Method for optimising electrical consumption of a residential gateway

A method for optimising the electrical consumption of a residential gateway comprising at least one FXS port to which an analogue telephone is connected via a line, said FXS port being configured from a pair of polarisation points, referred to as default, which defines maximum voltage and current characteristics of the line that are predetermined so as to ensure correct operation of the telephone in on-hook or off-hook mode whatever the type of this telephone, the method comprising:

• storing at least one other pair of polarisation points, referred to as economical, which defines maximum voltage and current characteristics of the line and which are lower than maximum voltage and current characteristics defined by the pair of default polarisation points,
• selecting a pair of polarisation points from amongst the pair of default polarisation points and said at least one pair of economical polarisation points depending on a result of a comparative test on all these pairs of polarisation points, and
• configuring the FXS port from the selected pair of polarisation points, wherein, when selecting a pair of polarisation points:
• the FXS port is configured from a pair of economical polarisation points,
• an incoming call signal is sent to the telephone via the line,
• in the case of off-hooking of the telephone by a user before the expiry of a predetermined period of time,
• a first voice message is sent to the telephone,
• a positive or negative feeling of the user is collected at the end of the listening to the first voice message
• if the telephone is not off-hooked by the user at the end of the predetermined time period of time, a negative feeling is attributed to this pair of polarisation points,
• these steps are reiterated for each pair of economical polarisation points,
• in the case of positive feeling of the user for a pair of economical polarisation points, this pair of economical polarisation points is selected,
• in the case where no feeling is positive, the pair of default polarisation points is selected.

Storage means storing a computer program comprising instructions for implementing, by a residential gateway when said program is executed by a processor of the residential gateway, a method for optimising the electrical consumption of the residential gateway comprising at least one FXS port to which an analogue telephone is connected via a line, said FXS port being configured from a pair of polarisation points, referred to as default, which defines maximum voltage and current characteristics of the line that are predetermined so as to ensure correct operation of the telephone in on-hook or off-hook mode whatever the type of this telephone, the method comprising:

• storing at least one other pair of polarisation points, referred to as economical, which defines maximum voltage and current characteristics of the line and which are lower than maximum voltage and current characteristics defined by the pair of default polarisation points,
• selecting a pair of polarisation points from amongst the pair of default polarisation points and said at least one pair of economical polarisation points depending on the result of a comparative test on all these pairs of polarisation points, and
• configuring the FXS port from the selected pair of polarisation points, wherein, when selecting a pair of polarisation points:
• the FXS port is configured from a pair of economical polarisation points,
• an incoming call signal is sent to the telephone via the line,
• in the case of off-hooking of the telephone by a user before the expiry of a predetermined period of time,
• a first voice message is sent to the telephone,
• a positive or negative feeling of the user is collected at the end of the listening to the first voice message
• if the telephone is not off-hooked by the user at the end of the predetermined time period of time, a negative feeling is attributed to this pair of polarisation points,
• these steps are reiterated for each pair of economical polarisation points,
• in the case of positive feeling of the user for a pair of economical polarisation points, this pair of economical polarisation points is selected,
• in the case where no feeling is positive, the pair of default polarisation points is selected.

Residential gateway comprising at least one FXS port intended to connect an analogue telephone via a line, the residential gateway comprising:

• means for configuring an FXS port from a pair of polarisation points referred to as default, which defines maximum voltage and current characteristics of the line that are predetermined so as to ensure correct operation of the telephone in on-hook or off-hook mode whatever the type of this telephone,
• means for obtaining at least one other pair of polarisation points, referred to as economical, which defines maximum voltage and current characteristics of the line and which are lower than maximum voltage and current characteristics defined by the pair of default polarisation points,
• means for selecting a pair of polarisation points from amongst the pair of default polarisation points and said at least one pair of economical polarisation points according to a result of a comparative test on all these pairs of polarisation points, and
• means for configuring the FXS port from the selected pair of polarisation points, wherein the means for selecting a pair of polarisation points are adapted for:
• configuring the FXS port from a pair of economical polarisation points,
• sending an incoming call signal to the telephone via the line,
• in the event of the telephone being off-hooked by a user before the expiry of a predetermined period of time,
• sending a voice message to the telephone,
• collecting a positive or negative feeling of the user at the end of the listening to the voice message,
• in the case of the telephone not being off-hooked by a user at the end of the predetermined period of time, a negative feeling is attributed to this pair of polarisation points,
• reiterating these steps for each pair of economical polarisation points,
• in the event of a positive feeling by the user for a pair of economical polarisation points, this pair of economical polarisation points is selected,
• in the case where no feeling is positive, the pair of default polarisation points is selected.