Telecommunications subscriber profile management system

• US 20050037752A1
• Filed: 08/12/2003
• Published: 02/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Redknee Inc.
• Original Assignee: Redknee Inc.
• Inventors: Mohammed, Emir, Zabawsayj, Bohdan, Kwan, Arvie, McRaild, Christopher Robert
• Granted Patent: US 7,379,737 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/24 between backbone network devices

Abstract

The invention herein discloses technological advancements as they pertain to telecommunications technologies and subscriber profile management systems. In particular, the invention relates to a vendor independent mediation layer utilizing subscriber management objects articulated through certain methods, systems, algorithms and logical steps outlined herewith. Thus, the invention presents a computer program product implemented secure transactional-based system and method of accessing subscriber information distributed among a base of heterogeneous (multi-vendor) HLRs, and other such multi-vendor telecommunications network elements.

Claims

1. An improved telecommunications subscriber profile management system.

2. The system of claim 1, which relates to a method and system for performing subscriber management transactions, queries and other such functions across multi-vendor telecommunications network elements/environments.

3. The system of claim 2, where such multi-vendor telecommunications network elements include Home Location Registers (HLRs) and other multi-vendor elements which may store user profiles and data of comparable nature.

4. The system of claim 2, whereby the improved telecommunications subscriber profile management exists as part of a computer program product, comprising:

a) a computer readable memory medium; and

b) a computer program including the logic required to implement the steps, methods and rules as such; and

c) internal databases; and

d) a graphical user interface (GUI).

5. The system of claim 4, where the graphical user interface (GUI) may be surrogated with Braille, tactile features and/or auditory commands achieving similar or like results for the otherwise visually impaired.

6. The method of claim 4, where the invention collects certain queries from network administrators (and other members of the art) and relays them to the appropriate network element(s).

7. The method of claim 6, where the invention may also receive like responses from the appropriate network element(s).

8. A comprehensive telecommunications subscriber profile management system which provides for a vendor independent mediation layer utilizing subscriber management objects articulated through certain methods, systems, algorithms and logical steps implemented and articulated as part of a computer program product which permits for the manipulation of subscriber information distributed among a base of heterogeneous (multi-vendor) HLRs and other multi-vendor elements which may ordinarily store user profiles and data of comparable nature.

9. A comprehensive user profile management system which provides a secure repository for information objects pertaining to a network operator'"'"'s subscriber base.

10. The system of claim 9, which includes user preferences (ordinarily configured by the subscriber in question).

11. The system of claim 10, which includes without limitation items as language, content (maturity preferences), user-group and community lists, allowed and disallowed applications.

12. The method of claim 9, which relates to subscriber data, terminal data, and service data.

13. The method of claim 12, which includes items relating to account information (pre-paid and post-paid accounts, debit cards, credit cards), and other such dynamic contextual information (current location, sites visited, presence information), together with handset capability descriptions and class of service information.

14. The method of claim 9, where information objects associated with a plurality of subscribers may be stored with the invention and modified, retrieved, accessed as appropriate.

15. The method of claim 14, where information objects may relate to, among others elements, information relating to or associated with a given subscriber including information pertinent a given subscriber'"'"'s preferences and/or payment information;

information and parametric attributes associated with the services or capabilities subscribed to or potentially subscribed to by a given subscriber;

parametric attributes associated with the subscriber'"'"'s mobile device(s);

application level data associated with a given subscriber'"'"'s service;

as well as alternate identifiers or aliases associated with a given subscriber.

16. The method of claim 9, where the invention has been articulated with a temporary repository or cache whereby information retrieved from a network element may be stored for a configurable period of time in the invention'"'"'s internal database.