Telecommunication network and method of operating the network
First Claim
1. Virtual telecommunication network (VN) said virtual telecommunication network (VN) being formed by a group of subscribers (SXTN1 . . . ;
- VNS) of at least two different telecommunication networks (TN1, TN2), said virtual telecommunication network (VN) comprising availability measuring means (AMM), said availability measuring means (AMM) being adapted to establishing availability estimates (AE) of at least one of the virtual network subscribers (VNS) in said at least two different telecommunication networks (TN1, TN2) on the basis of control signals (TN1CS;
TNC2S) provided by the control systems (TN1C;
TNC2) of the said at least two telecommunication networks (TN1, TN2), said availability measuring means (AMM) comprising interfacing means (IM) for interfacing said availability estimates (AE) to users of the virtual telecommunication network (VN).
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Abstract
The invention relates to a telecommunication network said network comprising at least one subscriber (S1, . . . , S4), said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . , S4) being associated with at least one fixed telephone device (FT) and at least one mobile communication device (MD) said network comprising means for determining availability of at least one fixed telephone means (FT) and at least one mobile communication device (MD) associated with at least one subscriber (S1, . . . , S4). THe invention facilitates advantageous integration of the mobile telecommunication devices and the fixed telephone devices of a local network.
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51 Claims
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1. Virtual telecommunication network (VN)
said virtual telecommunication network (VN) being formed by a group of subscribers (SXTN1 . . . ; - VNS) of at least two different telecommunication networks (TN1, TN2),
said virtual telecommunication network (VN) comprising availability measuring means (AMM), said availability measuring means (AMM) being adapted to establishing availability estimates (AE) of at least one of the virtual network subscribers (VNS) in said at least two different telecommunication networks (TN1, TN2) on the basis of control signals (TN1CS;
TNC2S) provided by the control systems (TN1C;
TNC2) of the said at least two telecommunication networks (TN1, TN2),said availability measuring means (AMM) comprising interfacing means (IM) for interfacing said availability estimates (AE) to users of the virtual telecommunication network (VN). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47)
- VNS) of at least two different telecommunication networks (TN1, TN2),
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45. Method of handling at least one incoming call to a least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4), said method comprising the steps of
determining availability of said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) on at least one fixed telephone (FT) according to at least one availability criterion (AC), routing the incoming call to the at least one fixed telephone (FT) of the at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) if the subscriber is available on the at least one fixed telephone (FT), determining availability of said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) on at least one mobile telephone (MD) according to at least one further availability criterion (FAC) if the subscriber is not available on the at least one fixed telephone (FT), routing the incoming call to the at least one mobile device (MD) of the subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) if the subscriber is available on the at least one mobile device (MD).
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46. Method of handling at least one incoming call to said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4), said method comprising the steps of
determining availability of said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) on at least one fixed telephone (FT) according to at least one availability criterion (AC), determining availability of said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) on at least one mobile telephone (MD) according to at least one further availability criterion (FAC) if the subscriber is not available on the at least one fixed telephone (FT), routing the incoming call to the device at which the subscriber is available.
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48. Method of determining availability of said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4), said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) defining a subscriber domain comprising at least one fixed telephone (FT) and at least one mobile communication device (MD)
said method comprising the steps of (a) determining availability of said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) on at least one fixed telephone (FT) according to at least one availability criterion (AC) (b) determining availability of said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) on at least one mobile communication device (MD) according to at least one further availability criterion (FAC).
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49. Switchboard system for monitoring availability of said at least one subscriber dedicated to a subscriber domain (SD), said subscriber domain comprising at least one mobile communication device (MD) and preferably at least one fixed telephone (FT),
said switchboard system comprising display means (DM) for displaying availability of the at least one subscriber domain (SD).
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50. Switchboard system for managing incoming calls to a local network of subscriber domains (SD), at least one of said subscriber domains comprising at least one mobile communication device (MD) and preferably at least one fixed telephone (FT),
said switchboard system comprising or communicating with means for automatically routing an incoming call according to predefined automatic routines depending on the availability of the called subscriber.
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51. Method of managing subscribers (S) in a telecommunication network, said at least one subscriber (S1, . . . ,S4) being associated with a subscriber domain (SD1, . . . SD4) comprising
at least one fixed telephone device (FT) and at least one mobile communication device (MD) said method comprising the step of routing incoming signals from said fixed telephone device (FT) to at least one of said mobile communication devices (MD) if the fixed telephone device (FT) of a subscriber domain (SD) is unavailable.
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