WO2002005533A1 - Procede pour creer une connexion d'appel entre un abonne mobile et un second appareil telephonique en reponse a une demande de connexion faite par l'abonne mobile - Google Patents

Procede pour creer une connexion d'appel entre un abonne mobile et un second appareil telephonique en reponse a une demande de connexion faite par l'abonne mobile Download PDF

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WO2002005533A1
WO2002005533A1 PCT/FI2001/000660 FI0100660W WO0205533A1 WO 2002005533 A1 WO2002005533 A1 WO 2002005533A1 FI 0100660 W FI0100660 W FI 0100660W WO 0205533 A1 WO0205533 A1 WO 0205533A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/487—Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
    • H04M3/493—Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/42195—Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2207/00—Type of exchange or network, i.e. telephonic medium, in which the telephonic communication takes place
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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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/487—Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
    • H04M3/493—Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
    • H04M3/4931—Directory assistance systems
    • H04M3/4935—Connection initiated by DAS system
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/12—Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
    • H04W4/14—Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
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  • the present invention relates to a method, according to the preamble of Claim 1, for 5 providing a mobile subscriber with a call-connection creation service.
  • the invention concerns a method, in which a call connection is created between the customer's mobile 0 station and a second telephone subscription, on the basis of a request sent by the customer.
  • a mobile subscriber can use their mobile station to call a number they desire. If the mobile subscriber does not know or remember the number of the subscription they desire, the mobile subscriber can find out the number from, for 5 example, service numbers or short-message services.
  • the service-number service may also include the connection of the call to the number in question.
  • the short-message services operate in such a way that, for example, the mobile subscriber sends a fixed-form short message to a specific number, when the service provider will retrieve or select the number on the basis of the information in the short message.
  • a drawback of the state of the art is that previous solutions have been quite inflexible from the customer's point of view, if the customer does not know or remember the number of the destination subscription. Finding the number with the aid of a service number or short- message service has been quite difficult and slow. From abroad, the use of such services 5 may not necessarily succeed at all, and is in any case expensive. The control logic of most service numbers is programmed in such a way that calls coming from abroad are blocked. This problem also concerns mobile subscribers, whose mobile subscription is connected to the network of a mobile operator other than their own mobile operator, i.e. the home operator. In other words, even mobile subscribers who are abroad and call from a domestic 0 mobile subscription cannot call service numbers in their home country that are subject to a charge, for example, directory enquiries numbers.
  • the invention is intended to create a method, with the aid of which a mobile communications customer can be provided with an easy-to-use, fast, and economical service for forming a call connection to a telephone subscription, the precise network identity of which the customer either does not know, or does not remember.
  • Theinvention is based on a call connection, between a customer's mobile station and some second telephone subscription, the destination subscription, being formed by the action of the mobile operator, on the basis of a request by the customer. If a customer wishes a connection to some number, the customer sends a connection creation request, in the form of a fixed form short message, to a number stated by the mobile operator, or presents a call-creation request in some other manner.
  • This request for example, a short-message, contains information and/or commands, on the basis of which the mobile operator retrieves or selects the correct destination subscription. After having received the request, the equipment of the mobile operator calls the customer's mobile station.
  • the equipment of the mobile operator calls the destination subscription. Once this call has been answered, the equipment of the mobile operator links the call connections in such a way that a call connection is formed between the customer's mobile station, and the destination subscription.
  • the mobile subscriber can thus state the destination, to which they desire a connection, in other ways than as a telephone number.
  • the mobile subscriber can, for instance, send an SMS short message, which contains a specific command, or specific commands, as well as the name of the person or company to which they wish a connection.
  • the mobile operator can retrieve the destination number, from, for example, a database.
  • the database can be, for example a directory enquiries database, from which the desired telephone number can be retrieved on the basis of a name.
  • the destination, to which a call connection is desired can also be given in such a way that, in addition to, or in place of the name of the person or company, for example, a postal address, Web address, e-mail address, or other information, on the basis of which the telephone number can be determined with the aid of some database, is stated.
  • the mobile subscriber can then request the formation of a call connection, for example, by sending an SMS short message, which contains a specific command, or specific commands and/or the Web address of the company to which they desire a connection.
  • the mobile subscriber can, in addition, define their own abbreviated dialling codes, which relate to some telephone number. These abbreviated dialling codes can be recorded, for example, in a database maintained by the mobile operator. For example, the mobile subscriber can record their own home number and entitle it with the code 'home', in which case the mobile subscriber can form a call connection to their home number by sending a request, which includes the code 'home'.
  • the mobile operator can also select the destination number on the basis of information given by the customer or appearing in some other way and/or on the basis of a command given by the customer.
  • the mobile subscriber can, for instance, send an SMS short message, which contains a specific command and information as to the country in which the mobile subscriber is located.
  • the mobile operator forms a call connection between the mobile subscriber and the service number, from which information is available on the prices of mobile service in the country in question.
  • the mobile subscriber can state the name of the foreign mobile operator, to the mobile network of which the mobile station of the mobile subscriber is connected, in which case the mobile operator can form a call connection to the corresponding service number.
  • Information on the country of the location of the mobile subscriber or on the foreign mobile operator used by them can also be transmitted, for example, in the header data of an SMS short message.
  • the equipment of the mobile operator for example, an SCP, can also retrieve information from an HLR as to the country in which the mobile subscriber is located, or which foreign mobile operator they are using.
  • the embodiment can also be implemented in such a way that the call-connection creation request can include definitions and/or commands, on the basis of which the mobile operator forms a call connection to a suitable number.
  • mobile subscribers can be provided with an easy-to-use and fast way to make a connection with a destination subscription, the telephone number or other network identifier of which is not known to the mobile subscriber.
  • the network identifier of the destination subscription is retrieved or selected before the call connection is created, instead of it being retrieved or selected during the call connection. Due to this, the total call time is shorter than when using service number according to the state of the art, so that it is cheaper for the mobile subscriber to utilize the method than to use service numbers.
  • the method is easier to use than short-messages services according to the state of the art, because the mobile subscriber needs neither to pick the destination subscription's number out of a short message, nor even to call the number themselves.
  • the mobile subscriber can, for instance, send an SMS short message, which contains the text 'interpreter Spanish', in which case the mobile operator will form a call connection to a Spanish-language interpreter.
  • SMS short message which contains the text 'interpreter Spanish'
  • the mobile operator will form a call connection to a Spanish-language interpreter.
  • a service of this kind can be of great benefit to the mobile subscriber, if, for example, the language barrier is causing problems when dealing with officials.
  • the term domestic mobile operator refers to the mobile operator, with which the mobile subscriber has made a mobile subscription agreement.
  • the domestic mobile operator is thus the entity that provides the mobile subscriber with mobile services and bills the mobile subscriber for these services.
  • the term foreign mobile operator refers, in the example, to a mobile operator with which the domestic mobile operator has made a co-operation agreement, for instance, a roaming agreement.
  • the foreign mobile operator can, at the request of the mobile subscriber, or of the mobile station of the mobile subscriber, connect the customer's mobile subscription to the mobile network of the foreign mobile operator.
  • the foreign mobile operator then bills the domestic mobile operator for the mobile services used by the mobile subscriber while the domestic mobile operator in turn bills the mobile subscriber for them.
  • the domestic mobile operator can provide its customers with an opportunity to use their mobile stations when abroad, though at a higher price than domestic services.
  • the term foreign mobile operator need not refer to a foreign- owned mobile operator, or one that operates abroad, nor, correspondingly, need the term domestic mobile operator refer to a domestically-owned mobile operator, or one that operates in the home country.
  • the term visited operator could also be used for a foreign mobile operator and, correspondingly, the term home operator for a domestic mobile operator.
  • the operation of the digital mobile network for example, a GSM or UMTS network, is not examined in detail in the example.
  • a GSM network several network elements, which are not referred to in the example, are connected to the totality.
  • Such elements are, for example, a GMSC (Gateway Mobile
  • connection service implemented with the aid of the invention, and mobile operator's billing system
  • the example shows one manner of implementation, which is based on the use of so-called tickets to transmit charging bases.
  • ticket refers to a fixed-form data packet, which contains data relating to the event in question, such as time, duration, price, and title of the service used.
  • Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a mobile subscriber's request to create a call connection, made using an SMS short message, and the operations relating to its processing.
  • Figure 2 shows a block diagram of the creation of the call connection requested by the mobile subscriber, and the related operations.
  • the system shown in Figure 1 includes the foreign operator's MSC 2, which is linked to a
  • VLR Visited Location Register
  • a foreign traffic centre 3 abroad, a mobile station 1 of a mobile subscriber in the coverage area of the MSC 2, a domestic foreign traffic centre 5, an international digital telephone network 4 connecting the foreign centres 3 and 5, a domestic operator's MSC 6, the domestic operator's SMS short-message centre 7, the domestic operator's SCP 8, the foreign operator's billing system 9, and the domestic operator's billing system 10.
  • the mobile subscriber uses their mobile station to send an SMS short message to the number stated by the domestic mobile operator, as a result of which the mobile station 1 sends an SMS short message to the MSC 2 of the foreign operator.
  • the SMS short message contains information, on the basis of which the destination subscription can be selected or retrieved. This information can include, for example, a command, name, address, and/or keywords.
  • the MSC 2 sends an SMS short message in a signalling channel to the foreign traffic centre 3 of a suitable foreign operator.
  • the foreign traffic centre 3 sends the SMS short message to the foreign traffic centre 5 of the domestic mobile operator, through the international digital telephone network 4.
  • the foreign traffic centre 5 sends the SMS short message to the MSC 6 of the domestic operator.
  • the MSC 6 sends the SMS short message to an SMS short message centre 7.
  • the SMS short message centre 7 sends an SMS short message to an SCP 8.
  • the SCP 8 picks the information, on the basis of which the destination subscription can be retrieved or selected, from the contents of the short message.
  • the SCP 8 also obtains the mobile subscriber's A-subscriber number identity, i.e. the telephone number of the mobile subscriber's mobile subscription, from the header data of the SMS short message.
  • the MSC 2 of the foreign mobile operator makes a billing ticket for the sending of the SMS short message and sends it to the billing system 9 of the foreign mobile operator, which records the ticket.
  • the billing system 9 of the foreign mobile operator sends the information of the mobile services used by the mobile subscriber to the billing system 10 of the domestic mobile operator and bills the domestic operator for the mobile services used by the mobile subscriber.
  • the billing system 10 of the domestic mobile operator records the information it receives and adds the billing information to the billing account of the mobile subscriber. The mobile subscriber is billed on the basis of the billing account.
  • the system shown in Figure 2 includes, as in Figure 1, an MSC 2 of a foreign operator, in connection with which there is a VLR, a foreign traffic centre 3 abroad, the mobile subscriber's mobile station in the coverage area of the MSC 2, a domestic foreign traffic centre 5, the international digital telephone network 4 connecting the foreign centres 3 and 5, the domestic operator's MSC 6, the domestic operator's SCP 8, and the domestic operator's billing system 10.
  • the system of Figure 2 includes the domestic mobile operator's ED R 11, SSP 12, and announcement equipment 13, as well as the telephone network's LE 14 and the telephone device 15 of calling subscriber of the telephone network.
  • the SCP 8 retrieves, from the HLR 11, data concerning to which foreign mobile operator's mobile network the mobile station of the mobile subscriber is connected. On the basis of the information given in the call-connection creation request, the SCP 8 retrieves or selects the network identifier of the destination subscription, for example, from a database or databases. (The SCP can also carry out a retrieval or selection with the aid of some other device.) If the destination number is a service number subject to a charge, the SCP 8 also retrieves from the HLR subscriber register information as to whether the mobile subscriber has switched on a service block to service numbers subject to a charge.
  • the SCP 8 sends the SSP 12 an ICA (Initiate Call Attempt) message and a Continue message.
  • the telephone number of the mobile subscriber is given in the Destination-Routing- Address field of the header of the ICA message and at the same time the SCP 8 commands the SSP 12 to set an EDP (Event Detection Point)in the RRB (Request Report BCSM) format to monitor the answer sign of the mobile subscriber.
  • EDP Event Detection Point
  • RRB Request Report BCSM
  • a detection point DP7-R Detection Point 7 - Request
  • the SSP 12 can also be sent an FCI message defining a ticket.
  • the SSP 12 sends, on the basis of the ICA message, a procedure call to the MSC 6 of the domestic mobile operator.
  • reverse-charge calls can be separated from the other calls coming from the mobile subscriber, for example, by adding some prefix to the call number originating from the SSP 12, or by altering some other field in the initiation address message.
  • the MSC 6 of the domestic mobile operator can identify and ticket the call, so that it becomes free of charge in the billing system from the point of view of the mobile subscriber, or in such a way that it is billed at some other rate, or on some other basis than is the practice in the case of receiving normal calls abroad.
  • the MSC 6 sends a query to the HLR 11 to determine the so-called roaming number of the mobile subscription. On the basis of the roaming number, the call can be routed to the mobile subscriber's mobile subscription in the network of the foreign mobile operator.
  • the HLR 11 sends a query to the VLR of the foreign mobile operator's MSC 2, in the area of which it knows the mobile subscriber's mobile station to be.
  • the VLR responds to the HLR 11 by providing the mobile subscriber's roaming number.
  • the HLR 11 sends the mobile subscriber's roaming number to the domestic mobile operator's MSC 6.
  • the domestic mobile operator's MSC 6 channels the call connection to a suitable foreign centre 5.
  • the domestic foreign traffic centre 5 channels the call connection further through the international digital telephone network 4 to the foreign traffic centre 3 abroad.
  • the foreign traffic centre 3 abroad channels the call connection further to the foreign mobile operator's MSC 2.
  • the foreign mobile operator's MSC 2 channels the call connection to the mobile subscriber's mobile station 1, through the correct BSC and BSS.
  • an answer signal is transmitted back to the home country, as far as the SSP 12.
  • the SSP 12 reports, by means of an ERB message (Event Report BCSM), to the SCP 8 that the mobile subscriber has answered.
  • ERB message Event Report BCSM
  • operations 213a - 219a, or 213b and 214b are carried out, depending on whether the mobile subscriber has switched on a service block for service numbers subject to a charge, or not.
  • Operations 213a - 219a are carried out, if the service block for service numbers subject to a charge is not switched on.
  • Operations 213b and 214b are carried out, if the customer has switched on the service block for service numbers subject to a charge, or if the provider of a free service number does not permit calls from abroad.
  • the SCP 8 sends the SSP 12 a call connection operation (Connect), which includes information on the mobile subscriber's mobile subscription number (calling subscriber number) and the destination number, to which the mobile subscriber wishes a connection.
  • Connect a call connection operation
  • the SSP 12 channels the call connection to the domestic LE 14, in such a way that the mobile subscriber's mobile subscription number ( calling subscriber number) is transmitted to the LE 14, during the creation of the call connection.
  • the LE 14 connects the call connection coming from the SSP to the telephone device 15 of the telephone network subscriber, on the basis of the destination number, in such a way that the mobile subscriber's mobile subscription number (calling subscriber number) is forwarded to the telephone device 15 during the creation of the call connection. Once the telephone device 15 has answered the transmitted call, notification of this is sent to the SSP.
  • the telephone network subscriber can be, for instance, the service provider of a service number.
  • the SSP 12 forms a call connection between the domestic subscriber's telephone device 15 and the mobile station 1 of the mobile subscriber who is abroad. It is possible to send an FCI message defining a ticket to the SSP, at this time as well.
  • the MSC 6 creates a ticket from the call connection and sends it to the billing system 10, which records the information relating to the ticket.
  • the price of the ticket can depend, for example, on the duration of the call connection.
  • the SSP 12 creates a ticket for the use of the service number subject to a charge and sends it to the billing system 10, which records the information relating to the ticket.
  • the price of this ticket can depend, for example, on the per-call price of the service number, or on the duration of the call connection.
  • the billing system 3 records the information it receives and transfers the relevant billings to the billing account of the mobile subscriber.
  • the mobile subscriber is billed on the basis of the billing accounts. Different billings and their related data can be itemized in the bill.
  • Account balance service according to the state of the art can then be kept up to date in a manner corresponding to that used in the case of calls made from the network of the domestic mobile operator. Account balance services are implemented using known technology.
  • the SCP 8 sends the SSP 12 a call connection operation (Connect), which contains instructions to create a connection to the signalling device 13.
  • the SSP 12 creates a connection to the signalling device 13 and links the call connections in such a way that a call connection is formed between the signalling device 13 and the mobile station 1 of the mobile subscriber who is abroad.
  • the announcement device states the reason for the failure of the call, by means of a voice announcement.
  • Embodiments of the invention differing from those disclosed above, can also be contemplated.
  • the apparatuses shown in the figures and the examples are not the only technical means with the aid of which an embodiment of the invention can be implemented.
  • the embodiments of the invention can be implemented by means of techniques and systems differing from the figures and examples.
  • a connection is formed between the mobile subscriber's mobile station and a telephone device of a fixed telephone network.
  • the method according to the invention can, however, also be used, for instance, to create a call connection between two mobile stations.
  • the call connection between the mobile subscriber's mobile station 1 and a telephone device 15 of a telephone network can be formed in a manner differing from the example, for instance, in such a way that call is not connected through a local telephone exchange 14, but by using some other technique.
  • the service number provider can be, for example, the relevant domestic mobile operator, in which case the call connection can be connected directly to the equipment of the service-number system.
  • the call connection being formed can be used not only for voice communication, but also for other purposes, such as data transmission.
  • An application according to the invention can be implemented with the aid of several different mobile technologies, for example, the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), or GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) technologies.
  • the call connection creation request can be sent, for example, within the framework of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) technology.
  • the invention can also be applied in such a way that the mobile subscriber makes a call connection creation request by using their mobile station to call a specific number.
  • the identification of the mobile subscriber can be carried out with the aid of, for example, a username and password.
  • the mobile subscriber can give their username and password, for example, by keying in the relevant number combinations on their mobile station during the call.
  • the customer can be sent, for example, an SMS short message stating that the connection cannot be created. Notification can also be sent, for example, if the service provider of a free number does not permit calls coming from abroad.
  • various interfaces can be used to make the service implemented easier for the customer to use.
  • the WAP browser of the mobile station can be utilized to send the connection creation request, in which case the mobile subscriber can be identified, for example, with the aid of a username and password.
  • the mobile subscriber can present a connection creation request, for instance, by entering data related to the desired destination number, in a text field of a WAP page and sending this to the mobile operator, with the aid of the WAP browser of their mobile station.
  • the mobile station's interface can, for example, be programmed to send SMS short messages with a specific content, when speeddialling keys are pressed.
  • the interface can also be programmed in such a way that specific information, such as location data or information on the foreign mobile operator being used, is automatically added to SMS short messages sent to the mobile operator.
  • Some entity other than a mobile operator can also use or provide the method according to the invention.
  • connection creation request can be, for example, sent and/or received in the form of, or with the aid of a USSD message.
  • billing can be carried out in different ways.
  • billing can be carried out in such a way that a ticket for the service is made in the MSC, through the operation of the SSP and/or some other device.
  • the mobile operator can implement its billing in a manner differing from the example.
  • the billing system can, for instance, be outsourced, in which case a subcontractor of the mobile operator carries out the operations relating to billing.
  • the billing information is transmitted to the billing system through tickets.
  • Data communications between the various apparatuses of the mobile system and the billing system can, however, be implemented in a manner differing from the example.
  • the billing of the mobile subscriber can also take place by sending an FCI message defining the ticket, from the SCP to the SSP in connection with sending an ICA (Initiate Call Attempt) message or a Connect message.
  • the ticket created is transferred to the billing system.
  • the method can also be used to provide the customer with a service, in which case the service can be used to provide the customer with an easy way to call their home country using their mobile station.
  • the service To use the service, the customer only needs to write information related to the destination subscription they wish in a short message and send it to a specific number.
  • the customer's use of a service based on the invention need not depend on their language skills.
  • the service operates in the same way in all countries, the short message being sent to the same number, irrespective of the country.
  • the service is also relatively fast, as the customer does not need to talk with a customer-service employee or listen to instructions for an automated service.
  • the customer can be offered, for example, mobile connections between abroad and home, which are cheaper than conventional calls from abroad made using a mobile station. This advantage is due to the present GSM call charging practice, in which it is clearly (about 25 - 60 %) cheaper to receive calls to a GSM telephone abroad than it is to use a GSM telephone to make a call from abroad to the home
  • the method can also be used to resolve problems relating to account balance services.
  • account balance service refers to a service, by means of which a customer is informed of the call charges that have accumulated to their account during a billing period.
  • the method based on the invention permits balance services to be updated with a delay of about 2 - 3 days, because the domestic mobile operator carries out the operations relating to billing.
  • a mobile operator can also provide, for example, company customers with the possibility to offer free service numbers, which are free of charge to customers, even when they are calling from abroad. If the company customer agrees to pay the expenses arising from calls made form abroad, the mobile operator can bill the company customer, instead of the mobile subscriber, for the call connection. In this way, a service provider can provide a service that is completely free of charge, even to mobile subscribers who are located abroad.
  • the expenses arising from the sending of the connection creation request can also be billed to the company customer.
  • the billing of expenses relating to the presentation of a connection creation request for example the expenses of sending an SMS short message, can be implemented in, for instance, the following manner:
  • the SCP compares the destination number selected or retrieved on the basis of the call-connection creation request with the data in the database. The SCP then notes that the destination number is a free service number, the service provider of which has agreed to pay all expenses relating to a connection being made to the service number.
  • the SCP makes a ticket, on the basis of which the billing system bills the service provider for the expenses arising from the call-connection creation request, such as the expenses arising from sending an SMS short message from abroad.
  • the SCP makes a ticket, on the basis of which the expenses arising from the call- connection creation request, such as the expenses arising from sending an SMS short message from abroad, are deducted from the customer's billing account. With the aid of this ticket, the ticket previously sent by the foreign mobile operator (in operation 109 of the example) is cancelled.
  • the ticket can include identifier data, on the basis of which it can be linked to the ticket sent previously (in operation 109 of the example).
  • the method can be applied in such a way that the mobile operator identifies a mobile subscriber who has sent a connection creation request, for example, on the basis of header data, or on the basis of the content of a short message.
  • the mobile operator can then connect the call connection in such a way that the call's Called subscriber is informed of the subscription number of the customer, i.e. the Calling subscriber.
  • the advantage of this embodiment is that, with the aid of the method, the customer can be provided with the opportunity to call service numbers from abroad too.
  • the invention also permits calls to service numbers, because, with the aid of the invention, the entity maintaining the service number can be informed of the subscription number of the customer's mobile station.
  • Billing can be carried out because a ticket made by the SSP on the SCP's command may be used as a basis for the billing in addition to the ticket made by the MSC.
  • a ticket made by the SSP on the SCP's command may be used as a basis for the billing in addition to the ticket made by the MSC.
  • Examples of such numbers are certain service numbers of banks. Because, through the embodiment, the Called subscriber is informed of the Calling subscriber number, the Called subscriber can check from which subscription the call has originated. This is advantageous, for example, if an employee of a company who is travelling calls the company's office to ask about matters relating to some project. On the basis of the Calling subscriber number, the office can ensure that the call has originated from the subscription of the company's employee, and not, for example, from the subscription of an industrial spy for a competing company.
  • the example shows a situation in which the mobile subscriber is located abroad, in the coverage of a foreign mobile operator's network.
  • the method can, however, also be used when in the mobile subscriber is in their home country and/or in the network of a domestic mobile operator.
  • the invention can be applied in such a way that, besides creating a call connection, the mobile subscriber is sent, for example, a short message, which contains the network identifier, such as the telephone number, of the retrieved or selected destination subscription.
  • a short message which contains the network identifier, such as the telephone number, of the retrieved or selected destination subscription.

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L'invention concerne un procédé selon lequel une connexion d'appel est créée entre le poste mobile d'un client et un autre appareil téléphonique, sur la base d'une demande faite par ledit client. Un tel procédé est mis en oeuvre pour fournir, à un abonné mobile qui n'a pas connaissance ou ne souvient pas du numéro de téléphone ou de l'identificateur de réseau de l'abonné qu'il veut appeler, un service de connexion d'appel facile à utiliser et bon marché. Lorsque le client veut se connecter à un poste portant un certain numéro, il envoie un message sous forme fixe à un numéro mentionné par l'opérateur d'un téléphone mobile. Ce message court contient des informations sur la base desquelles l'abonné appelé (15) peut être déterminé. Après avoir reçu le message court, l'équipement de l'opérateur du téléphone mobile retrouve ou sélectionne l'abonné appelé. Ensuite, l'opérateur du téléphone mobile appelle le poste mobile du client. Lorsque le client a répondu à l'appel, l'équipement de l'opérateur du téléphone mobile appelle l'abonné appelé. Lorsque celui a répondu à l'appel, l'équipement de l'opérateur du téléphone mobile effectue la connexion d'appel de telle sorte qu'elle soit établie entre le poste mobile du client et le poste portant le numéro désiré.
PCT/FI2001/000660 2000-07-11 2001-07-10 Procede pour creer une connexion d'appel entre un abonne mobile et un second appareil telephonique en reponse a une demande de connexion faite par l'abonne mobile WO2002005533A1 (fr)

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