Method and apparatus for supporting cellular data communication to roaming mobile telephony devices
First Claim
1. A cellular data communication interfacing apparatus, for association with a first mobile network and for supporting cellular data communication to roaming mobile telephony devices, said roaming telephony devices being associated with respective home networks and with respective service profiles specifying service networks providing data services to said device, said apparatus comprising:
- a data request analyzer, for analyzing requests for data services from said roaming mobile devices;
a service network selector associated with said data request analyzer, for using said request analyses together with respective service profiles to select a corresponding service network; and
an interfacing engine associated with said service network selector, for introducing said roaming mobile devices to said identified service networks, for directing said data requests to network servers of said service networks, and for directing corresponding data responses from network servers of said service networks to said requesting roaming mobile devices.
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Abstract
A cellular data communication interfacing apparatus, for association with a mobile network and for supporting cellular data communication to roaming mobile telephony devices, comprises a data request analyzer, a service network selector, and an interfacing engine. Each of the roaming telephony devices is associated with a respective home network and a service profile specifying service networks providing data services to the device. The data request analyzer analyzes data requests from the roaming mobile. The service network selector uses the request analyses together with the device service profiles to select a corresponding service network. The interfacing engine introduces the devices to the service networks, directs the data requests to the service networks, and directs the corresponding data responses from the service networks to the requesting roaming mobile devices.
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211 Claims
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1. A cellular data communication interfacing apparatus, for association with a first mobile network and for supporting cellular data communication to roaming mobile telephony devices, said roaming telephony devices being associated with respective home networks and with respective service profiles specifying service networks providing data services to said device, said apparatus comprising:
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a data request analyzer, for analyzing requests for data services from said roaming mobile devices;
a service network selector associated with said data request analyzer, for using said request analyses together with respective service profiles to select a corresponding service network; and
an interfacing engine associated with said service network selector, for introducing said roaming mobile devices to said identified service networks, for directing said data requests to network servers of said service networks, and for directing corresponding data responses from network servers of said service networks to said requesting roaming mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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- 61. A mobile cellular communication device having a home cellular network and being able to roam other networks, said mobile device being associated with a service profile specifying service networks providing data services to said device, wherein said mobile device is configured to direct roaming data communications whilst roaming a respective one of said other networks to a preselected data interface of said respective network, thereby to make connections to user-selected data services, said interface being selected to analyze requests for data services from said mobile device, to use said request analyses together with said service profile to select a corresponding service network, to introduce said mobile device to said identified service networks, to direct said data requests to network servers of said service networks, and to direct corresponding data responses from network servers of said service networks to said mobile device.
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75. A network having home mobile devices and able to allow connections with non-home mobile devices, the network having a data interface for supporting data communication involving said non-home devices, said non-home devices being associated with respective home networks and with respective service profiles specifying service networks providing data services to said non-home devices, said data interface comprising:
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a data request analyzer, for analyzing requests for data services from said non-home mobile devices;
a service network selector associated with said data request analyzer, for using said request analyses together with respective service profiles to select a corresponding service network; and
an interfacing engine associated with said service network selector, for introducing said non-home mobile devices to said identified service networks, for directing said data requests to network servers of said service networks, and for directing corresponding data responses from network servers of said service networks to said requesting non-home mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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103. A system for supporting roaming data communication, said system comprising a network having home users and non-home users and a data interface, said interface being operable to support data communication between one of said non-home users having a roaming mobile device and a requested data service, said roaming mobile device being associated with a home network and with a service profile specifying service networks providing data services to said device, wherein said interface comprises:
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a data request analyzer, for analyzing requests for data services from said mobile device;
a service network selector associated with said data request analyzer, for using said request analyses together with said service profile to select a corresponding service network; and
an interfacing engine associated with said service network selector, for introducing said mobile device to said identified service networks, for directing said data requests to network servers of said service networks, and for directing corresponding data responses from network servers of said service networks to said mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211)
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131. A visitor portal for supporting data communication from roaming mobile telephony devices, said mobile telephony devices being associated with respective home networks and with respective service profiles, and being able to roam non-home networks, said visitor postal comprising:
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a page generator for generating for said devices respective visitor portal pages according to said service profiles; and
an interface for directing said devices to said respective visitor portal pages.
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146. A system for supporting roaming data communication, said system comprising a network having home users and non-home users and a visitor portal for non-home users, said system being operable to connect a non-home user to said visitor portal.
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156. A network for supporting roaming of mobile communication devices between at least one mobile network and at least one service network providing data services, each of said mobile communication devices having a respective home network, said network comprising interfacing links to each of said mobile networks and a roaming support unit associated with said interfacing links for providing home data of roaming devices to a respective interfacing link.
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159. A method for supporting cellular data communication between a mobile telephony device roaming within a first network and having a home network, said mobile telephony device being associated with a service profile specifying service networks providing data services to said device, and a requested data service, said method comprising:
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receiving a data request for a data service from said mobile device;
analyzing said data request to determine said data service and to identify said mobile device;
identifying a service profile associated with said identified mobile device;
using said request analysis together with said service profile to select a corresponding service network;
introducing said mobile device to said service network; and
forwarding said data request to said service network.
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