APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR BROADCASTING SHORT CODES FOR USE IN DIRECTING A CALL TO SERVICE CENTER DURING OPERATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. Apparatus for a radio communication system having a network part and a first service center to which a mobile-originated call is routable, said apparatus comprising:
- a network-positioned code-delivery detector adapted to receive a network-part identifier code that identifies the first service center, said network-positioned code-delivery detector configured to detect values of the network-part identifier code received thereat; and
an identifier-code broadcast scheduler coupled to said network-positioned code-delivery detector to receive indications of the values detected thereat, said identifier-code broadcast scheduler configured to schedule a broadcast of the values throughout at least a portion of an area encompassed by the network part.
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Abstract
Apparatus (58), and an associated method, for facilitating delivery of network-specific dialing codes to a mobile node (12). Broadcasts of the network-specific dialing codes are scheduled by a broadcast scheduler 64 embodied at a cell broadcast center (38). Signals containing the codes are broadcast and detected by the mobile node (12), thereby to download the values to the mobile node. And, the downloaded dialing codes are indexed (88) together with the dialing codes normally used by the mobile node (12) to call the corresponding service centers (44). Subsequently, when a call is placed to a service center, the dialing codes are transposed (94), if necessary, to permit the call to a designated service center (44) to be completed.
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20 Claims
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1. Apparatus for a radio communication system having a network part and a first service center to which a mobile-originated call is routable, said apparatus comprising:
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a network-positioned code-delivery detector adapted to receive a network-part identifier code that identifies the first service center, said network-positioned code-delivery detector configured to detect values of the network-part identifier code received thereat; and an identifier-code broadcast scheduler coupled to said network-positioned code-delivery detector to receive indications of the values detected thereat, said identifier-code broadcast scheduler configured to schedule a broadcast of the values throughout at least a portion of an area encompassed by the network part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for facilitating placement of a mobile-originated call to a first service center of a radio communication system that has a network part, said method comprising:
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maintaining values, at the network-part, of a network-part identifier code that identifies the first service center; and scheduling broadcast of the values maintained during said maintaining throughout at least a portion of an area encompassed by the network part. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. Apparatus for a mobile node operable in a radio communication system, said apparatus for facilitating placement of a call to a first service center, said apparatus comprising:
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a mobile node-positioned code-broadcast detector configured to detect values of a broadcast to the mobile node of a first network-part identifier code that identifies the first service center; and an indexer coupled to said mobile node-positioned code-broadcast detector, said indexer configured to index values of the network-part identifier code detected by said mobile node-positioned code-broadcast detector together with values of a first mobile-node identifier code. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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