Method of managing, in a telecommunication network, user data of a user who may move from a base work area associated with a base exchange to another work area associated with another exchange

• US 5,423,068 A
• Filed: 06/08/1993
• Issued: 06/06/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke KPN NV
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Hecker, Hubertus P. J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Application Number:
  US08/073,792
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 455/33.1, 455/33.2, 455/54.1, 455/56.1, 379/59, 379/60, 379/63
• US Class Current: 455/438
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/36 Memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/387 using subscriber identification cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42229 Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location diverting calls from one subscriber to another subscriber, i.e. two different subscriptions H04M3/54; selecting arrangements in intelligent networks H04Q3/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0016 Arrangements providing connection between exchanges
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method of managing, in a telecommunication network, user data of a user who may move from a base work area associated with a base exchange which comprises a base memory to another work area associated with another exchange which comprises another memory, independent of whether or not the user is communicating. The method comprises effecting a coupling between the base memory and the another memory when the user moves from the base work area to the another work area; copying a largest portion of the user data stored in the base memory and storing the copied data in the another memory via the coupling, the user data stored in the base memory remaining available for further copying, and changes to be made in the user data taking place both in the base memory and in the another memory. The copied portion of the user data stored in the another memory is inspected for correctness with respect to the user data stored in the base memory and, in the event of correctness of the copied portion of the user data, the portion of the user data stored in the another memory is made available for further copying. Changes to be made in the data take place only in the another memory, and the copied portion of the user data stored in the base memory thereafter becomes unavailable for further copying.

Claims

1. A method of managing, in a telecommunication network, user data of a user who may move from a base work area associated with a base exchange which comprises a base memory to another work area associated with another exchange which comprises another memory, independent of whether or not the user is communicating, comprising:

effecting a coupling between the base memory and said another memory when the user moves from the base work area to said another work area;

copying a largest portion of the user data stored in the base memory and storing the copied data in said another memory via the coupling, the user data stored in the base memory remaining available for further copying, and changes to be made in the user data taking place both in the base memory and in said another memory;

inspecting the copied portion of the user data stored in said another memory for correctness with respect to the user data stored in the base memory; and

in the event of correctness of the copied portion of the user data, making the portion of the user data stored in said another memory available for further copying and wherein changes to be made in the data take place only in said another memory, the copied portion of the user data stored in the base memory thereafter becoming unavailable for further copying.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the event of incorrectness of the copied portion of the user data stored in said another memory with respect to the user data stored in the base memory, the largest portion of the user data stored in the base memory is copied once again and is stored via the coupling in said another memory.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein user data not belonging to the largest portion and stored in the base memory comprises information relating to a location of said another exchange.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user data not belonging to the largest portion and stored in the base memory comprises information relating to a protection of the user.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein user data not belonging to the copied portion and stored in said another memory comprises information relating to said another exchange.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein:

in the event of a further movement of the user from a first further work area associated with a first further exchange which comprises a first further memory to a second further work area associated with a second further exchange which comprise a second further memory, further comprising;

effecting a further coupling means between the first further memory and the second further memory;

copying a further largest portion of the user data stored in the first further memory and storing said copied further largest portion of the user data via the further coupling in the second further memory, the user data stored in the first further memory being available for further copying and changes to be made in the user data taking place both in the first further memory and in the second further memory;

inspecting the copied portion of the user data stored in the second further memory for correctness with respect to the user data stored in the first further memory; and

in the event of correctness of the inspected user data stored in the second further memory, the portion of the user data stored in the second further memory becoming available for further copying and wherein changes to be made in the data take place only in the second further memory, the copied portion of the user data stored in the first further memory becoming available for further copying.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, in the event of incorrectness of the copied portion of the user data stored in the second further memory with respect to the user data stored in the first further memory, the further largest portion of the user data stored in the first further memory is copied once again and stored via the further coupling in the second further memory.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the information belonging to the user data stored in the base memory and relating to a location of said another exchange is replaced by the information relating to a location of the second further exchange.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the information belonging to the user data stored in the base memory and relating to a location of said another exchange is replaced by the information relating to a location of the second further exchange.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the user data not belonging to the largest portion and stored in the base memory comprises information relating to a protection of the user.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein user data not belonging to the copied portion and stored in said another memory comprises information relating to said another exchange.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein user data not belonging to the largest portion and stored in the base memory comprises information relating to a location of said another exchange.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the user data not belonging to the largest portion and stored in the base memory comprises information relating to a protection of the user.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein user data not belonging to the copied portion and stored in said another memory comprises information relating to said another exchange.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data not belonging to the largest portion and stored in the base memory comprises information relating to a protection of the user.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein user data not belonging to the copied portion and stored in said another memory comprises information relating to said another exchange.