Method and apparatus for facilitating the making of wireless telephone calls
First Claim
1. A method for use in placing a telephone call to a wireless telephone station, said telephone call being routed by a machine to said wireless telephone station via a roamer access port, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing in a data base an association between respective (i) roamer access ports, (ii) mobile switching centers and (iii) predetermined sets of instructions for accessing wireless telephone service at mobile switching centers;
receiving an indication of the particular mobile switching center presently serving the wireless telephone station;
looking up said indication in said data base to retrieve (i) a particular roamer access port associated with the particular mobile switching center serving said wireless telephone at said location and (ii) a particular set of instructions for use in accessing wireless telephone service at said mobile switching center via said roamer access port associated with said mobile switching center;
placing a call to said roamer access port;
executing said instructions of said set to cause said mobile switching center to attempt to establish a connection to said wireless telephone station.
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Abstract
The lack of uniformity for accessing wireless carriers to reach roaming wireless telephones prevents nationwide wireless telephone service from being provided in a seamless manner by an automated system that accesses the roamer access ports to connect a caller to a wireless telephone station in a manner such that the roaming nature of the called wireless telephone station is transparent to the caller. This problem is overcome, by a method for placing a telephone call to a wireless telephone station, method including the steps of: a) storing in a data base an association between respective (i) roamer access ports, (ii) mobile switching centers and (iii) one of a predetermined set of instructions, i.e., rules, which are executed by the machine in order to access wireless telephone service at mobile switching centers: b) receiving an indication of the particular mobile switching center presently serving the wireless telephone station; c) looking up the indication in the data base to retrieve (i) a particular roamer access port associated with the particular mobile switching center serving the wireless telephone at the location and (ii) a rule to access wireless telephone service at the mobile switching center via the roamer access port associated with the mobile switching center; d) placing a call to the roamer access port; and e) executing the instructions of the retrieved rule for the roamer access port so as to cause the mobile switching center to attempt to establish a connection to the wireless telephone station.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for use in placing a telephone call to a wireless telephone station, said telephone call being routed by a machine to said wireless telephone station via a roamer access port, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing in a data base an association between respective (i) roamer access ports, (ii) mobile switching centers and (iii) predetermined sets of instructions for accessing wireless telephone service at mobile switching centers; receiving an indication of the particular mobile switching center presently serving the wireless telephone station; looking up said indication in said data base to retrieve (i) a particular roamer access port associated with the particular mobile switching center serving said wireless telephone at said location and (ii) a particular set of instructions for use in accessing wireless telephone service at said mobile switching center via said roamer access port associated with said mobile switching center; placing a call to said roamer access port; executing said instructions of said set to cause said mobile switching center to attempt to establish a connection to said wireless telephone station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for use in placing a telephone call to a wireless telephone station, said telephone call having to be routed by a machine to said wireless telephone station via a roamer access port, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing in a data base an association between respective (i) roamer access ports, (ii) mobile switching centers and (iii) one of a predetermined set of rules for accessing wireless telephone service at mobile switching centers; receiving an indication of the particular mobile switching center presently serving the wireless telephone station; looking up said indication in said data base to determine (i) a particular roamer access port associated with the particular mobile switching center serving said wireless telephone at said location and (ii) a rule to access wireless telephone service at said mobile switching center via said roamer access port associated with said mobile switching center; placing a call to said roamer access port; applying said determined rule to cause said mobile switching center to attempt to locate said wireless telephone station.
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