access provider and a router 73 of this Internet access provider.

  In the ninth embodiment, the application "Electricity consumption control system and registration change management system to the various electrical power distributors" is loaded in the gateway 1 during the step E70.

  It is the gateway 1 which executes the interrogation step E71 to trigger by appropriate means the automatic interrogation of the information systems 21 and 22 by its access equipment lb to recover their first and second data D1 and D2, which are those associated in systems 21 and 22 to the user's identifier. The gateway executes this interrogation step E71 periodically, for example daily.

  After the step or steps E71, the gateway, through its application "Electricity consumption control system and management of 5 registration changes with the various power distributors of electrical" questions during step E72 regularly, for example daily, the power consumption control module 71 to obtain the power consumption of the counter 70 at the instant of this interrogation and performs the steps E72 to E76 of the seventh embodiment.

  Thus, the application "Electricity consumption control and registration change management system with the various electrical power distributors" periodically sends requests to the information systems of the various energy suppliers. electrical and takes into account the parameters collected from these different systems.

  Products or services of the user, to which the method, the device and the gateway according to the invention can be applied, and other than telephone communications and electricity, may be for example water and / or gas, or any other type of products or services distributed. According to the invention these products or services are provided by a first supplier or a second supplier. The same supplier could also be provided to provide the product or service in two different modes. This or these suppliers is or are in the case of the telephony of the telecommunication operators. In addition, more than two modes of supply of the product or service and more than two suppliers of the product or service could be provided.

Claims (15)

  Access gateway (1) for establishing a call from a calling telecommunication terminal (7, 11) to a called telecommunication terminal (Y), characterized in that the gateway (1) of access comprises, in a housing (lc): - a device (lb) for access to a remote external telecommunication network (20), - means for receiving a call request, specifying a user identifier (X1, X2) of the calling terminal (7, 11) and sent to the access equipment (1b) by the calling terminal (7, 11), - means for automatically interrogating at least one system (21 22), connected to the telecommunication network (20), in response to receipt by said receiving means of the call request, automatically load in the access gateway (1) by the access equipment (lb) via the external telecommunication network (20), at least first and second the tariff data (D1, D2) associated in the information system (21, 22) with the user identifier (X1, X2) specified in the call request and respectively associated with at least first and second set-up modes determined, - means for establishing the call of the called terminal (Y) from the calling terminal (7, 11) by the preselected call-up mode by preselection means one of the first and second communication modes, which corresponds to the lowest cost value (V1, V2) among first and second cost values (V1, V2) calculated for the first and second data respectively. (D1, D2), the preselection means being provided in the housing (lc) of the gateway (1) access.   2. Device for establishing a call from a calling telecommunication terminal (7, 11) to a called telecommunication terminal (Y), characterized in that the device comprises: - an access gateway (1) comprising a housing (1c) containing an equipment (Ib) for access to a remote external telecommunication network (20) and means for receiving a call request, specifying a user identifier (X1, X2) of the calling terminal (7, 11) and sent to the access equipment (1b) by the calling terminal (7, 11), - means for automatically interrogating at least one remote external information system (21, 22) connected to the telecommunication network (20) for, in response to receipt by said receiving means of the call request, automatically loading into the access gateway (1) by the equipment (1b) of access via the external telecommunications network (20), at least first and second uxièmes data (D1, D2) tariffing, associated in the system (21, 22) information to the user identifier (Xl, X2) specified in the call request and associated respectively with at least first and second set 15 communication modes, - the access gateway (1) comprising means for establishing the call of the called terminal (Y) from the calling terminal (7, 11) by the setting mode preselected communication by means of preselecting one of the first and second communication modes, which corresponds to the lowest cost value (V1, V2) among first and second cost values (V1, V2 ) calculated respectively for the first and second tariff data (D1, D2), the preselection means being provided in the housing (lc) of the access gateway (1).   3. Device for establishing a communication according to claim 2, characterized in that the terminals (7, 11, Y) are telephones, the first and second communication modes are respectively put in communication respectively by a fixed telephone network (29) and by a mobile telephone communication network (8).   4. Device for establishing a communication according to claim 3, characterized in that the access gateway (1) comprises a numbering module (1) on the fixed telephone network (29) and a module (1f) of numbering on the mobile telephone network (8).   Communication establishing device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the calling telecommunication terminal is one of a landline telephone (11) and a mobile telephone (7), the gateway (1) access is capable of being connected to a telecommunication local area network (2) for sending the call request of the calling communication terminal (7, 11) to the access gateway (1) via this network local (2) telecommunication.   6. Device for establishing a call according to claim 5, characterized in that the local telecommunication network (2) comprises a socket (5a) for connection to a transceiver terminal of a wireless link (6). bidirectional proximity to the mobile phone (7) and a link (12) type DECT with the landline telephone (11).   Communication establishing device according to one of Claims 3 to 6, characterized in that the access gateway (1) comprises a human-machine interface means (1d) for automatic delivery. to the calling telecommunication terminal (7, 11) having issued the call request of a preselection information corresponding to the preselection mode of preselection by the preselection means, this preselection information proposing to the user a choice between an immediate call from the calling telecommunication terminal (11, 7) having issued the call request with the called terminal (Y) according to the preselected call setup mode, and a deferred call from the calling telecommunication terminal (11, 7) having issued the call request with the called terminal (Y) according to the communication mode not preselected by the preselection means, the means for establishing the call pel being able to automatically trigger the call of the called terminal (Y) from the calling terminal (7, 11) by the immediate preselected communication mode in case of transmission by the calling communication terminal (7, 11) at the human-machine interface of a response message containing the choice of the immediate call, and the gateway (1) of access being able to calculate a future instant (TF) determined for the deferred call of the called terminal (Y) according to the non-preselected communication mode with a third associated cost value (V3), lower than the first cost value (V1) and the second cost value (V2), establishing the call being able to monitor the arrival of a given future instant (TF), to automatically trigger the call of the called terminal (Y) from the calling terminal (7, 11) by the porting not preselected after the arrival of this determined future instant (TF), in the case of transmission by the calling communication terminal (7, 11) to the man-machine interface of a response message containing the choice of the delayed call.   8. Device for establishing a communication according to claim 7, characterized in that the access gateway (1) comprises a means (ld) of human-machine interface for sending, following the reception of the call request by the reception means, at the calling telecommunication terminal (7, 11) having issued the call request, of at least one message inviting the user to define at least one communication time reserve , the means for setting the call being able to record the reserve of communication time, present in the response to said invitation message, sent by the calling telecommunication terminal (7, 11), the gateway (1) d access being able to calculate the future instant (TF) determined for the deferred call of the called terminal (Y) according to the communication mode not preselected by the preselection means, while allowing said communication time reserve to be preserved recorded .   9. Device for establishing a communication according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the gateway (1) access comprises a means (ld) man-machine interface for sending, when the means of establishment of the call determined the arrival of the future instant (TF), the calling telecommunication terminal (7, 11) having issued the call request, a second message inviting the user to confirm or not a new communication with the called terminal (Y) according to the communication mode not preselected by the preselection means, the call establishment means being able to automatically trigger the call of the called terminal (Y) from the calling terminal (7, 11) by the non-preselected handshaking mode in case of transmission by the calling communication terminal (7, 11) to the man-machine interface of a response message containing the choice of confirming the new communication with the called terminal (Y) according to the non-preselected call setup mode.   Communication establishing device according to claim 9, characterized in that the access gateway (1) comprises a human-machine interface means (1d) for sending to the calling telecommunication terminal ( 7, 11) having issued the call request, a message advising the user of said new communication, in case of transmission by the calling communication terminal (7, 11) to the man-machine interface of a response message containing the choice of confirming the new communication with the called terminal (Y) according to the non-preselected call setup mode.   11. Device for establishing a communication according to claim 2, characterized in that the telecommunication terminals are IP phones (61, 67), the access gateway (1) is able to be connected to a network telecommunication local (2) for sending the call request of the calling communication terminal (7, 11) to the access gateway (1) via this telecommunication local area network (2).   the first and second communication modes are respectively interconnected by the lnternet respectively by a virtual circuit (63, 65) and a router (64, 66) respectively of the first and second access providers.   12. Device for establishing a communication according to any one of claims 2 to 11, characterized in that the automatic interrogation means are provided in the housing (lc) of the gateway (1) access.   Communication establishing device according to any one of claims 2 to 11, characterized in that the automatic interrogation means are provided in a service management platform (30), making it possible to access the system. information (21, 22) and remote from the access gateway (1).   14. A device for establishing a call according to claim 13, characterized in that the first and / or second data (D1, D2) for charging are able to be modified in said at least one system (21, 22). information and, in the case of modifications (E40, E80, E82) of the first and / or second charging data (D1, D2) in said at least one information system (21, 22), means are provided for sending these modifications of said at least one information system (21, 22) to the remote service management platform (30) for reloading them (E41) of the remote service management platform (30) into the gateway ( 1).   15. A method of establishing a call from a calling telecommunication terminal (7, 11) to a called telecommunication terminal (Y), to be implemented in the call establishment device according to the present invention. any   Claims 2 to 14, characterized in that   a call request, specifying a user identifier (X1, X2) of the calling terminal (7, 11), is sent from the calling terminal to a local access gateway (1), comprising a device (lb) d access to an external telecommunication network (20), - the access gateway (1) having received the call request triggers the automatic interrogation, by its access equipment (1b), of at least one system Remote information (21, 22), connected to the telecommunications network (20), for recovering at least first and second tariff data (D1, D2) associated in the information system (21, 22) to the user identifier (X1, X2) specified in the call request and associated respectively with at least first and second set communication modes determined, - the access gateway (1) automatically pre-selects one first and second modes of communication, which corresponds to the 15 lowest cost value (V1, V2) among first and second cost values (V1, V2) calculated for the first and second charging data (D1, D2), respectively, for call establishment of the called terminal (Y) from the calling terminal (7, 11) by the preselected call setup mode. 20