APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING THE STATUS OF A REQUESTED SERVICE

• US 20120046059A1
• Filed: 10/27/2011
• Published: 02/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Inventors: Willey, William Daniel, Islam, Khaledul M., Hossain, Asif
• Application Number:
  US13/283,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20120046059A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/509
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13056 Routines, finite state machines
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1327 Release and resetting of connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A method of network-directed service status order at a mobile station, includes the steps of: (a) from the mobile station sending an origination message, over the network, requesting a service with the network; (b) in response to the origination message, at the mobile station receiving over the network a status message of a status of the requested service, the status message identifying one of a grant of the requested service or a denial of the requested service; and (c) operating the mobile station in an unambiguous state in accordance with the received status message.

Claims

1. A method of communicating over a wireless communications network with a mobile station, the method comprising:

receiving an origination request from the mobile station, over the network, requesting a service with the network; and

transmitting, in response to the origination request, a status message to the mobile station over the network, the status message indicating a status of the requested service, said status message unambiguously identifying one of a grant of the requested service or a denial of the requested service.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the status message is transmitted to the mobile station over a control channel of the network.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the communications network comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and receiving the origination request comprises receiving the origination request from one of a dormant state or an idle state of the mobile station.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein receiving the origination request comprises receiving the origination request from the one of the dormant state or the idle state in response to a change in a network parameter detected at the mobile station.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the status message comprises a release order message having a service order qualifier, the service order qualifier identifying a reason for the service denial.

6. A mobile station for communicating over a wireless communications network, the mobile station including a service call state machine being configured to:

facilitate transmission over the network of an origination request requesting a service with the network, by transitioning from an originating state, from which the transmission is initiated, to a service state associated with the requested service;

in the service state, receive over the network, in response to the origination request, a status message of a status of the requested service, said status message unambiguously identifying one of a grant of the request service or a denial of the requested service; and

transition from the service state to a null state in accordance with the received status message.

7. The mobile station according to claim 6, wherein the status message is received over a control channel of the network.

8. The mobile station according to claim 7, wherein the network comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) network and the originating state comprises one of a dormant state or an idle state.

9. The mobile station according to claim 8, wherein the state machine is configured to detect a change in a parameter of the network, and to facilitate the transmission from the one of the dormant state or the idle state in response to the detected change.

10. The mobile station according to claim 8, wherein the status message comprises a release order message having a service order qualifier, the service order qualifier identifying a reason for the service denial.

11. A method of communicating over a wireless communications network, the method comprising:

from a mobile station transmitting an origination request, over the network, requesting a service with the network; and

in response to the origination request, receiving at the mobile station over the network a status message of a status of the requested service, said status message unambiguously identifying one of a grant of the request service or a denial of the requested service.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the status message is received at the mobile station over a control channel of the network.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the communications network comprises a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and the origination request transmitting step comprises transmitting the origination request from one of a dormant state or an idle state of the mobile station.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein transmitting the origination request comprises transmitting the origination request from the one of the dormant state or the idle state in response to a change in a network parameter detected at the mobile station.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the status message comprises a release order message having a service order qualifier, the service order qualifier identifying a reason for the service denial.