Abstract:
Techniques are provided for servicing requests that are issued in a protocol such as SMS or e-mail, other than the protocol, expected by the service, such as HTTP or Java API. For example, many people want to use their mobile devices to interact with services, which require the ability to have multiple related messages in a session. However, their mobile devices do not have protocols that support interacting with such services. One technique provided herein is to interpose an intermediary between the mobile devices and the services to provide session capabilities on behalf of the mobile devices. In one embodiment, a service returns a web page including menu items and/or hyperlinks. The menu items and hyperlinks are translated into descriptive text preceded by a user selectable reference number. The intermediary maintains a session context by saving the selected reference numbers.
Abstract:
A prepaid messaging solution that uses open networking standards and which supports pre-payment of enhanced Internet messaging services. The prepaid architectures and method 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 if insufficient funds are in the subscriber's account. A prepaid tariff engine (150) is extensible over a TCP/IP network (195), and supports remote interaction with the SMSC (120) and web chat servers (170) for the purpose of applying a real-time billing charge for each message.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a telecommunications system comprising a network element (5') providing answering service for subscribers, and at least one subscriber terminal (1'') comprising a memory (M1') for storing parameters associated with selectable profiles, said parameters controlling the functions of the subscriber terminal, and a user interface (2) providing the possibility to select for use one of said selectable profiles with the associated parameters. In order to achieve an improved user-friendliness said parameters stored in the memory (M1') of the subscriber terminal (1'') include message parameters (MSG1, MSG2, MSG3) which identify messages (A, B, C) that are associated with the respective profiles. A profile selection carried out with the user interface (2) triggers the transmitter (4) to transmit an activation message (ACT) to the network element (5'). The network element is responsive to said activation message (ACT) for activating the message or messages indicated by the activation message such that the activated message or messages (A, B) can be transmitted from the memory means (M2') to a calling subscriber under predetermined conditions.
Abstract:
For complementing a telephone connection with additional information a first telecommunication device transmits to a second telecommunication device a request for setting up a telephone connection (102, 302, 402). In association with said request, a first signalling message (103, 303, 403) is transmitted. The receiver of the first signalling message (104, 304, 404) makes a decision about how to handle the call on the basis of the information received in said first signalling message (105, 305, 405).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to telephony. In particular, the present invention concerns a procedure for implementing event-based billing in conjunction with services provided for consumers via a telephone connection. In the procedure, a connection is set up between a terminal device (1) and an intelligent peripheral (5), a service is selected in the peripheral by means of the terminal device, an assessment request based on the selected service is sent from the peripheral to a service control point (3) and, based on the assessment requests sent by the peripheral, an event-based bill for the customer is produced.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for providing a telephone operating company with the ability to rapidly deploy advanced services into a public switched telephone network includes a service control unit (SCU) for externally controlling call processing of a service call received on a port of a switch matrix. Call control processing is achieved through a high-speed communications link between the switch matrix and the SCU. The SCU receives a new call event notification message from the communications link and selects a service application stored within the SCU to control processing of the service call. One or more primitives are generated by the SCU and output to control actions of the switch matrix, thus controlling processing of the service call. The primitives may include a comprehensive set of primitives (instructions) for call manipulation and control at the switch matrix. The SCU may execute different service application software programs that operate within the SCU for different types of service calls that are under the control of the SCU.
Abstract:
In a process for monitoring an object with an alarm detection unit allocated to the object and with an alarm central office, an alarm can be transmitted immediately from the alarm detection unit to the alarm central office over a digital data network without the need for costly dedicated lines because when an alarm is detected the calling party number of the decentralized alarm detection unit is transmitted as alarm information over the D channel of the ISDN network and the central office uses this calling party number to generate an alarm display before a connection has been established over the B channel of the ISDN network, for example in the form of an audio-video connection, to check the cause of the alarm.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for connecting a system (MS; MS1; MS2) utilizing message-based synchronization with an external system (ES). The message-based system comprises a plurality of nodes (1... 6, IN1, IN2) interchanging signals containing synchronization messages with information about the priority of the respective signal in the internal synchronization hierarchy of the system. For the external system to be able to utilize the message-based system as well as possible with respect to timing, synchronization status data in the internal format of the external system is transmitted from the interface node (IN1, IN2) of the system utilizing message-based synchronization to the external system, said synchronization status data being converted from the message-based synchronization signature (18c) transmitted by the interface node in such a manner that the level in the internal synchronization hierarchy of the external system as indicated by the synchronization status transmitted to the external system rises or falls corresponding to the rise and, correspondingly, fall of a predetermined magnitude of the level indicated by the message-based synchronization signature.
Abstract:
A mobile application gateway configured to interconnect mobile communication devices on a cellular network with an enterprise network is provided. The mobile application gateway includes a voice and data signaling gateway configured to provide routing functionalities, service functionalities and admission control. A gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) is configured to establish a secure data session between one or more of the mobile communication devices and the enterprise network by establishing a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnel between a carrier-hosted serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and the GGSN.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for sending messages such as video or voice mail messages in a telecommunications system. A recipient message number is allocated to a subscriber to the system for each recipient to whom the subscriber wishes to send messages. This allocated recipient number is then stored with an associated recipient number. The subscriber makes a call to the recipient message number and a message is recorded in the call. A recipient pick-up number is then allocated to the recorded message and the recorded message is stored. A separate message including the recipient pick-up number is then sent to the recipient and he is able to dial the recipient pick-up number to retrieve the stored message.