Method for setting up a communication connection between a first party and a callable second party, a telecommunication system for applying the method, and a receiving device for receiving a call signal of a call transmitter therefor

• US 5,884,161 A
• Filed: 01/18/1995
• Issued: 03/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke KPN NV
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Hegeman, Johannes
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE
• Application Number:
  US08/375,427
• Time in Patent Office: 1,518 Days
• Field of Search: 379/56, 379/57, 379/58, 379/63, 379/220, 455/414, 455/417, 455/422, 455/403, 455/445, 455/458, 455/459, 455/460, 455/461, 455/31.3, 455/560
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

The method for setting up a communication connection in a universal personal telecommunication (UPT) system between a first party and a second party who can be called, often by a wire-free system, offers the possibility of setting up the communication connection without an internal network telephone number having to be transmitted concomitantly in a call signal by storing, in a memory, a relationship between the two parties and at least a section of a link situated between the first party and an exchange and by first reading out the memory in response to a code signal originating from the second party which is detected via a terminal and then to carrying out routing on the basis of the relationship read out.

Claims

1. A method for setting up a communication connection between a first party and a callable second party, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving by a first exchange an identification signal for identifying the second party, which identification signal has been generated by the first party via a first terminal;

storing a relationship between the second party and at least a section of a link situated between the first terminal and the first exchange at a location in a memory in response to at least a section of the identification signal;

activating a call transmitter for transmitting a call signal to the second party;

receiving by a second exchange a code signal, which code signal has been generated by the second party via a second terminal;

reading-out the location in the memory in response to the code signal;

transmitting from the memory to the second exchange of at least a section of the relationship; and

then setting up a connection between the second exchange and the first exchange in response to at least a section of the relationship.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the activation of the call transmitter for transmitting the call signal to the second party takes place in response to at least a section of the identification signal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the call transmitter transmits a call signal which comprises an indication signal of one type in the case of an identification signal of one type and transmits a call signal which comprises an indication signal of another type in the case of an identification signal of another type.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the relationship is formed by a representation of at least a section of the link situated between the first terminal and the first exchange; and

the location in the memory is determined by at least a section of the identification signal.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

the relationship is formed by a representation of at least a section of the link situated between the first terminal and the first exchange; and

the location in the memory is determined by at least a section of the identification signal.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

the relationship is formed by a representation of at least a section of the link situated between the first terminal and the first exchange; and

the location in the memory is determined by at least a section of the identification signal.

7. A telecommunication system comprising:

at least a first exchange and a second exchange, a first party being capable of being coupled to the first exchange via a first terminal and via a link, and a callable second party being capable of being coupled to the second exchange via a second terminal;

identification detection means for detecting an identification signal, originating from the first party via the first terminal and via the link, for identifying the second party;

a call transmitter for transmitting a call signal to the second party;

code detection means for detecting a code signal originating from the second party via the second terminal;

means for, in response to at least a section of the identification signal, storing a relationship between the second party and at least a section of the link situated between the first terminal and the first exchange at a location in a memory; and

means for consecutively;

reading out the location in the memory in response to the detection of the code signal;

transmitting at least a section of the relationship from the memory to the second exchange; and

then setting up the connection between the second exchange and the first exchange in response to at least a section of the relationship.

8. The telecommunication system according to claim 7, wherein the identification detection means includes activation means for activating the call transmitter for transmitting a call signal to the second party in response to at least a section of the identification signal.

9. The telecommunication system according to claim 8, further comprising:

indication-signal generating means for;

generating an indication signal, associated with the call signal, of one type in the case of a detected identification signal of one type; and

generating an indication signal, associated with the call signal, of another type in the case of a detected identification signal of another type.

10. The telecommunication system according to claim 7, wherein the relationship is a representation of at least a section of the link between the first terminal and the first exchange, the location in the memory being determined by at least a section of the identification signal.

11. The telecommunication system according to claim 8, wherein the relationship is a representation of at least a section of the link between the first terminal and the first exchange, the location in the memory being determined by at least a section of the identification signal.

12. The telecommunication system according to claim 9, wherein the relationship is a representation of at least a section of the link between the first terminal and the first exchange, the location in the memory being determined by at least a section of the identification signal.

13. A telecommunication system comprising:

at least a first exchange and a second exchange, a first party being capable of being coupled to the first exchange via a first terminal and via a link, and a callable second party being capable of being coupled to the second exchange via a second terminal;

an identification detector which detects an identification signal, originating from the first party via the first terminal and via the link, for identifying the second party;

a call transmitter for transmitting a call signal to the second party;

a code detector for detecting a code signal originating from the second party via the second terminal;

a circuit which, in response to at least a section of the identification signal, stores a relationship between the second party and at least a section of the link situated between the first terminal and the first exchange at a location in a memory; and

a circuit which consecutively;

reads out the location in the memory in response to the detection of the code signal;

transmits at least a section of the relationship from the memory to the second exchange; and

then sets up the connection between the second exchange and the first exchange in response to at least a section of the relationship.

14. The telecommunication system according to claim 13, wherein the identification detector includes an activation circuit which activates the call transmitter to transmit a call signal to the second party in response to at least a section of the identification signal.

15. The telecommunication system according to claim 14, further comprising:

an indication-signal generator which;

generates an indication signal, associated with the call signal, of one type in the case of a detected identification signal of one type; and

generates an indication signal, associated with the call signal, of another type in the case of a detected identification signal of another type.

16. The telecommunication system according to claim 13, wherein the relationship is a representation of at least a section of the link between the first terminal and the first exchange, the location in the memory being determined by at least a section of the identification signal.

17. The telecommunication system according to claim 14, wherein the relationship is a representation of at least a section of the link between the first terminal and the first exchange, the location in the memory being determined by at least a section of the identification signal.

18. The telecommunication system according to claim 15, wherein the relationship is a representation of at least a section of the link between the first terminal and the first exchange, the location in the memory being determined by at least a section of the identification signal.