Orientation based message retrieving

• US 20080004007A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kallio, Juha
• Granted Patent: US 9,491,305 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1095 Inter-network session transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/123 where the packet-switched network is an Internet Protocol Multimedia System-type network
• 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

Abstract

A mechanism for controlling a call management for a call of a subscriber, in particular a service parameter adjustment, comprises a transmission of a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber to a network control element, recognition of setting information for the service from the request, and processing of the setting information for the service. In the processing, a mapping of the recognized setting information for the service to a modification event of a data portion including parameters for the service in question is performed and a modification of the parameters for the service in question is performed by executing the modification event of the data portion obtained by the mapping. In case the data portion is not available, a search may be conducted in order to get access to the parameters for the service in question.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a call management for a call of a subscriber, the method comprising:

transmitting a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber to a network control element,

recognizing setting information for the service from the request, and

processing the setting information for the service,

wherein the processing comprises

mapping the setting information for the service to a modification event of a data portion including parameters for the service in question, and

performing a modification of the parameters for the service in question by executing the modification event of the data portion obtained by the mapping.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the subscriber is entitled to the service, wherein the processing of the setting information is executed when it is determined that the subscriber is entitled to the service.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

searching for the data portion including the parameters for the service within databases, and

accessing at least one specific parameter included in the data portion that is to be modified according to the setting information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing the modification comprises uploading a modified data portion obtained by executing the modification event into a database.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

informing an application server associated with the service provided to the subscriber about the modification of the data portion when the performing the modification is completed.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

using an entity of a network as a storage for the data portion, wherein the entity comprises a separate network element or an entity associated with the network control element.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network control element comprises a mobile switching center of a visited communication network, and the mobile switching center comprises a gateway control function and a mapping function for the mapping of the setting information for the service to the modification event of the data portion.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the transmitting the request for adjusting settings of the service provided to the subscriber, one of an unstructured supplementary service data string and a facility information element is included in the request as the setting information.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data portion is included in an extensible mark-up language document.

10. A system for controlling a call management for a call of a subscriber, the system comprising:

a subscriber terminal operationally connected to and configured to conduct a call, and

a network control element operationally connected to and configured to control a call of the subscriber terminal,

wherein the subscriber terminal is configured to send a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber to the network control element, and

wherein the network control element is configured to

recognize setting information for the service from the request received,

process the setting information for the service,

perform a mapping of the setting information for the service to a modification event of a data portion including parameters for the service in question, and

perform a modification of the parameters for the service in question by executing the modification event of the data portion obtained by the mapping.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the network control element is further operationally connected to and configured to determine whether the subscriber is entitled to the service, wherein the network control element is configured to process the setting information when it is determined that the subscriber is entitled to the service.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the network control element is further operationally connected to and configured

to search for the data portion including parameters for the service within databases, and

to access at least one specific parameter included in the data portion that is to be modified according to the setting information.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein the network control element is operationally connected to and configured to upload a modified data portion obtained by executing the modification event into a database when performing the modification.

14. The system according to claim 10, further comprising an application server associated with the service provided to the subscriber, wherein the application server is configured to be informed by the network control element or by a database about the modification of the data portion when the modification is completed.

15. The system according to claim 10, further comprising an entity of a network, the entity being operationally connected to and configured to serve as a storage for the data portion, wherein the entity comprises a separate network element or an entity associated with the network control element.

16. The system according to claim 10, wherein the network control element comprises a mobile switching center of a visited communication network, and the mobile switching center comprises a gateway control function and a mapping function for the mapping of the setting information for the service to the modification event of the data portion.

17. The system according to claim 10, wherein the subscriber terminal is operationally connected to and configured to send the request for adjusting settings of the service provided to the subscriber by using one of an unstructured supplementary service data string and a facility information element.

18. The system according to claim 10, wherein the data portion is included in an extensible mark-up language document.

19. A system for controlling a call management for a call of a subscriber, the system comprising:

a subscriber terminal comprising

means for producing a request for adjusting

settings of a service provided to a subscriber, and

means for sending the request; and

a network control element comprising

a receiver for receiving the request, and

a processor for recognizing setting information for the service from the request and for processing the setting information for the service,

wherein the processor comprises

means for mapping the setting information for the service to a modification event of a data portion including parameters for the service in question, and

means for performing a modification of the parameters for the service in question by executing the modification event of the data portion obtained by the mapping.

20. A network control element for controlling a call of a subscriber and usable in a call management adjustment, wherein the network control element is operationally connected to and configured:

to receive a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber from a subscriber terminal;

to recognize setting information for the service from the request received;

to process the setting information for the service;

to perform a mapping of the setting information for the service to a modification event of a data portion including parameters for the service in question; and

to perform a modification of the parameters for the service in question by executing the modification event of the data portion obtained by the mapping.

21. The network control element according to claim 20, wherein the network control element is further operationally connected to and configured:

to determine whether the subscriber is entitled to the service; and

to process the setting information when it is determined that the subscriber is entitled to the service.

22. The network control element according to claim 20, wherein the network control element is further operationally connected to and configured:

to search for the data portion including parameters for the service within databases; and

to access at least one specific parameter included in the data portion that is to be modified according to the setting information.

23. The network control element according to claim 20, wherein the network control element is further operationally connected to and configured:

to upload a modified data portion obtained by executing the modification event into a database when performing the modification.

24. The network control element according to claim 20, wherein the network control element is further operationally connected to and configured:

to inform an application server associated with the service provided to the subscriber about the modification of the data portion when the modification is completed.

25. The network control element according to claim 20, wherein the network control element is associated with an entity of a network, the entity being operationally connected to and configured to serve as a storage for the data portion.

26. The network control element according to claim 20, wherein the network control element comprises a mobile switching center of a visited communication network, and the mobile switching center comprises a gateway control function and a mapping function for the mapping of the setting information for the service to the modification event of the data portion.

27. The network control element according to claim 20, wherein the network control element is further operationally connected to and configured:

to receive the request for adjusting settings of the service provided to the subscriber as an unstructured supplementary service data string or a facility information element.

28. The network control element according to claim 20, wherein the data portion is included in an extensible mark-up language document.

29. A network control element for controlling a call of a subscriber and usable in a call management adjustment, wherein the network control element comprises:

a receiver configured to receive a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber from a subscriber terminal;

a processor configured to recognize setting information for the service from the request received and configured to process the setting information for the service;

means for performing a mapping of the setting information for the service to a modification event of a data portion including parameters for the service in question; and

means for performing a modification of the parameters for the service in question by executing the modification event of the data portion obtained by the mapping.

30. A computer program product for a computer, comprising software code portions for making, when said product is run on the computer, said computer to function as a control element usable for controlling a call management for a subscriber, wherein the computer program product is configured to execute:

receiving a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber from a subscriber terminal;

recognizing setting information for the service from the request received;

processing the setting information for the service;

mapping of the setting information for the service to a modification event of a data portion including parameters for the service in question; and

performing a modification of the parameters for the service in question by executing the modification event of the data portion obtained by the mapping.

31. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein said computer program product is further configured to execute:

determining whether the subscriber is entitled to the service; and

processing the setting information when it is determined that the subscriber is entitled to the service.

32. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein said computer program product is further configured to execute:

searching for the data portion including parameters for the service within databases; and

accessing at least one specific parameter included in the data portion that is to be modified according to the setting information.

33. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein said computer program product is further configured to execute:

uploading a modified data portion obtained by executing the modification event into a database when performing the modification.

34. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein said computer program product is further configured to execute:

informing an application server associated with the service provided to the subscriber about the modification of the data portion when the modification is completed.

35. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein the computer program product is further configured to execute:

using an entity of a network as a storage for the data portion, wherein the entity comprises a separate network element or an entity associated with the control element.

36. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein said computer program product is further configured to function as a control element included in a mobile switching center of a visited communication network, the computer program product further comprising a gateway control function and a mapping function for the mapping of the setting information for the service to the modification event of the data portion.

37. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein said computer program product is further configured to receive the request for adjusting settings of the service provided to the subscriber as an unstructured supplementary service data string or a facility information element.

38. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein the data portion is included in an extensible mark-up language document.