SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINATED EVENT COMMUNICATION CORRELATION

• US 20090023425A1
• Filed: 07/17/2008
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aeris Communications Inc.
• Original Assignee: Aeris Communications Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Dae Seong, Weygandt, Lotus Lin, Hosain, Syed Zaeem, Fultz, Robert, Sim, Byung Hoon, Brezee, Kirk
• Application Number:
  US12/174,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20090023425A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications

Abstract

A system, method, and devices for receiving data communications from a plurality of remote terminals via a Mobile Switching Center, each data communication including a device identifier for an originating remote terminal; selecting a call center to respond to each data communication; sending a message via a side-channel to the selected call center including at least a portion of the data communication; receiving a voice communication from the selected call center responsive to the message via a Public Switched Telephone Network; and routing the voice communication back to the remote terminal associated with the message via the Mobile Switching Center.

Claims

1. A method at a service provider comprising:

receiving data communications from a plurality of remote terminals via a wireless carrier, each data communication including a remote terminal identifier (“

remoteID”

) corresponding to the originating remote terminal;

selecting a call center to respond to each data communication based at least in part on the remoteID included in the data communication;

sending a message via a side-channel to the call center selected, the message including the remoteID;

receiving a voice communication from the call center responsive to the message, the voice communication received via a Public Switched Telephone Network (“

PSTN”

); and

routing the voice communication to a remote terminal associated with the message via the wireless carrier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the message to the call center selected comprises:

associating a temporary telephone number with the remoteID; and

sending the message to the call center, wherein the message includes the remoteID and the temporary telephone number.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the voice communication from the call center comprises:

receiving a phone call from the call center, the phone call addressed to the temporary phone number; and

associating the phone call with the message based on the temporary phone number used to address the phone call.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein routing the voice communication to the remote terminal associated with the message comprises:

forwarding the phone call to the remote terminal using the temporary phone number, wherein the temporary phone number comprises a North American Number Plan (“

NANP”

) compatible telephone number.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein routing the voice communication to the remote terminal associated with the message comprises:

sending the phone call to the remote terminal using the remoteID to route the phone call via the wireless carrier when the temporary phone number is not compatible with a North American Numbering Plan (“

NANP”

) convention.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote terminal does not have a North American Numbering Plan (“

NANP”

) compatible telephone number allocated to it.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request from the call center via the side-channel, the request soliciting a telephone number to use in routing the voice communication to the remote terminal; and

sending a Temporary Local Directory Number (“

TLDN”

) to the call center responsive to the request, the TLDN to communicably link the PSTN to the remote terminal via the wireless carrier.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

screening the voice communication against a list of authorized call centers; and

terminating the voice communication when the source is not in the list of authorized call centers.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless carrier transmits each data communication in a Short Message Service (“

SMS”

) compatible format.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein each data communication further comprises an event code indicating an event associated with the remote terminal, wherein the event code is selected from a group of event codes comprising a car accident, a vehicle diagnostics error, a security system alarm, an HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) system malfunction, a distress signal, and a wearable medical assistance device event;

and wherein

the remoteID uniquely identifies the remote terminal to the service provider via one or more of a Mobile Identification Number (“

MIN”

), an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“

IMSI”

) number, an Electronic Serial Number (“

ESN”

), a Media Access Control (“

MAC”

) number and a Vehicle Identification Number (“

VIN”

) of a vehicle associated with the remote terminal, and wherein.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein selecting the call center to respond to the data communication comprises:

selecting the call center based on the remoteID and further based on the event code.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein selecting the call center based on the remoteID and further based on the event code comprises:

selecting the call center from a plurality of call centers based on a remote terminal to call center map identifying which of the plurality of call centers is predetermined to service data communications originating from the remote terminal based on the remoteID and the event code.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the side-channel comprises an Internet connection established through an Internet Service Provider (“

ISP”

), and wherein the PSTN connection comprises a telecommunications circuit established through a telecommunications carrier.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote terminal comprises a telephonic device selected from the group consisting of:

a wireless handset, a telephonic vehicle, a telephonic security system, a telephonic HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) system, an electronic monitoring device, an electronic tracking device, a temperature monitoring device, a fire detection device, a moisture detection device, a location detection device, a television set-top box, a satellite signal receiver, a wearable medical alert telephonic device, a telephonically enabled tractor-trailer, or a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the call center comprises a plurality of operators and a plurality of operator stations, wherein each operator station comprises a computer, a computer display, a telephone, a telephone head-set, and a connection with a database to receive account information associated with the remote terminal based on the remoteID.

16. A computing device at a service provider having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving data communications from a plurality of remote terminals via a wireless carrier, each data communication including a remote terminal identifier (“

remoteID”

) corresponding to the originating remote terminal;

selecting a call center to respond to each data communication based at least in part on the remoteID included in the data communication;

sending a message via a side-channel to the call center selected, the message including the remoteID;

receiving a voice communication from the call center responsive to the message, the voice communication received via a Public Switched Telephone Network (“

PSTN”

); and

routing the voice communication to a remote terminal associated with the message via the wireless carrier.

17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein sending the message to the call center selected comprises:

associating a temporary telephone number with the remoteID; and

sending the message to the call center, wherein the message includes the remoteID and the temporary telephone number.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein receiving the voice communication from the call center comprises:

receiving a phone call from the call center, the phone call addressed to the temporary phone number; and

associating the phone call with the message based on the temporary phone number used to address the phone call.

19. The computing device of claim 16, having the instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor perform further instructions comprising:

receiving a request from the call center via the side-channel, the request soliciting a telephone number to use in routing the voice communication to the remote terminal; and

sending a Temporary Local Directory Number (“

TLDN”

) to the call center responsive to the request, the TLDN to provide a communication route between the PSTN and the remote terminal.

20. A system at a service provider comprising:

means for receiving data communications from a plurality of remote terminals via a wireless carrier, each data communication including a remote terminal identifier (“

remoteID”

) corresponding to the originating remote terminal;

means for selecting a call center to respond to each data communication based at least in part on the remoteID included in the data communication;

means for sending a message via a side-channel to the call center selected, the message including the remoteID;

means for receiving a voice communication from the call center responsive to the message, the voice communication received via a Public Switched Telephone Network (“

PSTN”

); and

means for routing the voice communication to a remote terminal associated with the message via the wireless carrier.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein sending the message to the call center selected comprises:

means for associating a temporary telephone number with the remoteID; and

means for sending the message to the call center, wherein the message includes the remoteID and the temporary telephone number.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein receiving the voice communication from the call center comprises:

means for receiving a phone call from the call center, the phone call addressed to the temporary phone number; and

means for associating the phone call with the message based on the temporary phone number used to address the phone call.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein routing the voice communication to the remote terminal associated with the message comprises:

means for forwarding the phone call to the remote terminal using the temporary phone number, wherein the temporary phone number is incompatible with a North American Numbering Plan (“

NANP”

) convention.

24. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

means for receiving a request from the call center via the side-channel, the request soliciting a telephone number to use in routing the voice communication to the remote terminal; and

means for sending a Temporary Local Directory Number (“

TLDN”

) to the call center responsive to the request, the TLDN to provide a communication path between the PSTN and the remote terminal.