WO2000022845A1 - Method for establishing a communications link in a public communications network - Google Patents

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WO2000022845A1
WO2000022845A1 PCT/DE1999/001312 DE9901312W WO0022845A1 WO 2000022845 A1 WO2000022845 A1 WO 2000022845A1 DE 9901312 W DE9901312 W DE 9901312W WO 0022845 A1 WO0022845 A1 WO 0022845A1
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  • the object of the invention is to provide a technical teaching to simplify the selection of an inexpensive service provider for a normal subscriber. This object is achieved by a method according to one of the claims.
  • the present invention is best illustrated by a first one
  • Service provider that operates in a public communication network via a special prefix, e.g. 0123, can be reached.
  • a special prefix e.g. 0123
  • this first service provider determines the second service provider which is the cheapest for establishing the desired connection. This is done with the help of a data processing system from the first service provider.
  • This data processing system is preferably a network element of a so-called intelligent network. It applies, for example to a database in which information about the costs of communication connections in communication networks of several second service providers is stored. Table 1 shows a possible form of such a database using a simple example.
  • This database which is not kept in many private communication terminals but in a few network elements or possibly only in a single network element of a public communication network, can easily be kept up to date at all times.
  • An algorithm is implemented in the data processing system of the first service provider, which evaluates the database entries for each call individually and thus determines the cheapest connection via a second service provider.
  • the second service provider can of course also be identical to the first service provider.
  • the caller can be charged separately for this service, e.g. a one-time, fixed amount per unit of time (subscription) or per call (call by call).
  • the invention is intended to illustrate a simple example:
  • a first service provider in the sense of the present invention can be reached via the number 0123. It is the table above 1 or an equivalent data structure is stored in a data processing system of this first service provider. Now it is assumed that the following connection requests exist:
  • B is in zone 1 with respect to A.
  • C is in zone 2 with respect to A.

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for establishing a communications link in a public communications network. If a subscriber of a public communications network dials a preselected number of a first provider as a preselected number to a target number of a desired subscriber, a data processing system of the first provider detects a second provider which is the most cost-effective for establishing the desired link. Subsequently, a link to the desired subscriber is established via a communications network of the second provider.

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Verfahren zum Aufbau einer Kommunikationsverbindung in einem öffentlichen KommunikationsnetzMethod for establishing a communication link in a public communication network
Durch die Liberalisierung des Wettbewerbs in der öffentlichen Telekommunikation gibt es eine für den normalen Teilnehmer unübersehbare Zahl von Tarifen und Preisstrukturen verschiedener Dienstanbieter. Die Auswahl eines günstigen Dienstan- bieters zum Aufbau einer gewünschten Verbindung wird daher immer schwieriger.Due to the liberalization of competition in public telecommunications, there is an unmistakable number of tariffs and price structures of various service providers for the normal subscriber. Choosing a cheap service provider to set up a desired connection is therefore becoming increasingly difficult.
Aufgabe der Erfindung ist die Bereitstellung einer technischen Lehre zur Vereinfachung der Auswahl eines günstigen Dienstanbieters für einen normalen Teilnehmer. Diese Aufgabe wird durch ein Verfahren nach einem der Patentansprüche gelöst.The object of the invention is to provide a technical teaching to simplify the selection of an inexpensive service provider for a normal subscriber. This object is achieved by a method according to one of the claims.
Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind Gegenstand von Unteransprüchen.Advantageous developments of the invention are the subject of dependent claims.
Im folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand bevorzugter Ausführungsbeispiele näher beschrieben.The invention is described in more detail below on the basis of preferred exemplary embodiments.
Die vorliegende Erfindung wird am besten durch einen erstenThe present invention is best illustrated by a first one
Dienstanbieter verwirklicht, der in einem öffentlichen Kommunikationsnetz über eine spezielle Vorwahl, z.B. 0123, erreichbar ist. Wir eine Ziffernfolge, z.B. 0123 789 2345 mit dieser Vorwahl von einem Teilnehmer in diesem öffentlichen Kommunikationsnetz gewählt, dann ermittelt dieser erste Dienstanbieter den zur Herstellung der gewünschten Verbindung kostengünstigsten zweiten Dienstanbieter. Dies geschieht mit Hilfe eines Datenverarbeitungssystems des ersten Dienstanbieters.Service provider that operates in a public communication network via a special prefix, e.g. 0123, can be reached. We a number sequence, e.g. If you dial 0123 789 2345 with this dialing code from a subscriber in this public communication network, then this first service provider determines the second service provider which is the cheapest for establishing the desired connection. This is done with the help of a data processing system from the first service provider.
Vorzugsweise ist dieses Datenverarbeitungssystem ein Netzelement eines sogenannten intelligenten Netzes. Es greift z.B. auf eine Datenbank zu, in der Informationen über die Kosten von Kommunikationsverbindungen in Kommunikationsnetzen mehrerer zweiter Dienstanbieter gespeichert sind. Tabelle 1 zeigt eine mögliche Form einer solchen Datenbank anhand eines einfachen Beispiels.This data processing system is preferably a network element of a so-called intelligent network. It applies, for example to a database in which information about the costs of communication connections in communication networks of several second service providers is stored. Table 1 shows a possible form of such a database using a simple example.
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Tabelle 1 : Informationen über die Kosten von KommunikationsverbindungenTable 1: Information about the cost of communication links
Diese Datenbank, die nicht in vielen privaten Kommunikationsendgeräten sondern in wenigen Netzelementen oder eventuell nur in einem einzigen Netzelement eines öffentlichen Kommuni- kationsnetzes gehalten wird, läßt sich leicht stets aktuell halten. In dem Datenverarbeitungssystem des ersten Dienstanbieters ist ein Algorithmus implementiert, der die Datenbankeinträge für jeden Anruf individuell auswertet und so die kostengünstigste Verbindung über einen zweiten Dienstanbieter ermittelt. Der zweite Dienstanbieter kann natürlich auch mit dem ersten Dienstanbieter identisch sein.This database, which is not kept in many private communication terminals but in a few network elements or possibly only in a single network element of a public communication network, can easily be kept up to date at all times. An algorithm is implemented in the data processing system of the first service provider, which evaluates the database entries for each call individually and thus determines the cheapest connection via a second service provider. The second service provider can of course also be identical to the first service provider.
Für diese Dienstleistung kann der Anrufer gesondert vergebührt werden, z.B. über einen einmaligen, festen Betrag pro Zeiteinheit (Abonnement) oder pro Anruf (call by call) .The caller can be charged separately for this service, e.g. a one-time, fixed amount per unit of time (subscription) or per call (call by call).
Ein einfaches Beispiel soll die Erfindung verdeutlichen:The invention is intended to illustrate a simple example:
Ein erster Dienstanbieter im Sinne der vorliegenden Erfindung sei über die Nummer 0123 erreichbar. Es sei die obige Tabelle 1 oder eine dazu gleichwertige Datenstruktur in einem Datenverarbeitungssystem dieses ersten Dienstanbieters gespeichert. Nun sei angenommen, daß folgende Verbindungswünsche vorliegen:A first service provider in the sense of the present invention can be reached via the number 0123. It is the table above 1 or an equivalent data structure is stored in a data processing system of this first service provider. Now it is assumed that the following connection requests exist:
a) Frau Müller aus A möchte ihre Schwester in B mit der Rufnummer 777-22433 um 5:00 Uhr früh anrufen, um ihr einen guten Morgen zu wünschen. b) Frau Müller aus A möchte ihren Bruder in C mit der Rufnum- mer 888-48135 um 5.50 Uhr per Anruf wecken. c) Frau Müller aus A mächte ihrer Schwester in B um 6.10 Uhr erzählen, was ihr gemeinsamer Bruder geträumt hat.a) Ms. Müller from A would like to call her sister in B at 777-22433 at 5:00 a.m. to wish her a good morning. b) Ms. Müller from A would like to wake up her brother in C by calling 888-48135 at 5.50 a.m. c) Ms. Müller from A would like to tell her sister in B at 6:10 a.m. what her brother had dreamed of.
B liegt bezüglich A in Zone 1. C liegt bezüglich A in Zone 2 .B is in zone 1 with respect to A. C is in zone 2 with respect to A.
Ohne die Erfindung müßte Frau Müller nun alle Dienstanbieter und deren Rufnummern und die aktuellen Bedingungen (d.h. Verbindungskosten) kennen, um die gewünschten Verbindungen möglichst kostengünstig herzustellen.Without the invention, Ms. Müller would now have to know all service providers and their phone numbers and the current conditions (i.e. connection costs) in order to establish the desired connections as cost-effectively as possible.
Dank der vorliegenden Erfindung wählt sie nun einfach stets die Rufnummer 0123 des ersten Dienstanbieters als Vorwahl, alsoThanks to the present invention, it now simply dials the number 0123 of the first service provider as a prefix, that is
in den Fällen a) und c) die Rufnummer 0123 777 22433 im Fall b) die Rufnummer 0123 888 48135in cases a) and c) the number 0123 777 22433 in case b) the number 0123 888 48135
und wird jeweils verbundenand is connected each time
im Fall mit dem Teilnehmer 777 22433 über die Verbindungin the case with the subscriber 777 22433 via the connection
01456 777 22433, im Fall b) mit dem Teilnehmer 888 48135 über die Verbindung01456 777 22433, in case b) with the participant 888 48135 via the connection
01456 888 48135 und im Fall c) mit dem Teilnehmer 777 22433 über die Verbindung 01765 777 22433. 01456 888 48135 and in case c) with subscriber 777 22433 via connection 01765 777 22433.

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Patentansprüche claims
1. Verfahren zum Aufbau einer Kommunikationsverbindung in einem öffentlichen Kommunikationsnetz mit folgenden Schritten: a) ein Teilnehmer wählt in einem öffentlichen Kommunikationsnetz eine Vorwahlnummer eines ersten Dienstanbieters als Vorwahl zu der Zielrufnummer eines von ihm gewünschten Teilnehmers; b) ein Datenverarbeitungssystem des ersten Dienstanbieters ermittelt den zur Herstellung der gewünschten Verbindung im1. A method for establishing a communication link in a public communication network, comprising the following steps: a) in a public communication network, a subscriber dials an area code of a first service provider as an area code for the destination number of a subscriber desired by him; b) a data processing system of the first service provider determines the one for establishing the desired connection in the
Sinne einer Kostenschätzung kostengünstigsten zweiten Dienstanbieter; c) es wird eine Verbindung über ein Kommunikationsnetz des zweiten Dienstanbieters zu dem gewünschten Teilnehmer aufge- baut.Meaning of a cost estimate of the cheapest second service provider; c) a connection is established to the desired subscriber via a communication network of the second service provider.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, bei dem das Datenverarbeitungssystem des ersten Dienstanbieters eine Datenbank umfaßt, in der Informationen über die Kosten von Kommunikationsverbin- düngen in Kommunikationsnetzen mehrerer zweiter Dienstanbieter gespeichert sind.2. The method as claimed in claim 1, in which the data processing system of the first service provider comprises a database in which information about the costs of communication connections is stored in communication networks of a plurality of second service providers.
3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, bei dem die Informationen über die Kosten von Kommunikationsverbindungen in Kommunikations- netzen mehrerer zweiter Dienstanbieter zeitlich differenziert sind, so daß unterschiedlichen Zeiten unterschiedliche Kosten zugeordnet sein können. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information about the costs of communication links in communication networks of several second service providers are differentiated in time, so that different times can be assigned different costs.
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