Method and system for inputting user instructions of a user controllable telecommunications device

• US 8,089,358 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2004
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings SAS (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Swisscom AG (Government of Switzerland)
• Inventors: Lauper, Eric, Lauper, Karin Busch
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): KING, CURTIS J
• Application Number:
  US11/576,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20080068166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,652 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.1
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2094 Proximity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/387 using subscriber identification cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42272 whereby the subscriber registers to the terminals for personalised service provision
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/44 Additional connecting arrangements for providing access to frequently-wanted subscribers, e.g. abbreviated dialling at the subscriber's set H04M1/27; automatic redialling H04M3/424

Abstract

A method, a system, and a device for inputting user instructions of a user-controllable telecommunication device. An RFID transponder is introduced into a sphere of scope of an RFID transceiver and the RFID identification data of the RFID transponder is transmitted to the RFID transceiver. The RFID identification data and/or RFID transceiver identification are transmitted to a collection module by the RFID transceiver. An assigned user instruction is selected by the collection module and by tables containing RFID identification data and tables containing RFID transceiver identifications accessible by the collection module and controlling the user-controllable telecommunication device by the collection module in accordance with the selected user instruction.

Claims

1. A system for inputting a user instruction to a central processing unit of a telephone service provider, the user instruction configured to divert calls from a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device, a user selecting an RFID transponder from a plurality of RFID transponders, and bringing the selected RFID transponder into a sphere of scope of an RFID transceiver, the system comprising:

means for transmitting RFID identification data of the selected RFID transponder to the RFID transceiver over an RFID interface, the RFID transceiver having an RFID transceiver identification;

means for forwarding the RFID identification data and the RFID transceiver identification from the RFID transceiver to a connection module that is connected to the Internet, the means for transmitting RFID identification data and the means for forwarding the RFID identification data being separate devices from the first and the second telecommunication device;

means for transmitting the RFID identification data and the RFID transceiver identification from the RFID transceiver from the connection module to a collection module of the central processing unit over the Internet;

wherein the collection module includes means for requesting data from at least one of a table that links the RFID identification data and the RFID transceiver identification to the different user instructions that are associated with the plurality of RFID transponders, and means for selecting the specific user instruction assigned to (i) the RFID identification data and to (ii) the RFID transceiver identification; and

wherein the collection module includes means for controlling the central processing unit by the specific user instruction by changing at least one of a switchboard of a landline network or a Home Location Register of a mobile radio network of the telephone service provider to divert calls from the first telecommunication device to the second telecommunication device.

2. The system for inputting a user instruction according to claim 1, wherein

neither the first nor the second telecommunication device is used for inputting the user instruction to the central processing unit.

3. A method for inputting a user instruction to a central processing unit of a telephone service provider, the user instruction configured to divert calls from a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device, the method comprising:

selecting an RFID transponder from a plurality of RFID transponders, the selected RFID transponder corresponding to a specific user instruction;

bringing the selected RFID transponder into a sphere of scope of an RFID transceiver;

transmitting RFID identification data of the selected RFID transponder to the RFID transceiver over an RFID interface, the RFID transceiver having an RFID transceiver identification;

forwarding the RFID identification data and the RFID transceiver identification to a connection module that is connected to the Internet, the RFID transceiver and the connection module being separate devices from the first and the second telecommunication device;

transmitting the RFID identification data and the RFID transceiver identification from the connection module to a collection module over the Internet;

selecting the specific user instruction by the collection module by using a table that links (i) the RFID identification data and (ii) the RFID transceiver identification to the different user instructions that are associated to the plurality of RFID transponders; and

controlling the central processing unit of the telephone service provider with the selected user instruction by changing at least one of a switchboard of a landline network or a Home Location Register of a mobile radio network of the telephone service provider to divert calls from the first telecommunication device to the second telecommunication device.

4. The method for inputting a user instruction according to claim 3, wherein

neither the first nor the second telecommunication device is used for inputting the user instruction to the central processing unit.

5. A collection module for controlling a central processing unit of a telephone service provider by a user instruction, the user instruction configured to divert calls from a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device, a user selecting an RFID transponder from a plurality of RFID transponders, and bringing the selected RFID transponder into a sphere of scope of an RFID transceiver, the RFID transceiver having an RFID transceiver identification, the collection module comprising:

means for receiving RFID identification data and RFID transceiver identifications by the Internet from the selected RFID transponder that was brought into the sphere of scope of the RFID transceiver via a connection module that is in communication with the RFID transceiver and the connection module is connected to the Internet, the RFID transceiver and the connection module being separate devices from the first and the second telecommunication device;

means for requesting data from at least one table that links the RFID identification data and the RFID transceiver identification to the different user instructions that are associated with the plurality of RFID transponders;

means for selecting the specific user instruction assigned to (i) the RFID identification data and (ii) the RFID transceiver identification; and

means for controlling the central processing unit by the specific user instruction by changing at least one of a switchboard of a landline network or a Home Location Register of a mobile radio network of the telephone service provider to divert calls from the first telecommunication device to the second telecommunication device.

6. The collection module for controlling a central processing unit according to claim 5, wherein

neither the first nor the second telecommunication device is used for inputting the user instruction to the central processing unit.