WO2001003407A1 - Appareil de communication portatif et procede de fonctionnement associe - Google Patents

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WO2001003407A1
WO2001003407A1 PCT/SE2000/001187 SE0001187W WO0103407A1 WO 2001003407 A1 WO2001003407 A1 WO 2001003407A1 SE 0001187 W SE0001187 W SE 0001187W WO 0103407 A1 WO0103407 A1 WO 0103407A1
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Johan Van Ketwitch
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/02—Terminal devices
    • H04W88/06—Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
    • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
    • H04M1/274—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc
    • H04M1/2745—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
    • H04M1/27485—Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
    • 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
    • H04M3/533—Voice mail systems
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2203/00—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M2203/25—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to user interface aspects of the telephonic communication service
    • H04M2203/256—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to user interface aspects of the telephonic communication service comprising a service specific user interface
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2207/00—Type of exchange or network, i.e. telephonic medium, in which the telephonic communication takes place
    • H04M2207/18—Type of exchange or network, i.e. telephonic medium, in which the telephonic communication takes place wireless networks
    • 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
    • H04M3/533—Voice mail systems
    • H04M3/53333—Message receiving aspects

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  • the object of the present invention is to remedy the drawback above and provide a standardized, simplified and improved way of handling access to user services (such as voicemail) from a mobile telephone, which is operative in a international or multi-operator mobile communications network .
  • this object is achieved by a portable communication apparatus, and a method of providing access to a user service from such an apparatus, according to the attached independent claims.
  • the object is achieved by storing, in memory, a first number sequence (short) to be used for accessing the user service (preferably voicemail) when the apparatus is operatively registered directly at the local network operator, and storing a second number sequence (longer) to be used for accessing the user service indirectly through another (remote) network operator, when roaming is taking place and the apparatus is currently not registered at the local network operator but with the remote network operator.
  • a first number sequence to be used for accessing the user service (preferably voicemail) when the apparatus is operatively registered directly at the local network operator
  • a second number sequence to be used for accessing the user service indirectly through another (remote) network operator
  • an item in the user interface of the telephone preferably a specific key in the keypad, is used for requesting access to the user service, and upon selection of this item by the user, a controller of the telephone will determine whether it is currently operatively registered at the local network operator and, if so, submit the first number sequence as a request for voicemail access to the local network operator. Otherwise, i.e. if the telephone operates in a roaming situation, the second number sequence will be submitted indirectly to the local network operator through the remote network operator.
  • FIG 1 is a schematic front view of a portable communication apparatus, exemplified as a mobile telephone, having novel functionality for providing voicemail access according to the invention
  • FIG 2 is a schematic block diagram of the main functional parts of the apparatus shown in FIG 1,
  • FIG 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the basic principle of how voicemail access is provided in an international mobile communications system
  • FIG 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of providing voicemail access according to the invention.
  • FIG 1 An example of a portable communication apparatus is given in FIG 1 in the form of a mobile telephone 1.
  • the telephone has a housing 10, an antenna 2 mounted on top of the housing, a status indicator LED 3, a speaker 4, volume adjustment controls 5, an LCD display 6 and a keypad 7.
  • the keypad 7 has a plurality of individual keys, such a YES button 12 and a NO button 13, arrow keys 14, 15, a clear key 16, numeric keys 17 (labelled "0" through “9”), a star key 18 and a hash key 19.
  • One numeric key 17a (labelled “1" in FIG 1) has a special function for accessing voicemail, as will be described further below.
  • a foldable flip 8 is swingably mounted to the apparatus housing 10 by means of a hinge mechanism 11.
  • the flip 8 comprises a sound opening 9, through which vocal sound is received from the user of the telephone and forwarded to an internal microphone (not shown in the drawing) .
  • a controller 20 is operatively connected to an electronic memory 30 as well as to the display 6 and the keypad 7 shown in FIG 1.
  • the controller 20 itself may be generally known per se and is typically implemented by a CPU, microprocessor or another programmable logic device.
  • the memory 30 may be implemented by any commercially available components, such as RAM memory circuits, EEPROM circuits, flash memory circuits, etc.
  • the telephone 1 does not differ in any essential aspect from an arbitrarily chosen mobile telephone of the prior art.
  • the mobile telephone 1 provides improved functionality for simplified access to operator-based user services, such as voicemail, which will be disclosed in detail below.
  • the telephone 1 is given a single-key voicemail access functionality by assigning a specific numeric key 17a (labelled "1") a special meaning, when depressed for a time period longer than a predetermined limit. When this happens, i.e.
  • a voicemail access number sequence is automatically read from memory 30 by the controller 20 and is submitted to either the local network operator, if the telephone is located in its "home area", or a foreign network operator, for instance when the telephone 1 is brought abroad and roaming is used.
  • the memory 30 is provided with two separate areas for storing the respective voicemail access number sequences .
  • VMRequestLocal short voicemail access number sequence
  • VMRequestRemote long voicemail access number sequence
  • the user interface of the mobile telephone 1 has a menu option for H t TJ rt H- rt 0 ⁇ CD H 3 rt ⁇ H (D TJ iQ CO 3 3 0 H H- JD CD JD rt 3 CD 0 , , , SD
  • Mobile telephones present within the foreign area 150 may be connected to the international mobile communications network 100 through wireless links 174.
  • voicemail may be accessed in the following way, with further reference to FIG 4.
  • the controller 20 of the mobile telephone 1 is provided with a voicemail access routine 400, which in a step 410 checks whether the user has applied a long press on the key 17a (numeric key "1"), thereby initiating a request for voicemail access. If the answer is in the affirmative, the control is transferred to a step 420; otherwise the control is transferred back to the beginning of routine 400.
  • the controller 20 determines the name or identity of the network operator, which is currently serving the mobile telephone 1. A variable CurrentOperator is assigned this value. Consequently, assuming that the mobile telephone 1 resides within the home area 110, CurrentOperator will be assigned the identity of the local network operator 120 in step 420.
  • a subsequent step 430 the controller 20 determines whether the variable CurrentOperator is equal to the identity of the local network operator 120, which is represented by a constant LocalOperator . Given the conditions above, the answer will be in the affirmative, and the control is continued to a step 440, where the short voice- mail access number sequence VMRequestLocal is read from the first memory area of memory 30. Then, in a step 450, the number sequence VMRequestLocal is submitted to the local network operator 120, as identified by the variable CurrentOperator, and finally the control is transferred back to the beginning of the voicemail access routine 400, thereby forming an endless loop.
  • the request for voicemail access when the mobile telephone 1 resides within the home area 110 will be transmitted over the wireless link 134 to the nearest base transceiver station 121, across its associated link 131 to the central parts of the local network operator 120.
  • a voicemail management system will be invoked at the local network operator 120, and the voice- mail account belonging to the user of the mobile telephone 1, as identified by the Caller Line Identity thereof, will be accessed in the voicemail database 140. All messages therein, if any, which are directed at the particular user of the mobile telephone 1, will be presented vocally to the user of the mobile telephone 1, in a way which is well- known per se .
  • the mobile telephone 1 will instead be in. operative contact with the remote network operator 160 through the nearest base transceiver station 161.
  • the variable CurrentOperator as retrieved in step 420 will be assigned the name or identity of not the local network operator 120 but the remote network operator 160.
  • step 430 the comparison between the variable CurrentOperator and the value of LocalOperator will be negative, and the control will be transferred to a subsequent step 460.
  • step 460 the long voicemail access number sequence VMRequestRemote will be read from the second memory area of memory 30, and in a step 470 this number sequence will be submitted to the remote network operator 160 through the wireless link 174 and the link 171.
  • the long voicemail access number sequence VMRequestRemote will preferably contain a telephone number belonging to the local network operator S3 cr 3 ⁇ SD 0 0 H- O CO rt rt cr Mi H S3 3 3 JD ⁇ 0 CD 0 H ⁇ ⁇ H cr ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ cr Mi 3 3 ⁇ cr 0 c JD ⁇ H H- ⁇ 3 3 0 Hi ro TJ M 0 SD t

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Un appareil (1) de communication portatif peut être utilisé pour accéder à un service d'utilisateur (140) tel qu'une messagerie vocale fournie par un premier opérateur réseau (120) dans un réseau (100) de communication mobile à plusieurs opérateurs. L'appareil comprend une interface utilisateur équipée d'un dispositif de commande, d'un clavier et d'une mémoire. Une première zone mémoire de la mémoire conserve une première séquence de nombres destinée à être utilisée pour demander le service d'utilisateur directement à partir du premier opérateur réseau. Une deuxième zone mémoire de la mémoire conserve une deuxième séquence de nombres destinée à être utilisée pour demander indirectement le service d'utilisateur du premier opérateur réseau par l'intermédiaire du deuxième opérateur réseau (160). Un seul élément de l'interface utilisateur, de préférence une touche spécifique située sur le clavier est utilisé pour demander l'accès au service d'utilisateur. Le dispositif de commande détermine si l'appareil (1) est en liaison de fonctionnement direct avec le premier opérateur réseau et, si tel est le cas, la première séquence de nombres est envoyée directement à ce même opérateur. Dans le cas contraire, si le téléphone mobile (1) est utilisé en situation de visiteur, dans laquelle le téléphone (1) ne se trouve pas en contact de fonctionnement direct avec le premier opérateur réseau mais avec le deuxième opérateur, la deuxième séquence de nombres est envoyée indirectement au premier opérateur réseau par le deuxième opérateur réseau. L'avantage de ce système réside dans le fait qu'on utilise une interface classique pour demander l'accès à la messagerie, le même élément étant utilisé que le téléphone (1) soit utilisé en situation de visiteur ou non.
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