WO1996006508A2 - Method for identifying short message originator category in a digital mobile phone network - Google Patents

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WO1996006508A2
WO1996006508A2 PCT/FI1995/000420 FI9500420W WO9606508A2 WO 1996006508 A2 WO1996006508 A2 WO 1996006508A2 FI 9500420 W FI9500420 W FI 9500420W WO 9606508 A2 WO9606508 A2 WO 9606508A2
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    • H04M15/80—Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects
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    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42382—Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04W4/24—Accounting or billing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/01—Details of billing arrangements
    • H04M2215/0184—Details of billing arrangements involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions, volume discounts, cell discounts, group billing, frequent calling destination(s) or user history list
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/20—Technology dependant metering
    • H04M2215/2026—Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/28—SMS billing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/32—Involving wireless systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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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
    • H04M3/42025—Calling or Called party identification service
    • H04M3/42034—Calling party identification service
    • H04M3/42059—Making use of the calling party identifier
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/26—Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

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  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 for the identification of short message originator category in a digital mobile phone network.
  • the short message service center SC of the short message service defined in a GSM system is formed by a network component external to the system, whereby the external sendee center can be addressed from the GSM network uniquely using a dedicated address identification number.
  • the address identification number conforms to the numbering plan defined in the CCITT Recommendation E.164.
  • SMS MT short message
  • the short message is forwarded to the mobile via a mobile services switching center MSC.
  • the mobile services switching center MSC generates a call record linked to the forwarding operation of the short message.
  • a short- messages-generating system which is connected to the SC outside the GSM system may be, e.g., a paging application, a teletext system, an answering service, voice mail as indicated by arrow 2 or an e-mail system or terminal connection system as indicated by arrow 3.
  • the goal of the invention is accomplished by a scheme comprising each originator group, i.e., originator category of a short message calling the service center using its own address, the short message service center modifying its address identification number used in addressing the mobile services switching center to a form corresponding to the short message originator and finally using numeric analysis to identify the shon message originator category from the address field of die call record generated by the mobile services switching center.
  • the invention offers significant benefits.
  • the invention is capable of allocating the costs associated with the short message service to the short message originator if so desired.
  • major user groups can be granted quantity discounts while small user groups are billed at a slightly higher rate.
  • the deliveiy of shon messages can be logged in statistics files by user group for planning tariff changes.
  • Figure 1 is a block diagram showing a prior-art system suited to accommodate the implementation of the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the generation scheme of the short message service switching center address.
  • me identification of die original originator of a shon message from a call record generated by a mobile services switching center MSC for a mobile terminated shon message service SMS MT can be implemented by modifying the address information of the shon message service center SC so that each shon message originator sets the address of the service center SC at a different value.
  • the shon message forwarding protocol data unit which for the reception of the shon message by the SC is SMS-SUBMIT and for the delivery of the short message by the SC is SMS-DELIVERY, also contains information indicating the originator of die shon message. This address identified by die originator is given as a call record parameter value in the Originating-Address data field.
  • the shon message service center SC is provided with software capable of identifying die originator of the shon message on the basis of the address given in die Originating-Address data field.
  • the shon message service center SC can, in accordance with die message originating party, alter the address identification number shown by die shon message service center SC itself to the mobile services switching center MSC.
  • a physically single SC can have a plurality of logically separate SC's forwarding mobile shon messages terminated at different mobiles.
  • the originating party of a short message can be identified uniquely from the SC_Address value of the call record generated by die mobile services switching center MSC.
  • numeric analysis can be performed on die address field of die SC, and thus, the short messages initiated by the different originator categories can be priced differendy for the receiving parties.
  • die processing principles of the SC address data described above is shown in a block diagram.
  • the address number of the service center SC in a GSM network may in a short message terminated to a mobile station be expressed, e.g., as listed below:

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for determining the originator information of a short message in a digital mobile phone network comprising at least one short message service center (SC), in which network a mobile services switching center (MSC) generates a call record from the forwarding operation of the short message. According to the invention, the short message originator categories call the short message service center (SC) using at least two different addresses, the short message service center (SC) modifies its address identification number used in addressing the mobile services switching center (MSC) to a form corresponding to the short message originator category, and finally, numeric analysis is used to identify the short message originator category from the address field of the call record generated by the mobile services switching center (MSC).

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Method for identifying short message originator category in a digital mobile phone network
The invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 for the identification of short message originator category in a digital mobile phone network.
According to the conventional techniques illustrated in Fig. 1, the short message service center SC of the short message service defined in a GSM system is formed by a network component external to the system, whereby the external sendee center can be addressed from the GSM network uniquely using a dedicated address identification number. The address identification number conforms to the numbering plan defined in the CCITT Recommendation E.164. In a short message (SMS MT) terminated at mobile station MS, the short message is forwarded to the mobile via a mobile services switching center MSC. Then, the mobile services switching center MSC generates a call record linked to the forwarding operation of the short message.
With a further reference to Fig. 1, some other possible originators of mobile terminated short messages are indicated. The data fields of die call record generated by the mobile services switching center MSC do not permit direct identification of whether the originator of the initial short message is another mobile station MS as indicated by arrow 1 in the drawing or some application system or program connected to the shon message service center. Such a short- messages-generating system which is connected to the SC outside the GSM system may be, e.g., a paging application, a teletext system, an answering service, voice mail as indicated by arrow 2 or an e-mail system or terminal connection system as indicated by arrow 3. It is an object of die present invention to overcome the drawbacks of die above- described prior-art techniques and to achieve an entirely novel method of defining the originator information of a short message in a digital mobile phone network. The goal of the invention is accomplished by a scheme comprising each originator group, i.e., originator category of a short message calling the service center using its own address, the short message service center modifying its address identification number used in addressing the mobile services switching center to a form corresponding to the short message originator and finally using numeric analysis to identify the shon message originator category from the address field of die call record generated by the mobile services switching center.
More specifically, the method according to the invention is characterized by what is stated in the characterizing part of claim 1.
The invention offers significant benefits.
The invention is capable of allocating the costs associated with the short message service to the short message originator if so desired. At will major user groups can be granted quantity discounts while small user groups are billed at a slightly higher rate. The deliveiy of shon messages can be logged in statistics files by user group for planning tariff changes.
In the following, the invention will be examined in more detail with reference to exemplifying embodiments illustrated in the attached drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a block diagram showing a prior-art system suited to accommodate the implementation of the present invention; and Figure 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the generation scheme of the short message service switching center address. Referring to die diagrams, me identification of die original originator of a shon message from a call record generated by a mobile services switching center MSC for a mobile terminated shon message service SMS MT can be implemented by modifying the address information of the shon message service center SC so that each shon message originator sets the address of the service center SC at a different value. The shon message forwarding protocol data unit, which for the reception of the shon message by the SC is SMS-SUBMIT and for the delivery of the short message by the SC is SMS-DELIVERY, also contains information indicating the originator of die shon message. This address identified by die originator is given as a call record parameter value in the Originating-Address data field.
The shon message service center SC is provided with software capable of identifying die originator of the shon message on the basis of the address given in die Originating-Address data field. Correspondingly, the shon message service center SC can, in accordance with die message originating party, alter the address identification number shown by die shon message service center SC itself to the mobile services switching center MSC. Hence, a physically single SC can have a plurality of logically separate SC's forwarding mobile shon messages terminated at different mobiles. The originating party of a short message can be identified uniquely from the SC_Address value of the call record generated by die mobile services switching center MSC. In the postprocessing of charging data, numeric analysis can be performed on die address field of die SC, and thus, the short messages initiated by the different originator categories can be priced differendy for the receiving parties. Referring to Fig. 2, die processing principles of the SC address data described above is shown in a block diagram. When expressed in the international format, the address number of the service center SC in a GSM network may in a short message terminated to a mobile station be expressed, e.g., as listed below:
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Also arbitraiy numbering can be used, whereby the address selection of the service center need not comprise consecutive addresses of the CCTTT Recommendation E.164, but rather, die addresses of die SC may be chosen arbitrarily for each terminadng short message type unrestrictedly from any point of the numbering plan space.

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Claims:
1. A mediod for determining the originator information of a short message in a digital mobile phone network comprising at least one shon message service center (SC), in which network a mobile services switching center (MSC) generates a call record from the forwarding operation of the short message, characterized in that die short message originator categories call the short message service center (SC) using at least two different addresses, the short message service center (SC) modifies its address identification number used in addressing die mobile services switching center (MSC) to a form corresponding to die short message originator category, and finally, numeric analysis is used to identify the shon message originator category from die address field of die call record generated by die mobile services switching center (MSC).
2. A method as defined in claim 1, characterized in that each short message originator category uses an individual address for calling the service center.
3. A mediod as defined in claim 1 or 2, characterized in mat the short message originator category information is utilized in network capacity planning.
4. A method as defined in claim 1, characterized in mat die numeric analysis is performed in die mobile phone network.
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