Nova Patents
EP0453389A2

Modular public telephones management system.

Abstract

Modular public telephones management system. By using different units, systems and auxiliary elements designed to manage modular public telephones, the service rendered by such modular public telephones can be paid for with various types of cards, to wit credit, prepaid, telephone subscriber or multi-service cards.

EP0453389A2, drawing sheet 1
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Projected expiry passed 16 April 2011, 15.4 years ago.

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9 claims: 8 independent, 1 dependent

  1. 1
    - Modular public telephones management system, characterised in comprising a variable number of modular public telephones (1), modular public telephones validation and identification units (2), and modular public telephones adaptation units (3), as well as a provincial modular public telephones operating system (4), a modular public telephones credit cards and telephone subscriber cards validation and invoicing centre (5), and a variable number of modular public telephones validation and identification units maintenance units (14), all coming under a provincial and nationwide hierarchic structure to carry out the functions thereof in real time.
  2. 3
    - Modular public telephones management system, as in preceding claims, characterised in that the modular public telephones validation and identification units expedite connection of the modular public telephones to the Switched Telephone Network after identifying the modular public telephone, as well as information exchange with the modular public telephones credit cards and telephone subscriber cards validation and invoicing centre and the modular public telephones making calls with a credit card, in order to validate or reject such call.
  3. 4
    - Modular public telephones management system, as in preceding claims, characterised in that the modular public telephones validation and identification units expedite teleprogramming of operating parameters and reporting on their own daily routines and those of the modular public telephones connected to them, as well as reporting alarms in the actual validation and identification unit and concentrating messages from modular public telephones connected to it, sending the same to the modular public telephones operating system.
  4. 5
    - Modular public telephones management system, as in preceding claims, characterised in that the modular public telephones adaptation units exchange information with the modular public telephone credit cards and telephone subscriber cards validation and invoicing centre and the modular public telephones making calls with a credit card, in order to validate or reject the call, allow operating parameters to be teleprogrammed and report alarms in the actual modular public telephones adaptation unit.
  5. 6
    - Modular public telephones management system, as in preceding claims, characterised in that the modular public telephones operating systems manage provincial centralization of alarms reported by modular public telephones, modular public telephones validation and identification units, and modular public telephones adaptation units.
  6. 7
    - Modular public telephones management system, as in preceding claims, characterised in that the modular public telephones operating systems expedite provincial reporting of breakdowns and repairs, statistical reporting, teleprogramming of modular public telephones, modular public telephones validation and identification units, and modular public telephones adaptation units, preparing the reports on takings.
  7. 8
    - Modular public telephones management system, as in preceding claims, characterised in that the modular public telephones credit cards and telephone subscriber cards validation and invoicing centre validates credit cards, telephone subscriber cards, black and grey customers lists, receives system reports and generates invoicing reports through the country.
  8. 9
    - Modular public telephones management system, as in preceding claims, characterised in being provided with a smallsized maintenance unit for the modular public telephones validation and identification units, comprising a module that consists of a display and a keyboard, and another module constituting the connection interface to the modular public telephones validation and identification units and the modular public telephones adaptation unit for the execution of test routines at such units.
Independent claims8