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Terminal equipment providing payment data in a cellular radio system
Assignee: Nokia Oyj
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Filing: 1995-09-19
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Granted: 2000-08-22
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Expires: 2015-09-19
Abstract
Abstract A cellular radio system includes a unit for controlling payment traffic and a terminal equipment which can be used as a pay telephone in the cellular radio system. The terminal equipment includes a control unit connected directly to the cellular transceiver without a two-wire connection and a collecting means, for controlling collection operations, connected the control unit. The payment traffic is transmitted from the terminal equipment to unit for controlling payment traffic as short data messages over the cellular radio system. The terminal equipment further includes a hands free facility.
Inventors
- 👤 Jukka Berg
- 👤 Kimmo Savolainen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 12:05
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04M; H04M15/00; H04M15/28; H04M17/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
In a cellular radio system having a unit (30) for controlling payment traffic, improved terminal equipment comprising: a cellular radio transceiver (31); a control unit (33) for controlling collecting operations; a collecting unit (34) communicating with the control unit (33) for providing payment data, wherein the control of collecting operations of the control unit directly causes the cellular radio transceiver to transmit the payment data to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic as short data messages over the cellular radio system, means (38) for implementing a hands free facility, means (36) for switching said hands free facility on, a handset unit (37) and means (52-56) for monitoring a connection between the control unit and the handset unit to detect interruption in said connection.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
In a cellular radio system having a unit (30) for controlling payment traffic, improved terminal equipment comprising: a cellular radio transceiver (31); a control unit (33) for controlling collecting operations; a collecting unit (34) communicating with the control unit (33) for providing payment data, wherein the control of collecting operations of the control unit directly causes the cellular radio transceiver to transmit the payment data to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic as short data messages over the cellular radio system, means (38) for implementing a hands free facility, means (36) for switching said hands free facility on, a handset unit (37) and means (52-56) for monitoring a connection between the control unit and the handset unit to detect interruption in said connection.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A terminal equipment according to claim 1 wherein the control unit (33) is connected to the cellular radio transceiver (31) by means of a bus interface (32).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A terminal equipment according to claim 2, wherein in that the bus interface (32) comprises lines for transmitting audio information and a line for transmitting data information in series or parallel form between the control unit (33) and the cellular radio transceiver (31).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A terminal equipment according to claim 1 wherein the control unit (33) is integrated as a fixed part of the cellular radio transceiver (31).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A terminal equipment according to claim 1 wherein a display unit (35), and a dialling means (36).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A terminal equipment according to claim 1, comprising means (33) for switching the hands free facility on automatically if the connection to the handset unit is interrupted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A terminal equipment according to claim 1 wherein the collecting means (34) is a call card reading/writing device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A terminal equipment according to claim 1 wherein the collecting means (34) is operated with coins.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
113 words
In a cellular radio system having a unit (30) for controlling payment traffic, improved terminal equipment comprising; a cellular radio transceiver (31) a control unit (33) for controlling collecting operations; a collecting unit (34) communicating with the control unit (33) for providing payment data; wherein the control of collecting operations of the control unit directly causes the cellular radio transceiver to transmit the Payment data to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic as short data messages over the cellular radio system, and means (31, 33) for transmitting the payment data of the last call performed to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic during the next call performed from the terminal equipment.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
113 words
In a cellular radio system having a unit (30) for controlling payment traffic, improved terminal equipment comprising; a cellular radio transceiver (31) a control unit (33) for controlling collecting operations; a collecting unit (34) communicating with the control unit (33) for providing payment data; wherein the control of collecting operations of the control unit directly causes the cellular radio transceiver to transmit the Payment data to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic as short data messages over the cellular radio system, and means (31, 33) for transmitting the payment data of the last call performed to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic during the next call performed from the terminal equipment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
A terminal equipment according to claim 9, comprising a handset unit (35) connected to said unit (30) and means (31, 33) for transmitting a notification of an interruption of the connection between the handset unit and the unit (30).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
119 words
In a cellular radio system having a unit (30) for controlling payment traffic, improved terminal equipment comprising; a cellular radio transceiver (31) a control unit (33) for controlling collecting operations; a collecting unit (34) communicating with the control unit (33) for providing payment data; wherein the control of collecting operations of the control unit directly causes the cellular radio transceiver to transmit the payment data to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic as short data messages over the cellular radio system, the cellular radio system being a GSM or DSC system, and means (31, 33) for transmitting payment and call data to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic of the system via a short message center (28).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
119 words
In a cellular radio system having a unit (30) for controlling payment traffic, improved terminal equipment comprising; a cellular radio transceiver (31) a control unit (33) for controlling collecting operations; a collecting unit (34) communicating with the control unit (33) for providing payment data; wherein the control of collecting operations of the control unit directly causes the cellular radio transceiver to transmit the payment data to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic as short data messages over the cellular radio system, the cellular radio system being a GSM or DSC system, and means (31, 33) for transmitting payment and call data to the unit (30) controlling the payment traffic of the system via a short message center (28).
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