Individually defined personal home area for subscribers in a cellular telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A system for administering a personal home area for a subscriber within a cellular telecommunications network having a plurality of cell sites, said system comprising:
- a home location register that stores geographic coordinates of a home location for said subscriber;
means for defining a personal home area centered on said home location of said subscriber;
means for determining a current geographic location of said subscriber upon invoking a service;
means for determining whether said current geographic location of said subscriber is located within said personal home area;
means for setting parameters for said service to values used inside said personal home area upon determining that said subscriber is located within said personal home area; and
means for setting parameters for said service to values used outside said personal home area upon determining that said subscriber is not located within said personal home area.
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Abstract
A system and method for establishing and administering personal home areas for subscribers of a cellular telecommunications network. The system enables one or more Home areas to be designated for each subscriber. The Home areas may vary in size, and the system is capable of applying a different set of service parameters inside an area and outside the area. Each Home area is defined by designating the latitude and longitude coordinates, and the altitude of a subscriber'"'"'s home location, as well as the radius of the Home area from the home location. A system operator may designate one of several alternate radii by entering the coordinates of the center of the area at various levels of precision, each of which corresponds to a different Home area radius.
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12 Claims
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1. A system for administering a personal home area for a subscriber within a cellular telecommunications network having a plurality of cell sites, said system comprising:
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a home location register that stores geographic coordinates of a home location for said subscriber; means for defining a personal home area centered on said home location of said subscriber; means for determining a current geographic location of said subscriber upon invoking a service; means for determining whether said current geographic location of said subscriber is located within said personal home area; means for setting parameters for said service to values used inside said personal home area upon determining that said subscriber is located within said personal home area; and means for setting parameters for said service to values used outside said personal home area upon determining that said subscriber is not located within said personal home area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of administering a personal home area for a subscriber within a cellular telecommunications network having a plurality of cell sites, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing in a home location register, geographic coordinates of a home location for said subscriber; defining a personal home area centered on said home location of said subscriber; determining a current geographic location of said subscriber upon invoking a service; determining whether said current geographic location of said subscriber is located within said personal home area; setting parameters for said service to values used inside said personal home area upon determining that said subscriber is located within said personal home area; and setting parameters for said service to values used outside said personal home area upon determining that said subscriber is not located within said personal home area. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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