公开(公告)号：JP2001195514A

公开(公告)日：2001-07-19

申请号：JP2000309802

申请日：2000-10-10

Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC

Inventor： BOTZAS ANTHONY

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  H04M1/00 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G06F17/60

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for enabling the automatic registration of a product. SOLUTION: The electronic register 105 is provided with a memory 109 suited for storing client specification information and product specification information. This device is also provided with a interrogator unit 109 suited for prompting the product specification information to a product 107 and sending the received product specification information to the memory. Besides, this device is provided with a producer signaling unit 113 suited for outputting a communication signal to a producer. The communication signal contains the client specification information and the product specification information. For special example, the electronic register is a cordless telephone set, the interrogator is located inside the handset of the cordless telephone set and the producer signaling unit is located inside the base unit of the cordless telephone set. In the other execution style, the product is suited for electronic registration. This product is provided with a memory suited for storing the product specification information and a question/answer unit 115 suited for answering a question by communication the product specification information.

公开(公告)号：CA2322089A1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-08

申请号：CA2322089

申请日：2000-10-03

Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC

Inventor： BOTZAS ANTHONY

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  H04M1/00 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F17/60

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic registratio n device includes a memory adapted to store consumer specific information and product specific information. The device also includes an interrogation unit adapted to prompt a product for product specific information and forward received produ ct specific information to the memory. Further, this exemplary device includes a manufacturer signaling unit adapted to issue a communication signal to a manufacturer, wherein the communication signal includes consumer specific information and product specific information. In a particular example, the electronic registration device is a cordless telephone, and the interrogation unit is located within a handset of the cordless telephone and the manufacturer signaling unit is located in a base unit of the cordless telephone. According to another embodiment of the invention, a product is adapted for electronic registration. The product includes a memory adapted to store product specific information, and an interrogation response unit adapted to respond to an interrogation by communicating the product specific information. In one example, the interrogation response unit comprises a wireless transceiver. In yet another embodiment according to the. invention, a method of registering a product includes the steps of electronically interrogating the product for product specific information, and communicating the product specific information to a manufacturer of the product.