FR2731860A1 - TELEPHONE CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR THE USE OF INDIVIDUALS - Google Patents

TELEPHONE CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR THE USE OF INDIVIDUALS Download PDF

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FR2731860A1
FR2731860A1 FR9504121A FR9504121A FR2731860A1 FR 2731860 A1 FR2731860 A1 FR 2731860A1 FR 9504121 A FR9504121 A FR 9504121A FR 9504121 A FR9504121 A FR 9504121A FR 2731860 A1 FR2731860 A1 FR 2731860A1
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    • H04M17/00—Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
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    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/28—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP with meter at substation or with calculation of charges at terminal
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Abstract

The device comprises an electronic management circuit in a protective housing (1) connectable to a telephone handset (13), which circuit includes a microcontroller (2) which performs the following functions: decoding the keypad of the telephone handset (13) using a decoding circuit; transmitting a code to the telecommunications exchange indicating that units are being debited directly from a phonecard connected to said electronic circuit by a card reader (6) for phonecards and particularly smart cards; controlling the release of the telephone line (12); and displaying the used call time units or the calling time still available on the phone card on an alphanumeric display (7). The device further comprises a power supply providing a DC supply voltage for the card and a suitable voltage for erasing units on the phonecard.

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La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de gestion des consommations téléphoniques destiné notamment à l'usage des particuliers. The present invention relates to a device for managing telephone consumption intended in particular for the use of individuals.

On sait que les particuliers ne peuvent contrôler actuellement leur consommation téléphonique qu'à partir d'un relevé communiqué postérieurement par l'administration des télécommunications indiquant la durée des différentes conversations et leur coût. We know that individuals can currently control their telephone consumption only from a statement subsequently communicated by the telecommunications administration indicating the duration of the various conversations and their cost.

Les appareils téléphoniques existants ne permettent en effet pas de connaître le coût d'une communication en cours, car ils n'indiquent pas les unités de temps d'appel qui s'écoulent au fur et à mesure de ladite comunication. Existing telephone devices do not in fact make it possible to know the cost of a call in progress, because they do not indicate the units of call time that elapse as and when said communication.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients en proposant un dispositif facilement adaptable par les particuliers sur les appareils téléphoniques existants et permettant de lire des cartes à puces chargées d'un certain nombre d'unités téléphoniques, de manière à n'autoriser une communication qu'au seul possesseur d'une telle carte et d'afficher les unités de temps d'appel en temps réel au cours de ladite communication. The present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks by proposing a device easily adaptable by individuals on existing telephone devices and making it possible to read smart cards loaded with a certain number of telephone units, so as not to authorize a communication only to the owner of such a card and to display the call time units in real time during said communication.

Le dispositif selon l'invention comporte à cet effet, dans un boitier de protection, un circuit électronique comprenant un microprocesseur et des mémoires, des moyens de lecture d'une carte téléphonique, une alimentation délivrant une tension continue d'alimentation de ladite carte et une tension appropriée pour l'effacement des unités d'une carte téléphonique, un afficheur des unités de temps d'appel consommé ou du temps d'appel encore disponible sur une carte téléphonique, un circuit d'émission d'un code au central des télécommunications signalant que le débit des unités est effectué directement sur la carte téléphonique connectée audit circuit électronique, un circuit permettant d'identifier le poste décroché et de décoder les numéros composés. The device according to the invention comprises for this purpose, in a protective case, an electronic circuit comprising a microprocessor and memories, means for reading a telephone card, a power supply delivering a DC supply voltage to said card and a voltage suitable for erasing the units of a telephone card, a display of the units of consumed call time or call time still available on a telephone card, a circuit for transmitting a code to the central office telecommunications signaling that the debit of the units is carried out directly on the telephone card connected to said electronic circuit, a circuit making it possible to identify the set picked up and to decode the numbers dialed.

Les avantages et les caractéristiques de la présente invention ressortiront plus clairement de la description qui suit et qui se rapporte au dessin annexé, lequel en représente un mode de réalisation non limitatif. The advantages and characteristics of the present invention will emerge more clearly from the description which follows and which refers to the appended drawing, which represents a non-limiting embodiment thereof.

Dans le dessin annexé
- la figure 1 représente le schéma fonctionnel du dispositif selon l'invention.In the attached drawing
- Figure 1 shows the block diagram of the device according to the invention.

- la figure 2 représente le schéma du circuit électronique d'alimentation du dispositif selon l'invention. - Figure 2 shows the diagram of the electronic power supply circuit of the device according to the invention.

- la figure 3 représente le schéma du circuit électronique du dispositif selon l'invention
Si on se réfère à la figure 1 on peut voir que le dispositif selon l'invention comporte un micoprocesseur 1 effectuant les opérations de calcul et de contrôle d'un processus relié à: des mémoires mortes ROM 2 ("Read Only
Memory") pour les programmes, des mémoires RAM ("Random Access
Memory") dynamiques 3 pour le stockage des informations et des résultats partiels de calcul, un circuit d'entrées et sorties 4 des données vers une imprimante 5 ou un ordinateur de type
PC via un bus non représenté, des moyens de lecture 6 d'une carte téléphonique et d'effacage des unités, chargées sur ladite carte, au cours d'une communication, un afficheur LCD 7 pour l'affichage de la consommation des unités en temps réel ou le décompte des unités de la carte téléphonique, une alimentation 8, un circuit 9 remplissant les fonctions d'identification 90 du poste appelé, de décodage 91 des numéros composés ou encore des impulsions de taxes 92, ainsi qu'une isolation galvanique 11 du circuit 9 et des lignes téléphoniques 12 où sont connectés le ou les postes 13, et un circuit de coupure 14.- Figure 3 shows the diagram of the electronic circuit of the device according to the invention
If we refer to FIG. 1 we can see that the device according to the invention comprises a micoprocessor 1 carrying out the operations of calculation and control of a process connected to: ROM read only memories 2 ("Read Only
Memory ") for programs, RAM memories (" Random Access
Memory ") dynamic 3 for storing information and partial calculation results, an input and output circuit 4 of data to a printer 5 or a computer of the type
PC via a bus not shown, means 6 for reading a telephone card and erasing the units, loaded on said card, during a communication, an LCD display 7 for displaying the consumption of the units in real-time or the counting of the units of the telephone card, a power supply 8, a circuit 9 fulfilling the functions of identification 90 of the called station, of decoding 91 of the numbers dialed or of the impulses of charges 92, as well as galvanic isolation 11 of circuit 9 and telephone lines 12 where the station (s) 13 are connected, and a cut-off circuit 14.

Si on se réfère également à la figure 2 on peut voir que l'alimentation 8 comporte un transformateur 80 et un pont de diodes 81 redressant le courant alternatif provenant du secteur 83 et permettant d'obtenir deux tensions continues d'une partir d'un premier circuit 85 comprenant un régulateur 850 à la sortie duquel on recueille un potentiel 851 continu et stabilisé à 5V pour l'alimentation du circuit électronique du dispositif, et un deuxième circuit 86 à la sortie duquel on recueille un potentiel continu 860 stabilisé à 21V et destiné à l'effacage des unités d'une carte téléphonique. On peut voir également le circuit d'entrée et sortie 4 des données vers une imprimante et/ou un ordinateur 5 qui peut être par exemple une interface du type RS 232.  If we also refer to FIG. 2 we can see that the power supply 8 includes a transformer 80 and a diode bridge 81 rectifying the alternating current coming from the sector 83 and making it possible to obtain two direct voltages from a first circuit 85 comprising a regulator 850 at the output of which a continuous potential 851 is stabilized and stabilized at 5V for supplying the electronic circuit of the device, and a second circuit 86 at the output of which a continuous potential 860 is stabilized at 21V and intended for erasing the units of a telephone card. We can also see the input and output circuit 4 of the data to a printer and / or a computer 5 which can for example be an RS 232 type interface.

La tension d'alimentation peut être également obtenue à partir d'une pile 87. The supply voltage can also be obtained from a battery 87.

Si on se réfère maintenant à la figure 3 on peut voir que le circuit électronique du dispositif selon l'invention est composé principalement d'un microprocesseur 1 relié à l'afficheur LCD 7, au lecteur 6 d'une carte téléphonique relié par une de ses entrées 60 à la tension continue 860 de 21V par l'/intermédiaire d'un circuit 61, au circuit 9 connecté à la ligne téléphonique 10 par l'intermédiaire d'une isolation galavanique 11, au circuit d'entrée et/ou sortie 4 en 40 et 41, et au circuit de coupure 14 émettant, grâce au microprocesseur 1, un code au central des télécommunications signalant que le débit des unités est effectué directement sur la carte téléphonique
Le dispositif selon l'invention peut être facilement connecté à l'appareil téléphonique auquel on le destine en déconnectant simplement ledit appareil, par le clip se trouvant généralement en dessous ou derrière le combiné, de l'extrémité libre du fil de la ligne téléphonique, ladite extrémité étant alors connectée au dispositif selon l'invention qui est par ailleurs connecté à l'appareil téléphonique, lequel est désormais soumis au fonctionnement dudit dispositif.If we now refer to Figure 3 we can see that the electronic circuit of the device according to the invention is mainly composed of a microprocessor 1 connected to the LCD display 7, to the reader 6 of a telephone card connected by one of its inputs 60 at DC voltage 860 of 21V via / through a circuit 61, through circuit 9 connected to the telephone line 10 via galavan insulation 11, through the input and / or output circuit 4 at 40 and 41, and at the cut-off circuit 14 transmitting, by means of the microprocessor 1, a code to the telecommunications center signaling that the debit of the units is carried out directly on the telephone card
The device according to the invention can be easily connected to the telephone apparatus for which it is intended by simply disconnecting said apparatus, by the clip generally located below or behind the handset, from the free end of the telephone line wire, said end then being connected to the device according to the invention which is also connected to the telephone apparatus, which is now subject to the operation of said device.

A partir de cette installation tout appel provenant de l'extérieur sera directement connecté au poste téléphonique. Par contre si l'utilisateur veut effectuer un appel il devra insérer, dans une fente prévue dans le boitier, une carte téléphonique qui sera débitée directement du nombre d'unités consommées au cours de la communication, lequel apparaitau fur et à mesure, sur l'afficheur 7 disposé dans un logement ménagé à cet effet sur le boitier. From this installation, any call from outside will be directly connected to the telephone set. On the other hand if the user wants to make a call he will have to insert, in a slot provided in the case, a telephone card which will be debited directly from the number of units consumed during the communication, which will appear progressively on the 'display 7 disposed in a housing provided for this purpose on the housing.

Le dispositif selon l'invention offre ainsi l'avantage d'afficher, au fur et à mesure du temps écoulé au cours de la communication, le nombre d'unités téléphoniques consommées et ce sans nécessiter de modifier les installataions existantes, et sans nécessiter aucune intervention d'un professionnel. Ses faibles dimensions permettent en outre de le transporter aisément et discrétement.  The device according to the invention thus offers the advantage of displaying, as the time elapsed during the communication, the number of telephone units consumed and this without requiring modifying the existing installations, and without requiring any intervention of a professional. Its small dimensions also allow it to be transported easily and discreetly.

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REVENDICATION CLAIM Dispositif de gestion des consommations téléphoniques destiné notamment à l'usage des particuliers, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte, dans un boitier de protection, un circuit électronique comprenant un microprocesseur (1) et des mémoires (2,3), des moyens de lecture (6) d'une carte téléphonique, une alimentation (8) délivrant une tension continue d'alimentation de ladite carte (851) et une tension appropriée (860) pour l'effacement des unités d'une carte téléphonique, un afficheur (7) des unités de temps d'appel consommé ou du temps d'appel encore disponible sur une carte téléphonique, un circuit de coupure (14) émettant un code au central des télécommunications signalant que le débit des unités est effectué directement sur la carte téléphonique connectée audit circuit électronique, un circuit (9) permettant d'identifier le poste décroché et de décoder les numéros composés.  Device for managing telephone consumption intended in particular for the use of individuals, characterized in that it comprises, in a protective case, an electronic circuit comprising a microprocessor (1) and memories (2,3), means for reading (6) of a telephone card, a power supply (8) delivering a direct supply voltage to said card (851) and a suitable voltage (860) for erasing the units of a telephone card, a display ( 7) units of call time consumed or call time still available on a telephone card, a cut-off circuit (14) transmitting a code to the telecommunications center signaling that the debit of the units is carried out directly on the telephone card connected to said electronic circuit, a circuit (9) making it possible to identify the set on hook and to decode the numbers dialed.
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EP96907546A EP0760190A1 (en) 1995-03-17 1996-03-18 Telephone call management device for connection to a standard telephone handset
PCT/FR1996/000409 WO1996029816A1 (en) 1995-03-17 1996-03-18 Telephone call management device for connection to a standard telephone handset

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