WO2000065368A1 - Portable apparatus for determining the geographic position and sending on telephone the same to a service center - Google Patents
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
- G01S5/0009—Transmission of position information to remote stations
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- G01S5/0027—Transmission from mobile station to base station of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
- G01S5/0009—Transmission of position information to remote stations
- G01S5/0018—Transmission from mobile station to base station
- G01S5/0036—Transmission from mobile station to base station of measured values, i.e. measurement on mobile and position calculation on base station
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S2205/001—Transmission of position information to remote stations
- G01S2205/008—Transmission of position information to remote stations using a mobile telephone network
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- Portable apparatus for determining the geographic position and sending on telephone the same to a service center
- the present invention relates to the value added services regarding the geographic positions of the users who ask for them. More particularly, the invention relates to a hand- held apparatus capable of taking a bearing of the geographic positon of the user by satellite connection of the GPS (Global Positioning System) type and usable in combination with any telephone apparatus in order to communicate the geographic position of the user to a service centre that will supply value added services by phone .
- GPS Global Positioning System
- GPS is based on a "constellation" of satellites orbiting around the earth and transmitting signals which can be used for taking information about time, position and speed. Such information may be combined with other systems for a variety of purposes and activities.
- Many GPS apparatuses are currently used including hand-held apparatuses capable of taking a bearing and showing a map previously stored in a CD-ROM on a suitable display on which the position determined by GPS is shown.
- the very large spread of the mobile telephony has pointed out the necessity to supply more and more information to the subscribers to that service and particularly to "personalize" the information asked by the users according to their geographic position.
- the present invention seeks to provide a very cheap apparatus that takes the bearing of the geographic position and is capable of being advantageously used in combination with any cellular phone of the currently traded type without the need of any hardware and/or software modification as well as without the necessity to buy an expensive, complicated GPS apparatus of the above-mentioned type.
- telephone subscribers are supplied with information and services concerning not only their geographic positions but also the destination such as for example a tourist information and/or navigation service just by means of a simple phone call.
- users who want to have access to the system should have a hand-held apparatus as well as a telephone apparatus, preferably of the hand-held type.
- the hand-held apparatus when the hand-held apparatus is switched on, it carries out the detection of the position by GPS and is capable of transmitting coded acoustic signals controlled by the user and including audio information relative to the position which can be sent through the microphone of a telephone apparatus to a service centre which recognizes and decodes such information so that the position of the calling user can be determined.
- Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the hand-held apparatus according to the invention.
- Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the hand-held apparatus of Fig. 1 inserted in an additional apparatus to be used with a voice-actuated device;
- Fig. 3 shows the connections between user and a service centre according to the invention
- Fig. 4 is a block diagram of the operation of the invention.
- the hand-held apparatus 1 is an electronic apparatus preferably based on integrated circuits including a receiver/processor RE for processing GPS signals which is provided with a suitable antenna Al and controlled by the user for sending the received signals to a coder/decoder CD which processes GPS signals and send them to a loudspeaker AP connected in series with a signal amplifier AMP.
- a receiver/processor RE for processing GPS signals which is provided with a suitable antenna Al and controlled by the user for sending the received signals to a coder/decoder CD which processes GPS signals and send them to a loudspeaker AP connected in series with a signal amplifier AMP.
- Such hand-held apparatus 1 is preferably supplied by a cell B which is connected to power supply AL1 by an on/off switch I.
- GPS-signal receiver/processor RE When the user presses a control button P, the information produced by GPS-signal receiver/processor RE is processed and fed to coder CD and then amplified by amplifier AMP and given out of loudspeaker AP.
- a light signal generator S for indicating the state of operation of apparatus 1 is also provided.
- an additional apparatus 2 shown in Fig. 2 is also provided in which the handheld apparatus 1 is inserted for its use in a vehicle or in a voice-actuated device of a cellular phone.
- Such additional apparatus 2 has essentially two functions: the first function is to supply hand-held apparatus 1 with the power generated by the vehicle, thus excluding cell B inside apparatus 1; the second function is to take the amplified signal at the output of hand-held apparatus 1 and to feed it directly to the voice-actuated device installed in the vehicle without any manual operation by the user.
- such additional apparatus 2 preferably based on integrated circuits is provided with: a casing for housing hand-held apparatus 1 and taking power from the electric system of the vehicle and adapting the same to hand-held apparatus 1 by means of a supplementary power supply AL2 so as to bypass cell B and to supply directly power supply A 1; and an interface circuit IW which connects GPS-signal coder/decoder CD of the hand-held apparatus with the voice-actuated device of the cellular phone installed in the vehicle.
- the present invention always needs the combination of hand-held apparatus 1 and a telephone apparatus which is enabled to call service centre 3.
- service centre 3 After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by handheld apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding shops or places of great interest near the present or future, terrestrial geographic position of the user; guidance service . After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by handheld apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding the optimal route for connecting two places: the starting place, already communicated to the service centre by the hand-held apparatus 1 through telephone line, and the destination place which can be a place of interest, a street with street number or a special feature of a place;
- the service centre After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding the metcast, and particularly the following information: rainfall (millimetres of rain) , temperature (°C), atmospheric pressure (mbar) , relative humidity, wind speed (m/s) , direction of the wind (degrees); navigation service. After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus 1, the service centre guides the user through telephone line along a (urban or extraurban) route until the destination communicated by the user during the request and selection of services is reached; tourist information service.
- the service centre After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding monuments or places of historical-artistic interest near the user. play and entertainment service. After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with play and entertainment services which make use of a geographic position. Such services are supplied by the service centre after phone conversation with the user.
- FIG. 4 shows in detail the logical operating sequence of the invention from which it is clearly seen the following simple procedure carried out by the user:
- the audio signal generated by the hand-held apparatus 1 includes some information relative to the apparatus and its position.
- the data transmitted includes: a) identification code of the mobile apparatus 1 which is used by service centre 3 for processing accounting and service charge data, in case the latter should be charged to the user; b) the terrestrial geographic position expressed in latitude, longitude and altitude referred to the local tangent plane LTP or geocentric coordinates ECEF (Earth Centred Earth Fixed) defined by the projections of the user's position to the orthogonal axes X, Y, Z from the earth centre. c) the measurement of the distance between GPS receiver and GPS satellite consisting of the group of measurements of the distances between the GPS-signal receiver/processor RE and the corresponding GPS satellites.
- ECEF Earth Centred Earth Fixed
- GPS-signal receiver/processor RE There is a measurement for each GPS satellite whose signal is received and processed by the receiver/processor RE. Such distance measurement is used by service centre 3 for further improving the precision of the bearing of above item b) ; d) data relative to the clock of GPS-signal receiver/processor RE, including: UTC time (Universal Time Coordinated) at which the bearing has been carried out, clock bias, and clock drift.
- UTC time Universal Time Coordinated
- the services which can be supplied to the users are not limited to those previously described.
- the present invention has been described and illustrated according to a preferred embodiment thereof, however, it should be understood that those skilled in the art can make modifications and/or equivalent replacements without departing from the scope of the present industrial invention.
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Abstract
A hand-held apparatus (1) for taking the bearing of the geographic position and for transmitting the same to a service centre (3) by telephone connection is provided with a receiver/processor (RE) for processing GPS (Global Positoning System) signals which is provided with a suitable antenna (A1) and is controlled by the user for sending the received signals to a coder/decoder (CD) which processes said signals and send them to a loudspeaker (AP) connected in series with a signal amplifier (AMP) so that coded audio signals are generated including information relative to the position which can be sent by the audio channel of a telephone connection to a service centre that recognizes and decodes the same so that the position of the calling user can be determined, and the user is supplied still by telephone line with a plurality of information concerning play and/or entertainment services strictly related to the geographic position of the user and/or his destination.
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Portable apparatus for determining the geographic position and sending on telephone the same to a service center
The present invention relates to the value added services regarding the geographic positions of the users who ask for them. More particularly, the invention relates to a hand- held apparatus capable of taking a bearing of the geographic positon of the user by satellite connection of the GPS (Global Positioning System) type and usable in combination with any telephone apparatus in order to communicate the geographic position of the user to a service centre that will supply value added services by phone .
This allows any telephone subscriber, particularly those provided with cellular telephone, to be supplied with all of the information services regarding the geographic bearing.
It is useful to recall that GPS is based on a "constellation" of satellites orbiting around the earth and transmitting signals which can be used for taking information about time, position and speed. Such information may be combined with other systems for a variety of purposes and activities. Many GPS apparatuses are currently used including hand-held apparatuses capable of taking a bearing and showing a map previously stored in a CD-ROM on a suitable display on which the position determined by GPS is shown.
In recent time the very large spread of the mobile telephony has pointed out the necessity to supply more and more information to the subscribers to that service and particularly to "personalize" the information asked by the users according to their geographic position.
Therefore, the present invention seeks to provide a very cheap apparatus that takes the bearing of the geographic position and is capable of being advantageously used in combination with any cellular phone of the currently traded type without the need of any hardware and/or software modification as well as without the necessity to buy an expensive, complicated GPS apparatus of the above-mentioned type. In this way, telephone subscribers are supplied with information and services concerning not only their geographic positions but also the destination such as for example a tourist information and/or navigation service just by means of a simple phone call. This has been achieved by providing the users with a hand-held apparatus that is capable of taking the bearing of the geographic position by GPS and communicating the same by a phone call to a service centre that processes and transmits immediately the requested information to the users during the same phone call.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, users who want to have access to the system should have a hand-held apparatus
as well as a telephone apparatus, preferably of the hand-held type.
To sum up, when the hand-held apparatus is switched on, it carries out the detection of the position by GPS and is capable of transmitting coded acoustic signals controlled by the user and including audio information relative to the position which can be sent through the microphone of a telephone apparatus to a service centre which recognizes and decodes such information so that the position of the calling user can be determined.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A better understanding of the invention will ensue from the following detailed description with reference to the annexed drawings which show, only by way of a not limiting example, a preferred embodiment of the invention.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the hand-held apparatus according to the invention;
Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the hand-held apparatus of Fig. 1 inserted in an additional apparatus to be used with a voice-actuated device;
Fig. 3 shows the connections between user and a service centre according to the invention;
Fig. 4 is a block diagram of the operation of the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT With particular reference to Fig. 1, the hand-held apparatus 1 is an electronic apparatus preferably based on integrated circuits including a receiver/processor RE for processing GPS signals which is provided with a suitable antenna Al and controlled by the user for sending the received signals to a coder/decoder CD which processes GPS signals and send them to a loudspeaker AP connected in series with a signal amplifier AMP. Such hand-held apparatus 1 is preferably supplied by a cell B which is connected to power supply AL1 by an on/off switch I.
When the user presses a control button P, the information produced by GPS-signal receiver/processor RE is processed and fed to coder CD and then amplified by amplifier AMP and given out of loudspeaker AP.
In the preferred embodiment shown in Fig. 1 a light signal generator S for indicating the state of operation of apparatus 1 is also provided. According to the invention, an additional apparatus 2 shown in Fig. 2 is also provided in which the handheld apparatus 1 is inserted for its use in a vehicle or in a voice-actuated device of a cellular phone. Such additional apparatus 2 has essentially two functions: the first function is to supply hand-held apparatus 1 with the power generated by the vehicle,
thus excluding cell B inside apparatus 1; the second function is to take the amplified signal at the output of hand-held apparatus 1 and to feed it directly to the voice-actuated device installed in the vehicle without any manual operation by the user.
To this end, such additional apparatus 2 preferably based on integrated circuits is provided with: a casing for housing hand-held apparatus 1 and taking power from the electric system of the vehicle and adapting the same to hand-held apparatus 1 by means of a supplementary power supply AL2 so as to bypass cell B and to supply directly power supply A 1; and an interface circuit IW which connects GPS-signal coder/decoder CD of the hand-held apparatus with the voice-actuated device of the cellular phone installed in the vehicle.
With particular reference to Fig. 3, the present invention always needs the combination of hand-held apparatus 1 and a telephone apparatus which is enabled to call service centre 3.
With regard to this, it is interesting to analyze at least some value added services which are made available by the present invention when service centre 3 knows the bearing of the user through the mobile apparatus 1 : bearing service. After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by handheld apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding shops or places of great interest near the present or
future, terrestrial geographic position of the user; guidance service . After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by handheld apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding the optimal route for connecting two places: the starting place, already communicated to the service centre by the hand-held apparatus 1 through telephone line, and the destination place which can be a place of interest, a street with street number or a special feature of a place;
- weather-forecast service. After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding the metcast, and particularly the following information: rainfall (millimetres of rain) , temperature (°C), atmospheric pressure (mbar) , relative humidity, wind speed (m/s) , direction of the wind (degrees); navigation service. After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus 1, the service centre guides the user through telephone line along a (urban or extraurban) route until the destination communicated by the user during the request and selection of services is reached; tourist information service. After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus 1, the service centre
supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding monuments or places of historical-artistic interest near the user. play and entertainment service. After having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus 1, the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with play and entertainment services which make use of a geographic position. Such services are supplied by the service centre after phone conversation with the user.
These and other services are supplied to the user who can walk or run on a vehicle provided with a voice- actuated device by using the additional apparatus 2. The mode of interaction among user, hand-held apparatus 1, telephone, and service centre 3 will be now analyzed.
The flow chart of Fig. 4 shows in detail the logical operating sequence of the invention from which it is clearly seen the following simple procedure carried out by the user:
1. calling service centre;
2. switching on the hand-held GPS-bearing device so that the position of the user can be determined;
3. selecting by phone the desired service among those available and pointed out by the service centre;
4. bringing, on request of the service centre, the loudspeaker of the hand-held apparatus 1 near the microphone of the telephone, and switching it on by pushing button P to send a phone message; 5. waiting the confirmation that data concerning the
bearing has been correctly received and, if it is the case, repeating the preceding step;
6. resorting to the requested service by listening to the information sent by service centre 3 and/or reading data on the display of the telephone (if the latter is provided with the former) ;
7. switching out the phone connection after a warning signal by the service centre.
It should be appreciated that the audio signal generated by the hand-held apparatus 1 includes some information relative to the apparatus and its position. Particularly, the data transmitted includes: a) identification code of the mobile apparatus 1 which is used by service centre 3 for processing accounting and service charge data, in case the latter should be charged to the user; b) the terrestrial geographic position expressed in latitude, longitude and altitude referred to the local tangent plane LTP or geocentric coordinates ECEF (Earth Centred Earth Fixed) defined by the projections of the user's position to the orthogonal axes X, Y, Z from the earth centre. c) the measurement of the distance between GPS receiver and GPS satellite consisting of the group of measurements of the distances between the GPS-signal receiver/processor RE and the corresponding GPS satellites. There is a measurement for each GPS satellite whose signal is received and processed by the receiver/processor RE. Such distance measurement is used by service centre 3 for further improving the
precision of the bearing of above item b) ; d) data relative to the clock of GPS-signal receiver/processor RE, including: UTC time (Universal Time Coordinated) at which the bearing has been carried out, clock bias, and clock drift.
It is self-evident that the services which can be supplied to the users are not limited to those previously described. For example, it is possible to carry out a guided visit of a place just asking the user to send from time to time his position by the mobile apparatus 1 according to the invention. The present invention has been described and illustrated according to a preferred embodiment thereof, however, it should be understood that those skilled in the art can make modifications and/or equivalent replacements without departing from the scope of the present industrial invention.
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1. A hand-held apparatus (1) for taking the bearing of the geographic position and communicating the same to a service centre (3) by telephone connection, characterized in that there are provided means for taking the bearing by GPS (Global Positioning System) , means for transmitting coded acoustic signals controlled by the user and including information relative to the position which can be sent by the audio channel of a telephone connection to service centre (3) that recognizes and decodes the same so that the position of the calling user can be determined, said service centre (3) being capable of supplying the user still by phone with a plurality of information concerning play and/or entertainment services strictly related to the geographic position of the user and/or his destination.
2. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists of an electronic apparatus including a receiver/processor RE for processing GPS signals which is provided with a suitable antenna (Al) and controlled by the user for sending the received GPS signals to a coder/decoder
(CD) which processes said signals and feeds them to a loudspeaker (AP) connected in series with a signal amplifier (AMP) .
3. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the apparatus is supplied with a cell (B) that is connected to power supply (AL1) by an on/off switch (I) .
4. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to the preceding claims, characterized in that upon pressing a control button (P) by the user, GPS-signal is fed to coder (CD) and then amplified by amplifier (AMP) and given out of loudspeaker AP, a light signal generator (S) indicating the state of operation of apparatus (1) being also provided.
5. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to the preceding claims, characterized in that in order to allow the hand-held apparatus to be used in a vehicle or in a voice-actuated device of a cellular phone, there is provided an additional apparatus (2) having the following two essential functions: the first function is to supply hand-held apparatus (1) with the power generated by the vehicle, thus excluding cell
(B) inside apparatus (1); the second function is to take the amplified signal at the output of amplifier
(AMP) of hand-held apparatus (1) and to feed it directly to the voice-actuated device installed in the vehicle without any manual operation by the user.
6. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that said additional apparatus (2) is provided with a casing for housing hand-held apparatus (1), a feeding circuit for supplying hand-held apparatus (1) taking power from the electric system of the vehicle and adapting the same to hand-held apparatus (1) by means of a supplementary power supply
(AL2) so as to bypass cell (B) and to supply directly power supply (AL1) , and an interface circuit (IW) which connects GPS-signal coder/decoder (CD) of the hand-held apparatus with the voice-actuated device of the cellular phone installed in the vehicle.
7. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to the preceding claims, characterized in that it can be used only in combination with a telephone apparatus which is enabled to call the telephone number of service centre (3) .
8. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the audio signal generated by the hand-held apparatus (1) includes some information relative to the apparatus and its geographic position.
9. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the data transmitted includes: I) the identification code of the mobile apparatus (1) which is used by service centre (3) for processing accounting and service charge data, in case the latter should be charged to the user; II) the terrestrial geographic position expressed in latitude, longitude and altitude referred to the local tangent plane LTP or geocentric coordinates ECEF (Earth Centred Earth Fixed) defined by the projections of the user's position to the orthogonal axes X, Y, Z from the earth centre. III) the measurement of the distance between GPS receiver and GPS satellite consisting of the group of measurements of the distances between the GPS-signal receiver/processor RE and the corresponding GPS satellites that is used by service centre (3) for further improving the precision of the bearing of above item II);
IV) data relative to the clock of GPS-signal receiver/processor (RE), including: UTC time (Universal Time Coordinated) at which the bearing has been carried out, clock bias, and clock drift.
10. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to the preceding claims, characterized in that among the value added services which are supplied by service centre (3) to the users the following services are included: bearing service: after having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by handheld apparatus (1) , the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding shops or places of great interest near the present or future, terrestrial geographic position of the user; guidance service: after having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand- held apparatus (1), the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding the optimal route for connecting two places: the starting place, already communicated to service centre (3) by the hand-held apparatus (1) through telephone line, and the destination place which can be a place of interest, a street with street number or a special feature of a place; weather-forecast service: after having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus (1) , the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding the metcast, and particularly the following information: rainfall (millimetres of rain), temperature (°C), atmospheric pressure (mbar) , relative humidity, wind speed (m/s) , direction of the wind (degrees); navigation service: after having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus (1) , the service centre guides the user through telephone line along a (urban or extraurban) route until the destination communicated by the user during the request and selection of services is reached; tourist information service: after having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus (1), the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with information regarding monuments or places of historical-artistic interest near the user. - play and entertainment service: after having taken the bearing of the user by means of the signal generated by hand-held apparatus (1) , the service centre supplies the user through telephone line with play and entertainment services which make use of a geographic position, such services being supplied by the service centre after phone conversation with the user .
11. The hand-held apparatus (1) according to the preceding claims, characterized in that, in case the user has a cellular phone, the services are supplied to him while walking or running on a vehicle provided with a voice-actuated device by using the additional apparatus (2) .
12. A method of making use of value added services based on the geographic bearing by a telephone subscriber, characterized in that a hand-held apparatus according to the preceding claims is used in combination with a telephone apparatus according to the following operation modes :
(a) calling service centre;
(b) switching on the hand-held GPS-bearing device so that the position of the user can be determined; (c) selecting by phone the desired service among those available and pointed out by the service centre;
(d) bringing, on request of the service centre, the loudspeaker of the hand-held apparatus (1) near the microphone of the telephone, and switching it on by pushing button (P) to send a phone message; (e) waiting the confirmation that data concerning the bearing has been correctly received and, if it is the case, repeating the preceding step;
(f) resorting to the requested service by listening to the information sent by service centre (3) and/or reading data on the display of the telephone (if the latter is provided with the former) ;
(g) switching out the phone connection after a warning signal by the service centre.
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