System for identifying mobile terminal device automatically and system for value added service access

• US 20060293036A1
• Filed: 02/19/2004
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hangzhou Easycomm Technolog Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hangzhou Easycomm Technolog Company Limited
• Inventors: Zhou, Wenwei
• Granted Patent: US 7,715,824 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

The present invention involves a method for mobile terminal equipment service center to identify the mobile terminal equipment and it consists of mobile terminal equipment, mobile network communication platform and mobile terminal equipment service center. The mobile terminal equipment is loaded with an automatic terminal subscriber information transmission software package. The mobile terminal equipment mainly receives or transmits information, the mobile network communication platform is used as a network communication carrier, and the mobile terminal equipment service center is able to communicate with mobile terminal equipment, identify the terminal equipment and provide personalized value-added services and also act as the access platform for the mobile network operators and other value-added services.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. An automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment, which consists of the mobile terminal equipment, mobile network communication platform and mobile terminal equipment service center said mobile terminal equipment is provided with subscriber information handling means for transmitting terminal subscribers information to mobile terminal service center through communication channels of the mobile network communication platform, and said mobile terminal equipment service center compares said terminal subscriber information with that in its database:

and then identifies and processes said terminal subscribers information;

wherein;

said terminal subscriber information includes the electronic serial number, terminal subscriber ID, terminal software version number and any one or any combination of two or more of the followings;

network ID, base station number, short message center number, Email address, IP address and the information of registration place in subscriber identification card.

12. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment of claim 11, wherein upon power on or under specific conditions, said terminal subscriber information handling means automatically detects SIM/UIM card and compares the SIM/UIM number or terminal phone number with that in terminal memory unit stored during last transmission;

if the detected SIM/UIM is different from the one in said terminal memory unit, said terminal subscriber information handling means will automatically transmit the terminal subscriber information of the mobile terminal equipment and store the same in said mobile terminal memory unit.

13. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment of claim 11, wherein upon power on or under specific conditions, said terminal subscriber information handling means automatically detects the local public mobile network number PLMN or base station number, and compares it with the public mobile network code stored in said mobile terminal equipment;

if there is such mobile network code stored in said mobile terminal equipment, said terminal subscriber information handling means will detect SIM/UIM card and compares the SIM/UIM number or terminal phone number with that in terminal memory unit stored during last transmission;

if the detected SIM/UIM is different from the one in said terminal memory unit, said terminal subscriber information handling means will transmit the terminal subscriber information of the mobile terminal equipment to the mobile terminal service center of the corresponding special service number according to the local public mobile network code PLMN or base station number legally used and store the same in said mobile terminal memory unit.

14. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment of claim 11, wherein said terminal subscriber information handling means may automatically or regularly work without activation, or may work only after registration and activation by the mobile terminal service center, or may be manually operated by the terminal subscriber at any time.

15. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment of claim 14, wherein said terminal subscriber information handling means is provided with subscriber manual-operated means in a form of command embedded into the terminal human-machine interface, for setting the short message number or special service number for receiving the terminal subscriber information by the subscriber;

in case of failing to transmit the information to the mobile terminal service center due to incorrect settings, the mobile terminal equipment will make proper prompts.

16. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment according to claim 11, wherein said terminal subscribers information is transmitted in forms of data, SMS, MMS, EMS, USSD, WEB, WAP, E-mail, blue-tooth, infrared, internet, wireless-internet, TCP/IP protocol or IrDA protocol.

17. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment according claim 11, wherein, wherein said communication channels of the mobile network communication platform are service channel, signaling channel or auxiliary channel.

18. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment according to claim 11, wherein said electronic serial number of the mobile terminal equipment is one or any combination of the following:

a) international mobile phone equipment identity number, that uniquely denotes the type, technical features and ex-work serial number of the mobile terminal equipment;

b) the electronic number uniquely denotes the type, technical features and ex-work serial number of the mobile terminal equipment set by mobile terminal service center;

c) the electronic number uniquely denotes the type, technical features and ex-work serial number of the mobile terminal equipment set by enterprise.

19. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment of claim 18, wherein said International mobile phone equipment identity is the International Mobile Equipment Identification of GSM system.

20. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment of claim 18, wherein said International mobile phone equipment identity is the Electronic Serial Number of CDMA system.

21. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment of claim 11, the mobile terminal equipment sets one or several special service numbers and each special service number corresponds to one of the local public mobile network number (PLMN), internet IP address or E-mail address, which is assigned by local mobile operators or the mobile terminal equipment service center;

the special service number may be modified, added or deleted by the mobile terminal equipment service center through the mobile network.

22. The automatic identification system of mobile terminal equipment of anyone of claim 11, wherein the mobile terminal equipment, also called as mobile station, denotes mobile telecom terminal equipment of various systems and standards (GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/CDMAIS95/CDMA1XRTT/CDMA2000/TD-SCDMA) such as handset, PDA, dual-mode handset, group mobile phone, local wireless telephone, PHS terminal, IP handset, mobile telecom function-built GPS terminal, portable computer, vehicle-carried computer, as well as the 3C electronic consumer products and household electric appliances providing wired or wireless communication connection for the above-mentioned terminal equipment.

23. A mobile terminal equipment value-added services access system, wherein the mobile terminal equipment service center is provided with one or more special service numbers used to communicate with the mobile terminal equipment in accordance with the protocol;

the mobile terminal service center registers the terminals and subscribers and stores the information in the database for provision of corresponding value-added services;

the mobile terminal equipment service center is equipped with information receive-transmission interface, information processing means, information storage database with built-in value-added service contents;

through interface configuration said database is connected with related value-added services providers or EIR or HLR\AUC of the network operators system for exchanging processing the information and store said information in database that is used as access platform for value-added services providers or is directly provided to the value-added services, wherein said terminal subscriber information includes the electronic serial number, terminal subscriber ID, terminal software version number and any one or any combination of two or more of the followings;

network ID, base station number, short message center number, Email address and the information of registration place in subscriber identification card.

24. The mobile terminal equipment value-added services access system of claim 23, wherein the mobile terminal transmits the information to the special service number of mobile terminal equipment service center and the mobile terminal equipment service center simultaneously receives information from and transmits information to multiple mobile terminal equipment.

25. The mobile terminal equipment value-added services access system of claim 23, wherein said information processing means retrieves the terminal subscriber information from the received information sent by the mobile terminal equipment in accordance with the protocol format, compares the information with that in said database, and compares and processes the corresponding data in the database;

for the processed data, the database management means will optimizes management and storage of the valid data according to the requirements and structure;

it extracts or processes the historical data or connects database, or transmits the command, application software, services and related information individually or in group through the mobile network communication platform to the mobile terminal equipment according to the requirements of mobile network operators, mobile equipment terminal providers or other value-added services providers;

said terminal subscriber information includes any one or any combination of two or more of the followings;

electronic serial number, terminal subscriber identity code, network ID, short message center number and information of registration place in subscriber identification card.

26. The mobile terminal equipment value-added services access system of claim 23, wherein the mobile terminal service center compares the received terminal subscriber information with the corresponding data in the database and notifies the suspicious subscribers in forms of data, SMS, MMS, EMS or voice.