Facilitating realtime information interexchange between a telecommunications network and a service provider
First Claim
1. A method for collecting information from a telecommunications network for a portal, comprising the steps of:
- receiving at least one service level from the portal, the at least one service level associated with at least one subscriber;
determining at least one parameter that corresponds to the at least one service level;
collecting at least one item of information that relates to the at least one subscriber in accordance with the at least one parameter; and
forwarding the at least one item of information to the portal.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and arrangements facilitate information interexchange between a telecommunications network and an information service provider (InfSP). For example, a business-to-business (B2B) engine includes one or more logic modules for interfacing with the telecommunications network and with the InfSP. The B2B engine facilitates the reporting of, e.g., realtime information from the telecommunications network to the InfSP. This realtime information may include subscriber unit location and may be acquired and/or reported based on a mapping data structure in, e.g., the B2B engine. The data structure maps a service class to one or more parameters that dictate or provide guidance with respect to which parameters are relevant, as well as their respective values, and a mechanism for achieving the stipulated parameters. The mechanism may include specific network nodes/entities as well as frequency of acquisition to thereby enable location-tailored content data and/or services to be provided to a subscriber.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for collecting information from a telecommunications network for a portal, comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one service level from the portal, the at least one service level associated with at least one subscriber;
determining at least one parameter that corresponds to the at least one service level;
collecting at least one item of information that relates to the at least one subscriber in accordance with the at least one parameter; and
forwarding the at least one item of information to the portal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26)
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12. A method for collecting information from a telecommunications network for a portal, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from the portal a service level corresponding to desired location information, the service level associated with at least one subscriber;
comparing the received service level to a plurality of stored service levels, the plurality of stored service levels including a first service level and a second service level;
if the received service level matches the first service level, then requesting the desired location information via a first scheme;
if the received service level matches the second service level, then requesting the desired location information via a second scheme;
receiving the desired location information via at least one of the first scheme and the second scheme; and
forwarding the received desired location information to the portal.
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23. An arrangement for facilitating the collecting of target information from a telecommunications network for a portal, comprising:
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a first logic module, said first logic module capable of communicating with the portal to receive at least one service level, the at least one service level associated with at least one subscriber;
a second logic module, said second logic module capable of communicating with the telecommunications network to receive target information therefrom;
a data structure, said data structure including a plurality of entries, each entry of the plurality of entries including a service level and at least one parameter; and
a third logic module, said third logic module capable of comparing the at least one service level with each entry of the plurality of entries of said data structure to determine a corresponding entry.
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