Method for addressing communication and a communication service center
First Claim
1. A method for addressing communication from an originating subscriber (UE1) to a recipient subscriber (UE2) having a subscriber identifier enabling routing of the communication via a communications network (GSM), characterized by sending to a communication service entity a communication provided with specific information, which is associated with the desired recipient of the communication but is other than said subscriber identifier of the recipient, as an alternative destination address of the communication, converting at said communication service entity said alternative address into said subscriber identifier of the desired recipient (UE2), sending said communication from said communication service entity to said desired recipient (UE2) on the basis of said converted subscriber identifier.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for addressing communication from an originator subscriber (UE1) to a recipient subscriber (UE2) having a subscriber identifier enabling a routing of the communication via a communications network (GSM) by the steps of sending to a communication service entity communication provided with specific information, which is associated with the desired recipient of the communication but is other than said subscriber identifier of the recipient, as an alternative destination address of the communication, converting at said communication service entity said alternative address into said subscriber identifier of the desired recipient (UE2), and sending said communication from said communication service entity to said desired recipient (UE2) on the basis of said converted subscriber identifier.
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1. A method for addressing communication from an originating subscriber (UE1) to a recipient subscriber (UE2) having a subscriber identifier enabling routing of the communication via a communications network (GSM), characterized by
sending to a communication service entity a communication provided with specific information, which is associated with the desired recipient of the communication but is other than said subscriber identifier of the recipient, as an alternative destination address of the communication, converting at said communication service entity said alternative address into said subscriber identifier of the desired recipient (UE2), sending said communication from said communication service entity to said desired recipient (UE2) on the basis of said converted subscriber identifier.
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8. A communication service center for forwarding communication from an originating subscriber (UE1) to a recipient subscriber (UE2) having a subscriber indentifier enabling routing of the communication via a communications network (GSM), characterized in that
said service center is arranged to receive, from said originator, a communication provided with specific information, which is associated with the desired recipient of the communication but is other than said subscriber identifier of the recipient, as an alternative destination address of the communication, said service center is arranged to convert said alternative address into said subscriber identifier of the desired recipient (UE2), said service center is arranged to send said communication from said communication service entity to said desired recipient (UE2) on the basis of said converted subscriber identifier.
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