Location and events reporting in a wireless telecommunications network
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1. A method of collecting and reporting data relating to a telecommunications device served by a network, wherein the network includes a switching center and a control point, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a data collection request relating to the telecommunications device;
(b) setting a trigger in the switching center for the telecommunications device;
(c) launching a query from the switching center to the control point in response to triggering of the trigger;
(d) sending a data collection query from the control point to the switching center in accordance with the data collection request;
(e) sending data relating to the telecommunications device from the switching center in response to the data collection query;
(f) collecting the data relating to the telecommunications device; and
(g) reporting the data.
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Abstract
A wireless telecommunications network (10) that is operable to collect and report data relating to the status and use of a wireless phone (34) or other telecommunications device in near real-time in response to data collection requests made by subscribers or other authorized persons.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of collecting and reporting data relating to a telecommunications device served by a network, wherein the network includes a switching center and a control point, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a data collection request relating to the telecommunications device;
(b) setting a trigger in the switching center for the telecommunications device;
(c) launching a query from the switching center to the control point in response to triggering of the trigger;
(d) sending a data collection query from the control point to the switching center in accordance with the data collection request;
(e) sending data relating to the telecommunications device from the switching center in response to the data collection query;
(f) collecting the data relating to the telecommunications device; and
(g) reporting the data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of collecting and reporting data relating to a telecommunications device served by a network, wherein the network includes a switching center and a control point, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a data collection request relating to the telecommunications device;
(b) launching a query to the control point;
(c) sending a data collection query from the control point to the switching center in accordance with the data collection request;
(d) collecting data relating to the telecommunications device from the switching center in response to the data collection query; and
(e) reporting the data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of collecting and reporting data relating to a telecommunications device served by a network, wherein the network includes a switching center and a control point, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a template in the form of a World Wide Web document adapted to facilitate creation and transmittal of a data collection request for data relating to the telecommunications device, wherein the data collection request specifies a particular type of data to be reported;
(b) receiving the data collection request relating to the telecommunications device;
(c) launching a query to the control point;
(d) sending a data collection query from the control point to the switching center in accordance with the data collection request;
(e) collecting data relating to the telecommunications device from the switching center in response to the data collection query; and
(f) reporting the data in the form of a World Wide Web document. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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