Method of accessing a service from a mobile telephone using a short-code number

• US 20020016175A1
• Filed: 06/15/2001
• Published: 02/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Marce, Olivier, Bazin, Claire
• Application Number:
  US09/880,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20020016175A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/44 Additional connecting arrangements for providing access to frequently-wanted subscribers, e.g. abbreviated dialling at the subscriber's set H04M1/27; automatic redialling H04M3/424
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In a method of accessing from a mobile telephone one of a set of services stored in a telecommunication network associated with the mobile telephone, the service is determined by the geographical location of the mobile telephone and a service request including a short-code number supplied to the user of the mobile telephone.

Claims

1. A method of accessing from a mobile telephone one of a set of services stored in a telecommunication network associated with said mobile telephone, in which method said service is determined by the geographical location of said mobile telephone and a service request including a short-code number supplied to the user of said mobile telephone.

2. The method claimed in claim 1 wherein, on receiving said service request, a control station to which said mobile telephone is connected supplies said short-code number and information relating to said geographical location of said telephone to a centralized manager associated with a central database.

3. The method claimed in claim 2 wherein said information relating to location is an identifier of said control station.

4. The method claimed in claim 1 wherein said services are stored in a local database associated with said control station to which said mobile telephone is connected.

5. The method claimed in claim 1 wherein short-code numbers are communicated to said mobile telephone in SMS messages so that the user can take note of them.

6. The method claimed in claim 5 in which said user produces a predefined user profile so that only short-code numbers corresponding to services matching said user profile are transmitted to said user.

7. A control station in a telecommunication network including means for communicating with a set of mobile telephones further including means for implementing a method of accessing from a mobile telephone one of a set of services stored in a telecommunication network associated with said mobile telephone, in which method said service is determined by the geographical location of said mobile telephone and a service request including a short-code number supplied to the user of said mobile telephone.

8. The control station claimed in claim 7 wherein, on receiving said service request, a control station to which said mobile telephone is connected supplies said short-code number and information relating to said geographical location of said telephone to a centralized manager associated with a central database.

9. The control station claimed in claim 8 wherein said information relating to location is an identifier of said control station.

10. The control station claimed in claim 7 wherein said services are stored in a local database associated with said control station to which said mobile telephone is connected.

11. The control station claimed in claim 7 wherein short-code numbers are communicated to said mobile telephone in SMS messages so that the user can take note of them.

12. The control station claimed in claim 11 in which said user produces a predefined user profile so that only short-code numbers corresponding to services matching said user profile are transmitted to said user.