FR2834420A1 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONAL TRANSMISSION OF A SUBSCRIBER ORDER TO A MOBILE NETWORK - Google Patents

Abstract

System for conditional transmission of a command made by a subscriber (10) to a cellular communication network for mobiles. According to the invention, said system comprises at least one validation manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") corresponding to said subscriber (10) able to validate at least one command carried out by said subscriber (10) and at least one call controller (30) able to control, after validation, the execution of said command by said cellular communication network for application for the validation of an order made by a subscriber to access the various functionalities of a cellular communication network for mobiles.

Description

2s mobile terminal (3).

  The present invention relates to a system and method for conditional transmission of a command made by a subscriber to a

  cellular communication network for mobiles.

  The invention applies more particularly to the validation of an order made by a subscriber to access the various

  functionalities of a cellular communication network for mobiles.

  Currently, a cellular communication network for mobiles performs the validation of an order made by a subscriber to said network via a location register. Among other things, concerning validation, the location register verifies the nature of the subscriber, his identification, his rights of access to the various functionalities of said network, the profile of said subscriber, the type of transmission used, etc. These said validations are carried out on existing cellular communication networks of the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications, or global system for communications with mobiles) or GPRS (General Packet Radio Service, or general packet radio service) or UMTS (Universal Mobile) type Telecommunications System, or universal telecommunications system

with mobiles).

  With current systems, said location register dialogues with different processing modules which each correspond to

  functionalities offered to the subscriber by the cellular communication network.

  Each of said processing modules allows the management of a determined and limited number of functionalities. In view of the growing number of functions offered to a subscriber, said modules for processing these functions are also becoming more and more numerous. Therefore, the number of data exchanges between the location register and these so-called processing modules is large and represents a heavy load for said location register. Consequently, the volume of transmission of validation information increases in equipment

  of the cellular communication network for mobiles.

  In addition, the distribution of functionality processing modules in the cellular communication network, as well as the diversity of technologies used for these different processing modules, make

  the possibilities of evolution of said network functionalities are complex.

  On the other hand, the subscriber of the cellular communication network for mobiles can be of different natures, for example a mobile terminal, a server or even an external communication network, which increases

  o again the information transmitted.

  Today, the need is felt to simplify the transmissions for the equipment of the cellular communication network for mobiles and to manage in real time the complexity of the functionalities offered to a subscriber.

of said network.

  Also, the technical problem to be solved by the object of the present invention is to propose a system and a method for conditional transmission of an order made by a subscriber to a cellular communication network for mobiles, which would make it possible to remedy the drawbacks existing systems by reorganizing validation on the one hand and by centralizing control on the other hand outside the functional equipment of said network, so as to reduce the exchange of data between the equipment of the cellular communication network for

mobiles.

  The solution to the technical problem posed consists, according to the present invention, in that said system comprises at least one validation manager corresponding to said subscriber capable of validating at least one command carried out by said subscriber and at least one call controller capable of controlling , after validation, the execution of said command by said network

  cellular communication for mobiles.

  n / a The centralization of validation in said validation manager and that of control in said call controller simplifies the operation of the system, as well as the maintenance of said system. The evolution of the cellular communication network towards future generations is also

  facilitated by said centralized processing.

  As a result, the invention allows the management of a greater number of functionalities made available to the subscriber of said cellular communication network. It allows a subscriber to combine at will the

  features offered, depending on its uses.

  s Thus, the conditional transmission system of a command carried out by a subscriber to a cellular network, in accordance with the invention,

  improves the quality of service by reducing transmissions on said network.

  The subject of the invention is also a method of conditional transmission of a command, carried out by a subscriber to a cellular network, remarkable in that said method comprises the following steps: defining at least one profile associated with each subscriber in at least a database of at least one validation manager corresponding to said subscriber; transmitting to at least one call controller the data corresponding to at least one command carried out by said subscriber connected to said cellular communication network; selecting in said call controller said validation manager corresponding to the subscriber having carried out said command; transmit said received data from said call controller to said validation manager; requested by said validation manager in said database the profile associated with said subscriber; o request by said validation manager the operating data for each of the databases concerned according to said profile received; compare said received operating data with at least one table of rules of said validation manager; verify at least one validation carried out from at least one table of conditions of said validation manager; defining at least one list of the data necessary for the execution in said cellular network of said command requested by said subscriber; control in said call controller the execution of said command by said cellular communication network

for mobiles.

  Validation is carried out in successive stages using the validation manager. All data exchanges and processing are carried out at a single point, in said validation manager. The cellular communication network is only used to execute the

  order, once validated.

  According to the invention, said correspondence table of the call controller contains the list of validation managers corresponding to each subscriber. Each subscriber is managed by a validation manager. In this way, validation is carried out as close as possible to each of the subscribers. It is also carried out independently, in particular on the side of the calling subscriber and on the side of the called subscriber. This, once again, reduces the amount of data transmitted during exchanges on said cellular network

Communication.

  o In accordance with the invention, said means for storing the validation manager is a database containing a profile associated with each subscriber. A profile is defined by subscriber. This profile specifies, among other things, the services to which the latter has subscribed, the preferences and uses of

  I'abonné. Said profile is therefore personalized for each of the subscribers.

  According to the invention, a subscriber accesses the profile associated with said subscriber

to change it.

  To offer greater personalization, the subscriber can modify the content of his profile, in particular his preferences and the management of o different subscribed services, according to his habits or his movements. According to the invention, said order made by said subscriber

  is not allowed if the validation is not positive.

  The conditional transmission system, after verification, will transmit the data necessary for the continuation or not of the order

  through the cellular communication network.

  The description which follows with reference to the appended drawings, given at

  By way of nonlimiting example, will make it clear what the invention consists of, how it can be carried out and other characteristics of the invention will emerge. FIG. 1 is a diagram of the general architecture of the conditional transmission system of a command carried out by a subscriber to a

  cellular communication network for mobiles, according to the invention.

  Figure 2 is a diagram of the functional architecture of a

validation manager.

  Figure 1 deals with the example of a subscriber, equipped with a mobile terminal and connected to his company's private network, whose communications

  are prepaid by said company.

  This subscriber wishes to establish voice communication with one of his work colleagues, within said private network of the company. To do this, it dials a short number provided for this communication, for example "123". The composition of said short number "123" by said subscriber is the

  command transmitted to said cellular communication network.

  To facilitate understanding, the invention is described with the

  o designations used in the terminology of GSM-type mobile networks.

  However, the invention applies to all mobile communication networks in which there is validation of the orders made by a subscriber before the execution of said orders by a cellular network.

communication for mobiles.

  Similarly, to simplify the description, the subscriber of the cellular network

  communication system is represented by a mobile terminal 10, but it can be of different types, for example a server or an external communication network, and by subscriber equipment 10 called UE (User

Equipment) in Figure 1.

  o From said mobile terminal 10, the link is established to the cellular communication network from the base station 21 called "BTS" (Base Transcaiver Station) from a radio terminal. It then passes through the base station controller 22 called "BSC" (Base Station Controller), then through the switching center 23 of the mobile network called "MSC"

(Mobile Switching Center).

  The location register 24 called "HLR" (Home Location Register) is then requested to authenticate the subscriber and recognize the identification of the mobile terminal 10. According to the invention, the request for said location register 24 is very limited compared to the current systems and excludes o in particular the transmission of information corresponding to the order

realized by the subscriber.

  Said switching center 23, or "MSC", transmits to a call controller 30 the identification of said mobile terminal 10 corresponding to the calling subscriber, as well as the command carried out by said subscriber, namely the short number "123" and the type of transmission requested by the subscriber, i.e.

voice communication.

  Said call controller 30 searches in a correspondence table for the identification of the mobile terminal 10 in order to know the validation manager 31, 31 ′, 31 ″ corresponding to said mobile terminal 10. The call controller 30 selects a manager 31, 31 ', 31 "of validation as a function of the identification of said mobile terminal 10. Each subscriber is managed by a validation manager 31, 31', 31". In this way,

  validation is carried out as close as possible to each of the subscribers.

  o The call controller 30 transmits said information received to the

  validation manager 31 corresponding to the calling subscriber.

  Each of the commands carried out by a subscriber, connected to the cellular communication network for mobiles, is automatically and systematically transmitted to said call controller 30 and said

  validation manager 31 corresponding to said subscriber 10.

  The validation manager 31 stores said information coming from the call controller 30 in at least one allocation module 41, which is assigned to the command carried out by the subscriber for which said validation manager 31 has been requested, and allows storing

  o all the information corresponding to said order.

  The treatments performed in a validation manager 31, 31 ', 31 "

  are shown in Figure 2.

  The different stages of validation are centralized at a single point, said manager 31, 31 ′, 31 ", which simplifies the operation of the system, as well as maintenance. The evolution of the cellular communication network towards the generations coming is also facilitated by the

centralization of said processing.

  At each initial request from the validation manager 31, at least one allocation module 41 is assigned to an order for which said validation manager o is requested. Said allocation module 41 contains all the information useful for carrying out the validation of said order. The succession of said stored information is the context existing at the time of the request for said validation manager 31 and until validation or non-validation. Each of the allocation modules 41 therefore contains the context corresponding to a command to

validate.

  The module 41 for allocating said selected validation manager 31 is connected to at least one database 32, which contains the profile of the subscriber concerned. Said database 32 can be implemented or not

  in the validation manager 31.

  In the example proposed, among other things, the subscriber profile indicates the connection of said subscriber to his company's private network, as well as the ownership by adit abon born of a prepayment account for his communications. by said company. These two pieces of information, in particular,

  are considered as the functionalities to which said subscriber has access.

  The subscriber can know the content of his profile, from a server for example, in particular his preferences and the management of the various subscribed services. The latter can modify the content of said profile to personalize it according to his habits or take his

  travel for the services to which he can access.

  Depending on the information mentioned in the profile of said subscriber, the validation manager 31 interrogates each of the bases 33, 34, 35, 36

  of data corresponding to each of the functionalities concerned.

  o Each of the functionalities offered by a cellular communication network for mobiles is defined by at least one list of references corresponding to the service concerned. Considering the prepayment service, the list of references defining this functionality includes the date of registration of the subscriber to said service, the expiry date of said service.

  service for this subscriber, the amount of the prepaid account of said subscriber.

  Each of the databases 33, 34, 35, 36 is assigned to a service and contains the information relating to the operation of said service.

  for each subscriber, called references.

  Regarding the example chosen, the database 33 corresponds to the prepayment service for communications and contains in particular the operating reference of said service, namely the account status for said

  subscriber, so as to check whether he can use said service.

  The database 34 corresponding to the service of the private enterprise network contains in particular the references of the enterprise corresponding to the subscriber. Said database 34 also provides correspondence, within said company, between the short number "123" and, for example, the identification of the mobile terminal of the work colleague that the subscriber is trying to reach. Each of the databases 33, 34, 35, 36 of data queried transmits to the validation manager 31 at least one reference for which

she was asked.

  The validation manager 31 stores in said attribution module 41, corresponding to the said command, the references coming from the various databases 33, 34, 35, 36 of data requested, in order to memorize the

  o complete context linked to said order.

  The validation manager 31 then compares said references with at least one table of rules in at least one comparison module 42, which contains the validation rules to be applied during the check.

  for each of the references retrieved.

  For said example, if the subscriber's account is fed and therefore greater than zero, the reference is validated. If the company's references are existing and correct, this information is validated. If the short number is found and can be interpreted so as to know the correspondent

  called, the reference is validated.

  These so-called validations are also stored in module 41

  allocation, corresponding to the order in question.

  Once the different rules have been applied, the validation manager 31 analyzes the references validated in at least one module 43 of

  decision, thanks to at least one table of conditions.

  Each of the references has been validated individually. Said decision module 43 performs the resolution of the references. Said condition table contains the sequence of references, which must be validated, to authorize the execution of said command. The decision module 43 examines whether the list of validated references is compatible with the complete context linked to the order in question. This verification by resol uti on, thanks to the table of conditions, confirms the validation of the execution of said command which has

  asked the validation manager 31.

  In the example proposed, the decision module 43 validates the execution of the command of said subscriber if the state of the subscriber is correct (non-fraudulent subscriber for example), if he is part of the private network of the entrepri est est

  verified, if the state of the subscriber's prepayment account is positive.

  Once the resolution has been completed, the validation manager 31 sends said resolved validations to at least one conversion module 44. Said conversion module 44 defines the way in which the command will be executed. The conversion module 44 establishes the list of data necessary for the execution of the dud it command subscribed by the network.

communication cell.

  This list is called a session, which corresponds to all of the o actions that will be implemented by said network to take into account

the subscriber's command.

  This session of said decision module 44 can be saved for the purposes of managing the cellular communication network, in particular for analyzing faults or errors, for carrying out statistics and for

  keep a history of the operation of said network.

  Concerning the example chosen, the session comprises the identification of said calling mobile terminal 10, the full called number necessary for the network, the type of support requested by the subscriber, namely voice communication, and

  the indication of prepayment on the communication.

  o If nocessary, a validation cycle can define a session on the side of the called subscriber. Said validation cycle can analyze and validate uses and trips from the profile of said called subscriber,

  corresponding to the short number selected by subscriber 10.

  Again, validation is carried out at most of the subscriber concerned, said subscriber called. This is managed by a validation manager 31, 31 ′, 31 ″ selected as a function of the identification of said called subscriber. The list being established of the data necessary for the execution by the cellular communication network of the command requested by said

  subscriber, the continuation of the call is authorized.

  n / a Otherwise, if the validations could not be carried out or if the verification by the conditions table shows an impossibility of execution of the command requested by the subscriber, the call is not authorized. Depending on the order made by a subscriber 10, several s sessions may be necessary for the validation of said order, for example during the establishment of a conference between a subscriber 10

  caller and several colleges of this subscriber 10.

  In this case, one session will correspond to each of the colleges which

participate in said conference.

  Once said list called session established, the validation manager 31 transmits to the call controller 30 the data necessary for the

  whether to continue the call to the called subscriber.

  Led it controls their 30 supervised call and network execution

  communication cell of the order requested by the subscriber.

  o The supervision of the execution of the session is carried out again, at a single point, the call controller 30, which facilitates the management and

system maintenance.

Claims (12)

  1. System for conditional transmission of a command made by a subscriber (10) to a cellular communication network for mobiles, characterized in that said system comprises at least one corresponding validation manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") said subscriber (10) able to validate at least one command carried out by said subscriber (10) and at least one call controller (30) able to control, after validation, the execution of said command by said   cellular communication network for mobiles.   o 2. Conditional transmission system of an order made by a subscriber (10), according to claim 1, characterized in that each of the orders, made by a subscriber (10) to a cellular communication network for mobiles, is automatically transmitted to said call controller (30) and said validation manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") corresponding to said subscriber (10).   3. Conditional transmission system of a completed order   by a subscriber (10), according to one of claims 1 or 2,   characterized in that the control call led (30) calls at least one means for storing at least one correspondence table, a means for receiving the data corresponding to said subscriber (10) from said network communication cell, a means of selecting at least one manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") for validation from said correspondence table, a means of transmission to said manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") validation.   4. Conditional transmission system of a command carried out by a subscriber (10), according to claim 3, characterized in that said correspondence table of the call controller (30) contains o the list of managers (31, 31 ' , 31 ") validation corresponding to each subscriber.   5. Conditional transmission system of a realo order   by a subscriber (10), according to one of claims 1 or 2,   characterized in that said validation manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") comprises at least one means for storing at least one profile associated with at least one subscriber (10), at least one means of transmission to said controller ( 30) for calling and to at least one database (32, 33, 34, 35, 36), at least one allocation module (41) capable of storing the data corresponding to said command to be validated, at least one comparison module (42) capable of validating operating data coming from said databases (32, 33, 34, 35, 36), at least one decision module (43) capable of analyzing at least one validation, o and at least one conversion module (44) capable of establishing at least a list of the data necessary for execution by said network   cell of said command requested by said subscriber (10).   6. Conditional transmission system of a command carried out by a subscriber (10), according to claim 5, characterized in that s said validation manager storage means (31, 31 ′, 31 ″) is a base (32 ) of data containing a profile associated with each subscriber (10).   7. Conditional transmission system for an order placed   by a subscriber (10), according to one of claims 5 or 6,   o characterized in that said database (32) containing a profile associated with each subscriber (10) is connected to said manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") validation.   8. Conditional transmission system of a completed order   by a subscriber (10), according to any one of claims 5 to   7, characterized in that a subscriber accesses the profii associated with said subscriber to modify it.   9. Conditional transmission system of a completed order   by a subscriber (10), according to any one of claims 5 to   8, characterized in that said modu le (42) of co m paria its d u o manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") of validation compares the operating data coming from to me ns a database   (33, 34, 35, 36) with at least one rule table.   10. Conditional transmission system of a completed order   by a subscriber (10), according to any one of claims 5 to   as 9, characterized in that said validation manager module (43) (31, 31 ', 31 ") analyzes at least one   validation from at least one condition table.   11. Method for conditional transmission of an order made by a subscriber (10) to a cellular communication network for mobiles, characterized in that said method comprises the steps consisting in: defining at least one profile associated with each subscriber (10 ) in at least one database (32) of at least one gesti onnary (31, 31 ', 31 ") of validation corresponding to said subscriber (10), o - transmit to at least one controller (30) d call the data corresponding to at least one command carried out by said subscriber (10) connected to said cellular communication network, - select from said call controller (30) said validation manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") corresponding to the subscriber (10) having carried out said command, - transmit from said call controller (30) to said manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") of validation selected said received data, - request by said manager (31, 31' , 31 ") of validation in said database (32) of the profile associated with said subscriber (1 0), - request by said manager (31, 31 ', 31 ") to validate the operating data for each of said databases (33, 34, 35, 36) of data concerned as a function of said profile received, - compare said operating data received with at least one validation manager rules table (31, 31 ′, 31 ″), - verify at least one validation carried out using at least one conditions table of said validation manager (31, 31 ', 31 "), - define at least one list of data necessary for execution in said cellular network of said command requested by said subscriber, - check in said controller (30 ) call the execution of said command by said cellular communication network for mobiles.   12. A method of managing access to a subscriber (10), according to claim 11, characterized in that said command carried out by said subscriber (10) is not authorized if validation is not