SIP2 mobile gateway
First Claim
1. A gateway processing a phone call between a user of an IP client and another user attached to a mobile network wherein said user of said IP client subscribes to mobile services provided by a mobile service provider, said gateway'"'"'s processing software comprising:
- an IP Phone server software component receiving registration and signaling messages from said IP client originating said phone call;
a Mobility Control software component updating a home location register (HLR) 8 to indicate the location of said IP client; and
a Service Control and Call Control software component handling said phone call originated by said IP client by directly communicating with a service control point (SCP) of said mobile network, thereby making said IP client behave like a virtual mobile client of said mobile service provider.
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Abstract
A system and method for using an IP client attached to the Public Internet, acting as a virtual mobile terminal such as a cell phone, to have full access to mobile telephony services offered by a mobile operator using a SIP2 Mobile gateway. The services include a mobile telephone number, capabilities of sending and receiving short messages and mobile intelligent services such as prepaid billing, number translation, and ring back tones.
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22 Claims
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1. A gateway processing a phone call between a user of an IP client and another user attached to a mobile network wherein said user of said IP client subscribes to mobile services provided by a mobile service provider, said gateway'"'"'s processing software comprising:
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an IP Phone server software component receiving registration and signaling messages from said IP client originating said phone call;
a Mobility Control software component updating a home location register (HLR) 8 to indicate the location of said IP client; and
a Service Control and Call Control software component handling said phone call originated by said IP client by directly communicating with a service control point (SCP) of said mobile network, thereby making said IP client behave like a virtual mobile client of said mobile service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to process a phone call between a user of an IP client and a called party attached to a mobile network, wherein said user of said IP client subscribes to mobile services from a mobile service provider, said method comprising:
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intercepting an invite message from said IP client by a phone server, said phone server further performing the steps;
parsing said invite message;
sending said invite message to a registry, location and services database to check if said called party is registered;
sending said indite message to said called party if said called party is registered; and
sending said invite message, to a signaling conversion component if said called party is not registered, said signaling conversion component mapping said invite message to a ISUP message, said signaling conversion component further communicating said ISUP message with a service control and call control component, said service control part starting a new call state, sending said ISUP message to VLR/MSC and sending an INAP message to a SCP, and said call control part communicating with a media gateway control component attached to said VLR/MSC, said media gateway control component further sending an MGCP message to a media gateway component to connect IP traffic into a trunk group of said media gateway component. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system facilitating direct communication between IP clients and components of a mobile network to provide seamless services to said IP clients, said system comprising:
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at least one of said IP clients initiating a call to at least one mobile client via a gateway; and
said gateway receiving said call and handling said call by directly communicating with a service control point (SCP) of said mobile network, thereby making said IP client behave like a virtual mobile client of a mobile service provider to which said IP client subscribes. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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