Telecommunications Link Separate Data Channel for Display Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for operating telecommunications links between answering devices and terminals are not user-friendly, as they require IP addresses for data transmission and can disrupt voice channels with additional data, limiting the ability to transmit display control commands effectively.

Innovation Solution

A method that establishes a voice and data channel connection, allowing display control commands to be transmitted separately from voice information, enabling automatic responses and screen content requests without affecting voice transmission, using protocols like WML or HTML, and allowing URL information for navigating screen pages.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If display control commands are transmitted in the voice channel along with voice information, then data transmission is achieved, but the voice transmission quality is degraded and the available audio bandwidth is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission capabilityVSAvoidvoice transmission quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the communication channel into separate voice channel and data channel. Display control commands are transmitted exclusively in the data channel while voice information is transmitted in the voice channel, eliminating mutual interference and preserving voice quality while enabling data transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If IP addresses are required for establishing data links between telecommunications devices, then data transmission can be established, but the system complexity increases and user-friendliness decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata link establishmentVSAvoiduser-friendliness
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements automatic IP address assignment through DHCP protocol, allowing telecommunications devices to obtain IP addresses automatically without manual configuration. This eliminates the need for users to manually manage IP addresses while maintaining data link establishment capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If the same channel is used for both voice and data transmission, then channel utilization is maximized, but the functionality for separate optimized transmission is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel utilizationVSAvoidtransmission optimization
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the communication infrastructure into separate voice channels and data channels. This segmentation allows each channel to be optimized for its specific type of traffic - voice channels optimized for audio transmission and data channels optimized for control commands and information transfer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a multi-functional communication system where the telecommunications link simultaneously supports voice transmission, data transmission, and display control command transmission through different channels, providing versatile functionality while maintaining channel optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8045681B2Method of operating a telecommunications link between two telecommunications devices which transmits display control commands in a separate data channel
Publication Date: 2011.10.25 AASTRA DETEWE
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AI summary

A method for operating a communications link between two telecommunications device requires that speech information be transmitted in a speech channel and data signals are transmitted in a data channel that is separate from the speech channel. This provides a particularly user-friendly, convenient method for operating a telecommunications link. To achieve this, display control commands are transmitted in the data channel as data signals, the display control commands triggering a display on a screen of the telecommunications device that receives the display control commands.