WO2005053280A2 - Appareil pour services de telecommunication et procedes associes - Google Patents

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WO2005053280A2
WO2005053280A2 PCT/GB2004/004940 GB2004004940W WO2005053280A2 WO 2005053280 A2 WO2005053280 A2 WO 2005053280A2 GB 2004004940 W GB2004004940 W GB 2004004940W WO 2005053280 A2 WO2005053280 A2 WO 2005053280A2
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Jeffrey Wilson
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Intellprop Limited
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Priority claimed from GB0329108A external-priority patent/GB0329108D0/en
Priority claimed from GB0329317A external-priority patent/GB0329317D0/en
Priority claimed from GB0401046A external-priority patent/GB0401046D0/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/20—Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/57—Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set
    • H04M1/575—Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04M3/487—Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
    • 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
    • H04M3/42068—Making use of the calling party identifier where the identifier is used to access a profile

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  • This invention relates to a telecommunications services apparatus and methods for use with a telecommunications system, such as a mobile or fixed-line telephone system.
  • CLI Calling Line Identity
  • Caller ID was originally introduced in fixed line telephone networks as a value-added service on analogue subscriber lines, to enable the called party to see who was calling prior to answering a call.
  • CLI Calling Line Identity
  • GSM Global System for Mobile communications
  • CLI Calling Line Identity Presentation
  • CLIR Calling Line Identity Restriction
  • the ability for a voice caller to enable CLI restriction is mandatory in most networks, and typically restriction of CLI is possible on a per call basis by dialling a prefix, such as 141 as in the UK. Alternatively, customers can arrange with their operator to withhold CLI permanently. Even when CLI is withheld, it is still carried with the call and merely marked as restricted. Restricted CLIs should not be presented over the terminating access network, but are available to network equipments, emergency services and certain other organisations.
  • a further related service is Anonymous Call Rejection (ACR), which allows a subscriber to specify that he wishes to bar incoming calls that do not present a CLI.
  • Mobile telephone terminals have taken CLI a stage further by using the internal phone book to convert presented CLI, and in some cases even telephone numbers within text messages, into an alphanumeric name. This means that any call from a person whose number is already in the phone book results in a name rather than a number being presented to the called party during the alerting phase of the call.
  • alphanumeric CLIs of up to 11 characters are already used on some text message systems, but are only applicable where the text is originated from a host or application within the network, and are not applicable to person-to-person messaging.
  • CLI presentation is undoubtedly very useful, it suffers from the problem that people cannot generally remember numbers very well. In the cases where a CLI can be converted to a name using the terminal's phone book, all is well, but in other cases the number will often be unrecognised by the user. For a fixed line number the called party may not even recognise the area code. To a small extent, some fixed line terminals have followed the trend for storage of a phone book within the terminal, although growth in the fixed line market has been stifled by the continued use of a premium charge for CLI presentation in many networks. Consequently the lack of really useful CLI related functions is even more prevalent in fixed networks.
  • a numbering scheme as a means of identifying calling and called parties is that in most countries, the numbering plan requires numbers to be a fixed length.
  • Many networks offer Vanity Numbers, exemplified by numbers like 0800 FLOWERS. These are numbers that can be more easily remembered because at least in part they correspond to letters on a standard ISO keypad or telephone dial.
  • a fixed number length is very restrictive in allocating Vanity numbers, because the choice of word lengths is restricted.
  • a ten digit telephone number has 10 10 permutations.
  • a telecommunications services apparatus for use in a mobile telephone system, the apparatus comprising means for storing alphanumeric originator identities in association with respective telephone numbers, and means for transmitting a respective alphanumeric originator identity to a mobile terminal when a communication is received for the telephone number of that terminal, such that the alphanumeric originator identity may be presented at the mobile terminal.
  • a telecommunications services method for use in a mobile telephone system, the method comprising storing alphanumeric originator identities in association with respective telephone numbers, and transmitting a respective alphanumeric originator identity to a mobile terminal when a communication is received for the telephone number of that terminal, such that the alphanumeric originator identity may be presented at the mobile terminal.
  • a telecommunications method for a mobile telephone system comprising presenting an alphanumeric originator identity to the recipient of a communication without any requirement for the recipient to have pre-stored the identity of the originator.
  • alphanumeric originator identities are stored in a table or database in association with telephone numbers.
  • a match to an alphanumeric name stored in the subscriber's personal phone book in the terminal or network takes precedence over an alphanumeric identifier determined by the network.
  • an alphanumeric originator's identity is presented to the recipient of a voice call without any requirement for the recipient to have pre-stored the originator's identity.
  • an alphanumeric originator's identity is presented to the recipient of a text message without any requirement for the recipient to have pre-stored the originator's identity.
  • FIG. 1 is an embodiment of a telecommunications services apparatus.
  • a call 1 arrives at a GMSC 2 in a B-subscriber's 4 home network.
  • the GMSC 2 queries an HLR 5, to which is connected a database 6 containing alphanumeric identities by telephone number.
  • a USSD message is sent to the subscriber 4 via the GMSC 2 and MSC/VLR 3. Subsequently the GMSC 2 makes an onward voice call to the subscriber 4, and the handset substitutes information from the USSD message into the displayed call details.
  • the present technique provides an alphanumeric CLI to the recipient of a voice call, text message or other communication, so that the sender can be recognised or identified even if that sender has had no previous links with the recipient.
  • This is advantageous, especially for organisations who may wish to communicate with potential customers for whom a numeric CLI might be meaningless. All of the necessary information to allow display of an alphanumeric ID is transmitted to the terminal on a connection by connection basis.
  • a numeric CLI may be transmitted as well, allowing users to save both alphanumeric and numeric identities in a phone book for later use. In the future it is envisaged that text dialling will be supported from user terminals, at which point, it will no longer be necessary to pass or store numeric identities.
  • an alphanumeric identity is passed along with the signalling that sets up the connection, e.g. a voice call set-up or a text transmission. This keeps the information together with the connection and avoids some of the race conditions and error cases that can occur if the alphanumeric CLI is transmitted separately or by a different route from the connection itself.
  • a preferred embodiment of alphanumeric CLI presentation for voice calls on a 2G network uses a modified handset, i.e. a handset carrying an additional software feature that is not present today.
  • This handset modification may be advantageously combined with a related modification to allow text dialling, i.e. entering an alphanumeric string rather than a number to set up a connection.
  • the modified handset for displaying an alphanumeric CLI is preferably adapted to receive a USSD message from the network at approximately the same time as receiving a voice call set-up.
  • the voice call is delivered as soon as USSD transmission has finished.
  • the content of the USSD message may be correlated to the voice call, the correlation preferably being achieved for example by passing a copy of the last 4 digits of the numeric CLI of the call in the USSD message.
  • the USSD message also includes an alphanumeric CLI representation.
  • a USSD message can carry up to 32 IA5 characters. If 4 are reserved for correlation with the call, then the remaining 28 can be used to carry a USSD command code and a parameter carrying the alphanumeric CLI.
  • the modified handset compares the correlations between USSD messages of this type and calls that arrive or have already arrived, for example within a small time window. If the correlations match, then the handset substitutes the delivered alphanumeric CLI for the normal numeric CLI on the phone's display and call log.
  • SMS is attractive from a compatibility point of view, because a class of SMS message may be used that is directed at the SLM and so will not be displayed on a handset. If the SIM applications do not support the message then it will be discarded.
  • SMS other signalling fields in the call set-up or packet data sent over a data channel such as GPRS or via WAP.
  • Information about a subscriber's alphanumeric identity, and whether it is restricted or may be presented, is held by the subscriber's home network.
  • the HLR is queried to find the subscriber's location. At this point the HLR may trigger a USSD message to be sent as part of an implementation of the technique.
  • a telephone number database contains only the network's own subscribers but exposes an interface so that other networks may, by agreement, access that database for the purpose of presenting alphanumeric CLIs to its customers.
  • a standardised directory access protocol such as LDAP may be the most appropriate means to share such databases between operators.
  • a 'Text ID' a short form alphanumeric address
  • the text ID may be the same alphanumeric ID that is used with voice calls, or a different one allocated independently, or by truncation of the voice call ID for example.
  • a match to an alphanumeric name stored in the subscriber's personal phone book in the terminal or network takes precedence over an alphanumeric identifier determined by the network. It would also be desirable to indicate to the recipient whether a presented CLI was derived from a personal phone book or was network- determined. This could be indicated in a variety of ways, for example placing a special character such as * in front of one type of address but not the other.
  • Mobile terminated messages addressed to the subscriber are forced to be routed via apparatus in his home network, in a manner as described in PCT- WO 03/049461.
  • This apparatus is then able to query the alphanumeric ID database and substitute an alphanumeric CLI for the numeric one.
  • the numeric CLI may be appended to the message body if there is space, to ensure that the recipient is able to reply, even if his network does not yet support alpha destination addresses.
  • the present invention may also be applied to fixed telephone networks.
  • an arrangement to access the name databases of other national operators is required if service is to be given to users when subscribers call from other networks.
  • the CLI may be passed in alphanumeric form by a variety of techniques such as • Modem or FSK signalling • ADSI • ISDN D channel • Voice over IP
  • a computer program providing such software control and a storage medium by which such a computer program is stored are envisaged as aspects of the invention.

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Abstract

Dans un réseau de téléphones mobiles, une identité alphanumérique d'utilisateur à l'origine de l'appel peut être affichée sur le terminal du destinataire de l'appel, sans qu'il soit exigé du destinataire qu'il ait préenregistré l'identité de l'utilisateur à l'origine de l'appel. Ceci peut être mis en oeuvre par l'envoi, par le réseau, de l'identité alphanumérique, séparément de l'appel vocal ou du message texte, par exemple au moyen de données USSD.
PCT/GB2004/004940 2003-11-21 2004-11-22 Appareil pour services de telecommunication et procedes associes WO2005053280A2 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0327137.6 2003-11-21
GB0327137A GB0327137D0 (en) 2003-11-21 2003-11-21 Telecommunications services apparatus
GB0327372A GB0327372D0 (en) 2003-11-25 2003-11-25 Telecommunications services apparatus
GB0327372.9 2003-11-25
GB0328606.9 2003-12-10
GBGB0328606.9A GB0328606D0 (en) 2003-11-21 2003-12-10 Telecommunications services apparatus and method
GBGB0328858.6A GB0328858D0 (en) 2003-11-21 2003-12-12 Telecommunications services apparatus and method
GB0328858.6 2003-12-12
GB0329108A GB0329108D0 (en) 2003-11-21 2003-12-16 Telecommunications services apparatus and method
GB0329108.5 2003-12-16
GB0329317.2 2003-12-18
GB0329317A GB0329317D0 (en) 2003-11-21 2003-12-18 Telecommunications services apparatus and method
GB0329316.4 2003-12-18
GB0329316A GB0329316D0 (en) 2003-11-21 2003-12-18 Telecommunications services apparatus and method
GB0401046.8 2004-01-19
GB0401046A GB0401046D0 (en) 2003-11-21 2004-01-19 Telecommunications services apparatus and method

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EP0498997A2 (fr) * 1991-01-11 1992-08-19 Nokia Mobile Phones (U.K.) Limited Téléphone avec identification de l'appeleur
US20020002044A1 (en) * 2000-06-29 2002-01-03 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Communication terminal having caller identification information display function
GB2381992A (en) * 2001-11-07 2003-05-14 Mitel Knowledge Corp Subscriber-based calling name database
US20030147518A1 (en) * 1999-06-30 2003-08-07 Nandakishore A. Albal Methods and apparatus to deliver caller identification information

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP0498997A2 (fr) * 1991-01-11 1992-08-19 Nokia Mobile Phones (U.K.) Limited Téléphone avec identification de l'appeleur
US20030147518A1 (en) * 1999-06-30 2003-08-07 Nandakishore A. Albal Methods and apparatus to deliver caller identification information
US20020002044A1 (en) * 2000-06-29 2002-01-03 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Communication terminal having caller identification information display function
GB2381992A (en) * 2001-11-07 2003-05-14 Mitel Knowledge Corp Subscriber-based calling name database

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