Personalized language announcements

• US 20040198326A1
• Filed: 04/09/2002
• Published: 10/07/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Hirani, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US10/118,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20040198326A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2061 Language aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements

Abstract

A subscriber is permitted to select the language in which spoken messages from a network are communicated to that subscriber via the subscriber'"'"'s user equipment. The subscriber identifies a language indicator to specify one of a plurality of different spoken languages. The subscriber'"'"'s user equipment sends a message to the network including the language indicator to request that spoken language communications generated by the network for that subscriber'"'"'s user equipment be in the spoken language corresponding to the language indicator. In response, the network may store the language indicator in a subscriber database for that subscriber'"'"'s user equipment. When the network has a spoken language communication for the user equipment, it is generated in the spoken language corresponding the language indicator. The message can be sent to the network in any feasible manner, and example messages include a call setup message or a location registration/update message if the user equipment is a mobile radio type of user equipment.

Claims

1. A method for use in a communications system, comprising:

specifying a first language indicator corresponding to one of a plurality of different spoken languages, and

sending a first message from a first user equipment to an network including the first language indicator to request that a spoken language communication generated by the access network for the user equipment be in the spoken language corresponding to the first language indicator.

2. The method in claim 1, wherein in response to the first message, storing the first language indicator in a database.

3. The method in claim 1, wherein the first message is sent as part of a call setup operation.

4. The method in claim 1, wherein in response to the first message, the access network generates a spoken language communication corresponding to the first language indicator.

5. The method in claim 4, wherein the spoken language communication is an announcement.

6. The method in claim 4, further comprising:

receiving the first message during set up of a connection between the first user equipment and a second user equipment;

receiving a second message from the second user equipment including a second language indicator corresponding to another of the plurality of spoken languages to request that a spoken language communication generated by the access network for the second user equipment be in the spoken language corresponding to the second language indicator.

7. The method in claim 6, wherein in response to the first and second messages, the access network generates a spoken language communication corresponding to the first language indicator when communicating with the first user equipment and a spoken language communication corresponding to the second language indicator when communicating with the second user equipment.

8. The method in claim 1, wherein the first user equipment is a mobile radio and the access network includes a radio access network, and wherein the first message is sent as part of a location registration or update operation.

9. The method in claim 1, wherein the first user equipment is a wireless or a wired user equipment.

10. The method in claim 1, wherein the first language indicator is a text string or an octet string.

11. Auger equipment comprising:

communication circuitry for communicating with an access network;

processing and storage circuitry configured with a language indicator corresponding to one of a plurality of spoken languages and configured to send a message to the access network including the language indicator to request that a spoken language communication generated by the access network for the user equipment be in conducted in the spoken language corresponding to the language indicator.

12. The user equipment in claim 11, wherein the first message is sent as part of a call setup operation.

13. The user equipment in claim 11, wherein the user equipment is a mobile radio and the access network includes a radio access network, and wherein the message is sent as part of a location registration or update operation.

14. The user equipment in claim 11, wherein the user equipment is a wireless or a wired user equipment.

15. Communication network apparatus comprising:

communication circuitry for communicating with plural communication network subscribers, and

data processing circuitry configured to receive a first message from a first subscriber including a first language indicator corresponding to one of a plurality of spoken languages, interpret the first language indicator as a request that a spoken language communication generated by the network for the subscriber be in the spoken language corresponding to the first language indicator, and generating a spoken language communication for the subscriber in the spoken language corresponding to the first language indicator.

16. The communication network apparatus in claim 16, further comprising:

a memory for storing information about communication network subscribers including the first language indicator for the first subscriber.

17. The communication network apparatus in claim 16, wherein the first message is sent as part of a call connection setup operation.

18. The communication network apparatus in claim 16, wherein the spoken language communication is an announcement.

19. The communication network apparatus in claim 16, wherein the first message is received during set up of a connection between the first user equipment and a second user equipment, and

wherein the data processing circuitry is further configured to receive a second message from the second user equipment including a second language indicator corresponding to another of the plurality of spoken languages to request that a spoken language communication generated by the network for the second user equipment be in the spoken language corresponding to the second language indicator.

20. The communication network apparatus in claim 19, wherein in response to the first and second messages, the data processing circuitry is further configured to generate a spoken language communication corresponding to the first language indicator when communicating with the first user equipment and a spoken language communication corresponding to the second language indicator when communicating with the second user equipment.

21. The communication network apparatus in claim 16, wherein the user equipment is a mobile radio and the message is sent as part of a location registration or update operation.

22. The communication network apparatus in claim 16, wherein the user equipment is a wireless or a wired user equipment.

23. The communication network apparatus in claim 16, wherein the first language indicator is a text string or an octet string.