Intercom network, mobile terminal, and method
An intercom network for real-time audio communication between users has a stationary element to which the users are connected, a mobile terminal that comprises an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly to the stationary element or to another user, and a device in the stationary element for user management, that administers the users connected to the stationary element, and that carries out an authorization check for logging the mobile terminal onto the stationary element. An NFC element is provided in the device on the stationary element, and an NFC counter-element is provided on the mobile terminal that can transmit authorization information to the NFC element when the mobile terminal approaches the stationary element.
1. An intercom network for real-time audio communication between users, the network comprising:
a first mobile terminal that has an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly to another user;
a second mobile terminal that has an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly to another user;
a device for user management, that administrates the users connected to the intercom network, and that carries out an authorization check for logging any of the mobile terminals onto the intercom network;
an NFC element in the first mobile terminal; and
an NFC counter-element on the second mobile terminal that can transmit authorization information to the NFC element when the second mobile terminal approaches the first mobile terminal.
2. The intercom network according to claim 1 , wherein the authorization information comprises a unique identification of the second mobile terminal.
3. The intercom network according to claim 2 , wherein the device, in the course of carrying out the authorization check, permits logging the mobile terminal onto the intercom network only if the unique identification is stored as authorized identification in a memory of the device.
4. The intercom network according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of mobile terminals are provided.
5. The intercom network according to claim 4 , wherein the mobile terminals each comprise a respective NFC counter-element with its own identification.
6. The intercom network according to claim 1 , wherein one or several stationary elements are provided.
7. The intercom network according to claim 4 , wherein, by a relative approach of a first mobile terminal toward a second mobile terminal, authorization information can be transmitted by the NFC counter-element of a second mobile terminal to the NFC counter-element of the first mobile terminal and from there onward to the NFC element of a stationary element.
8. The intercom network according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an actuating element on any of the mobile terminals that when actuated logs the mobile terminal out of the intercom network.
9. The network according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile terminals each have, separate from the respective NFC counter-element, a communication module for receiving and transmitting audio signals.
10. A mobile terminal for use in an intercom network having a NFC counter-element which can transmit authorization information to a NFC element on another mobile terminal when the mobile terminal approaches the other mobile terminal of the intercom network.
11. A method of logging a mobile terminal onto an intercom network having users that can transmit audio signals wirelessly to conduct real-time audio communication, the method comprising the following steps:
providing a first mobile terminal provided with an NFC element,
providing a device for user management and with which the users connected to the intercom network can be administered,
providing a second mobile terminal on which an NFC counter-element is provided,
configuring the intercom network by storing a unique identification of the second mobile terminal in a memory of the device, and
logging the second mobile terminal onto intercom network by bringing the second mobile terminal close to the first mobile terminal such that, as a result of the approach, authorization information is transmitted by the NFC counter-element of the second mobile terminal to the NFC element on the first mobile terminal.
12. The method defined in claim 11 , further comprising the step of:
receiving or transmitting the audio signals between the second mobile terminal and any other user via a communication module in the second mobile terminal, the communication module being separate from the respective NFC counter-element.
13. An intercom network for real-time audio communication between users, the network comprising:
a first mobile terminal that comprises an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly with the mobile terminal to another user;
a second mobile terminal that comprises an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly with the mobile terminal to another user;
a device for user management that administers the users connected to the intercom network and that carries out an authorization check by the device for logging a mobile terminal onto the intercom network;
an RFID element in the device on the first mobile terminal; and
an RFID counter-element on the second mobile terminal for transmitting authorization information by the RFID counter-element to the RFID element when the second mobile terminal approaches the first mobile terminal.