Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
S Decif ication
This invention relates to telephone and îa~ communication system.
It is known in today s telephone communications that whenever someone
picks up a phone,he/she has to compose seven digits ~more for long distance)
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and the relay centre receives the number then connect the desi~ed receiver
line with the caller's line.
The enormous difficulties associated with this e~isting technology are the
followirlgs,
The necesity of updating the telephone books(y~llo~v/white pages)
everyear,which costs so much money and paper by bearin~ in
mind the volume of the books across the world.
The trouble îor each indiYidual to memori~e or keep noting the often
used telephone numbers.
The necesity to keep many operators at the relay center to find the
numbers for callers,who knows the names,address but not the
numbers.
By resort to the present invention,all the îorementioned troubles will be
avoided.The new ~elephone set(apparatus figure 1 ) is equipped with,(in
addition to the 10 numeric keys),separated 26 alphbatic keys and some
functionel keys like Address,Age,City,Nation,etc.,and also a screen for the
relay ce~ter to send back identification message îor ~erification in ~he case
of multiplicity or u~certainity,the caller may be asked to supply
supplemental string for the relay center to get an unique receiver l~ne. The
relay ceIlter has to be a fast,large memory computer,which has certain
infomation (such as address,age,se~,etc.,) on each of the telepholle li~e.The
computer conducts identification matching once it gets a calling demand and
the string for the receiver.
The in~ormation of a telephone user line depends on herJhis willingness to
provide to the telephone relay ce~ter,like age,profession,etc., Nevertherless,
the address is no problem.
Dr~ g~ ~vhich illustr~lte e~bodi~e~ts 0f the i~esltio~:
Figure 1 is the telephone set. Ithe familiar audio part not shown)
Figure 2 is a schematic for a telephone/fax comunication system.
Figure 3-6 are the flow charts for ~he relay center computer to verify with
the caller until an unique receiver line is identified.
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According to what informatron the caller has ~n his mind about the r~ceiver,
such as îirst naDie,aliddle name,famlly name,address(#,~treet,apartment #,
or appro~imate location:like approximate number,nearby streets,etc.,),age,
the wanted receiver is at work or at home, there can be many different logie ;~.
flow charts in the identification process before al~ unique line is p~cked up.
Figure 3
The first n~me is i~put,by searching in the memory of the local relay
centre a new first name may be proposed in case of spelling mistake which
makes the lnput name no-existing,then in many cases,the relay computer
oentre will ask on the screen that a la$t ~a~e is ~ollowed,if now the person
is unique in the local,but he/she can be at work or at home,the centre sends
this choiee on the screen,if ~70rlc is pushed then ~n unique line is matched!
Figure 4
Last n~me is first input in most cases this is not enough to identiIy an
unique receiver, then a lirst ~e is followed.For there are more one
person has the same name,the street in which the receiver is at the time of
dialing is asked to be given.lf now the same-name two or more people
happen to on the same street, then an appro~imate address Ilu~ber is
helpful to îurther pick up the unique wanted per~on.In e~treme
circumstances an ~p~rt~e~t (appro~imate even~ number might be needed.
Figure 5
~irst n~e is given in starting,then a ~e~rby Ad~r.~ Street are input
after these an un~que id~ntiîication is foun~ in ~hat nearby area!
Figure 6
L2st ~me is input, for no unique as it is in many cases,at Wo~k is added,
since very possible that several people having the same last ~ame are all at
work,no~v the local relay centre proposes several choices in terms of a~e,
address,etc.,the caller push the button A~other un~il the wanted one
appears.
Similar sequences can be easily writ~en in the way of the last four.The esse-
ntial thing is to give supplemental information like age(even appro~imate)
address (even appro~imate),then the caller answer YES or NO by the keys
to confirm.When the caller is not sure his/her choice,an ANOT~ER is
pressed to ask the computer to propose another closest possible choice( this
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logic is applied also when any information input by a caller have wrong
spelling i~ names,addresses).
For people who different numbers,an key ~OlU~ or ~leSIDE~lCE are set fo~
more precise identification.~ In comple2e cases, a soft keys may be used,that
is press Nearby key,then input some like villas,boat,...). When finally an
unique receiver is found and confirmed by the caller,the relay centre
connect the two lines.
A local call to anv k~l of institutions
Start from the title of the establishment,say BELL CANADA,then the relay
centre may ask on the screen,which office ?then ADDRESS Street keys are
input to indicate the address( even appro~imate),usually a general info's li~e
connected when the caller is not sure the e~act office to talk with.
In the case that the caller knows the specific office to deal wi~h,then an soft
key for identification is input.
A lonR ~tance call
The thing which differs this call from a local is tha~ it has to be proceeded
by the key CIT~ the~ the name of the city in which stays the receiver.Then
the receiver relay centre does the same verification procedure as a local call.
~call to a country which is not associated in the same network.
Here the call has to be initiated by the key Natio~ then follows the name of
the country where stays the desired receiver.
The numeric keys supplied on the phone are for inputting addresses or ages,
apartment numbers, they can also be used when there is a regular phone
number available~9 1 1 ,local numbers within an establishment or be given
from a general infn desk in the case of an vr~anization)
The local relaY centres in ~i~ure 2
These are computers which have huge da~abase or an e~pert system. Thereas much relative information as the owner of the telephone line agrees is
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stored for each individual line~The relative information about the user of the
telephone line may consists of address(street,number,apartmellt )
a~e,profession,...~ Also this database or e~pert system should have
followiMg groupings: all the users on one street,all persons with same first
name,same family names,the topograghic maps of the local regions( streets
intersections,~),all the persons in one establishment.
The centre is also has to be able to feedback the message o~to the phone's
screen,possessing spelling check capacity,proposing the most possible
identification to the caller who is not sure e~act info about the receiver.
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