WO2002084986A1 - Systeme associe a un reseau de telecommunication - Google Patents

Systeme associe a un reseau de telecommunication Download PDF

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WO2002084986A1
WO2002084986A1 PCT/SE2002/000734 SE0200734W WO02084986A1 WO 2002084986 A1 WO2002084986 A1 WO 2002084986A1 SE 0200734 W SE0200734 W SE 0200734W WO 02084986 A1 WO02084986 A1 WO 02084986A1
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    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
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    • H04Q3/00—Selecting arrangements
    • H04Q3/72—Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber
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    • H04M2203/10—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to the purpose or context of the telephonic communication
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    • H04M2207/00—Type of exchange or network, i.e. telephonic medium, in which the telephonic communication takes place
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  • the present invention relates generally to a system pertaining to a telecommunications network, and more particularly to a telecommunications network related system which, through the medium of a telephone network, enables a choice made from a number of alternative choices to be recorded or a vote to be placed.
  • telecommunications network related system is meant a system that can be connected to the network and then to network outgoing lines or connections.
  • the present invention is based on the assumption that said choice and/or said vote given in respect of a polling process can be put into effect by initiating in the telephone network a telephone call that corresponds to the desired alternative or the vote , while using a clearly defined telephone number allocated to one alternative.
  • the present invention is very versatile, it has primarily been devised for use by viewers of a television program and is intended to instigate the co- operation of the viewers in an opinion poll, wherewith the viewers have the opportunity of voting for one or more clearly defined alternative choices either during or at the end of such a television program, by initiating a call to an alternative-allotted telephone number via the telephone network.
  • the invention can also be expected to find application in other choices of an alternative from among a plurality of available alternatives, by calling one or more alternative-allotted telephone numbers.
  • a telephone network related system for placing a vote for an alternative from among several alternatives during and/or at the end of the transmission time of a chosen television program, by calling a telephone number corresponding to the chosen alternative via the telephone network.
  • This known system is based on presenting on a television screen the telephone numbers that correspond to alternatives, wherewith a viewer or person wishing to place a vote shall utilise the telephone network to this end, by calling the telephone number corresponding to the alternative chosen via his/her own telephone apparatus.
  • Telephone systems of this kind provide signal transmission between the calling and the called apparatus, via a so-called signal channel.
  • Known systems of this kind can be divided into two categories, e.g. a first category in which the person placing a vote is informed that the vote has been received and registered, via a connected speech channel, and a second category in which no speech channel is connected and the voter receives no acknowledgement of his/her vote over a speech channel.
  • Registration of the vote can be considered to take place more slowly in the first category and requires more time than in the second category, which is primarily intended for registering a large number of votes allocated to different alternatives over short periods of time.
  • a confirmation message is sent via the established speech channel, therewith confirming to the calling party that the choice given has been received and registered.
  • the call is terminated subsequent to this confirmation in a manner known per se and the speech channel released, wherewith the calling party is billed a relatively high fee.
  • the number of calls that can be handled simultaneously by a telephone network is normally limited by the available speech transmission capacity (the number of available speech channels), and that in the case of television programs of the aforesaid kind the available speech transmission capacity will be quickly exhausted, resulting in blocking functions.
  • This publication relates to a selection system in which SCP (Service Control Points) functions are used, and where the signal exchange can take place over a signal channel.
  • SCP Service Control Points
  • This document teaches in particular the possibility of utilising signalling information appearing within an intelligent network (IN), so that the destination of each speech channel can be through-connected with respect to the question of a choice or placing of a vote in a way other than that which applies with standard call connections.
  • the method includes a service control function (SCF) which shall be capable of sending a question-structured, vote-related activating signal to a service switching function (SSF), wherein instructions relating to the message to the chooser or voter are delivered in connection with an activation query.
  • SCF service control function
  • SSF service switching function
  • the SSF function counts the number of calls made by the users of the telephone network to predetermine telephone numbers and sends to each individual voter a message relating to the elected choice or vote.
  • the number called by said person is added to the information delivered to the voting person from the Ss F function, thereby creating a number-specific message to the voter.
  • Page 6, line 7 and following text disclose that a service that can be provided by an intelligent network IN is a remote controlled voting process.
  • a subscriber is able to take part in an election and/or make one or more choices, by calling one or more predetermined telephone numbers.
  • the actual voting process is carried out by a subscriber calling (dialling) a voting-related telephone number, and by registering the subscriber number of the person making the call.
  • the document also proposes the use of a speech generator that is adapted to deliver a specific message immediately the call is registered.
  • An object of this patent publication is to create conditions for eliminating this drawback by adding in the SSF function information relating to the activated and called number to the information to be sent to the voter. This enables a number- specific message to be sent to each of the voters.
  • This patent publication relates to the use of a telephone system and to the creation of conditions for carrying out a poll.
  • One typical polling method has been exemplified as a method in which the viewers of a television program are induced to call a first telephone number "A" to answer a set question in the affirmative, "Yes", or to call a second telephone number "B" to answer the set question in the negative, "No".
  • the patent publication also describes a known and modern telecommunications network constructed with separate signal channels and speech channels.
  • CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signalling
  • This system provides a telephone enquiry service or voting (polling) service that does not necessarily require the connection of a speech channel between participating callers and a called subscriber in the inquiry system.
  • the system provides an inquiry service and polling service in the absence of personal contributions and shall be capable of fulfilling requirements relating to high volumes of questions and votes per unit of time.
  • this patent publication teaches a polling method which facilitates the reception, compilation, storage and distribution of the questions asked and the answers received, albeit with the minimum use of speech channels.
  • a calling unit sends to its exchange a query which searches in the database for a polling sequence that corresponds to the inquiry.
  • a caller dials a polling number on his telephone apparatus (21 ) and establishes a connection with an exchange (12) associated with an SSP (Service Switching Point) centre via the line (18).
  • SSP Service Switching Point
  • the exchange (12) now selects a call plan related to the called number.
  • the exchange (12) activates a data packet to an SCP 42 (Service Control Point) in response to an indicated trigger.
  • SCP 42 Service Control Point
  • the data packet asks SCP 42, to establish whether or not the number called requires special service.
  • the SSF (Service Switching Function) function compiles and/or tabulates the signal information relating to the call with respect to alternative-associated B- numbers.
  • the SSF function thus sends the compiled signalling information to the service control function, SCF, in which said information is saved as an indication of given votes.
  • the SSF function utilises said information to present to each individual voter an individual message confirming the choice or vote given. More specifically, SCP 42 instructs the SSP centre exchange (12) to play back a message to the telephone apparatus (21 ) via the connection (18). This message may have the form “press 1" for "Yes”; “press 2" for "No".
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to create conditions with the aid of simple means that will enable one or more such devices to be connected to outgoing connections to the telephone network, so that each incoming call to each of the alternative-associated and callable telephone numbers can be received and recorded.
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to provide, without needing to change the functionality in the telephone network, conditions that will enable a much larger number of votes to be registered from a significantly larger number of callers per unit of time than the number per unit of time applicable when the available speech transmission capacity constitutes a limiting factor.
  • a technical problem is then one of being able to realise the significance of and the advantages afforded by taking measures that will enable said vote/choice and a vote confirmation message, of a kind other than a speech announcement over a connected speech channel, to be delivered and registered without requiring a connection or an established speech connection through the telephone network.
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages afforded by using the inventive system when voting and polling is occasioned by other media, for instance a radio program.
  • a technical problem also resides in providing a system in which a choice and/or a vote can be given by calling an alternative-allotted telephone number via a telephone apparatus connected to the telephone network, such as a telephone set situated in the close vicinity of the television apparatus or equivalent apparatus used to present the program.
  • Another conceivable technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages associated with storing in said device connected to the telecommunications network as a given vote or choice an A- number identification contained in the control signals on the one hand and a B- number identification contained in said control signals on the other hand.
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages afforded by adapting said device for the storage in a database an A-number identification on the one hand and a B-number identification on the other hand as a given choice or vote, so as to enable poll calling parties to be clearly defined and identified even when said parties each call one and the same alternative-associated telephone number.
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages afforded by using a television channel selector unit to deliver said choice or vote, said unit being connected as a subscriber to the telecommunications network and to a television apparatus presenting the television program.
  • a technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages afforded by allowing said unit to be adapted to initiate and activate a call to each of the telephone numbers corresponding to the alternatives presented, in respect of an initiated vote.
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages associated with using the telecommunications network in a manner other than by establishing and utilising speech channels for transmitting confirmation to the channel selector unit.
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages associated with allowing the chosen polling telephone numbers to be sent simultaneously to a plurality of said units via information transmission, preferably wireless transmission, externally of the telecommunications network.
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages associated with using an available TV network and/or an available satellite-associated or satellite-utilised network as a means of transmitting confirmation of a received and recorded vote/choice located externally of the telecommunications network.
  • Another technical problem resides in the ability to realise the significance of and the advantages associated with allowing a unit-allotted and unit-significant identification to be stored in said device connected to the telecommunications network and there be related to a unit-allotted A-number.
  • the present invention takes as its starting point a system that can be connected to a telecommunications network or is related to such a network so as to be able to record or register an alternative option chosen from among several alternatives through the medium of said network, by making to the network a call that corresponds to the chosen alternative by ringing a telephone number that has been allocated to said alternative.
  • one or more devices shall be connected to outgoing connections belonging to the telecommunications network so as to be able to receive and register via said devices each call incoming to each of the alternative-associated and callable telephone numbers without sending to the network signals representative of the establishment of a speech connection.
  • the network-connected devices are adapted to receive over said connections network control signals and store as a given choice or vote an A-number identification contained by the control signals on the one hand, and a B-number identification contained in said control signal on the other hand.
  • choice/vote is beneficially related to a television program or to some other medium, such as a radio program. It is proposed in particular that an established choice shall be capable of being interpreted as a vote in an opinion poll.
  • the vote is given by initiating a call to an alternative-allotted telephone number via a telephone apparatus, such as a telephone apparatus located in the close vicinity of the television on which the television program is presented.
  • a unit adapted as a television channel selector or switch is connected to the telecommunications network and also to the television on which said program is presented, and that said unit is designed to enable a call to be made to each of the alternative-allotted telephone numbers. It is particularly proposed in this regard that a remote control device is used to choose an alternative and that alternative-allotted telephone numbers corresponding to respective chosen alternatives are selected by unit-associated circuits for initiating the appropriate call.
  • the channel selector device may conveniently consist of a digital TV decoder.
  • the aforesaid devices can be provided with circuits that are instrumental in confirming to the person making said choice or placing said vote that said choice or vote has been registered.
  • this confirmation can be sent to the person making said choice or placing said vote through the medium of an information transfer from said circuit, over a signalling channel belonging to the telecommunications network.
  • the voter may be given said confirmation through the medium of an information transfer from said circuit, over a channel which is separate from or external of said network.
  • said unit can be connected to the telecommunications network through the medium of a modem.
  • Telephone numbers selected with respect to choice or vote alternatives can be entered into the unit for storage therein, via an information transfer device that is external of the telecommunications network, such as wireless information transfer.
  • an information transfer device that is external of the telecommunications network, such as wireless information transfer.
  • wireless information transfer there can be used beneficially a wireless information transmission in the form of a TV network and/or a satellite associated network.
  • the same alternative-allotted telephone numbers can be entered in all channel selectors or in chosen channel selectors for storage therein, via the TV network and/or the satellite network.
  • a significant identification allotted to the unit is stored in said device and is there related to a unit-allotted A-number.
  • Those advantages that can be considered significant with respect to a system that can be connected to a telecommunications network and that includes the features characteristic of the present invention reside primarily in the creation of conditions which enable an alternative to be chosen and/or voted for from a number of alternatives, by calling the network on a telephone number that corresponds to the chosen alternative.
  • Registration of the choice or vote can be effected solely by causing network- associated control signals to be received in a called device connected to the outgoing connections of the network, and storing in said device an A-number identity contained in the control signals and a B-number identity contained in said control signals as representing the choice or vote given.
  • the invention enables a much larger number of choices and/or votes to be registered via the telecommunications network per unit of time than the number of choices and/or votes that can be registered per unit of time when the available speech transmission capacity constitutes a limiting factor.
  • said device can be readily adapted to confirm to the calling unit that its choice or vote has been registered, in a manner other than by establishing a speech connection.
  • a system related to a telecommunications network and having features characteristic of the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, said system being adapted to enable a choice to be made or a vote to be placed from a number of alternatives prior to, during, or after the transmission time of a selected television program, via the telecommunications network.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a known system related to a telecommunications network.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a first alternative application of the inventive system, while using a remote-controlled channel selector connected to a television apparatus.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a second alternative application of the inventive system, while using a television apparatus and a telephone apparatus connected to a telecommunications network.
  • Figure 4 illustrates schematically a further development of the system according to Figure 2.
  • Figure 5 illustrates co-ordination between the telecommunications network and the connected device.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of known technology from which the present invention constitutes a further embodiment that lies within the scope of the inventive concept, and where the features significant of the present invention have been generally concretised through the proposed embodiments described below.
  • Figure 1 is a greatly simplified illustration of an arrangement 1 related to a telecommunications network, where said arrangement is designed to enable a vote to be placed from a number of alternative options during the transmission time of a selected television program, shown on a television 2 via a telecommunications network 3, by dialling the telephone number corresponding to the alternative chosen (of the type x, x, y, y, z, z) on an available telephone apparatus 4 connected to the network.
  • a number of devices are connected to the outgoing connections or output ports 32 associated with the network 3, for receiving and registering each call incoming to each of the telephone numbers relevant to said alternatives.
  • the illustrated embodiment of Figure 1 includes a register 5a which is able to receive calls made to a first chosen telephone number B1 over the connection 32a, a register 5b which is able to receive calls made to a second chosen telephone number B2 over the connection 32b, and a register 5c which is able to receive calls made to a third chosen telephone number B3 over the connection 32c, and so on.
  • Each of the registers 5a, 5b and 5c is connected to equipment 6 which is common to said registers and which is intended to deliver a speech message over an established speech channel 32a, 32b and 32c respectively (said channels including said connections, among other things).
  • the user thus initiates via the apparatus 4 a call to the telephone number, say B2, corresponding to the chosen alternative, and is thereby connected by network switching means to the device 5b that corresponds to the call via a so- called B-response, and a speech channel 31 b, 34b and 32b is setup between the calling apparatus 4 and the called device 5b.
  • speech equipment 6 is activated and sends to the calling party 4 over the established speech channel 31 , 34b and 32b confirmation to the effect that his/her choice or vote has been registered.
  • This confirmation normally includes a speech sequence, such as "Your vote has been registered. Please replace the receiver".
  • a complex telecommunications network 3 having telephone exchanges of the kind intended here can be readily divided into at least two functional parts or blocks, e.g. a first functional part 33 which provides different signal exchanges, and a second functional part 34 which establishes a speech connection and implements through-coupling of a speech channel immediately a called party B2 answers the ringing signal or the like sent by the telecommunications network, by lifting the telephone receiver or corresponding device.
  • a first functional part 33 which provides different signal exchanges
  • a second functional part 34 which establishes a speech connection and implements through-coupling of a speech channel immediately a called party B2 answers the ringing signal or the like sent by the telecommunications network, by lifting the telephone receiver or corresponding device.
  • the first functional part 33 can be simply assumed to generate a coupling tone to the calling apparatus, note the telephone number, subscriber number or the like of the called apparatus, to check that a free speech connection or speech channel exists through the telecommunications network 3 and be coupled between calling and called system subscribers, and to send a ringing signal to the called apparatus together with at least one A-number identification.
  • this first functional part 33 is designated the "control signal" and provides a control-signal related exchange based on A-number identification and B-number identification.
  • the second functional part 34 is activated immediately the called party answers the call, via a signal designated here as the B-response, and establishes a free speech channel 31 b, 34b, 32b between the calling party 4 and the called party 5b for an exchange of information over the thus connected speech channel.
  • Figure 1 illustrates solely schematically a telecommunications network 3 as an exchange unit 30 having input ports 31 and output ports 32 and including a first functional part co-ordinated in a block 33, and a second functional part coordinated in a block 34. Description of embodiments at present preferred
  • the present invention is based on a choice or vote registering system 10 where, among other things, the result can be achieved by utilising the first functional part 33 within a telecommunications network 3 and refraining from speech equipment 6 coupled via a second functional part 34, and therewith refraining from using an established speech channel for confirming the receipt and registration of the choice or vote.
  • the present invention thus requires the addition of a number of supplements to said device 5 or said registers 5a, 5b, 5c, said device being referenced 15.
  • the first functional part 33 sends a dialling tone to the calling apparatus 4, with which there is initiated, in a known manner, a call to the telephone number, say B2 (structured as x, x, y, y, z, z) corresponding to the choice or vote made/placed by the caller, wherewith the device 15 is now called with the telephone number B2, via the first functional part.
  • the function of the device 15 is adapted to solely receive control signals associated with the telecommunications network in a receiver or a database 15a and to store this control signal as a given vote, by virtue of the control signal containing an A-number identification (A, A, A) and a B-number identification (x, x, y, y, z, z), which can be terminated and stored in a database 15a belonging to said device.
  • A-number identification A, A, A
  • B-number identification x, x, y, y, z, z
  • Figure 2 shows that a TV-channel selecting unit 40 shall be connected to a telecommunications network 3 on the one hand and to the television apparatus 2 on the other hand, and shall be adapted for initiating and calling each of the telephone numbers corresponding to individual alternatives.
  • FIG. 2 shows that the unit 40 is pre-programmed for the storage of several telephone numbers, such as at least one significant telephone number for each of the options available.
  • the unit 40 includes circuits (not shown) which enable each of these telephone numbers to be called by the person wishing to make a choice or to place a vote.
  • the unit 40 co-acts with the input port 31 A of the network 3 over a modem 42 and the device 15 is connected to an output port 32B via an interface 50.
  • This activation is preferably effected with the aid of a remote control device 41 , which is used to select an option.
  • a call is then made to a telephone number B2 corresponding to the option chosen and sent to the network 3 and through- coupled to the device 15.
  • the unit 40 of the illustrated embodiment includes circuits 40a, which enable registration of the vote or choice to be confirmed to the voter visually. Such confirmation can be given by activating visual indication associated with said unit and related to the alternatives available.
  • a light-emitting diode 40a' can be used to this end, one such diode for each choice/vote made.
  • FIG. 40a ' shows that a light-emitting diode 40a ' is chosen to indicate a choice representative of the telephone number B2.
  • a second alternative may be to present on the screen 2' of the television receiver 2 a unit-generated TV picture.
  • Figure 2 also shows that selected telephone numbers intended for use in the polling process can be delivered to the unit 40 via network-external information transmission, such as wireless information transmission.
  • network-external information transmission such as wireless information transmission.
  • the unit 40 there is nothing to prevent the unit 40 from being connected to the telecommunications network 3 in a manner which enables the telephone numbers selected for the poll to be delivered to said unit 40 via an established speech channel through the network 3 and the second functional part 34.
  • Updating of this nature, via network-external information transmission, provides the advantage that a plurality of units 40 (40) belonging to different users are able to receive simultaneously information relating to the telephone numbers concerned and their allocation to respective alternatives or options.
  • a first call number B1 shall correspond to a first alternative
  • a second call number B2 shall correspond to a second alternative, and so on, within a co-ordinated group of subscriber numbers.
  • 40 (40) can be allocated one and the same callable telephone number in respect of a first alternative, while a chosen number of other units can be allocated a different callable telephone number in respect of the first alternative, this number being the same for all of said other units.
  • the embodiment illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4 includes the use of a receiver antenna 43 which is intended to indicate the possibilities of programming the unit 40 and/or a receiver antenna 44 via television signals, said receiver antenna being intended to illustrated the possibility of coding the unit 40 with a number of callable telephone numbers via a satellite, each of said numbers relating to an alternative option or choice.
  • a unit 40 may be allotted a significant identification similar to that illustrated in Figure 2, wherein the device 5 includes a block or a circuit 25 which relates to the A-number allocated to the unit 40.
  • confirmation via signal channels is effected by initiating from the device 15, via the functional part 33, a signal that is representative of an engaged signal, and that said confirmation will therewith constitute an engaged signal on the caller's telephone unit 4 (40).
  • Figure 3 illustrates an exemplifying example where said confirmation can be given to the caller 4 over the public telephone network 3.
  • the television apparatus 2 and channel selector 40 form a unit and a choice or a vote is made by dialling an alternative-related telephone number B2 shown on the television screen (or on the channel selector), by using a separate telephone apparatus 4 that is connected directly to the telecommunications network 3 via an input port 31 B.
  • Other devices and measures can be provided for giving to the caller 4 and/or the unit 40 a more or less positive confirmation that his choice or vote has been received and registered, without needing to establish a speech connection via the network 3 to this end.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic illustration of a development of the system shown in Figure 2, where the television apparatus 2 is connected via a line 2a to the unit 40, which in turn is connected to a modem 42 that is able to carry control signals, via a line or input port, from the unit 40 to the network 3 or from the network 3 to the unit 40 via the modem 42, to establish a signal channel for the requisite signal exchange.
  • a modem 42 that is able to carry control signals, via a line or input port, from the unit 40 to the network 3 or from the network 3 to the unit 40 via the modem 42, to establish a signal channel for the requisite signal exchange.
  • the system 10 according to Figure 4 can be considered to comprise a first subsystem "S1 " consisting of the television apparatus 2, the unit 40, the modem 42, the receiver antennas 43, 44, the remote control 41 (alternatively the telephone apparatus 4) and to further comprise a second subsystem "S2" consisting of a nearby telephone exchange unit 35 connected to the network 3 with its first functional part 33 for signalling purposes, and with its second functional part 34 for speech transmission purposes, and to comprises further a third subsystem "S3" for receiving given choices and/or votes and storing said choices/votes in a database 15a and sending confirmation to the caller in the device 15, and to comprise still further a fourth subsystem "S4" by means of which confirmation of the choice and/or vote received can be transferred from the device 15 to the unit 40 and an alternative-associated telephone number can be transferred to the unit 40.
  • S1 consisting of the television apparatus 2
  • the unit 40 the modem 42, the receiver antennas 43, 44, the remote control 41
  • S2 consisting of a nearby telephone exchange unit
  • Each of the units 40 can be programmed via a data network 52 for sending requisite information to the unit 40 via a television channel 54.
  • satellite transmission can be effected via a channel 56 for the same purpose.
  • the information can be sent to the telephone apparatus 4 or corresponding apparatus 40 (40) through the medium of an engaged signal or some other tone signal while using a network external channel (54, 56) to this end.
  • the alternative-associated telephone numbers are sent to all channel selectors or to chosen channel selectors in accordance with available demographic data/information. It will be evident from the embodiment described above that there have been created within the telecommunications network 3 with the aid of simple means conditions which enable registration, via the device 5, of a much larger number of choices/votes made from a much larger number of callers per unit of time than the corresponding number that can be made per unit of time when the speech transmission capacity constitutes a limiting factor.
  • Figure 5 illustrates co-ordination between the telecommunications network 3 and the connected device 15 in accordance with the invention.
  • the figure shows a telephone exchange unit 30 having input ports 31 and output ports 32, where the output ports co-act with a further telephone exchange unit 30'.
  • Each of these exchange units 31 , 32 and 30' and the exchange equipment or device 15 co-acts with an SSP (Service Switching Point) function referenced SSP31 , SSP32, SSP30' and SSP15.
  • SSP Service Switching Point
  • STP Signal Transfer Point
  • SCP Service Control Point
  • a subscriber 4 activates circuits in the exchange 30 to obtain a coupling tone, and then activates a vote-related telephone number of the type "x, x, y, y, z, z", where "x, x, y, y" constitute the group number whereas "z, z" constitute an indication of the choice or vote made.
  • Co-ordination between SSP31 , STP31 , STP32 to SCP60 is effected via control signal channels, such as to enable a connection to be established through the exchange units 32, 30' via the telephone number (x, x, y, y, z, z), among other things.
  • the SCP60 sends to SSP15 an A-number identification "A, A, A” and a B-number identification (x, x, y, y, z, z) through the medium of STP30' and STP15 via the interface 50.
  • control signals containing A-number identification and B-number identification are received here and stored in the database 15a, wherewith a return signal sent to SCP60 indicates that it is not possible to receive the call, wherewith the call is released via SCP60.
  • the SSP function SSP15 is therewith able to generate a signal which represents a function "not functioning" or the like subsequent to having registered the A-number (4, 42) and the B-number "x, x, y, y, z, z" concerned and stored said numbers in a table in the database 15a.
  • Figure 5 shows four stored choices/votes from four different callers, of which two (first A, A, A and fourth A, A, D) vote for a first alternative choice (z, z) while two others (second A, A, B and third A, A, C) vote for a second alternative choice (z, x).

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L'invention concerne un système (10), associé à un réseau de télécommunication, permettant d'effectuer un choix ou un vote à partir d'une pluralité d'options alternatives via un réseau de télécommunication (3), en initiant un appel vers un numéro de téléphone ((B2) (x, x, y, y, z, z)) correspondant à l'alternative choisie. Ce système comprend un dispositif (15) connecté au réseau (3) par une interface (50) permettant la réception et l'enregistrement de chaque appel vers chacun des numéros de téléphone correspondant à une alternative. Ce dispositif (15, 15a) est conçu pour recevoir uniquement des signaux de commande (33) associés au réseau et mémoriser une identification de numéro A (A, A, A) et une identification de numéro B (x, x, y, y, z, z), contenues dans lesdits signaux de commande en tant qu'indication de choix ou de vote effectué, sans envoyer au réseau de télécommunication (3) des signaux qui pourraient entraîner l'établissement d'une communication téléphonique par le biais du réseau de télécommunication (34).
PCT/SE2002/000734 2001-04-12 2002-04-12 Systeme associe a un reseau de telecommunication WO2002084986A1 (fr)

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