Patent ID: 6381319
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
Apparatus for interrogating a server center, comprising:means (26, 42) for dialing telephone numbers for establishing a link with a server center (38) plugged into a telephone network (22) to which the apparatus is connected, and means (28, 32) for accessing services hosted in the server center (38) that includes means (32) for navigating around said services and means (28) for displaying data supplied by said services and transmitted to the apparatus in response to an action on the navigating means (32); means (24) for transmitting to the server center information representative of a geographical location of the apparatus in order to enable selection by said apparatus (10), from said services hosted in the server center (38), data corresponding to the location of the apparatus (10); the geographical location of the apparatus being stored in a unit (40) for tying the apparatus into a public payphone network (34), the apparatus further comprising means (24) for sending a signal for instructing the dispatching, by the tie unit (40), of said information to the apparatus.