WO1999045725A2 - Procedure in a mobile telephone system to transmit position specifications - Google Patents

Procedure in a mobile telephone system to transmit position specifications Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO1999045725A2
WO1999045725A2 PCT/SE1999/000269 SE9900269W WO9945725A2 WO 1999045725 A2 WO1999045725 A2 WO 1999045725A2 SE 9900269 W SE9900269 W SE 9900269W WO 9945725 A2 WO9945725 A2 WO 9945725A2
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
message
procedure
position specification
centre
mobile
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/SE1999/000269
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO1999045725A3 (en
Inventor
Robert Frank
Mats Olof Winroth
Original Assignee
Telia Ab (Publ)
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Telia Ab (Publ) filed Critical Telia Ab (Publ)
Priority to DE69937445T priority Critical patent/DE69937445D1/en
Priority to EEP200000526A priority patent/EE03897B1/en
Priority to EP99908023A priority patent/EP1060622B1/en
Priority to US09/623,599 priority patent/US6671513B1/en
Priority to DK99908023T priority patent/DK1060622T3/en
Publication of WO1999045725A2 publication Critical patent/WO1999045725A2/en
Publication of WO1999045725A3 publication Critical patent/WO1999045725A3/en
Priority to NO20004322A priority patent/NO325184B1/en

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/90—Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W76/00—Connection management
    • H04W76/50—Connection management for emergency connections

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a procedure to transmit a position specification, especially at emergency call from a mobile telephone in a mobile telecommunications system to an emergency centre.
  • the position of the mobile is found out by the system and is transmitted to a mobile station for storing.
  • a position specification is transmitted automatically by a separate message to the emergency centre .
  • the message with the position specification is routed to the same terminal that receives the telephone call. This is possible owing to that both the telephone call and the message with the position specification includes information about the number of the mobile station.
  • the calling party At emergency calls today, the calling party has to specify his/her position himself/herself .
  • the calling party often can be confused due to the emergency, and also in many cases knows little about the locality.
  • the present invention provides a procedure to transmit position specifications in mobile telephone systems which have base stations and mobile stations.
  • a position specification is transmitted to a mobile station which stores the position specification.
  • a certain telephone call is made from the mobile to a centre which has a receiving terminal, this will trigger off that the position specification is collected and transmitted in a separate message to the centre.
  • a position specification is transmitted on cell level via CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) , and is routed down to an application on the SIM-card (Subscriber Identity Module) .
  • CBS Cell Broadcast Service
  • SIM-card Subscriber Identity Module
  • the position is at the same time transmitted via short text message, SMS (Short Message Service) to the emergency centre.
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • the operator or the equipment automatically
  • the operator can pick up a map over the locality in question. Often a cell is large, but the help can in spite of that gain some valuable minute by giving the operator at the emergency centre a fairly restricted area to search.
  • USSD Unstructured Supplementary Services Data
  • UUS User-to-User Signalling
  • USSD has similar qualities as SMS.
  • USS is transmitted directly in the "SET UP" -message in the ISUP-signalling . This means that when the emergency operator answers, the position specification already is there.
  • the advantage of UUS consequently is that the message reaches the operator quicker and is more reliable. It, however, implies that the emergency centre is equipped with telephone equipment with ISDN-technology (Integrated Services Digital Network) .
  • the technology which makes the function possible is based on the following:
  • CBS A CB-message with cell position specification can be routed directly to the SIM-card.
  • SIM Toolkit and SMS One of the functions supported by the application platform SIM Toolkit is call control, which i.a. has the quality that all telephone numbers which are keyed have to pass the SIM-card.
  • SIM Toolkit allows that fairly advanced applications are implemented on the card itself. In this case, the SIM Toolkit application shall react to the string "112" by transmitting an SMS with the position specification, and forward "112" to the telephone, which establishes a call to the emergency centre.
  • the procedure according to the invention includes the steps tha : - the cell position is delivered to the mobile via a CBS-message which is routed to the SIM-card. This means that all base stations have to transmit position specification. This, however, can be used for many services, so the message is not only used for emergency calls. - SIM Toolkit's function "Call control", where all keyed numbers pass the SIM-card is used to start an application when "112" is keyed.
  • Proactive SIM which i.a. allows that the SIM-card can transmit an SMS-message, is used to transfer the received position to the emergency centre .
  • SMS-message with position is, by means of A- number analysis, routed to the operator who has received the emergency call .
  • USSD or UUS also can serve as carrier of the position data.
  • the invention consequently improves the efficiency at emergency calls, because the position is transmitted to the emergency centre at the same time as the emergency call is going on.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Emergency Management (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to a procedure to transmit a position specification, especially at emergency call from a mobile telephone in a mobile telecommunications system to an emergency centre. The position of the mobile is found out by the system and is transmitted to a mobile station for storing. When an emergency call is made from the mobile station, a position specification is transmitted automatically by a separate message to the emergency centre. In the emergency centre, the message with the position specification is routed to the same terminal as receives the telephone call. This is possible on account of that both the telephone call and the message with the position specification include information about the number of the mobile station.

Description

PROCEDURE IN A MOBILE TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO TRANSMIT POSITION SPECIFICATIONS
Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a procedure to transmit a position specification, especially at emergency call from a mobile telephone in a mobile telecommunications system to an emergency centre. The position of the mobile is found out by the system and is transmitted to a mobile station for storing. When an emergency call is made from the mobile station, a position specification is transmitted automatically by a separate message to the emergency centre . In the emergency centre the message with the position specification is routed to the same terminal that receives the telephone call. This is possible owing to that both the telephone call and the message with the position specification includes information about the number of the mobile station.
Prior art
At emergency calls today, the calling party has to specify his/her position himself/herself . The calling party often can be confused due to the emergency, and also in many cases knows little about the locality.
In the present invention a position specification is transmitted automatically to the emergency centre without the calling party doing nothing but keying the alarm number. This of course is a great help for the staff at the emergency centre who quickly can localize the calling distressed person and for instance pick up the right map.
Summary of the invention
Thus the present invention provides a procedure to transmit position specifications in mobile telephone systems which have base stations and mobile stations. According to the invention, a position specification is transmitted to a mobile station which stores the position specification. When a certain telephone call is made from the mobile to a centre which has a receiving terminal, this will trigger off that the position specification is collected and transmitted in a separate message to the centre.
The invention is specified in detail in enclosed patent claims.
Detailed description of preferred embodiments
At call to an emergency centre it is important to quickly get the position where the accident or the crime has occurred. Often a user can find it difficult to tell where he/she is due to poor knowledge of the locality, or due to confusion.
To know the position might help the staff at the emergency centre to, together with questioning the calling party, find out exactly from where the call is coming. With mobile telephony the rescue service has considerably better prospects of being on the spot in time; by position the task would be even simpler.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a position specification is transmitted on cell level via CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) , and is routed down to an application on the SIM-card (Subscriber Identity Module) . When the emergency number "112" is keyed, the position is at the same time transmitted via short text message, SMS (Short Message Service) to the emergency centre. In the emergency centre one can via A-number analysis route the SMS-message to the same person (terminal) as has received the call. On basis of the position, the operator (or the equipment automatically) can pick up a map over the locality in question. Often a cell is large, but the help can in spite of that gain some valuable minute by giving the operator at the emergency centre a fairly restricted area to search.
As alternative to SMS, also USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) or UUS (User-to-User Signalling) can be used to transfer the position information to the emergency centre. USSD has similar qualities as SMS. USS, on the other hand, is transmitted directly in the "SET UP" -message in the ISUP-signalling . This means that when the emergency operator answers, the position specification already is there. The advantage of UUS consequently is that the message reaches the operator quicker and is more reliable. It, however, implies that the emergency centre is equipped with telephone equipment with ISDN-technology (Integrated Services Digital Network) . The technology which makes the function possible is based on the following:
CBS: A CB-message with cell position specification can be routed directly to the SIM-card.
SIM Toolkit and SMS: One of the functions supported by the application platform SIM Toolkit is call control, which i.a. has the quality that all telephone numbers which are keyed have to pass the SIM-card. SIM Toolkit allows that fairly advanced applications are implemented on the card itself. In this case, the SIM Toolkit application shall react to the string "112" by transmitting an SMS with the position specification, and forward "112" to the telephone, which establishes a call to the emergency centre.
Consequently the procedure according to the invention includes the steps tha : - the cell position is delivered to the mobile via a CBS-message which is routed to the SIM-card. This means that all base stations have to transmit position specification. This, however, can be used for many services, so the message is not only used for emergency calls. - SIM Toolkit's function "Call control", where all keyed numbers pass the SIM-card is used to start an application when "112" is keyed.
- SIM Toolkit's function "Proactive SIM", which i.a. allows that the SIM-card can transmit an SMS-message, is used to transfer the received position to the emergency centre .
- the SMS-message with position is, by means of A- number analysis, routed to the operator who has received the emergency call . USSD or UUS also can serve as carrier of the position data.
The invention consequently improves the efficiency at emergency calls, because the position is transmitted to the emergency centre at the same time as the emergency call is going on.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS
1. Procedure to transmit position specification in mobile telephone system including base stations and mobile stations, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in the steps:
- that a position specification is transmitted to a mobile station which stores the position specification;
- that a specific telephone call is made from the mobile to a centre which has a receiving terminal; - that the specific call triggers off that the position specification is collected and is transmitted in a separate message to the centre.
2. Procedure as claimed in patent claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the telephone call and the message both include information about the subscriber number of the mobile station, so that the message is routed to the same receiving terminal.
3. Procedure as claimed in any of the previous patent claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the position specification is transmitted out on cell level via a general (cell broadcast; CB) message.
4. Procedure as claimed in any of the previous patent claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the position specification is stored in an application on the mobile station's subscriber card (SIM) .
5. Procedure as claimed in any of the previous patent claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the message is of the type short text message (SMS) or USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) or UUS (User-to-User Signalling) .
6. Procedure as claimed in any of the previous patent claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the telephone call is an emergency call, and the centre is an emergency centre .
PCT/SE1999/000269 1998-03-03 1999-02-25 Procedure in a mobile telephone system to transmit position specifications WO1999045725A2 (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE69937445T DE69937445D1 (en) 1998-03-03 1999-02-25 METHOD IN A MOBILE TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING POSITION SPECIFICATIONS
EEP200000526A EE03897B1 (en) 1998-03-03 1999-02-25 Procedure for transmitting a Location Specification on a Mobile Phone System
EP99908023A EP1060622B1 (en) 1998-03-03 1999-02-25 Procedure in a mobile telephone system to transmit position specifications
US09/623,599 US6671513B1 (en) 1998-03-03 1999-02-25 Procedure in a mobile telephone system to transmit position specifications
DK99908023T DK1060622T3 (en) 1998-03-03 1999-02-25 Method in a mobile phone system for transmitting position information
NO20004322A NO325184B1 (en) 1998-03-03 2000-08-31 Method for transmitting position specification in mobile telephone systems comprising base stations and mobile stations

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SE9800652-1 1998-03-03
SE9800652A SE9800652L (en) 1998-03-03 1998-03-03 Method of transmitting position information in a mobile telephony system

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO1999045725A2 true WO1999045725A2 (en) 1999-09-10
WO1999045725A3 WO1999045725A3 (en) 1999-11-04

Family

ID=20410374

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/SE1999/000269 WO1999045725A2 (en) 1998-03-03 1999-02-25 Procedure in a mobile telephone system to transmit position specifications

Country Status (9)

Country Link
US (1) US6671513B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1060622B1 (en)
DE (1) DE69937445D1 (en)
DK (1) DK1060622T3 (en)
EE (1) EE03897B1 (en)
ES (1) ES2296382T3 (en)
NO (1) NO325184B1 (en)
SE (1) SE9800652L (en)
WO (1) WO1999045725A2 (en)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2011123138A1 (en) * 2010-04-02 2011-10-06 Nokia Corporation User-to-user signaling to negotiate and carry location information
US8290516B2 (en) 2009-10-01 2012-10-16 Nokia Corporation Method and apparatus for providing location based services using connectivity graphs based on cell broadcast information
EP1273183B1 (en) * 2000-04-10 2014-07-02 Motorola Mobility LLC Emergency call in a packet switched wireless communication network

Families Citing this family (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NZ503817A (en) * 2000-04-07 2003-05-30 Cool 123 Ltd Survey reply using short message service mobile services
US8977559B2 (en) * 2000-04-07 2015-03-10 Zyzeba Holding Limited Interactive marketing system
JP3452029B2 (en) * 2000-05-17 2003-09-29 日本電気株式会社 Mobile phone terminal device and mobile phone system using the same
KR100442941B1 (en) * 2001-07-06 2004-08-04 엘지전자 주식회사 Broadcast message transmission circuit and transmitting Method thereof
KR100842548B1 (en) * 2004-03-05 2008-07-01 삼성전자주식회사 Emergency call system and method thereof
DE102004014440B4 (en) * 2004-03-24 2006-07-27 Siemens Ag Method and apparatus for providing a push-to-talk connection between at least two terminals of subscribers within a communication network
EP1835778B1 (en) * 2006-03-17 2008-11-19 Research In Motion Limited Method and apparatus to concurrently notify emergency contacts during an emergency voice call
US9100802B2 (en) 2006-03-17 2015-08-04 Blackberry Limited Method and apparatus to concurrently notify emergency contacts during an emergency voice call based on network capability
US20100261448A1 (en) * 2009-04-09 2010-10-14 Vixxi Solutions, Inc. System and method for emergency text messaging
EP2721800B1 (en) 2011-06-17 2020-09-09 Vesta Solutions, Inc. Systems, apparatus, and methods for collaborative and distributed emergency multimedia data management
US9245440B2 (en) 2012-07-26 2016-01-26 Airbus Ds Communications, Inc. Location based event notification systems and methods

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0647076A1 (en) * 1993-10-05 1995-04-05 Compagnie Financiere Pour Le Radiotelephone, ( Cofira) S.A. Cellular radio communication system with access to location dependant service, location retrieving module and server module for personal, location dependant services
WO1996042179A1 (en) * 1995-06-10 1996-12-27 Phonelink Plc Increasing the resolution in locating cellular telephones
FR2755567A1 (en) * 1996-11-05 1998-05-07 Bouygues Telecom Sa Transmission system for positional information in cellular telephone network

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5687215A (en) * 1995-04-10 1997-11-11 Ford Motor Company Vehicular emergency message system
WO1997021314A1 (en) * 1995-12-07 1997-06-12 Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) Emergency call handling in a cellular telecommunications system
US6014568A (en) * 1997-09-30 2000-01-11 Ericsson Inc. Location-based voice coder selection

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0647076A1 (en) * 1993-10-05 1995-04-05 Compagnie Financiere Pour Le Radiotelephone, ( Cofira) S.A. Cellular radio communication system with access to location dependant service, location retrieving module and server module for personal, location dependant services
WO1996042179A1 (en) * 1995-06-10 1996-12-27 Phonelink Plc Increasing the resolution in locating cellular telephones
FR2755567A1 (en) * 1996-11-05 1998-05-07 Bouygues Telecom Sa Transmission system for positional information in cellular telephone network

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1273183B1 (en) * 2000-04-10 2014-07-02 Motorola Mobility LLC Emergency call in a packet switched wireless communication network
US8290516B2 (en) 2009-10-01 2012-10-16 Nokia Corporation Method and apparatus for providing location based services using connectivity graphs based on cell broadcast information
US8401572B2 (en) 2009-10-01 2013-03-19 Nokia Corporation Method and apparatus for providing location based services using connectivity graphs based on cell broadcast information
WO2011123138A1 (en) * 2010-04-02 2011-10-06 Nokia Corporation User-to-user signaling to negotiate and carry location information

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EE03897B1 (en) 2002-10-15
ES2296382T3 (en) 2008-04-16
EP1060622A2 (en) 2000-12-20
EP1060622B1 (en) 2007-10-31
SE511023C2 (en) 1999-07-19
NO20004322L (en) 2000-11-02
SE9800652D0 (en) 1998-03-03
EE200000526A (en) 2002-04-15
DE69937445D1 (en) 2007-12-13
WO1999045725A3 (en) 1999-11-04
DK1060622T3 (en) 2008-02-11
SE9800652L (en) 1999-07-19
US6671513B1 (en) 2003-12-30
NO325184B1 (en) 2008-02-11
NO20004322D0 (en) 2000-08-31

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6671513B1 (en) Procedure in a mobile telephone system to transmit position specifications
US7058385B2 (en) Emergency call system within a telecommunication network
US6456616B1 (en) System and method transmitting data
US5930701A (en) Providing caller ID within a mobile telecommunications network
FI116964B (en) Method and apparatus for extracting acoustic signals for mobile terminals
US7248853B1 (en) Direct communication and localisation of mobile end equipment and emergency handling
US6078804A (en) Providing different routing treatments for emergency calls based on subscriber specified data
EP0656168B1 (en) Method for call establishment
KR100711993B1 (en) Smart card for alpha tagging and type indication of emergency call number
JP3798542B2 (en) Cellular emergency call system and method
EP0503813A2 (en) Personal mobile communication system with call bridging
CA2243997A1 (en) Routing of an emergency cellular telephone call
US7340246B1 (en) Transmission of information during call establishment
CA2605238A1 (en) Method and device for synchronisation of speech and data concerning location information for location-related services
US6343214B1 (en) Mobile telephones
US8238944B2 (en) Disaster and emergency mode for mobile radio phones
EP1253798A2 (en) Radio communication terminal and radio communication system
US6064858A (en) Ground-station system, ground station, device, method
US7120441B1 (en) Method and system for re-routing a call
CA2205324C (en) In-building and out-of-building personal reach communications system
KR20050011612A (en) Emergency rescue system using mobile terminals capable of informing whereabouts of user by transmitting emergency rescue signal to police stations
FI116767B (en) A method and apparatus for redirecting data transmitted to a mobile station
WO1999066745A2 (en) Procedure and system for sending a short message
FI102233B (en) Positionskodserver
KR100995476B1 (en) Method and System for Displaying Name of Destination Area in Unification Environment of Mobile Telecommunication Identifier

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): EE JP LT LV NO US

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE

AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): EE JP LT LV NO US

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE

121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
DFPE Request for preliminary examination filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed before 20040101)
WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 1999908023

Country of ref document: EP

WWP Wipo information: published in national office

Ref document number: 1999908023

Country of ref document: EP

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 09623599

Country of ref document: US

WWG Wipo information: grant in national office

Ref document number: 1999908023

Country of ref document: EP