Method, call setup device and computer product for controlling and setting up calls with reduced costs

A call set up device for controlling the setting up of telephone calls for an associated user and having access to at least one communication network, comprising

• at least one data receiving unit arranged to receive at least one first data message from a cellular terminal of the user and being sent by the user, said data message comprising callee identifying information as well as user identifying information comprising a user terminal identifier identifying the cellular terminal of the user, and
• a control unit having access to at least one call placing unit, each connected to at least one corresponding network and arranged to set up telephone calls via the corresponding network, said control unit being arranged to:
• analyze the callee identifying information and user identifying information,
• order a call placing unit to set up a first telephone call to said cellular terminal of the user
• order a call placing unit to set up a second telephone call to a terminal of the callee, and
• ordering an interconnection of the first and second call,
• further comprising, if the preferred call set up scheme indicates that the call is to be set up directly between the terminal of the user and the callee, sending at least one second data message to the user comprising at least this information,
• wherein the preferred call set up scheme indicates that the call is to be set up directly between the terminal of the user and the terminal of the callee when the user terminal identifier indicates the same network as the network determined for the callee.

A non-transitory computer program product for controlling the setting up of telephone calls for a user associated with a call setup device having access to at least one communication network via a corresponding call placing unit, comprising:

• computer program code, to make the call set up device execute, when said program code is loaded in the call set up device:
• receive, from a cellular terminal of the user being sent by the user, at least one data message comprising callee identifying information as well as user identifying information comprising a user terminal identifier identifying the cellular terminal of the user,
• analyse the callee identifying information and user identifying information,
• order a call placing unit to set up a first telephone call to said cellular terminal of the user,
• order a call placing unit to set up a second telephone call to a terminal of the callee, and
• order interconnection of the first and the second call.

A method of controlling the setting up telephone calls for a user associated with a call setup device, where the call setup device has access to at least one communication network via a corresponding call placing unit, comprising:

• receiving at least one first data message from a web site associated with the call set up device, said data message comprising callee identifying information as well as user identifying information, where the callee information and user identifying information have at least partly been entered by the user via a screen provided by the web site,
• analyzing the callee identifying information and user identifying information, ordering a call placing unit to set up a first telephone call to said cellular terminal of the user,
• ordering a call placing unit to set up a second telephone call to a terminal of the callee, and
• ordering the interconnection of the first and the second call,
• further comprising, if the preferred call set UP scheme indicates that the call is to be set up directly between the terminal of the user and the callee, sending at least one second data message to the user comprising at least this information,
• wherein the preferred call set up scheme indicates that the call is to be set up directly between the terminal of the user and the terminal of the callee when the user terminal identifier indicates the same network as the network determined for the callee.

An arrangement for setting up calls in relation to a user, said arrangement comprising:

• a call set up device for controlling the setting up of telephone calls for the user and having access to at least one communication network, comprising
• at least one data receiving unit arranged to receive at least one first data message from an associated web site, said data message comprising callee identifying information as well as user identifying information having at least partly been entered by the user via a screen provided by the web site, and
• a control unit having access to at least one call placing unit, each connected to at least one corresponding network and arranged to set up telephone calls via the corresponding network, said control unit being arranged to:
• analyze the callee identifying information and user identifying information, order a call placing unit to set up a first telephone call to a terminal of the user,
• order a call placing unit to set up a second telephone call to a terminal of the callee, and
• order an interconnection of the first and the second call,
• further comprising, if the preferred call set UP scheme indicates that the call is to be set up directly between the terminal of the user and the callee, sending at least one second data message to the user comprising at least this information,
• wherein the preferred call set up scheme indicates that the call is to be set up directly between the terminal of the user and the terminal of the callee when the user terminal identifier indicates the same network as the network determined for the callee.

A web site associated with a call set up device for controlling the setting up of telephone calls for a user, the call set up device having access to at least one communication network, the web site being configured to:

• receive from the user, callee identifying information as well as user identifying information, where at least part of said information has been entered by the user via a screen provided by the web site, and
• send at least one first data message to the call set up device, said at least one data message comprising said callee identifying information and user identifying information, in order to allow the call set up device to analyze the callee identifying information and user identifying information, arrange the set up of a first telephone call to a terminal of the user, arrange the set up of a second telephone call to a terminal of the callee and arrange the interconnection of the first and the second call,
• further comprising, if the preferred call set UP scheme indicates that the call is to be set up directly between the terminal of the user and the callee, sending at least one second data message to the user comprising at least this information,
• wherein the preferred call set up scheme indicates that the call is to be set up directly between the terminal of the user and the terminal of the callee when the user terminal identifier indicates the same network as the network determined for the callee.