WO1999000964A2 - Method and communication device for implementing a scheduled-call function in a communication system - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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- H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
- H04M3/432—Arrangements for calling a subscriber at a specific time, e.g. morning call service
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- appointment call activated.
- the appointment call information is stored in a memory arranged in the communication system and assigned to the appointment call function.
- This memory can, for example, also be arranged in a voice mail server connected to the communication system and realizing the appointment call function.
- the invention is based on the object of making the communication system-specific feature "appointment call" more convenient and user-friendly.
- the object is achieved on the basis of a method and a communication arrangement in accordance with the features of the preamble of claims 1 and 9 by their characterizing features.
- the essential aspect of the method according to the invention for realizing an appointment call function in a communication system is that when an appointment call is activated, additional appointment-specific information is entered and stored in the communication system and that when the appointment call is issued, the additional appointment in addition to a ringing call -specific information is output or can be called up.
- a major advantage of the method according to the invention is that in the case of currently issued appointment calls, with the output or by calling up additional appointment-specific information, further details about the appointment call can be called up and the correct assignment of the appointment is thus made possible. For example, a participant who has activated several appointment calls via a communication terminal assigned to them can find out more details regarding the date issued - for example the location or subject area of a meeting - so that a participant establishes a relationship - e.g. an event - to the date issued can. > t to HH
- the communication terminals operating according to the method according to the invention can be connected to the communication system in a wired or wireless manner - for example a radio telephone assigned to a subscriber by means of a PIN code - or wirelessly.
- Another additional communication terminal or display device according to the method according to the invention is implemented, for example, by a personal computer on which a process or a program for the integration of computer telephony - CTI - is active.
- 1 shows a communication arrangement for input, activation and output of appointment call functions
- FIG 3 shows the functional entry of the appointment-specific information according to the invention.
- the communication arrangement consists of a communication system KS, to which a communication terminal KE - here a digital ISDN telephone - is connected via a connection line ASL.
- the communication terminal KE has a control unit ST which controls the communication system- and the communication terminal-specific features - for example, appointment call function.
- the communication terminal KE has a microphone MC and a loudspeaker LA for recording and reproducing voice information, the microphone MC and the loudspeaker LA being integrated, for example, in a telephone receiver HO.
- a keypad TF is arranged in the communication terminal device KE, via which, for example - by pressing the control buttons - the dialing information required for establishing a connection is entered or - by pressing the function buttons - communication system-specific features - eg ISDN features - and communication terminal-specific features - e.g. electronic phone book - can be controlled. Furthermore, additional alphanumeric information can be entered via the control buttons arranged in the TF keypad - for example, appointment call information ti representing the date and time of an appointment or additional appointment-specific information zti according to the invention.
- a display device AZ for example a display
- the communication terminal device KE for example for displaying dialing information entered or for outputting alphanumeric information.
- a control unit STK is arranged in the communication system KS and is associated with a memory SP arranged in the communication system.
- a control program TAR that realizes the appointment call function according to the invention is arranged or active in the control unit STK - represented by a dotted rectangle.
- the appointment call information ti required for the provision of the feature "appointment call" and the additional appointment-specific information zti are exchanged via the connection line ASL and processed accordingly - for example by Conversion into display information that can be displayed by the display device AZ or by conversion into a data format that can be stored in the memory SP.
- the Appointment call function-controlling control unit STK and the memory SP assigned to it are arranged in a server which expands the functional ease of use and information of communication systems and terminals KS, KE, for example a telephone mail or voice mail server.
- the server can both be arranged in the communication system KS and can be connected externally to the communication system KS via an operating interface ADS (not shown) that extends an internal information bus.
- a communication terminal KE designed according to FIG. 1 and connected to the communication system KS activates or programs the appointment call function according to the invention initiated.
- the corresponding display information "appointment” is displayed in the display device AZ of the communication terminal KE.
- the display device AZ of the communication terminal KE is shown in addition to the flowchart.
- contextual i.e. display information dependent on the current sequence of the method according to the invention is displayed - shown in FIG. 2, 3 by repeated display of the display device AZ.
- the current date and the current time display information is displayed in the display device AZ - e.g. "MON 20.02. 11:35".
- Appointment call information ti is displayed in the display device AZ each time an operating button is pressed, the Entered appointment call information ti can be edited or corrected at any time by the subscriber by pressing special correction function keys or by calling up a menu-driven, interactive correction routine (not shown).
- a valid appointment call information ti i.e. a valid time and / or a date is displayed on the display device AZ in addition to the confirmation of the entered appointment call information - e.g. "Appointment 12:00" - display information for entering additional appointment-specific information - "Record note?"
- a function key "Save" assigned to storage functions no additional appointment-specific information is entered.
- the entered appointment call information ti i.e.
- the time - here the date and time - of the desired appointment are saved by the control unit STK in the memory SP of the communication system KS or in the memory PLC of the phone-mail server SERV after the conversion into a storable data format, the corresponding appointment call is activated and the programming process for Activation of the appointment call ended. After completion of the programming process, the display information having the current date and the current time is shown in the display device AZ.
- a corresponding appointment call - for example a ringing call - is output by the communication system KS via the communication terminal KE.
- the additional appointment-specific information zti can be entered or recorded, for example, as alphanumeric information via the control keys of the communication terminal KE arranged in the keypad TF or as voice-based information via a microphone MC arranged in the communication terminal KE; for example, via the microphone MC arranged in the receiver HO of the communication terminal KE designed as a telephone terminal.
- pressing the "*" button starts the additional appointment-specific information zti.
- Appointment-specific information zti can be further information or information accompanying the appointment - such as the location, occasion or subject area of a meeting - for the desired appointment, which enables a participant to assign the issued appointment.
- the display information "note recording” is displayed in the display device AZ. Pressing the "*" button again or hanging up the handset HO ends the recording of the appointment-specific information.
- the recorded appointment-specific information is temporarily stored in the communication system KS or in the server SERV.
- the temporarily stored appointment-specific information zti can be deleted immediately by pressing another control button - for example the "#" button.
- the appointment-specific information is finally saved in the memory SP of the communication system KS or in the memory SPS of the voice mail or phone mail server SERV, a corresponding display information "note-stored” is output in the display device AZ.
- the output display information "MO 20.2. 11.35" is output in the display device AZ.
- the method according to the invention allows any number of appointment calls with correspondingly assigned additional appointment-specific information zti to be entered or recorded, stored and activated. Every entered appointment, i.e. the recorded and stored appointment call information ti - date and time - and the recorded additional appointment-specific information zti can be verified, modified or deleted by the subscriber at any time via the communication terminal KE.
- the KS communication system makes an appointment call, i.e. a ringing tone is output at the relevant communication terminal KE and a corresponding display information "appointment" - not shown - is output in the display device AZ.
- the subscriber must issue the appointment call by pressing another on
- Communication terminal KE arranged function key - for example, the function key "Appointment” to be acknowledged. After pressing the "Appointment” function key, if additional appointment-specific information is available, corresponding display information is output in the display AZ of the communication terminal KE - for example "Appointment 12:00 ->Note", not shown.
- the subscriber can use the communication terminal KE to add additional date-specific information stored in the communication system KS or in the voice mail or phone mail server SERV. can be output, for example, via the loudspeaker LA - arranged in the receiver HO of a telephone device.
- a corresponding display information is shown in the display AZ - "Play note", not shown. posed.
- the date-specific information zti will then be deleted. If the "Output" function key is not actuated - ie the additional appointment-specific information zti is not required by the subscriber - the stored additional appointment-specific information zti is deleted immediately, ie without being output via the communication terminal KE.
- appointment call is repeated again after a predefinable time frame - for example 5 minutes. If an appointment call is issued repeatedly, the participant acknowledges, i.e. After pressing the "Appointment" function key, the corresponding display information is shown in the AZ display "Appointment - Repeat note” - not shown.
- the recorded appointment-specific information zti can be output or called up in the manner described.
- appointment-specific information is converted into, for example, "answering machine-compliant" or voice-mail-compliant information and is accordingly stored in the communication system KS.
- the subscriber is then activated by activating a signaling unit arranged on the communication terminal KE - for example a performance feature specific to the communication system
- LED representing "mailbox” - indicates the presence of a corresponding, retrievable message.
- This message can be output by pressing the "Output" function key on the communication terminal KE, with a corresponding display information in the display device AZ with the subscriber's phone number, the information "appointment", a note of recorded, appointment-specific information.
- zti as well as date and time of the entered appointment are displayed.
- the appointment-specific information zti is output in the manner described.
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