WWW-telephony integration
First Claim
1. An apparatus in a telecommunications system, comprising:
- at least one telecommunications network for the transfer of spoken information and data information;
an access device for connecting subscribers to the telecommunications network, each one of the subscribers having a telephone and an apparatus for data communication connected to each other;
a directory comprising different records for the respective subscribers;
wherein a first one of the subscribers has means for establishing a connection to a second one of the subscribers by means of a first one of the records of the second subscriber, and wherein the directory is public;
means for searching, in the public directory, at least a second one of the records of the second subscriber by means of the first record of this subscriber; and
means for transferring the second record to the first subscriber.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system (TS2) comprises a data network (IN1) and a telephone network (PSTN1) to which subscribers (AB1, AB2) are connected. Each subscriber has a telephone (T1, T2) with A-number transfer and a computer terminal (D1, D2) connected through access devices (ACD1, ACD2). A server (SR1) holding the subscribers'"'"' home pages and a directory (DS1) holding different identities (TELO1, TELO2, TELH2, EMAILO1, URL2) of the subscribers is connected to the data network. The directory (DS1) is public, which enables the subscribers to enter their respective identities and obtain the identities of other subscribers. One subscriber (AB1) calls the other (AB2) on his home telephone number (TELH2), which is transferred to the computer terminal (D1) of the caller (AB1). The subscribers (AB1, AB2) can talk, the caller (AB1) can obtain the identities of the called party (POSTS2) through his computer terminal (D1) from the directory (DS1) and use this information, for example, to open the called party'"'"'s home page on the server (SR1). By A-number transfer the called party (AB2) can obtain the identities (POSTS1) of the caller (AB1), in a corresponding way, to his computer terminal (D2) from the directory (DS1). This way of communicating and keeping a directory is possible because the directory (DS1) is public. Advantages are, i.a. that the communication is simplified and the identities of other subscribers can be obtained easily.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus in a telecommunications system, comprising:
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at least one telecommunications network for the transfer of spoken information and data information; an access device for connecting subscribers to the telecommunications network, each one of the subscribers having a telephone and an apparatus for data communication connected to each other; a directory comprising different records for the respective subscribers;
wherein a first one of the subscribers has means for establishing a connection to a second one of the subscribers by means of a first one of the records of the second subscriber, and wherein the directory is public;means for searching, in the public directory, at least a second one of the records of the second subscriber by means of the first record of this subscriber; and means for transferring the second record to the first subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus in a telecommunications system comprising:
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at least one telecommunications network for the transfer of spoken information and data information; an access device for connecting subscribers to the telecommunications network, each one of the subscribers having a telephone and an apparatus for data communication connected to each other; a directory comprising different records for the respective subscribers;
wherein a first one of the subscribers has means for establishing a connection to a second one of the subscribers by means of a first one of the records of the second subscriber, and wherein the directory is public;means for transmitting a first record corresponding to the record of the first subscriber to the second subscriber; means for searching, in the public directory, at least a second one of the records of the first subscriber by means of the first record (TELH1) of the first subscriber (AB1); and means for transferring the second record of the first subscriber to the second subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method in a telecommunications system, the system comprising:
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at least one telecommunications network for the transfer of spoken information and data information; an access device for connecting subscribers to the telecommunications network, the subscribers having a telephone and an apparatus for data communication connected to each other; the method comprising the following steps; connecting a public directory to the telecommunications network; and entering records of the subscribers in the public directory, involving some of the subscribers entering predetermined records concerning themselves. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus in a telecommunications system comprising:
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at least one telecommunications network for the transfer of spoken information and data information; an access device for connecting subscribers to the telecommunications network, each one of the subscribers having a telephone and an apparatus for data communication connected to each other; a directory comprising different records for the respective subscribers; and a server holding home pages for the subscribers, wherein a first of the subscribers has means for establishing a connection to the server and reading the home page of a second one of the subscribers, and the apparatus further comprises means by which the first subscriber can request, through the home page of the second subscriber, to be called by the second subscriber, upon which request a first one of the records of the first subscriber is transmitted from the directory to the server, wherein; the directory (DS,DS1) is public; the server has means for searching, in the public directory, a telephone number of the first subscriber by means of the first record of the first subscriber; and the apparatus further comprises means for transferring the telephone number of the first subscriber to the second subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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