WO2001060092A2 - Phone service provisioning - Google Patents
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- WO2001060092A2 WO2001060092A2 PCT/US2001/004319 US0104319W WO0160092A2 WO 2001060092 A2 WO2001060092 A2 WO 2001060092A2 US 0104319 W US0104319 W US 0104319W WO 0160092 A2 WO0160092 A2 WO 0160092A2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
- H04M3/42136—Administration or customisation of services
- H04M3/42153—Administration or customisation of services by subscriber
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
- H04M3/42204—Arrangements at the exchange for service or number selection by voice
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M2201/00—Electronic components, circuits, software, systems or apparatus used in telephone systems
- H04M2201/40—Electronic components, circuits, software, systems or apparatus used in telephone systems using speech recognition
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W48/00—Access restriction; Network selection; Access point selection
- H04W48/08—Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery
- H04W48/14—Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery using user query or user detection
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W48/00—Access restriction; Network selection; Access point selection
- H04W48/18—Selecting a network or a communication service
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- the invention relates to services accessible by wireless devices. More
- the invention relates to an apparatus and to a family of methods
- SP service provider
- PSP PSP provider
- AT&T AT&T
- voice mail and connection to the online stock trading is performed by the PSP.
- TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
- the pay telephone system does this by receiving the telephone number of the
- this invention does not teach a method or
- wireless communication product such as a cellular phone
- This system is to provide high quality and continuous wireless connections for
- a method and apparatus which provides for the switching from
- a user connection device for connecting service providers, on dial-up or data connection.
- such as a cellular phone is programmed to receive command functions and
- the command functions lists allow the user to navigate through and
- a second service can be connected to automatically, or by
- Command functions can also be performed and
- Navigation can also be performed by voice.
- cellular phone receives command functions by a navigator service, either
- Figure 1 is a block schematic diagram showing an overall system view of a
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart, which illustrates connecting and switching services for
- Figure 1 is a block schematic diagram that illustrates the relationship between
- the mobile station (MS) 1 15 is the wireless device by which a user accesses
- the wireless device is a cell phone or personal
- a landline phone can also be used.
- the MS is modified so that it can receive and store command function
- the modification can come in the form of modifying the
- a service manager (discussed infra) is used to send and store
- the MS 115 communicates through a base transmission station (BTS) 110.
- BTS base transmission station
- the BTS 1 10 is a radio transmitter and receiver, and it facilitates
- BSC base station controller
- BTS 1 10 An example of such a BTS 1 10 is the QUANTAR produced by Motorola of
- the BSC 120 interfaces one or more MS's to a dispatcher communications
- the BSC helps transition communications systems from
- BSC 120 Universal Base Station Controller (UBSC)
- UBS 120 Universal Base Station Controller
- the mobile switching center (MSC) 130,140 is an automatic cellular mobile
- the MSC performs all signaling functions that
- the MSC may interface between the radio system and a prepay system (PPS) 170, a service manager 160, a service provider 150,
- PPS prepay system
- a PPS 170 generally refers to calling plans where payment is made in
- privileges include calling cards and wireless phones.
- the rate at which the user is charged is
- payment system would also function as a payment system.
- the PPS tracks the time of use by the user, and makes charges based upon
- the rate is calculated from many factors such as,
- Each service has its own rate.
- a service provider provides their own
- the voice mail rate may be two cents per minute, while the
- checking email rate may be three cents a minute.
- the system tracks a
- a service manager 160 provides service management functions for one or
- the service manager does so through a command list
- the service manager is tightly integrated with the MSC and PPS
- SP service provider
- the service manager receives instructional input from the MS,
- the service manager then directs the MSC to connect the MS to the user
- one method of selecting options is by using the keypad.
- the tone signals generated by the cell phone are used as the input signal to calculate the tone signals generated by the cell phone.
- the service manager integration is done by standard
- CAMEL network Enhanced Logic
- a SP 150,180, 195 is a company that offers their product or service
- Some examples are, voice messaging, online stock trading, voice mail, and web browsing.
- a command list typically a menu of options
- commands are, dial number,
- a navigator service (SPN) 150 is a service offered by an SP (or by the PSP)
- a user connects to a SPN through his cellular phone.
- the user is given a list on services from which he can connect. The selections
- a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 190 is a landline access.
- PSTN public switched telephone network
- SPB service provider
- Figure 2 is a flowchart that illustrates how a user goes through the process of
- a user starts connecting to a service by first dialing the navigator service
- the SP authenticates
- the MS also authenticates the SP
- the authentication is used to ensure that the proper user is billed, and that the user is billed correctly. Also, it
- the command functions in this example are, connect to a first service
- SPA SPA
- SPA SPA provider
- SPB service provider
- the MS terminates the connection to the SPN S230 and connects to the SPA
- command functions are, terminate call, connect to SP,
- Command functions can also be uploaded while a SP is being used. This
- the uploaded command functions can offer an
- the SPA is voice mail
- the command list can also be updated on
- the command list is sent through a data connection
- SMS short messaging service
- Services can be offered to the user as links, while he is using the SPA.
- the new service is presented in a variety of ways, depending on the
- MS is a PDA then the interface can have a descriptive
- the MS is a cell phone, such as the Nokia
- the MS downloads a
- voice commands can be used.
- voice command can be used to implement any function on the phone or PDA.
- commands for voice mail are, next message, previous message, delete, save,
- Voice commands can also be used to switch services. For example, if the
- a voice translator may be used
- the voice command ability also provides for a MS that has no keypad as
- a MS is programmed to dial a single number that connects a
- the single number could be a number of
- the MS does not terminate the first service before
- An MS can have dual line features,
- call waiting A user can use the second line to dial
- a data transport layer like SMS, can be used to transport data to a data transport layer.
- advertorial content is submitted to a user.
- advertorial content can be submitted through a dial-up connection, or through
- a data connection For example, a user selecting a service, is first dialed into
- the advertorial content is delivered as command functions
- the command functions may give the user
- a SP can read the command functions of a MS to see
- a SP can use
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