Method for reporting activation status of feature service in mobile communication system

• US 20020052213A1
• Filed: 10/26/2001
• Published: 05/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahn, Seong-Ju, Ko, Hong-Gi, Kim, Sung-Ah
• Granted Patent: US 7,187,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A method for reporting an activation status of an feature service such as termination conversion or termination rejection to a subscriber comprising the steps of activating a certain feature service using a feature code, and reporting the activation status of the feature service if a mobile station requests a location registration or a call origination is capable of reporting the activation status of the feature service to the subscriber at the preferable time or periodically using the service control point (SCP).

Claims

1. A method for reporting an activation status of feature service in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

activating a certain feature service using a feature code; and

reporting the activation status of the feature service to a mobile station if the mobile station requests a location registration or a call origination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the activation status of the feature service is stored in the Visitor Location Register (VLR) or Home Location Register (HLR).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the activation status of the feature service is reported in the form of a short message or a Pip Tone.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the short message is outputted from a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) or a Short Message Center (SMC).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting step comprises:

requesting the location registration from the MSC to the VLR if the location registration is requested by the mobile station;

processing the location registration of a subscriber and transmitting a response signal to the MSC in case that the subscriber who requests the location registration is a registered subscriber; and

reporting the activation status of the feature service to the MSC after analyzing the transmitted response signal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the response signal is comprised of a processing result of the location registration and the activation status of the feature service.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the VLR requests the location registration processing with the HLR in case that the subscriber who requests the location registration is not registered.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting step,comprises:

requesting a subscriber information from the MSC to the VLR if the origination signal is received; and

transmitting the activation status information of the feature service which is included in the subscriber information to the mobile station after receiving the subscriber information from the VLR.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the VLR requests the subscriber information with the HLR in case that the subscriber information which the MSC requests does not exist.

10. A method for reporting an activation status of feature service in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving a feature code from a mobile station (MS);

discriminating a feature service type by analyzing the received feature code in a home location register (HLR);

setting an activation status of the feature service and a reporting time of the activation status based upon the discriminated feature service type; and

reporting the activation status of the feature service to the MS in accordance with the set activation status reporting time.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the activation status of the feature service is reported in the form of a short message or a Pip Tone.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the short message is outputted from a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) or a Short Message Center(SMC).

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the step for setting the activation status of the feature service comprises:

transmitting an activation status change signal from the HLR to the SCP if the transmitted feature code is a code for changing the status information of the feature service; and

changing the activation status the feature service in accordance with the activation status change signal.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the step for setting the reporting time of the feature service comprises:

transmitting a reporting time change signal from the HLR to the SCP if the transmitted feature code is a code for setting the reporting time of the activation status of the feature service;

requesting the subscriber information from the SCP to the HLR;

receiving the activation status reporting time from the MSC using a remote user interaction function and transmitting it to the SCP; and

setting the activation status reporting time of the feature service in accordance with the transmitted activation status reporting time.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising steps of:

transmitting a reporting time change signal from the HLR to the SCP if the transmitted feature code is a code for changing the reporting time of the feature service; and

changing the reporting time of the activation status in accordance with the reporting time change signal.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the step for reporting the activation status comprises:

counting the set activation status reporting time of the feature service;

requesting a short message transmission from the SCP to the SMC if the set activation status reporting time is reached;

obtaining a routing information from the MSC for transmitting the short message; and

transmitting the short message indicating the activation status of the feature service to the MS in accordance with the routing information.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the activation status of the feature service is reported in the form of a short message or a Pip Tone.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the short message is outputted from a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) or a Short Message Center(SMC).

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising steps of:

transmitting a reporting time change signal from the HLR to the SCP if the transmitted feature code is a code for changing the reporting time of the feature service; and

changing the reporting time of the activation status in accordance with the reporting time change signal.

17. A method for reporting an activation status of feature service in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

discriminating a feature service type by analyzing the feature code received from a mobile station (MS) in a home location register (HLR);

setting an activation status and an activation status reporting time of the activation status based upon the discriminated feature service type; and

reporting the activation status of the feature service to the MS in accordance with the set activation status reporting time, wherein the step for setting the reporting time of the feature service, comprising the steps of;

transmitting a reporting time change signal from the HLR to the SCP if the transmitted feature code is a code for setting the reporting time of the activation status of the feature service;

requesting the subscriber information from the SCP to the HLR;

receiving the activation status reporting time from the MSC using a remote user interaction function and transmitting it to the SCP; and

setting the activation status reporting time of the feature service in accordance with the transmitted activation status reporting time.