Methods and systems for triggerless mobile group dialing
First Claim
1. A method for triggerless mobile group dialing, the method comprising:
- at a signaling message routing node;
(a) receiving and routing a plurality of call signaling messages;
(b) intercepting, from the plurality of call signaling messages, a call signaling message for a call directed to a mobile dialing code used to identify a called mobile subscriber within a mobile dialing group;
(c) determining a called party address based on the mobile dialing code;
(d) replacing the mobile dialing code in the message with the called party address; and
(e) routing the call signaling message to its intended destination.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for triggerless mobile group dialing are disclosed. A method for triggerless mobile group dialing includes intercepting call signaling messages that contain mobile dialing codes. For these call signaling messages, a mobile dialing group ID is determined based on the calling party address in the mobile call signaling messages if the mobile call signaling messages contain calling party addresses. The mobile dialing group ID and the mobile dialing code are used together to determine a full called party address for each of the signaling messages. In lieu of using a mobile dialing group ID, a method is also presented for directly associating combinations of full E.164 calling party address digits and mobile dialing codes to full E.164 called party address digits. The full called party address is inserted in each of the signaling messages and each message is routed to its intended destination.
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57 Claims
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1. A method for triggerless mobile group dialing, the method comprising:
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at a signaling message routing node;
(a) receiving and routing a plurality of call signaling messages;
(b) intercepting, from the plurality of call signaling messages, a call signaling message for a call directed to a mobile dialing code used to identify a called mobile subscriber within a mobile dialing group;
(c) determining a called party address based on the mobile dialing code;
(d) replacing the mobile dialing code in the message with the called party address; and
(e) routing the call signaling message to its intended destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A signaling message routing node for triggerless mobile group dialing, the signaling message routing node comprising:
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(a) a communications module for sending and receiving signaling messages and for intercepting signaling messages relating to calls directed to mobile subscribers and requiring triggerless mobile dialing group processing;
(b) a triggerless mobile dialing code translation function operatively associated with the communications module for receiving the signaling messages requiring triggerless mobile dialing group processing and for translating mobile dialing codes in the signaling messages to called party addresses based on mobile dialing groups associated with the signaling messages; and
(c) a mobile dialing code database accessible by the triggerless mobile dialing code translation function and including information for translating the mobile dialing codes to called party addresses. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium for performing steps comprising:
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(a) receiving and routing a plurality of call signaling messages;
(b) intercepting, from the plurality of call signaling messages, a call signaling message for a call directed to a mobile dialing code used to identify a called mobile subscriber within a mobile dialing group;
(c) determining a called party address based on the mobile dialing code;
(d) replacing the mobile dialing code in the message with the called party address; and
(e) routing the call signaling message to its intended destination. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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