Method for influencing a signalling procedure implemented in a communication terminal equipment

• US 5,347,573 A
• Filed: 06/11/1992
• Issued: 09/13/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG (Atos SE)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Wilde, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): Dwyer, James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hunter, Daniel S.
• Application Number:
  US07/897,087
• Time in Patent Office: 824 Days
• Field of Search: 379/94, 379/201, 379/216, 379/265, 379/267, 379/350, 379/352, 379/396, 379/210, 379/211, 379/212
• US Class Current: 379/201.04
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2477 for selecting a function from a menu display H04M1/2474 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00

Abstract

A method for controlling a signalling procedure in communication terminal equipment such that initialization and control of the signalling procedure or of subscriber performance features is achieved with a minimum of additional, special keys. First procedure control information that defines a signalling sub-procedure is formed after every activation of the communication terminal equipment and before every branching of the signalling procedure into a plurality of signalling sub-procedures. Procedure control information is communicated to a display device for the purpose of visualization of at least one procedure control information. Upon actuation of a sequence key in the communication terminal equipment, further procedure control information defining a further signalling sub-procedure is formed and is communicated to the display device. After actuation of an actuation key in the communication terminal equipment, a signalling sub-procedure respectively defined by procedure control information most recently supplied to the display device is selected and executed.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a signalling procedure in a communication terminal equipment, a call setup or call clearing between the communication terminal equipment and a communication system connected thereto, as well as, performance feature controls within a framework of the call setup and call clearing and during a communication phase being controlled by the signalling procedure realized in program-oriented terms and controlled by key actuations, comprising the steps of:

providing signalling sub-procedures definable by different procedure control information, said signalling sub-procedures forming the signalling procedure;

forming first procedure control information that defines a signalling sub-procedure after every activation of the communication terminal equipment and before every branching of the signalling procedure into a plurality of signalling sub-procedures and communicating said first procedure control information to a display device for displaying at least the first procedure control information;

activating a sequence key in the communication terminal equipment, and in response thereto forming further procedure control information defining a further signalling sub-procedure and communicating the further procedure control information to the display device; and

activating an actuation key in the communication terminal equipment, and in response thereto selecting and executing a signalling sub-procedure respectively defined by procedure control information most recently supplied to the display device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first procedure control information and a sequence of further procedure control information is formed dependent on a frequency of use of each of the respective signalling sub-procedures.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the procedure control information comprise prescribed program elements.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the procedure control information is stored in prescribed memory areas of a procedure memory allocated to the signalling procedure;

and wherein memory addresses;

by means of which the memory areas containing each of the procedure control information are respectively read and by means of which procedure control information that have been read is communicated to the display device, are indicated in the signalling procedure before every branching.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein each of the procedure control information is communicated to the communication terminal equipment from the communications system with a transmission procedure and is stored in the prescribed memory areas of the procedure memory.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein groups of procedure control information representing different successions of frequencies of use of signalling sub-procedures are stored in the communications system;

wherein, upon initialization of the communication terminal equipment, a prescribed group of procedure control information is communicated from the communications system to the respective communication terminal equipment;

wherein a different group of procedure control information is selectable by a signalling initialized in the communication terminal equipment and acting vis-a-vis the communications system; and

wherein the selected group is transmitted to the respective communication terminal equipment with a transmission procedure and is stored thereat in the prescribed memory areas of the procedure memory.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the groups of procedure control information are stored in different, prescribed memory areas of the procedure memory of the communications terminal equipment;

wherein the different memory areas are selected at the communication terminal equipment, whereby the selection is effected by different memory address calculations.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first procedure control information and at least one further procedure control information is formed before every branching of the signalling procedure into a plurality of signalling sub-procedures and is communicated to the display device for displaying at least one of the first procedure control information and the further procedure control information.

9. A method for controlling a signalling procedure in a communication terminal equipment, a call setup or call clearing between the communication terminal equipment and a communications system connected thereto, as well as, performance feature controls within a framework of the call setup and call clearing and during a communication phase being controlled by the signalling procedure realized in program-oriented terms and controlled by key actuations, comprising the steps of:

providing signalling sub-procedures definable by different procedure control information, said signalling sub-procedures forming the signalling procedure;

forming first procedure control information that defines a signalling sub-procedure and storing the first procedure control information is prescribed memory areas of a procedure memory after every activation of the communication terminal equipment and before every branching of the signalling procedure into a plurality of signalling sub-procedures and communicating only said first procedure control information to a display device for displaying at least the first procedure control information, and memory addresses, by means of which the memory areas containing the first procedure control information is respectively read and by means of which the first procedure control information that has been read is communicated to the display device, being indicated in the signalling procedure before every branching;

activating a sequence key in the communication terminal equipment, and in response thereto forming further procedure control information defining a further signalling sub-procedure and communicating only the further procedure control information to the display device; and

activating an actuation key in the communication terminal equipment, and in response thereto selecting and executing a signalling sub-procedure respectively defined by procedure control information most recently supplied to the display device.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first procedure control information and a sequence of further procedure control information is formed dependent on a frequency of use of each of the respective signalling sub-procedures.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein each of the procedure control information is communicated to the communication terminal equipment from the communications system with a transmission procedure and is stored in the prescribed memory areas of the procedure memory.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein groups of procedure control information representing different successions of frequencies of use of signalling procedure information are stored in the communications system;

wherein, upon initialization of the communication terminal equipment, a prescribed group of procedure control information is communicated from the communications system to the respective communication terminal equipment;

wherein a different group of procedure control information is selectable by a signalling initialized in the communication terminal equipment and acting vis-a-vis the communications system; and

wherein the selected group is transmitted to the respective communication terminal equipment with a transmission procedure and is stored thereat in the prescribed memory areas of the procedure memory.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the groups of procedure control information are stored in different, prescribed memory areas of the procedure memory of the communications terminal equipment;

wherein the different memory areas are selected at the communication terminal equipment, whereby the selection is effected by different memory address calculations.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first procedure control information and at least one further procedure control information is formed before every branching of the signalling procedure into a plurality of signalling sub-procedures and is communicated to the display device for displaying at least one of the first procedure control information and the further procedure control information.

15. A method for controlling a signalling procedure in a communication terminal equipment, a call setup or call clearing between the communication terminal equipment and a communications system connected thereto, as well as, performance feature controls within a framework of the call setup and call clearing and during a communication phase being controlled by the signalling procedure realized in program-oriented terms and controlled by key actuations, comprising the steps of:

providing signalling sub-procedures definable by different procedure control information, said signalling sub-procedures forming the signalling procedure;

storing groups of procedure control information representing different successions frequencies of use of signalling procedure information in the communications system;

upon initialization of the communication terminal equipment, communicating a prescribed group of procedure control information from the communications system to the respective communication terminal equipment;

selecting a group of procedure control information by a signalling initialized in the communication terminal equipment and acting vis-a-vis the communications system;

transmitting the selected group to the respective communication terminal equipment with a transmission procedure and storing thereat in prescribed memory areas of a procedure memory;

forming at least a first procedure control information from the selected group that defines a signalling sub-procedure and storing the first procedure control information in the prescribed memory areas of the memory after every activation of the communication terminal equipment and before every branching of the signalling procedure into a plurality of signalling sub-procedures and communicating said first procedure control information to a display device for displaying at least the first procedure control information, and memory addresses, by means of which the memory areas containing the first procedure control information is respectively read and by means of which the first procedure control information that has been read is communicated to the display device, being indicated in the signalling procedure before every branching;

activating a sequence key in the communication terminal equipment, and in response thereto forming further procedure control information defining a further signalling sub-procedure and communicating the further procedure control information to the display device; and

activating an actuation key in the communication terminal equipment, and in response thereto selecting and executing a signalling sub-procedure respectively defined by procedure control information most recently supplied to the display device.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the groups of procedure control information are stored in different, prescribed memory areas of the procedure memory of the communications terminal equipment;

wherein the different memory areas are selected at the communication terminal equipment, whereby the selection is effected by different memory address calculations.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first procedure control information and at least one further procedure control information is formed before every branching of the signalling procedure into a plurality of signalling sub-procedures and is communicated to the display device for displaying at least one of the first procedure control information and the further procedure control information.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first procedure control information and a sequence of further procedure control information is formed dependent on a frequency of use of each of the respective signalling sub-procedures.