Mobile-initiated number information query and delivery
First Claim
1. A method of retrieving one or more data items associated with a phone number from a wireless communication network comprising:
- transmitting a short-messaging request from the mobile station to the wireless communication network, wherein the request includes a phone number for which additional information is desired;
receiving a short-messaging response from the network, wherein the response includes one or more data items associated with the phone number; and
updating a memory of the mobile station with the one or more data items received in the response.
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Abstract
A method of operation enables a mobile station or other wireless communication device to query a supporting wireless communication network for directory listing information associated with a phone number specified by the query. Preferably, the mobile station issues the query using short-messaging services (SMS) or other text messaging facilities supported by the network and may specify a desired data format as part of its query. The network returns a short-messaging response to the mobile station that includes one or more data items, such as directory listing information, associated with the specified phone number. The range of information returned may be altered or expanded to include promotional information, coupons, sales notices, etc., where the queried number is a commercial listing. The mobile station may initiate such queries responsive to the user dialing a number, as part of updating stored contact lists, or based on the user'"'"'s initiation.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of retrieving one or more data items associated with a phone number from a wireless communication network comprising:
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transmitting a short-messaging request from the mobile station to the wireless communication network, wherein the request includes a phone number for which additional information is desired;
receiving a short-messaging response from the network, wherein the response includes one or more data items associated with the phone number; and
updating a memory of the mobile station with the one or more data items received in the response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless communication network to support phone-number related information requests from mobile stations, the network comprising:
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one or more base stations to receive a short-messaging request from a mobile station and to transmit a corresponding short-messaging response, wherein the short-messaging request indicates a phone number for which additional information is desired and the short-messaging response comprises one or more data items associated with the phone number; and
a messaging center communicatively coupled to the one or more base stations to process the short-messaging request to determine the indicated phone number, and to generate the short-messaging response based on the network retrieving the one or more data items from at least one database accessible to the network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of supporting mobile-initiated information queries in a wireless communication network comprising:
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receiving a short-messaging request at the network from a mobile station, wherein the request indicates a phone number for which additional information is desired;
processing the request and retrieving one or more data items associated with the phone number in one or more databases accessible to the network; and
transmitting a short-messaging response including the one or more data items to the requesting mobile terminal.
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