Telecommunication gateway between a private network and mobile network
First Claim
1. A telecommunications gateway (22) including:
- means (28) for connecting to an exchange of a private network (14);
means (30) for connecting to a mobile network (10;
24, 26);
means (32) for converting signaling data from said means for connecting to an exchange to a format compatible with a protocol enabling transmission of information and services from and to a mobile terminal and for transmitting the converted signaling data to the means (30) for connecting to a mobile network; and
means (34) for converting signaling data in said format from said means (30) for connecting to a mobile network to a format compatible with an exchange and for transmitting the converted signaling data to the means (28) for connecting to an exchange.
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Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide services available on a private network (14) to a user of a mobile terminal (12) connected to a public or private mobile network (10). To this end, the invention provides a telecommunications gateway (22) which is connected between the exchange of the private network (14) and the mobile network. The gateway converts signaling data from the exchange (16) of the private network (14) to a format compatible with a protocol enabling transmission of information and services to and from a mobile terminal, for example the wireless application protocol. It then sends the converted signaling data to the mobile terminal (12) via the mobile network. In the reverse direction, the gateway converts signaling data from the mobile terminal to a format compatible with the exchange and transmits the converted signaling data to the exchange. The invention enables use of services of the private network—call forwarding management, calling by name, etc.—from a mobile terminal.
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10 Claims
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1. A telecommunications gateway (22) including:
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means (28) for connecting to an exchange of a private network (14);
means (30) for connecting to a mobile network (10;
24, 26);
means (32) for converting signaling data from said means for connecting to an exchange to a format compatible with a protocol enabling transmission of information and services from and to a mobile terminal and for transmitting the converted signaling data to the means (30) for connecting to a mobile network; and
means (34) for converting signaling data in said format from said means (30) for connecting to a mobile network to a format compatible with an exchange and for transmitting the converted signaling data to the means (28) for connecting to an exchange. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6)
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3. A gateway according to either preceding claim, characterized in that it includes means for executing a script for sending an instruction to the exchange (16) to initialize a callback to two separate numbers and then to set up a voice call between the terminals (12, 13) corresponding to those two numbers.
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7. A method of providing the services of an exchange (16) of a private network (14) to a user of a mobile terminal (12) connected to a mobile network (10;
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24, 26), the method including the steps of;
converting signaling data from the exchange to a format compatible with a protocol enabling transmission of information and services to and from a mobile terminal;
transmitting the converted signaling data to the mobile terminal (12) via the mobile network (10;
24, 26);
converting signaling data in said format received from the mobile terminal (12) via the mobile network to a format compatible with an exchange; and
transmitting the converted signaling data to the exchange (16). - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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24, 26), the method including the steps of;
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