WO2013026443A1

WO2013026443A1 - Method for setting up a communication link

Info

Publication number: WO2013026443A1
Application number: PCT/DE2012/000850
Authority: WO
Inventors: Daniel Gruber
Original assignee: Daniel Gruber
Priority date: 2011-08-20
Filing date: 2012-08-20
Publication date: 2013-02-28
Also published as: BR112014003845A2; EP2745497A1; DE112012003446A5; WO2013026443A8; BR112014003845B1; DE102011111569A1; CN103828337B; CN103828337A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for setting up a communication link between a first mobile communication terminal device and a second communication device, in which the first mobile communication terminal device uses a user‑controlled dial‑in control apparatus, preferably following registration, to set up a preferably protected connection to an Internet server which has vehicle registration number registers which each have an associated PO Box and telephone number or Internet address for a telecommunication terminal device that is associated with a second communication device, the first mobile communication terminal device uses a user‑controlled dial‑out control apparatus to implement a notification or request message for a vehicle registration number using an essentially alphanumeric character string, the Internet server automatically stores the notification or request message in the PO Box associated with the requested vehicle registration number and automatically checks whether a reference entry for a telephone number or Internet address for the telecommunication terminal device associated with the second communication device is present and enabled for the requested vehicle registration number, and in such a case transmits the telephone number or Internet address stored for the requested registration number in the registration number register to the first mobile communication terminal device, and the first mobile communication terminal device is able, following confirmation by means of the user‑controlled dial‑in control apparatus, to set up a connection to the telecommunication terminal device associated with the second communication device.

Description

Method for establishing a communication connection

The present invention relates to a method for establishing a communication connection between a first mobile communication terminal and a second communication device, wherein the first mobile communication terminal establishes, by means of a user-controlled dial-in control device, preferably after registration, a preferably secure connection to an Internet server having vehicle registration registers to which each a mailbox and a phone number or an Internet address assigned to a second communication device telecommunications terminal are assigned, the first mobile communication terminal means of a user-controlled selection control device performs a message or request message regarding a vehicle registration using a substantially alphanumeric string, the Internet server the message or Request message autom atisch deposited in the associated to the requested vehicle registration mailbox and automatically checks whether a reference entry for a phone number or Internet address of the second communication device associated telecommunications terminal is available and enabled for the requested vehicle registration and deposited in such a case in the license plate register

Phone number or Internet address to the requested identifier transmitted to the first mobile communication terminal and the first mobile communication terminal after confirmation by means of the user-guided dial-in control device is able to establish a connection to the second communication device associated telecommunications terminal.

In particular, in road traffic, it would be desirable, especially in emergencies or in some other situations, when a motor vehicle driver, e.g. could be reached via a conventional public telecommunications network, although its name and telephone number are unknown. In many cases, it would already be helpful to send a message to the driver who can call it up at a later date, provided that immediate accessibility is not possible. Because of the frequently given mobile situation of caller (here: participant 1) and the one who is to be called (here: participant 2) and the high penetration rate of mobile network connections and devices are available for the invention

Use as a means of communication in particular the use of mobile Internet access through Internet-enabled mobile phones. But the system according to the invention is above it In addition, by non-mobile, conventional communication technologies also usable for the users. From DE 197 04 085 A1 a communication system is known, which is suitable for wireless communication between vehicles, each vehicle is identifiable and selectable via the vehicle registration. Here are the

Communication devices of the vehicles directly in connection with each other, d. H. without a mediating body the communication takes place. Although the communication should also be feasible via a public telecommunications network, but this is nothing closer.

US Pat. No. 5,668,880 A discloses a method for communication between vehicles, wherein communication devices are provided in the vehicles, each of which is identifiable via the vehicle registration number of the vehicle. By entering the license plate number in the communication device, a connection to the communication device of the associated vehicle can be established. The

Use of a public communication system or a central

Data management device is not provided in these methods.

An automatic telephone number information system is disclosed in DE 3786 101 T2 (EP 0 238 257 B1), wherein software is transmitted via a personal computer (PC) having a

Communication terminal and the public communication system is coupled. The user can access both a directory stored in the PC directory and a central telephone number information of the communication system and

Search and display desired entries using almost any search parameter.

DE 199341345 C2. Finally, discloses a method for the production of communication connections between vehicles, wherein a license plate server is provided as a network-specific device of the exchange of the network operator and the vehicle license plate is transmitted as a constituent part of a service-specific number of the network operator to the license plate server. The present invention is therefore based on the object , a procedure

to propose, with the establishment of a communication link regardless of the type of a public or private communication network, preferably by means of -mobile Internet connection, to a vehicle or vehicle part (eg a truck trailer, caravan) associated communication device can be realized, although the number of the telecommunications terminal of the subscriber to be called is unknown, a message transmission itself is possible if a direct communication link to the subscriber should not succeed.

This object is achieved by the characterizing features of claim 1. Further advantageous embodiments and further developments of the invention are

Subject of the dependent claims 2 to 10.

A central feature of the present invention is the inclusion of an Internet server device which can be accessed via a mobile internet connection, e.g. in particular by means of GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System), HSDPA (High-speed Downlink Packet Access), HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution) or WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), which can be controlled by means of input and selection control devices (connection control) of a mobile communication terminal, preferably by means of an Internet-capable mobile telephone (eg so-called "smartphones"), the Internet server device having vehicle registration registers, each of which at least one mailbox for messages (eg SMS, instant message, email) and a phone number or Internet address of an associated telecommunications device of the vehicle license plate holder are assigned, which in a contact request to a vehicle registration number message or the request message automatically stores in the associated message mailbox and automatically checks whether the requested vehicle license plate is stored in the register and one to this

Vehicle number associated with the phone number or Internet address is stored, so that in the event that the vehicle license holder permits (for example, by appropriate release or activation), a user-controlled connection establishment

Use of the number assigned to the number to the associated telecommunications terminal of the vehicle license holder is possible. If the vehicle license holder is temporary or in principle a direct

Telecommunication connection to other subscribers, because e.g.

during a car call, the messages (ie Messages or request messages) are stored in the mailbox assigned to him personally and are retrievable by him at a later date or can be him - immediately as a text message or sign on

Telecommunications terminal can be transmitted and may be in the display of the

Vehicle are displayed. In this respect, the method according to the invention allows, in addition to the indirect exchange of messages and information, also the direct communication via mobile Internet connections.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the second

Telecommunication device associated telecommunications terminal to be implemented in a device, e.g. in a mobile phone.

According to the invention, said mailbox is set up on the Internet server or on a data processing device connected to the Internet server. Alternatively, the said mailbox, if appropriate in addition, may be set up in the second (tele) communication device or the telecommunication terminal device or device associated with the second (tele) communication device.

The advantage of the method according to the invention is not only that it is the

Subscriber of a communication network is possible to establish a connection to another subscriber of the same or another communication network, although the first subscriber neither name nor telephone number of the other subscriber are known, but also the possibility of direct messaging allowed, if e.g. a direct voice communication is not possible. Such

Messages can be e.g. Directly as text messages via e-mail, instant messaging, SMS or possibly blogging or microblogging forward to the participant, so that important messages (danger messages, etc.) can quickly reach. The only prerequisite for successful contact is that the subscriber to be called (subscriber 2) is registered in the vehicle license plate register of the server device and enabled.

Compared to the known communication systems, the inventive method further provides the advantage that the caller (subscriber 2) receives the message even if a direct contact by voice (telephony) is not desired or possible, because all messages and request messages are in a him individually assigned storage unit for a specified Period are stored and can be retrieved by him at any time. Thus, it is possible for him to retrieve the messages addressed to him at a later date, even if the instant messaging was not possible. It can thus also reach him a message if the caller (participant 1) has made no further attempt to contact.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the character string of the vehicle identifier of the subscriber 2 can be detected and recognized by a camera, so that a manual or voice-controlled input of the character string is not required. For example, this camera may be the camera of the

Telecommunications terminal of the subscriber 1 act or a camera located in the vehicle of the subscriber 1, the data exchange with the

Telecommunication terminal of the subscriber 1 e.g. by wireless

Data transmission is suitable. Optionally, the camera or an adjunct connected thereto is equipped with pattern recognition software capable of converting the image data captured by the camera into a (e.g.

alphanumeric) string. In yet another embodiment of the invention, said message or

Request message from the first mobile communication terminal together with a first encoding information transmitted to the Internet server, so that the transmission of the stored to the second communication device number or Internet address to the requested identifier together with a second

Coding information is sent to the first mobile communication terminal, so that only the first mobile communication terminal can decode the information transmitted to it by the Internet server.

The coding of the information transmitted by the Internet server to the first mobile communication terminal protects the privacy of the second

Communication device associated subscriber in particular.

The inventive method can in principle be used in any means of transport, for example in aviation, shipping, rail vehicles, trucks, cars, buses, taxis, etc., so that a general accessibility of the driver is achieved, if the vehicles or Institutions have a corresponding individual marking. For special applications, the inventive method can also be used with additional

Combine authorization procedures to make the connection when, for example, trailers, caravans, railway wagons, containers or similar. can be addressed by a corresponding procedure.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the message from the

Server device, in particular e.g. in the case of an important hazard or warning message, not to a specific vehicle owner, but to all

receptive participants in a defined radius, preferably within a radius of 100 m to 10 km (for example in a radius of 100 m, 500 m, 1 km, 2 km or 5 km) the position of the telecommunication terminal of the subscriber 1 and / or the subscriber 2, unless the mobile

Telecommunications terminals of these participants via appropriate

Locating options (for example by means of GPS and appropriate approval by the respective participant) are available and unlocked.

The invention will be elucidated on the basis of examples which relate to possible embodiments and in no way limit the subject matter of the invention.

example 1

According to example 1, the subscriber 1 of a mobile radio network wants to contact the driver of the vehicle with the license plate A-BC 1234 (subscriber 2), although neither the driver's name nor telephone number is known to him.

For this purpose, subscriber 1 initially establishes a connection to the Internet with his mobile phone, for example initiating a software program ("app") which allows him to dial a few keys or by means of a quick selection key or by means of "voice-controlled command input to a vehicle identifier server 4 via the

Internet to establish a secure connection (eg to SSL standard). For this purpose, the vehicle identifier server 4 may be embodied as a separate hardware device or as a software module. The subscriber 1 is in the example, the string 3 of the license plate "A-BC 1234" of the motor vehicle as a request (request message) to the Vehicle identification server 4 via the handsfree and speech recognition of his vehicle to his mobile phone. This string 3 will be sent to the

Vehicle identification server 4 transmitted, whereupon this automatically checks whether this string is present in the license plate database or in the license plate register 10 of the vehicle identifier server 4 as a reference entry. If this is the case, the allocated telephone number register 6 (eg "0172 123 456 789") or the Internet address 7 of the respectively assigned telephone number register becomes the assigned telephone number

Removed communication device and transmitted the number 6 to the mobile phone of the subscriber 1 and displayed there. The establishment of the connection to the driver of the truck (participant 2) is not automatic, but the connection can only be made after in the display of the mobile phone of subscriber 1, the number 6 of the subscriber 2 has been displayed and participants 1 this confirmed by a command. Then, the mobile phone of the subscriber 1 dials the number 6 of the subscriber 2. If subscriber 2 has the option to call him directly, the text or voice message addressed to him is stored in his personal mailbox and optionally forwarded to him as a text message.

The associated communication device may be any

Communication terminal, for example, the mobile phone (mobile phone) of the driver, the landline of a control center or headquarters, an automatic

Receiving device / modem within a machine or a database device etc ..

Example 2

In another example, when an optional

Authentication method, for example by means of appropriate secret codes, optionally different assigned phone numbers to a license plate in

Vehicle number register 10 to be registered. For example, in this case, when entering the code associated with a number, the caller does not immediately reach the vehicle driver but the company headquarters associated with the vehicle.

In this case, the database 9 of the vehicle identifier server 4 comprises an authorization register 11, in addition to the actual vehicle number register 10

Password register 12, registers for the numbers assigned to the number 13 and registers for the number assigned to the number of mailbox addresses 14. In unspecified authorized access participant 1 in the example at Entering the registration number "A-BC 333" as answer the telephone number 0172 123 456 789. If the caller has the password 1234, then the call number 0172 123 456 788 is transmitted to him, he has the alternative password 1111, he will be the phone number (030) 12345678 notified. Thus, the caller can optionally phone numbers or email addresses of a company headquarters or other service points of the relevant

Company to be notified.

In addition, the service operator and, if appropriate, the participant may make the following (basic) settings concerning the subscriber or

be adapted or changed, for example by: activating or deactivating a "blacklist", i.e. numbers or subscribers, to which the

Communication (possibly limited in time) should be blocked, i. Messages from these subscribers should not be forwarded and / or numbers should not be transmitted to them; Activation or deactivation of a "whitelist", i.e. numbers or subscribers, to which the communication (possibly limited in time) exclusively

should be released, i. it is only from these participants a reception of

Messages and / or the transmission of telephone numbers be possible; Selecting menus with preformulated short messages, symbols or characters (e.g., emoticons, etc.) for convenient use in common communication patterns;

Activation or deactivation of answer or callback buttons; temporary or permanent activation or deactivation of password protection,

Phone number suppression, parental control, caller ID or the

Messaging etc.

The administration (input and maintenance of user data) of the vehicle-specific

Register entries as well as the information on the type of use can be accessed via a

Administration terminal 5 on the part of the service provider of the vehicle registration server 4 or after registration and identification of the participant concerned at least partially carried out by the participants themselves, preferably by secured

Data transfer.

REFERENCE LIST.

1 participant 1

2 participants 2

3 string 4 vehicle license plate server

5 administration terminal

• 6 phone number

7 Internet address

8 connection control (input and selection control)

9 database

10 vehicle registration register

11 authorization registers

12 password registers

13 telephone number register

14 mailbox address registers

Claims

claims:

.1. Method for establishing a communication connection between a first mobile communication terminal and at least one second

Communication device, characterized in that the first mobile

Kommunikatiorisendeinrichtung by means of a user-guided

Dial-up control device establishes a connection to an Internet server, which has vehicle number register 10, each of which a mailbox and a phone number 6 or Internet address 7 are assigned to one of the second communication device associated telecommunications terminal;

the first mobile communication terminal by means of a user-controlled

A connection control device performs a message or request message regarding a vehicle license plate using a substantially numeric or alphanumeric string 3;

the Internet server automatically deposits the message or request message in the mailbox associated with the requested vehicle license plate and automatically checks whether a reference entry for a telephone number 6 or Internet address 7 of the telecommunication terminal device belonging to the second communication device is present and activated for the requested vehicle license plate and in such a case the in the vehicle number register 10 stored phone number 6 or Internet address 7 to the requested identifier to the first mobile

Communication end device transmitted and the first mobile

Communication terminal after confirmation by the user-led

Connection control device is able to establish a connection to the telecommunication terminal device associated with the second communication device.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that digital signals are transmitted for establishing a communication connection.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the signals are transmitted encrypted.

4. The method according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the substantially numeric or alphanumeric string 3 by means of a camera and possibly by means of pattern recognition software identifiable and automatically transmitted by the connection control device.

5. The method according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that at least one of the connection control devices of

Communication (end) facilities by voice input is controlled and / or the message output is by voice,

6. The method according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the server device provides a user authentication, which only after

Identification of the authorized user allows the issuance of registration entries of the vehicle registration server.

7. The method according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the server device forwards a message to all participants willing to receive in a predetermined radius of 100m to 10km of the telecommunication terminal of the subscriber 1.