Alert-me management system for telecommunications infrastructure and method of operation thereof
First Claim
1. An alert-me management system for a telecommunications infrastructure, comprising:
- distributed alert-me request servers configured to receive and aggregate alert-me requests pertaining to uniquely identified wireless terminals from calling parties; and
an alert-me service manager configured to receive said alert-me requests from said distributed alert-me request servers, further aggregate said alert-me requests based on said uniquely identified wireless terminals, generate status checks for said uniquely identified wireless terminals and respond to said distributed alert-me request servers with positive alert-me indications to prompt said distributed alert-me request servers to generate alerts to said calling parties.
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Abstract
An alert-me management system for a telecommunications infrastructure and a method of providing an alert-me service. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) distributed alert-me request servers configured to receive and aggregate alert-me requests pertaining to uniquely identified wireless terminals from calling parties and (2) an alert-me service manager configured to receive the alert-me requests from the distributed alert-me request servers, further aggregate the alert-me requests into a table based on the uniquely identified wireless terminals, generate status checks for the uniquely identified wireless terminals and respond to the distributed alert-me request servers with positive alert-me indications to prompt the distributed alert-me request servers to generate alerts to the calling parties.
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21 Claims
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1. An alert-me management system for a telecommunications infrastructure, comprising:
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distributed alert-me request servers configured to receive and aggregate alert-me requests pertaining to uniquely identified wireless terminals from calling parties; and
an alert-me service manager configured to receive said alert-me requests from said distributed alert-me request servers, further aggregate said alert-me requests based on said uniquely identified wireless terminals, generate status checks for said uniquely identified wireless terminals and respond to said distributed alert-me request servers with positive alert-me indications to prompt said distributed alert-me request servers to generate alerts to said calling parties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing an alert-me service, comprising:
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receiving and aggregating alert-me requests pertaining to uniquely identified wireless terminals from calling parties in distributed alert-me request servers;
receiving said alert-me requests from said distributed alert-me request servers;
further aggregating said alert-me requests based on said uniquely identified wireless terminals;
generating status checks for said uniquely identified wireless terminals; and
responding to said distributed alert-me request servers with positive alert-me indications to prompt said distributed alert-me request servers to generate alerts to said calling parties. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An alert-me service manager, comprising:
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an open systems architecture application programming interface that provides an interface to said wireless base stations for telecommunications applications; and
an alert-me service processor that receives aggregated alert-me requests from distributed alert-me request servers, further aggregates said alert-me requests based on said uniquely identified wireless terminals, transmits status checks for said uniquely identified wireless terminals to said wireless network via said application programming interface and responds to said distributed alert-me request servers with positive alert-me indications to prompt said distributed alert-me request servers to generate alerts to said calling parties. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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