EP1234440A1 - Voice mail services in a multi-network telecommunications system - Google Patents
Voice mail services in a multi-network telecommunications systemInfo
- Publication number
- EP1234440A1 EP1234440A1 EP99962211A EP99962211A EP1234440A1 EP 1234440 A1 EP1234440 A1 EP 1234440A1 EP 99962211 A EP99962211 A EP 99962211A EP 99962211 A EP99962211 A EP 99962211A EP 1234440 A1 EP1234440 A1 EP 1234440A1
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- Prior art keywords
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- voice mailbox
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- H04Q3/0016—Arrangements providing connection between exchanges
- H04Q3/0029—Provisions for intelligent networking
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
- H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
- H04M3/50—Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages
- H04M3/53—Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages, i.e. mailbox systems
- H04M3/533—Voice mail systems
- H04M3/53325—Interconnection arrangements between voice mail systems
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04M2203/1091—Fixed mobile conversion
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04M2207/206—Type of exchange or network, i.e. telephonic medium, in which the telephonic communication takes place hybrid systems composed of PSTN and wireless network
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Definitions
- the present invention relates generally to telecommunications and, in particular, to the provision of voice mail services in a telecommunications system comprising a plurality of interconnected telecommunications networks including wired or fixed and radio or mobile telecommunications networks.
- Modern telecommunications systems comprise a plurality of interconnected telecommunications networks, among others a wired or fixed telecommunications network, such as the Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN) or the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) , and wireless cellular radio or mobile telecommunications networks, such as operating in accordance with the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), for example.
- PSTN Public Switched Telecommunications Network
- ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- the wired or fixed networks and the radio or mobile networks have been separately developed, each providing a plurality of telecommunications services to their users or subscribers, such as voice mail services.
- It is an object of the present invention to improve voice mail services in a telecommunications system comprising a plurality of interconnected telecommunications networks, including both fixed and mobile telecommunications networks.
- voice mail services provided by one of the networks are made available to users of another of the networks, thereby making the use of voice mail services in the telecommunications system less complicated.
- the solution according to the invention provides both an advantage for the user as well as the network operator.
- voice mail services available in one or a plurality of the networks may be shared.
- users of the mobile network receive voice mail services from the fixed network. Accordingly, resources for providing voice mail services in the fixed network may be allocated to or used by users of the mobile network.
- incoming calls to a user of both the fixed and mobile network are routed to a voice mailbox of the user in the fixed network, such that the user needs only to check a single voice mailbox for messages received.
- the invention does not preclude a user or operator to provide separate voice mail services in the fixed and mobile tele- communications networks, for example.
- a yet further embodiment of the invention provides that incoming calls to a user having a voice mailbox in the mobile network are routed to the voice mailbox of the user in the fixed network, on demand of the user.
- data identifying a called user of the mobile network are checked for matching with stored user identification data, including a demand for routing.
- the user identification data may comprise called party number information contained in the incoming calls, for example.
- a user may simply set up a call to the particular voice mailbox in the fixed network.
- a user of the mobile network is provided access to his voice mailbox in the fixed network by routing to the voice mailbox in the fixed network calls of the user to his voice mailbox in the mobile network. Accordingly, users of the mobile network having availed themselves of the possibility of receiving all the voice mail in a single voice mailbox, may simply set up a call to their voice mailbox in the mobile network for retrieving messages in the voice mailbox located in the fixed network.
- further identification data of the user are checked for matching with stored further identification data. This further identification data may comprise calling party number information contained in calls of the user.
- remote access identification data provided by the user including identification and authentication data, are applied.
- a check on matching identification data, further identification data and authentication data, if applicable, can be performed in Service Control Point (SCP) equipment of the telecommunication system.
- SCP Service Control Point
- the SCP equipment may have a limited storage capacity for data of this type.
- a check on matching identification data, further identification data and authentication data, if applicable, is performed in Service Data Point (SDP) equipment of the telecommunications system, providing a sufficient data storage capacity for use of the service on a large scale.
- SDP Service Data Point
- the invention further relates to a telecommunications system comprising a plurality of interconnected telecommunications networks, wherein at least one of the networks comprises means for providing voice mail services, and characterized in that the telecommunications networks and the means for providing voice mail services in one of the networks are arranged for providing voice mail services in another of the networks.
- the one network comprises a wired or fixed telecommunications network
- the other network comprises a mobile or radio telecommunications network, such as a cellular mobile telecommunications network operating in accordance with any of the applicable standards.
- a so-called Intelligent Network (IN) comprising a configuration of Service Switching Point (SSP) and Service Control Point (SCP) equipment is available.
- SSP Service Switching Point
- SCP Service Control Point
- the fixed network may comprise voice mailbox equipment arranged for storing voice mail of incoming calls to a user in both the fixed and mobile network.
- both the mobile network and the fixed network comprise voice mailbox equipment arranged for storing voice mail of incoming calls to user in a particular network
- means are provided arranged for checking data identifying a called user of the mobile network for matching with stored user identification data including a demand for routing, and for routing the incoming calls to the voice mailbox of the fixed network if matching data are found and, for routing the incoming calls to the voice mailbox of the user in the mobile network if no matching data are found.
- the means are arranged for routing to the voice mailbox in a fixed network calls of the user to his voice mailbox in the mobile network.
- the single figure shows a simplified block diagram of a telecommunications system providing wired and/or wireless telecommuni- cations services, and incorporating the present invention.
- ITN Intelligent Network
- GSM Global System for Mobile communication
- a subscriber or user 4 connects by a Local Exchange (LE) 5 to a Trunk Exchange (TE) 6.
- the LE 5 and the TE 6 are connected by a trunk line 7, while the user or subscriber 4 connects to the LE 5 by a drop line 8.
- the TE 6 is of the type comprising Service Switching Point (SSP) equipment 9 for controlling the associated TE 6 in order to establish the required transmission links for exchanging calls by users or subscribers of the wired telecommunications network 2.
- SSP Service Switching Point
- SCP Service Control Point
- the SCP 10 connects by a signalling link 11 to the SCP 9.
- the mobile radio telecommunications network 3 includes one or a plurality of mobile users 12, shown in the form of a mobile radio phone, one or more radio Base Stations (BS) 13 and a radio exchange or Mobile Service Center (MSC) 14.
- the MSC 14 connects to the TE 6 by a trunk line 15.
- the radio base station 13 connect to the MSC 14 by a wire or cable 16.
- Each mobile radio unit of a user 12 comprises transceiver means, one end of which is connected to a receive/transmit antenna 17 and another end of which is connected to a microphone/loudspeaker arrangement for voice communication and/or a data interface (not shown).
- Each base station 13 comprises radio transceiver means connected to a receive/transmit antenna 18 and provides radio service 19 to a geographically limited region, also called a cell .
- a typical cellular mobile network may comprise hundreds of base stations 13, thousands of mobile stations 12 and more than one MSC 14.
- the MSC 14 is arranged for connecting calls from mobile extensions or users 12 to extensions or users 4 of the fixed telecommunications network 2, and visa versa.
- the fixed telecommunications network 2 and the mobile telecommunications network 3 both comprise means 20, respectively 21 for providing Voice Mail Services (VMS) to users of the associated network 2, respectively 3.
- VMS Voice Mail Services
- SCP 10 Service Data Point
- SDP Service Data Point
- the SCP 10 and the SDP 22 connect by a signalling link 25 for the purpose of exchanging data.
- Voice mail services in the mobile communications network 3 are handled through the MSC 14 to which the voice mail system 21 connects by a line 26.
- the voice mail system 21 comprises voice mailbox equipment 27 for storing voice mail messages to users of the mobile communications network 3.
- users or subscribers to the wired or fixed telecommunications network 2 receive voice mail services from the voice mail system 20 allocated to the wired telecommunications network 2 seperately from users or subscribers of the mobile telecommunications network 3, which receive voice mail services from the voice mail system 21 allocated to the mobile telecommunications network 3. That is, unanswered calls to a user or subscriber 4 of the wired telecommunications network 2 are handled by the voice mail system 20 and may end up in the voice mailbox 23, for example. Unanswered calls to users or subscribers 12 in the mobile telecommunications network 3 are handled by the voice mail service 21 and may end up in the voice mailbox equipment 27.
- a user having a subscription or extension to both the wired and wireless or mobile telecommunications network 2, 3 has to retrieve messages from the voice mailbox equipment 23, 27 separately. Further, activating and deactivating of the respective voice mail systems has to be performed via the appropriate extension (fixed or mobile).
- the present invention is based on the insight that by making voice mail services provided by one of the networks available to users of another of the networks, a more subscriber friendly use of the voice mail services can be achieved, such as the retrieval of messages stored in voice mail equipment available to a user.
- users of the mobile telecommunications network 3 receive voice mail services from the fixed or wired telecommunications network 2.
- unanswered calls to users in the mobile telecommunications network 3 may be routed to the voice mail equipment 23 of the users in the wired or fixed telecommunications network 2, for example.
- the MSC 14 may inquire the SCP 10 and/or the SDP 22 for data identifying the mailbox equipment 23 of the user, for example, and setting up a link to the respective voice mailbox equipment 23 via the TE 6 and SSP 9 of the wired telecommunications network 2.
- the MSC 14 may have a direct signalling link 28 with the SCP 10.
- voice mailbox equipment 27 in the mobile telecommunications network 3 essentially may be omitted.
- current wired and wireless telecommunication networks each have their own voice mail systems, such as the voice mail systems 20 and 21, respectively.
- the improved voice mail service according to the present invention may be provided on a subscription basis, such that users may chose to avail themselves of the benefits of the present improved voice mail services.
- a user is provided an option to indicate a demand for having all the voice mail stored in the voice mail equipment 23 of the wired telecommunications network 2, or to have the voice mail systems 20, 21 and the associated voice mailbox equipment 23, 27 operated separately.
- data identifying a called user or subscriber 12 of the mobile network 3 are checked by the SCP 10 or, in case of a large number of subscribers or users, for example, by the SDP 22 for matching with stored user identifi- cation data, including a demand for routing.
- the call will be routed from the mobile telecommunications network 3 to the voice mailbox equipment 23 as disclosed above.
- the SDP 22 will not find matching data. This will be signalled to the MSC 14 via the SCP 10, such that the (unanswered) call to the user 12 in the mobile telecommunications network 3 will end up in the voice mailbox equipment 27 of user 12 of the mobile voice mail system 21.
- the calling user will not have to notice from which voice mail service, either the fixed voice mail system 20 or the mobile voice mail system 21, he or she receives services.
- identification data identifying a called user 12 in the mobile network can be used for the purpose of the present invention, in practice, called party number information of the incoming calls suits this purpose.
- calls to a user or subscriber 4 in the fixed network will receive voice mail services from the fixed voice mail system 20, such that unanswered calls will end up with the voice mailbox equipment 23 of the fixed voice mail system 20.
- a user may simply set up a call to the respective voice mailbox equipment in accordance with the procedure provided.
- a user of the mobile telecommunications network 3 is provided access to his voice mailbox 23 in the wired or fixed telecommunications network 2 by routing, in the telecommunications system 1, a call to the voice mailbox equipment 27 of the user in the mobile telecommunication network 3 directly and automatically to the voice mailbox equipment 23 in the fixed telecommunications network 2.
- a user wishing to retrieve messages from his voice mail service may simply call his voice mailbox 27 in the mobile telecommunication system 3. Routing of such a call to the mobile voice mail system is performed by the MSC 14 after inquiring the SCP 10 and SDP 22 for data identifying the respective mailbox equipment 23 in the wired telecommunications network 2. The actual call to the mailbox equipment 23 will then be set up via the MSC 14, the TE 6 and the SSP 9.
- Suitable identification data are the called party information data contained in the respective calls, in case the user calls from his own mobile telecommunication unit 12.
- suitable identification data and authentication data have to be provided by the user and checked by the SDP 22, in order to route the call of the user to the correct mailbox equipment, for example.
- the present invention provides users having both a fixed and mobile subscription or extension to subscribe to a novel voice mail service, providing the user the benefits of combining his fixed and mobile voice mail system in an easy to retrieve manner.
- the service can be activated by a user, such that all voice mail will be delivered into a single voice mailbox of the user in the fixed network, thus calls to the extension of the user in the mobile and fixed network.
- the user may regain separate use of the voice mail services in both the fixed and mobile network.
- Access to the voice mail service by a user is automatically established by either setting up a call to a mobile voice mail service or the fixed voice mail service, dependent on whether the service is activated or not.
- a remote access functionality is provided.
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