Apparatus for facilitating realtime information interexchange between a telecommunications network and a service provider

• US 20020038362A1
• Filed: 01/05/2001
• Published: 03/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ericsson, Inc. (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Ericsson, Inc. (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Wheat, Tammy, Stromquist, Mikael, Bhikshesvaran, Arun, Bhatia, Ranjit, Kavi, Shashi
• Application Number:
  US09/755,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20020038362A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A Business-to-Business (B2B) engine, apparatus and method for facilitating information interexchange between a telecommunications network and an information service provider. The B2B engine includes an interface module for interfacing with the telecommunications network and with the information service provider. The interface module allows the B2B engine to receive realtime information from the telecommunications network and provide the realtime information to the information service provider. The B2B engine includes a processor that controls the operation of the B2B engine and at least one application module interconnected to the processor that enhances the monitoring and realtime information retrieval of mobile terminals within the telecommunications network. The B2B engine also facilitates the reporting of the realtime information within the telecommunications network to the information service provider, thereby enabling content data and/or services to be provided to the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A Business-to-Business (B2B) engine for facilitating information interexchange between a telecommunications network and an information service provider, said B2B engine comprising:

a first interface module for transceiving information with said telecommunications network;

a second interface module for transceiving information with said information service provider;

a processor connected to said first and said second interface modules; and

at least one application module interconnected to said processor.

2. The B2B engine according to claim 1, wherein said at least one application module comprises an operation and maintenance module for managing and configuring said B2B engine.

3. The B2B engine according to claim 1, wherein said at least one application module comprises a data collection module for retrieving and storing realtime information.

4. The B2B engine according to claim 1, wherein said at least one application module comprises a behavior analyses module for analyzing realtime information related to a subscriber and for checking subscription information for said subscriber.

5. The B2B engine according to claim 1, wherein said at least one application module comprises a subscription module allowing subscription, by said information service provider, to receive realtime information and behavior data associated with a user, said subscription module allowing said user to subscribe to a service offered by said information service provider.

6. The B2B engine according to claim 1, wherein said at least one application module comprises a performance and charging module (PACM), said PACM monitoring a plurality of charging records for said information service provider and for at least one subscriber to said information service provider.

7. The B2B engine according to claim 1, wherein said at least one application module is selected from a group consisting of:

a data collection module, a behavior analysis module, a service development environment module, a realtime delivery module, a rules development module, an end user subscription module, a service execution module, a performance and charging module, an interfacing module and a operation and maintenance module.

8. The B2B engine according to claim 1, further comprising a database for storing data associated with at least one subscriber within said telecommunications network.

9. The B2B engine according to claim 8, wherein the stored data comprises registration information associated with said at least one subscriber, said registration information allowing a telecommunications device associated with said at least one subscriber to receive information from said information service provider.

10. The B2B engine according to claim 1, further comprising a memory for storing instructional information for said B2B engine.

11. The B2B engine according to claim 10, wherein said instructional information instructs said B2B engine to monitor certain realtime information associated with a telecommunications device.

12. The B2B engine according to claim 11, wherein said realtime information is selected from the group consisting of:

user device location, user preferences, user device Aon@ status, user device Aoff@ status, user cell global identity and user routing area.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said step of processing comprises the step of:

validating, within said B2B engine, an event associated with said received realtime information.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said step of validating comprises comparing said event with information stored in a database associated with said B2B engine.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein said information indicates registration of a subscriber of said information service provider.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein said step of processing comprises the step of:

generating a charging record associated with said realtime informat ion provided to said information service provider.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein said step of processing comprises the step of:

filtering said realtime information according to stored information in a database associated with said B2B engine, the filtered realtime information being provided to said information service provider in said providing step.

19. The method according to claim 13, wherein said step of processing further comprising the step of:

forwarding said received realtime information to said information service provider, the forwarded received realtime information being substantially similar to said received realtime information.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein said step of providing comprises providing the processed realtime information to said information service provider, said processed realtime information being substantially different from said received realtime information.

13. A method for facilitating information interexchange between a telecommunications network and an information service provider, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a Business-to-Business (B2B) engine interconnected to said telecommunications network and said information service provider, realtime information from said telecommunications network;

processing, within said B2B engine, the received realtime information; and

providing, by said B2B engine, said realtime information to said information service provider.