System for exchanging data

• US 20020113874A1
• Filed: 03/27/2002
• Published: 08/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wolfgang Schlafer
• Original Assignee: Wolfgang Schlafer
• Inventors: Schlafer, Wolfgang
• Granted Patent: US 6,924,747 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

In a system for the exchange of data, including a teleservice terminal apparatus, a user apparatus adapted to exchange data with the teleservice terminal apparatus, a central control unit having access to a public communication network, and a subcontrol unit connectable to the teleservice terminal apparatus and to the central control unit, the teleservice terminal apparatus transmits data of a particular event to the subcontrol unit which includes a first table for a first evaluation of the data and, depending on the result, transmits the data to the central control unit for a second evaluation on the basis of a second table before transmission to a certain user apparatus.

Claims

1. A system for the exchange of data, including at least one teleservice terminal apparatus, at least one user apparatus capable of exchanging data with the teleservice terminal apparatus, and a central control unit which has access to a public communication network and which can be connected to a user apparatus which may be a terminal apparatus of said communication network, and at least one subcontrol unit connectable on one hand to the teleservice terminal apparatus and, on the other hand, to the central control unit, said teleservice terminal apparatus transmitting, as a result of an event, corresponding predetermined data to a subcontrol unit, which includes a first table on the basis of which a first evaluation of the data occurs, and which transmits the data, depending on the first evaluation, to said central control unit wherein the data are subjected to a second evaluation on the basis of a second table before transmission to a certain user apparatus.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein with said first evaluation, it is determined whether the data are to be transmitted immediately to said central control unit or the data should be preliminarily stored in the subcontrol unit.

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein, with a decision that the evaluated data should be transmitted from the subcontrol unit to the central control unit, all data stored in the subcontrol unit are transferred to the central control unit.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein data available in a teleservice terminal apparatus are examined by means of a third table to determine whether they should be transmitted immediately to a subcontrol unit or whether they should be preliminary stored in said teleservice terminal apparatus.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein said third table includes a comparison table, on the basis of which data stored preliminarily in the teleservice terminal apparatus are subjected to a third evaluation, and, depending on the evaluation, the data are held ready in a storage area, and an action table, on the basis of which it is determined under which circumstances a connection is established from the teleservice terminal apparatus to a respective subcontrol unit, and a connection table which contains connection paths to the subcontrol unit.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein, based on the second evaluation, it is determined whether the data received by the subcontrol unit from the central control unit are transmitted immediately to a user apparatus.

7. A system according to claim 6, wherein by way of said second table of said central control unit, it is also determined to which user apparatus the data are transmitted if the data are immediately transmitted.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the second table of said central control unit, the first table of said subcontrol unit and the third table of said teleservice terminal apparatus can be generated by said user apparatus.

9. A system according to claim 4, wherein said central control unit has a first storage area for the reception of an error message of a subcontrol unit, wherein, based on the error message of the subcontrol unit, the third table of a respective teleservice terminal apparatus is written over.

10. A system according to claim 9, wherein said central control unit includes a second storage area for the reception of a control demand of a user apparatus by way of which a particular teleservice terminal apparatus is activated for a data transmission.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein said teleservice terminal apparatus have an input for the activation of a data transmission procedure.