Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Programming control
Patent
1997-03-27
2000-02-22
Trost, William G.
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Programming control
455414, 455406, 455456, H04Q 720
Patent
active
060290668
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a communication process in a telecommunications network.
The technical field of the invention is that of communication systems with mobiles or people GSM (registered trademark), DECT (ETSI standard), Pointel (registered trademark), DCS 1800 (system identical to the GSM system with a frequency of 1800 MHz, etc.). The field of the invention is also that of chip or memory card public telephone networks.
PRIOR ART
The invention more particularly relates to the allocation of specific access conditions (pricing, free numbers, special services, call area restriction, etc.) for public telephone networks or radio-communications with mobiles (GSM, Pointel, DECT, DCS 1800, etc.).
In a R2000 network, the rates in force are a function of the relay and time: national subscription framework France North East and Ile de France,
In the Itineris network, the rates in forces are a function of the time and the departement where the call is made: from 8 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, departements 75, 92, 93 and 94 from 8 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, a.m. Monday to Friday, holidays.
The pricing used in the SFR network is based on the same principles.
The pricing principles applied in networks nowadays are a function of the call area and the time range. In no case do they make use of an area chosen by the subscriber.
The solutions used in the Radiocom 2000 network (registered trademark) and GSM network do not make it possible to allocate specific access conditions to a subscriber. In addition, it is not possible to apply special conditions for calls made in a given area (commercial centres, business centres, etc.) and to disclose the advantages thereof to the subscriber.
Patent application EP-A-597 638 describes a cellular telephone system having mobiles, which can be displaced within cells and between the latter. Each cell has a base station. The pricing rate applicable to each mobile is a function of the area in which it is located. In a first example, each mobile can operate at a low rate when it is located in its own area or local area and at a higher rate elsewhere, whereby the local area can be formed by one or more cells. In a second example, a user pays a low rate when he is in his own local area and in certain other specified areas and a high rate elsewhere. Each base station emits an identification signal on its own channel. This signal is recognized by mobiles located in the cell of said base station and they answer indicating in return their identity to the base station. The position of each mobile (i.e. the cell in which it is located) is consequently known and this information is sent by the corresponding base station to a central control unit. Each mobile in the corresponding cell, on answering, displays to the user an identification of the cell or the corresponding area, so that the user is aware of the rate which applies. An identification of the rate can also be displayed. The area corresponding to each cell approximately corresponds to a given geographical area.
Thus, the cellular telephone system uses a centralized data base for determining the charges which are to be applied. The aim of the invention is to offer subscribers, in possession of a mobile terminal or a phonecard, specific access conditions to a telecommunications network as a function of the area from which they are sending or receiving calls, while solving the problems associated with the prior art devices.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention proposes a communication process in a tele- communications network between a base station and at least one terminal remote therefrom, in which a subscriber to said network equipped with a terminal or an identification module when said terminal is a multi-user terminal, to choose at least one access area to the network where he benefits from special conditions, characterized in that said process comprises the following stages: base station by a centralized member, loading into the terminal or identification module of cartograp
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Blondeau Olivier
Charbonnier Alain
Despres Fran.cedilla.ois
France Telecom
Trost William G.
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