System for establishing an outgoing connection from terminal equipment to a data transmission system

• US 6,138,038 A
• Filed: 03/21/1997
• Issued: 10/24/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ironworks Patents LLC
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Huotari, Arto
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vuong, Quochien B.
• Application Number:
  US08/822,118
• Time in Patent Office: 1,313 Days
• Field of Search: 455/564, 455/565, 455/575, 455/422, 455/426, 455/557, 455/3.1, 455/5.1, 455/554, 379/354, 379/355, 379/352
• US Class Current: 455/564
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/14 WLL [Wireless Local Loop]; RLL [Radio Local Loop]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/021 adapted for Wireless Local Loop operation

Abstract

The objects of the invention are a method for establishing outgoing connections, and a terminal equipment and a data transmission system using the method. The invention is advantageously appicable to wireless local loop (WLL) systems. According to the invention, upon selection of a connection code consisting of a sequence of digits, the dialled digits are monitored (103) and it is checked (105, 107) whether the sequence of digits consisting of the dialled digits is identical with any one of the connection coded dialled last. If the sequence of digits is identical with any one of the connection codes dialled last, and especially, if an outgoing connection has already previously been established using this sequence, it is known that the connection code contains no more digits, and thus the sequence of digits is transmitted (109) to the base station for establishment of the connection. In case the dialled sequence of digits is not idential with any one of the connection codes dialled last, the terminal equipment waits (103, 121) for the dialling of the next digit for a predetermined time, and if no next digit is dialled within this time, the terminal equipment transmits (109) the sequence of digits consisting of the dialled digits to the base station as the connection code for establishing an outgoing connection. A list of the connection codes dialled last is contained in the memory of the terminal equipment so that the dialled sequence of digits can be compared with these.

Claims

1. A method for establishing an outgoing connection from terminal equipment to a data transmission system having a base station, wherein a sequence of digits is dialled using the terminal equipment, a connection code in accordance with the dialled sequence of digits is transmitted from the terminal equipment to the base station of the data transmission system, and the data transmission outgoing connection is established on the basis of the transmitted connection code, said method comprising the steps of:

storing at least one sequence of digits representing a connection code indicative of a previously dialled sequence of digits in memory in the terminal equipment,

comparing a dialled sequence of digits during dialling with at least the one sequence of digits stored in the memory of the terminal equipment, and

after the comparing step, transmitting the dialled sequence of digits as a connection code to the base station in accordance with the result of said comparing step to establish an outgoing connection.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein a number of sequences of digits, each representing a connection code, are stored in memory in the terminal equipment and when the dialled sequence of digits differs from all of the sequences of digits representing the connection codes stored in memory in the terminal equipment, the system waits for the dialling of the next digit, and unless a new digit is dialled within a first time delay (T1), the dialled sequence of digits is transmitted to the base station as the connection code.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein a sequence of digits corresponding to the dialled sequence of digits transmitted to the base station is stored in memory in the terminal equipment as a connection code.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein said sequence of digits corresponding to the sequence of digits to be transmitted to the base station is stored in memory in the terminal equipment as a connection code upon the establishment of the outgoing connection.

5. A method according to claim 2, wherein when the dialled sequence of digits is identical to one of the sequences of digits representing the connection codes stored in the memory, said one of the sequences of digits representing the connection codes is transmitted to the base station before said first time delay (T1) is up.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein a number of sequences of digits, each representing a connection code, are stored in a list in memory in the terminal equipment and priority information related with the list of stored connection codes is stored in memory.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said priority information indicates the chronological storing order of the connection codes in the list.

8. A method according to claim 6, wherein a sequence of digits corresponding to a dialled sequence of digits transmitted to the base station is stored in memory in the terminal equipment as a connection code, and upon storing the connection code dialled last, a previously stored connection code is deleted from said list, and said connection code to be deleted is selected on the basis of the priority information related with said connection code.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein at least one special connection code is stored in said list, which is not deleted from the list upon storing the connection code dialled last.

10. A terminal equipment comprising:

means for dialling a sequence of digits, and

means for transmitting the dialled sequence of digits as a connection code to a data transmission system in order to establish an outgoing connection on the basis of said connection code, wherein the improvement comprises;

means for storing at least one connection code indicative of a previously dialled sequence of digits,

means for comparing a dialled sequence of digits with at least the one stored connection code during dialling, and producing a result of a comparison, and

means, responsive to a result of a comparison produced by said comparing means, for establishing an outgoing connection and transmitting the dialled sequence of digits as a selected connection code to the data transmission system in accordance with the result of a comparison by said comparing means.

11. A terminal equipment according to claim 10, further comprising means for connecting priority information to the connection code stored in said storing means.

12. A terminal equipment according to claim 11, wherein said storing means further comprises:

means for storing a number of sequences of digits, each representing a connection code, in a list with priority information related with the stored connection codes, and

means for deleting a connection code from said list in accordance with the priority information related with the stored connection codes.

14. A terminal equipment according to claim 10, wherein said storing means comprises means for storing a number of sequences of digits, each representing a connection code, and means for waiting for the dialling of the next digit when the dialled sequence of digits differs from all of those representing the stored connection codes, and, unless a new digit is dialled within a first time delay (T1), for transmitting the dialled sequence of digits to the base station as the connection code.

15. A terminal equipment according to claim 10, wherein said storing means comprises means for storing a number of sequences of digits, each representing a connection code, in a list with priority information related with the chronological storing order of the connection codes in the list, and further comprising means for deleting, upon the storing of the connection code dialled last, a previously stored connection code selected on the basis of the priority information related with said connection code.

16. A terminal equipment according to claim 15, further comprising means for storing at least one special connection code in said list, which is not deleted from the list upon the storing of the connection code dialled last.

17. A terminal equipment according to claim 12, further comprising means for actuating said means for deleting a connection code from said list each time an outgoing connection is made.

13. A data transmission system including at least one terminal equipment having a stored connection code and comprising at least one base station with a connection going out from the terminal equipment to the base station being established on the basis of a connection code, when the connection code is selected by being dialled in the terminal equipment, and the selected connection code is transmitted from the terminal equipment to the base station, wherein the improvement comprises:

means for storing at least one connection code in the form of a sequence of digits indicative of a previously dialled sequence of digits, in the terminal equipment of the data transmission system,

means for comparing a dialled sequence of digits during dialling with at least the one connection code stored in the terminal equipment to determine if the dialled sequence of digits is a selected connection code and producing a result of the comparison, and

means, responsive to a result of a comparison produced by said comparing means, for transmitting the selected dialled sequence of digits as a connection code from the terminal equipment to the base station in accordance with the result of the comparison by said comparing means.

18. A data transmission system according to claim 13, wherein said storing means comprises means for storing a number of sequences of digits, each representing a connection code, and means for waiting for the dialling of the next digit when the dialled sequence of digits differs from all of those representing the stored connection codes, and, unless a new digit is dialled within a first time delay (T1), for transmitting the dialled sequence of digits to the base station as the connection code.

19. A data transmission system according to claim 13, wherein said storing means comprises means for storing a number of sequences of digits, each representing a connection code, in a list with priority information related with the chronological storing order of the connection codes in the list, and further comprising means for deleting, upon the storing of the connection code dialled last, a previously stored connection code selected on the basis of the priority information related with said connection code.

20. A data trasnmission system according to claim 19, further comprising means for storing at least one special connection code in said list, which is not deleted from the list upon the storing of the connection code dialled last.