Communication method, system, devices and software arranged to operate in this system and devices

• US 20060052095A1
• Filed: 10/25/2005
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Behruz Vazvan
• Original Assignee: Behruz Vazvan
• Inventors: Vazvan, Behruz
• Application Number:
  US11/264,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20060052095A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/49 Connection to several service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/55 for hybrid networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/68 Payment of value-added services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/82 Criteria or parameters used for performing billing operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/85 characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/851 Determined tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/853 Calculate maximum communication time or volume
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/854 Available credit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0196 Payment of value-added services, mainly when their charges are added on the telephone bill, e.g. payment of non-telecom services, e-commerce, on-line banking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2026 Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2046 Hybrid network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/22 Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/44 Charging/billing arrangements for connection made over different networks, e.g. wireless and PSTN, ISDN, etc.
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/46 Connection to several service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/78 Metric aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/815 Notification when a specific condition, service or event is met
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8162 Calculate maximum communication time or volume
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

This invention provides a communication method, system, devices and software arranged to operate in said system and devices for communicating control and guidance information, or any messages and data information between different devices (1 or 2 or 5 or 6) like mobile or fixed devices such as telephone, mobile phones, wireless modules, computers, servers, a messaging centre, or any other device via a telecommunication network (e.g. GSM, UMTS, Fixed networks etc.), the method, system, devices and software according to this invention allows the transmitting of unlimited number of control or guidance information, messages, data etc. over a telephone call from a calling device (1) to a receiving device (2 or 5 or 6), said information represented by time values ranging from ringing times (the period of ringing) or length of call or a time value representing a piece of information like letter “A” to the number of ringing signals.

Claims

1. A method for using in a device (1 or 2 or 5 or 6) like mobile or fixed devices like telephone, mobile phones, wireless modules, computers, servers, a messaging centre, or any other device for communicating control and guidance information, messages and data information between different devices via a telecommunication network (like GSM, UMTS, Fixed networks etc.), the method used as much as required in a calling device or a receiving device or in both of them, the method comprising steps:

in a calling device (like 1) entering, receiving, selecting, or clicking, a control or guidance information or command (like “

Switch on sauna”

) or a time value (like 2 millisecond) allocated for said information or command;

making a telephone call from said calling device to a receiving device (like 2 or 5 or 6) for carrying out a function (like arrangement of switching on sauna via a relay) or sending or displaying a message, based on counting a predetermined time for a ringing time or length of call in said receiving device or based on predetermined number of said ringing signals detected or observed by said receiving device after said call is hanged up;

in said calling device automatically hanging up said call based on a predetermined ringing time or length of call or based on predetermined number of ringing signals detected or observed in said calling device without needing the user to hang up said call.

6. A system according to any preceding claim, comprising means (like application programs) that are arranged for allowing:

in a calling device entering, receiving, selecting, or clicking, a control or guidance information or command (like “

Switch on sauna”

) or a time value (like 2 millisecond) allocated for said information or command;

making a telephone call from a calling device to a receiving device;

hanging up said telephone call automatically by said calling device in a predetermined ringing time or length of call or ringing signals without needing the user to hang up said call;

carrying out a function (like arrangement of switching on sauna via a relay) or sending or displaying a message, in or via said receiving device based on counting predetermined time for a ringing time or length of call or based on number of said ringing signals detected or observed by said receiving device.

9. A receiving device (like 2 or 5 or 6) for using in a system as claimed in any preceding claim, comprising at least one of,

means arranged for receiving telephone calls predetermined by ringing times or lengths of calls or ringing signals used to transmit any control or guidance information, or any messages, or data from a calling device (like 1) to a receiving device (like 2 or 5 or 6) after said call is automatically terminated by said calling device according to said predetermined criteria (ringing time, or ringing signals, or length of call) without needing the user to hang up said call;

means arranged for receiving information defined by time values, representing a piece of information (like letter “

A, B, a, b”

etc.), used to define the data entered, read, received or selected in said calling device, in form of a time values for playing a voice or sound signal according to the length of said time value (like 1 second) over a telephone call for said receiving device wherein or via which said voice or sound signal is translated to restructure or combine the original data as selected or entered in said calling device.

10. A method for authenticating or identifying a user in or via a communication device (1 or 2 or 5 or 6) like mobile or fixed devices like telephone, mobile phones, computers, messaging centres, switching systems, servers or the like, the method used at least in a method, system or device or means of any preceding claim but not limited to any proceeding claim, the method used as much as required in a calling device or a receiving device or in both of them or in a network node/entity, the method comprising the following alternative steps:

authenticating or identifying the calling party based on predetermined ringing time, or ringing signals, or length of call counted or detected or observed in or via a receiving device or network entity when a telephone call is made from a calling device to said receiving device or network entity and when said call is automatically hanged up by said calling device in a predetermined ringing time or length of call or ringing signals without needing the user to hang up said call;

or

performing the steps of claim 2;

authenticating or identifiing the calling party in or via said receiving device based on at least a part of said predetermined time values.

11. A computer program or software product loadable into the memory means of a device ranged from mobile phone, telephone, wireless modules, computers, server, to PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or any other devices (1, 2) or in memory cards (such as SIM or any other attachable/detachable memory means) used in connection with said devices (1, 2), comprising software code portions for performing, as much as required, the steps of any preceding claim when said product is run on said device.

2. A method for using in a device (1 or 2 or 5 or 6) like mobile or fixed devices like telephone, mobile phones, wireless modules, computers, servers, a messaging centre, or any other device for communicating control and guidance information, messages and data information between different devices via a telecommunication network (like GSM, UMTS, Fixed networks etc.), the method used as much as required in a calling device or a receiving device or in both of them, the method comprising steps:

typing or selecting or reading a character, or a symbol, or a piece of information, or message (like a, b, or longer messages) in the calling terminal (1);

giving or allocating each part of said message (like letter “

a”

, “

b” and

the like) a predetermined time value (like 1 millisecond for letter “

a”

or a time value for empty spaces between the words and the like);

storing said message in time values, each character or symbol or part of information having a predetermined length of time (like one millisecond for letter “

a”

);

in said calling terminal, making a telephone call to a receiving terminal (like a mobile phone or any other device, 2);

after answering said call by a receiving device (2), in said calling terminal (1) playing said time values in form of sound/voice (like one millisecond for a sound/voice representing said letter “

a”

, or symbols and the like) having said time value (length of playing the sound) whereupon when said sound/voice received by said receiving device (2) said receiving device identifies or detects or recognizes or observes the length of said sound/voice and stores said time values (length of each played sound/voice representing a piece of information like character “

a”

) in a memory;

at this point, or optionally later, hanging up the call or if desired continuing the call (depending on the application);

in said receiving device (2) based on said time value (like 1 millisecond) selecting or producing or retrieving (from a memory) and storing a predetermined character, symbol or piece of information (like character a, b, or the whole messages) and arranging said information (like a message, e-mail and the like) in its original form as the sender has typed/selected or the calling device has read/received and arranged, and whenever required displaying (4) said information to user of receiving terminal.

3. A system for communicating control and guidance information, or any other messages, or data information between different devices (1, 2, 5, 6) like mobile or fixed devices like telephone, mobile phones, wireless modules, computers, servers, a messaging centre, or any other device via a telecommunication network (like GSM, UMTS, Fixed networks and the like) by making a (telephone) call from a calling device (like 1) to a receiving device (like 2 or 5 or 6), the system comprising means (like application programs) arranged for communicating any control or guidance information, or any messages, data, defined by predetermined time values ranging from ringing time or lengths of calls to time values representing a bit of information like letter “

A, B”

or predetermined number of ringing signals observed in said calling or receiving device, said time values or ringing signals used to automatically carry out any required function (like switching on sauna or displaying a message, or as a message to be displayed) in or via at least one receiving device (like 2 or 5 or 6) after said call is automatically terminated by said calling device according to at least one of said predetermined criteria (ringing time, or ringing signals, or length of call) without needing the user of said calling device to hang up said call.

4. A system as in claim 3, characterized in that said ringing times or length of call or ringing signals are predetermined values for each telephone call allowing said calling device to hang up the call according to a predetermined ringing time or length of call or ringing signal and said receiving device to carry out a function (like arrangement for switching on sauna or to display a message or to perform other functions) based on a predetermined ringing time or length of call or ringing signal.

5. A system as in claim 3, characterized in that said time values representing a piece of information (like letter “

A, B, a, b”

etc.) are used to define the data entered or selected or read or received in or by or via a calling device in form of a time value for releasing or playing a voice or sound signal according to the length of said time value (like 1 second) over a telephone call for said receiving device wherein said voice or sound signal is translated to form of a original data as selected or entered or read or received in or by said calling device.

7. A software product used in or in connection with a device (1 or 2) of a communication system (like GSM, UMTS, fixed network, internet etc.), said device ranged from mobile phone, telephone, computer, to PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) and the like devices, or in memory cards (such as SIM or other attachable/detachable memory means) used in connection with said device (1, 2), said software product comprising means arranged for communication of control and guidance information, or any messages and data information, from a calling device (like 1) to a receiving device (like 2), defined by predetermined time values ranging from ringing time or length of call or a time value representing a bit of information like letter “

A”

to predetermined number of ringing signals, said time values or ringing signals used for automatically activation of any required function or application (like switching on sauna, or displaying a message, or as a message to be displayed) in or via said receiving device after said call is automatically terminated by said calling device according to said predetermined criteria (ringing time, or ringing signals, or length of call) without needing the user to hang up said call.

8. A memory means (like smart card, SIM, or other memory means attachable/detachable to a communication device like GSM UMTS or the like terminals, 1, 2) for arranging communication of control and guidance information, or any messages and data information between a calling device (like 1) and a receiving device (like 2) via a telecommunication network (like GSM, UMTS, Fixed networks etc.), said memory means comprising means (like application programs) arranged to transmit any control or guidance information, or any messages, or data from said calling device to said receiving device defined by predetermined time values like ringing times or lengths of calls or a time value representing a bit of information like letter “

A”

or by the number of ringing signals that are predetermined to carry out any required predetermined function (like switching on sauna, or displaying a message) in or via said receiving device after said call is automatically terminated by said calling device according to said predetermined criteria (ringing time, or ringing signals, or length of call) without needing the user to hang up said call.