What is claimed is:
1. A distribution unit for electric power and communications signals, particularly for heads of combination weighers, comprising a flexible printed circuit provided with a plurality of multipole connectors, at least one for each head, said flexible circuit being mounted on a substantially cylindrical supporting structure arranged at a center of a combination weigher, said circuit carrying, by means of a plurality of electrically conducting tracks, an electric power supply and electronic communications, said multipole connectors finding continuity in complementary connectors provided in an electronic board located in each weighing head.
2. The distribution unit according to claim 1, wherein said flexible printed circuit is formed flat and has a plurality of electrically conducting tracks, which have different dimensions depending on whether they are designed to carry medium or medium-high currents for medium or medium-high power user devices and have a small cross-section for electronic communications.
3. The distribution unit according to claim 1, further comprising, with one or more different pitches, a plurality of holes that are adapted to allow insertion of terminals of the multiple connectors in order to perform soldering in predefined positions in particular in relation to the number of heads of the combination weigher for which the distribution unit is intended.
4. The distribution unit according to claim 1, further comprising power supply connectors in order to facilitate wiring to the electrical system of the combination weigher.
5. The distribution unit according to claim 1, wherein said flexible printed circuit is monolithically coupled to a substantially cylindrical or prism-like structure, to which said multipole connectors are also fixed.
6. The distribution unit according to claim 1, wherein the electronic boards of each head are inserted in said multipole connectors in the region where there is a comb of electrical contacts.
7. The distribution unit according to claim 1, wherein said substantially cylindrical supporting structure has, at each one of said multiple connectors, at least one hole in which a pin is inserted for centering reasons, said pin being rigidly coupled to a metallic support that supports the electronic board and is associated with a weighing head.
8. The distribution unit according to claim 7, wherein said centering pin has a conical end and said centering hole has a flared insertion region.
9. The distribution unit according to claim 7, further comprising a plurality of centering holes and pins.
10. The distribution unit according to claim 1, wherein said flexible printed circuit has tracks for carrying the electric distribution alone to the boards of the heads.
11. The distribution unit according to claim 1, wherein said flexible printed circuit has tracks for carrying to the boards only the communications network or other signals of the analog or digital type.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-implemented method for managing voicemail operations, comprising:
establishing a voicemail session with a voicemail system;
transmitting message data over the voicemail session to be recorded in a voicemail message for a second user on the voicemail system;
receiving an incoming call from a device associated with the second user while the voicemail session is active; and
sending a first notification to the voicemail system to manage the voicemail message prior to establishing the incoming call with the device associated with the second user.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein voicemail session is established in response to a first signaling message received from the voicemail system indicating that a call request from a first device directed to a called identifier associated with the second user failed.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein receiving the incoming call includes determining that the incoming call from a device associated with the second user, and wherein determining that the incoming call is from a device associated with the second user includes comparing an incoming caller identifier of the incoming call with the called identifier associated with the second user.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the first signaling message includes voicemail status information indicating that the voicemail session is being established with the voicemail system.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first notification to the voicemail system is sent automatically and without user input when the incoming call is received.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the first notification to manage the voicemail message instructs the voicemail system to delete the voicemail message.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the first notification further disconnects the voicemail session.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein one or more options to manage the voicemail message are displayed when the incoming call is received.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the one or more options include a delete message option.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:
receiving a selection of the delete message option displayed; and
sending the first notification to the voicemail system to delete the recording of the voicemail message in response to the selection of the delete message option.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the one or more options further include an end message option.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the voicemail session is established using a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telecommunication application disposed on a first user device.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the voicemail system and the VoIP telecommunication application are associated with the same VoIP service provider.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first notification is one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, an Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) message, or a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein first notification sent is a Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling (DTMF) tone.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the established voicemail session is a real time transfer protocol (RTP) stream.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the voicemail message is one of an audio message or a video message.
18. A computer-implemented method for managing voicemail operations, comprising:
accepting a request to establish a voicemail session with a first user device by transmitting a first signaling message to the first user device indicating that a call request from the first device directed to a called identifier associated with a second user failed, wherein the first signaling message includes voicemail status information indicating that the voicemail session is being established with a voicemail system;
recording a voicemail message for the second user;
receiving a first notification from the first user device, while recording the voicemail message, to delete the voicemail message; and
deleting the voicemail message.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the first notification is one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, an Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) message, or a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message.
20. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein first notification sent is a Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling (DTMF) tone.
21. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the voicemail message is one of an audio message or a video message.
22. A system for managing voicemail operations, comprising:
a first telecommunication module configured to:
transmit message data over a voicemail session to be recorded in a voicemail message for a second user on a voicemail system, wherein the voicemail session is established with the voicemail system;
receive an incoming call from a device associated with the second user while the voicemail session is active; and
send a first notification to the voicemail system to manage the voicemail message prior to establishing the incoming call with the device associated with the second user.
23. The system of claim 22, wherein voicemail session is established in response to a first signaling message received from the voicemail system indicating that a call request from a first user device directed to a called identifier associated with the second user failed.
24. The system of claim 23, wherein the first telecommunication module is further configured to determine that the incoming call is from a device associated with the second user by comparing an incoming caller identifier of the incoming call with the called identifier associated with the second user.
25. The system of claim 23, wherein the first signaling message includes voicemail status information indicating that the voicemail session is being established with the voicemail system.
26. The system of claim 22, wherein the first notification to the voicemail system is sent automatically and without user input when the incoming call is received.