公开(公告)号：US20160112862A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-21

申请号：US14976625

申请日：2015-12-21

申请人： TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

发明人： Erik Wallace ,  Walter Weichselbaumer ,  Daniel J. Hronek ,  Mark Titus ,  Dara Ung

IPC分类号： H04W8/08 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W64/00

CPC分类号： H04W8/08 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/24 ,  H04L67/30 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04W4/027 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W64/006 ,  H04W80/04 ,  H04W92/02

摘要： A technique and apparatus to provide status tracking of presence and/or location of a mobile, wireless device to a requesting entity even outside of a particular wireless system. This allows wireless service providers the ability to monitor and log changes in the status of mobile stations within and/or outside their networks. Embodiments are disclosed wherein presence and/or location information is provided to entities outside of a particular servicing wireless network using the mechanisms of call processing components of a mobile network (e.g., call setup procedures), and using standard mechanisms currently available to any appropriately conforming Mobile Switching Center (MSC) element. A mobile activity status tracker (MAST) is disclosed which contains a database of information similar to the information contained in the Home Location Register. The MAST tracks and reports status and activity of mobile wireless devices in a wireless network using mobile registration message, mobile inactivity message forwarding, and/or mobile automatic notification of subscriber status to TCP/IP entities (e.g., application servers on the Internet or Intranet). The MAST system duplicates the same or similar information contained in a corresponding HLR, but is available as an external database entity which is not restricted by SS7 standards. The tracking need not track call-specific information, e.g., called telephone numbers or information regarding conversations sustained by the tracked wireless subscribers.

公开(公告)号：US20150189099A1

公开(公告)日：2015-07-02

申请号：US14645819

申请日：2015-03-12

申请人： TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

发明人： Mark Titus ,  Dara Ung ,  Carle S. Johnson, JR. ,  Erik Wallace ,  Phillip Geil ,  Daniel Hronek

IPC分类号： H04M17/00 ,  H04W4/12

CPC分类号： H04M17/10 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q20/102 ,  G06Q20/105 ,  G06Q20/108 ,  G06Q20/3674 ,  G06Q40/00 ,  G06Q40/06 ,  G06Q40/12 ,  H04L12/1432 ,  H04M15/51 ,  H04M15/8207 ,  H04M15/854 ,  H04M15/90 ,  H04M17/00 ,  H04M2215/016 ,  H04M2215/22 ,  H04M2215/28 ,  H04M2215/32 ,  H04M2215/54 ,  H04M2215/7813 ,  H04M2215/8166 ,  H04Q3/0029 ,  H04Q3/0045 ,  H04Q2213/13093 ,  H04Q2213/13098 ,  H04Q2213/13103 ,  H04Q2213/1313 ,  H04Q2213/13134 ,  H04Q2213/13175 ,  H04Q2213/13196 ,  H04Q2213/13336 ,  H04Q2213/13345 ,  H04Q2213/13375 ,  H04Q2213/13377 ,  H04Q2213/13389 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/14 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W8/18

摘要： A prepaid messaging solution which uses open networking standards (e.g., TCP/IP) and which supports pre-payment of enhanced Internet messaging services. The disclosed prepaid architectures and methods accurately determine if a subscriber has sufficient account balance to deliver a complete short message, prior to delivery of the message. The short message may be prevented from being delivered (either at the source end or at the destination end) if insufficient funds are in the subscriber's account. A prepaid tariff engine is preferably extensible over a TCP/IP network, and supports remote interaction with the SMSC and web chat servers for the purpose of applying a real-time billing charge for each message. A service provider may create subscriber classes of service that define and uniquely identify subscriber rate and/or tariffing plans used to apply real-time billing charges for sending or receiving of messages. The prepaid short message tariff engine determines the appropriate message billing based upon, e.g., flat rate per message, message count (e.g., 10 messages @ $5.00), character count (e.g., $0.01/char.), Time of Day, Day of Week (i.e., peak & non-peak hours), type of message, and/or mobile location (i.e., network point code). The prepaid short messaging service preferably supports Internet web page access to subscriber's relating to their short messaging account balances and status maintained in the prepaid short messaging database of the prepaid messaging server.

摘要翻译： 一种使用开放网络标准（例如TCP / IP）并且支持增强型互联网消息传递服务的预付费的预付费消息解决方案。 所披露的预付费架构和方法在交付消息之前准确地确定订户是否具有足够的帐户余额来递送完整的短消息。 如果订户的帐户中没有足够的资金，则可以防止短消息被传送（源端或目的地端）。 预付费率引擎优选通过TCP / IP网络是可扩展的，并且支持与SMSC和网络聊天服务器的远程交互，以便为每个消息应用实时计费费用。 服务提供商可以创建用户等级的服务，其定义并唯一地标识用于应用实时计费费用以发送或接收消息的用户速率和/或费率计划。 预付短信费率引擎基于例如每消息的统一费率，消息计数（例如，10个消息@ $ 5.00），字符数（例如，0.01美元/个字符），一天中的一天，星期几来确定适当的消息计费 （即峰值和非高峰时段），消息类型和/或移动位置（即网络点代码）。 预付费短消息服务优选地支持对与短消息账户余额有关的用户的因特网网页访问以及在预付费消息服务器的预付费短消息数据库中维护的状态。

公开(公告)号：US20140220931A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-07

申请号：US14248833

申请日：2014-04-09

申请人： TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

发明人： Mark Titus, JR. ,  Dara Ung ,  Carle S. Johnson, JR. ,  Erik Wallace ,  Phillip Geil ,  Daniel Hronek

IPC分类号： H04M17/00

CPC分类号： H04M17/10 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q20/102 ,  G06Q20/105 ,  G06Q20/108 ,  G06Q20/3674 ,  G06Q40/00 ,  G06Q40/06 ,  G06Q40/12 ,  H04L12/1432 ,  H04M15/51 ,  H04M15/8207 ,  H04M15/854 ,  H04M15/90 ,  H04M17/00 ,  H04M2215/016 ,  H04M2215/22 ,  H04M2215/28 ,  H04M2215/32 ,  H04M2215/54 ,  H04M2215/7813 ,  H04M2215/8166 ,  H04Q3/0029 ,  H04Q3/0045 ,  H04Q2213/13093 ,  H04Q2213/13098 ,  H04Q2213/13103 ,  H04Q2213/1313 ,  H04Q2213/13134 ,  H04Q2213/13175 ,  H04Q2213/13196 ,  H04Q2213/13336 ,  H04Q2213/13345 ,  H04Q2213/13375 ,  H04Q2213/13377 ,  H04Q2213/13389 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/14 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W8/18

摘要： A prepaid messaging solution which uses open networking standards (e.g., TCP/IP) and which supports pre-payment of enhanced Internet messaging services. The disclosed prepaid architectures and methods accurately determine if a subscriber has sufficient account balance to deliver a complete short message, prior to delivery of the message. The short message may be prevented from being delivered (either at the source end or at the destination end) if insufficient funds are in the subscriber's account. A prepaid tariff engine is preferably extensible over a TCP/IP network, and supports remote interaction with the SMSC and web chat servers for the purpose of applying a real-time billing charge for each message. A service provider may create subscriber classes of service that define and uniquely identify subscriber rate and/or tariffing plans used to apply real-time billing charges for sending or receiving of messages. The prepaid short message tariff engine determines the appropriate message billing based upon, e.g., flat rate per message, message count (e.g., 10 messages @ $ 5.00), character count (e.g., $0.01/char.), Time of Day, Day of Week (i.e., peak & non-peak hours), type of message, and/or mobile location (i.e., network point code). The prepaid short messaging service preferably supports Internet web page access to subscriber's relating to their short messaging account balances and status maintained in the prepaid short messaging database of the prepaid messaging server.

摘要翻译： 一种使用开放网络标准（例如TCP / IP）并且支持增强型互联网消息传递服务的预付费的预付费消息解决方案。 所披露的预付费架构和方法在交付消息之前准确地确定订户是否具有足够的帐户余额来递送完整的短消息。 如果订户的帐户中没有足够的资金，则可以防止短消息被传送（源端或目的地端）。 预付费率引擎优选通过TCP / IP网络是可扩展的，并且支持与SMSC和网络聊天服务器的远程交互，以便为每个消息应用实时计费费用。 服务提供商可以创建用户等级的服务，其定义并唯一地标识用于应用实时计费费用以发送或接收消息的用户速率和/或费率计划。 预付费短信资费引擎基于例如每消息的统一费率，消息计数（例如，10元消息@ $ 5.00），字符数（例如，0.01美元/个字符），一天中的一天， 周（即峰值和非高峰时段），消息类型和/或移动位置（即网络点代码）。 预付费短消息服务优选地支持对与短消息账户余额有关的用户的因特网网页访问以及在预付费消息服务器的预付费短消息数据库中维护的状态。