Method of Setting Up Connections in a Communication Environment, Communication System and Contact Elemenet for Same
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Abstract
A method of setting up a connection in a communication environment controlled by a communication system between a first node allocated to a first contact and a second node allocated to a second contact includes the steps of providing a contact element within the first node for the first contact, the contact element having graphic and functional properties and graphically representing the second contact, an unambiguous identification and contact data being allocated to the contact element; accessing the contact data using a program and setting up a first connection from the first node to the communication system; checking within the communication system using the unambiguous identification whether the contact element is approved by the communication system for the setting-up of connections; and setting up a second connection to the second node depending on a result of the checking.
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31 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. :
- A method of setting up a connection in a communication environment controlled by a communication system between a first node allocated to a first contact and a second node allocated to a second contact, the method comprising;
providing a contact element within the first node for the first contact, the contact element having graphic and functional properties and graphically representing the second contact, an unambiguous identification and contact data being allocated to the contact element; accessing the contact data using a program and setting up a first connection from the first node to the communication system; checking within the communication system using the unambiguous identification whether the contact element is approved by the communication system for the setting-up of connections; and setting up a second connection to the second node depending on a result of the checking. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- A method of setting up a connection in a communication environment controlled by a communication system between a first node allocated to a first contact and a second node allocated to a second contact, the method comprising;
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- A communication system for controlling a communication environment and the setting-up of a connection in the communication environment between a first node allocated to a first contact and a second node allocated to a second contact, the system comprising;
a data-processing device configured to produce contact elements with graphic and functional properties, each contact element graphically representing one of the first and second contacts at another of the first and second contacts in the form of files, wherein the data-processing device allocates to each contact element an unambiguous identification and contact data; an administration device configured to provide the first contact with a first contact element graphically representing the second contact and to which an unambiguous identification and contact data are allocated; a computation device configured to check, using the unambiguous identification, whether the first contact element is an element approved by the communication system for the setting-up of connections; and a control device configured to control the setting-up of the connection from the first node to the communication system and onward to the second node. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
- A communication system for controlling a communication environment and the setting-up of a connection in the communication environment between a first node allocated to a first contact and a second node allocated to a second contact, the system comprising;
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- A contact element for setting-up of a connection in a communication environment controlled by a communication system between a first node allocated to a first contact and a second node allocated to a second contact, the contact element comprising;
at least one graphic element for representation on a display of a terminal; a plurality of functional elements including an unambiguous identification indicating that the contact element is approved for the setting-up of connections in the communication system. - View Dependent Claims (31)
- A contact element for setting-up of a connection in a communication environment controlled by a communication system between a first node allocated to a first contact and a second node allocated to a second contact, the contact element comprising;
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