Patent ID: 7330719

Claim:
A method for allowing a user ( 2 ) to use a radiotelephone terminal ( 1 ) as a remote control for an automatic device ( 3 ) providing one or more pay services, characterized in that it comprises: a calling step from the user ( 2 ) to at least one central server ( 5 ), through the radiotelephone network, the user ( 2 ) dialling a control number with the help of his/her terminal ( 1 ), a step for receiving the call without opening the line by the central server(s) ( 5 ), by using identification means and a memory ( 53 ) of the central server ( 5 ), in order to respectively identify and store the control number and the identification number of the terminal, followed by an end-of-communications step using means for hanging up without opening the line allowing the central server(s) ( 5 ) to hang up without having opened the line, a step for identifying the device ( 3 ) at least from the control number, a step for investigating and checking the rights of the user ( 2 ), then, if the user is authorized to use his/her terminal ( 1 ) for remotely controlling a device ( 3 ), a step for transmitting by the central server(s) ( 5 ) to the device ( 3 ), a command for a determined operation, and a step for executing the operation by the device ( 3 ).