公开(公告)号：US20040152482A1

公开(公告)日：2004-08-05

申请号：US10647105

申请日：2003-08-22

申请人： AT & T Wireless Services, Inc.

发明人： Michael A. Raffel ,  Michael D. Bamburak ,  David R. Glass ,  Keith Jarett ,  Masud Kibria ,  Christopher G. Lawrence ,  Tony S. Lee ,  Ileana A. Leuca ,  Joseph P. Marx ,  Roderick Nelson ,  Paul B. O'Neill ,  Roland E. Williams ,  Peter L. Winship

IPC分类号： H04B007/00 ,  H04Q007/20

CPC分类号： H04W16/16 ,  H04W16/20 ,  H04W40/248 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W60/04 ,  H04W60/06 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W84/105 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： A mobile station communicates with both a cellular network, by which it is assigned a mobile identification number, and to a cordless cellular base station utilizing the same cellular frequency range and communications protocol. The cordless cellular base station is preferably connected to a public switched telephone network and is assigned a landline number. The cordless cellular base station acts as a conduit between the mobile station and the public switched telephone network. When the mobile station comes within range of a cordless cellular base station, it deregisters automatically from the cellular network and register with the cordless cellular base station. Once the mobile station is communicating with the cordless cellular base station, the cordless cellular base station communicates with the cellular network to instruct the cellular network to route all calls for mobile identification number to the cordless cellular base station's landline number. In addition, all calls placed on the mobile station are sent through the cordless cellular base station to the public switched telephone network. When the mobile station severs contact with the cordless cellular base station, the mobile station registers with the regional cellular base station of the regional cellular network. The cordless cellular base station then sends a network forwarding cancellation message to the cellular network to cancel the forwarding of calls for the mobile station's identification number. Once the mobile station is registered with the regional cell, calls to the mobile stations identification number are directly routed by the cellular network to the mobile station.

公开(公告)号：US20030086548A1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-08

申请号：US10322218

申请日：2002-12-17

申请人： AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.

发明人： Roderick Nelson

IPC分类号： H04M015/00 ,  H04M017/00

CPC分类号： H04M15/745 ,  H04M15/41 ,  H04M15/55 ,  H04M15/75 ,  H04M15/765 ,  H04M15/7652 ,  H04M15/7655 ,  H04M15/772 ,  H04M15/773 ,  H04M15/79 ,  H04M17/00 ,  H04M17/10 ,  H04M17/20 ,  H04M2215/0108 ,  H04M2215/0164 ,  H04M2215/0168 ,  H04M2215/2046 ,  H04M2215/72 ,  H04M2215/724 ,  H04M2215/7245 ,  H04M2215/725 ,  H04M2215/7263 ,  H04M2215/7268

摘要： A system is provided for receiving prepayment of telecommunication services is provided. The system comprises a wireless communication network, a wireline communication network, and a pre-payment server communicating with both the wireless communication network and the wireless communication network. The prepayment server stores a monetary amount associated with the telecommunication time paid for by a subscriber. A measuring module operating on the prepayment server monitors the amount of time the subscriber uses both the wireless communication network and the wireless communication network and decreasing the monetary amount accordingly. The system enables a subscriber to make a single prepayment for telecommunication services, and the amount applies to both the subscriber's wireline or wireless telecommunications devices.