Patent · US Expired

Method for supporting the communication of information via a communications system

US7372950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

ALCATEL · FR

Inventors

Hartmut Weik · Stuttgart, DE
Lothar Krank · Ditzingen, DE
Wolfgang Lautenschlager · Diez, DE
Uwe Stahl · Leonberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2002
Grant date	May 13, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/329
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for supporting the communication of information via a communications system, as well as a service unit, an electronic agent, software products and servers for supporting the communication of information via a communications system which comprises communications networks of two or more network operators. The service unit passes a request for the communication of information to two or more electronic agents which interact with the service unit within the framework of a virtual electronic marketplace for information communication. The service unit prompts the electronic agents, once or several times, through interaction within the framework of the electronic marketplace for information, to submit offers for the execution of the requested communication of information. An offer submitted by one of the electronic agents in response to such a prompt, through interaction within the framework of the electronic marketplace for information, is confirmed to this electronic agent by the service unit, and the service unit initiates the communication of the information via the communications network of the assigned network operator. The electronic agent communicate…

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