Method and arrangement for semipermanent storage of a service profile in personal communication systems
First Claim
1. Method for storage of a portion of a service profile in personal communication systems which include a network composed of logically different network parts, from the point of view of a calling user, including an originating network part (O), a terminating network part (T), an originating home network part (OH), and a terminating home network part (TH), all of the network parts include functions for service and network control including units for control of the services (SCF) and database units for storing data (SDF), the stored data including service profiles of users, the method comprising the steps of:
- sending an enquiry about a portion of the service profile of an answering user to at least one of first and second databases,tracking enquiries relating to the answering user by using the first database unit (SDFTH) in the home network part of the answering user in order to detect a geographic position of network nodes or networks which originate the enquiries,tracking respective enquiry intensity,copying and transmitting the portion of the service profile of the answering user to the second database unit (SDFO) which is located closest to the enquiring node or network, andstoring the portion of the service profile of the answering user in the second database unit (SDFO) when the enquiry intensity has reached a certain value from a single node or network.
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Abstract
A method and an arrangement for semipermanent storage of a service profile in personal communication systems. A service profile which defines the services accessible to the user is tied to each user in the system. The service profiles are stored permanently in the home database of the respective user. To reduce signalling in the network, parts of the permanent service profiles are copied in order to be stored semipermanently in other databases according to the disclosed method. Enquiries relating to an answering user are tracked by the database unit in the home network part of the answering user in order to detect the geographic position of the network nodes which originate the enquiries and the respective enquiry intensity. Information from the service profile of a respective answering subscriber is copied and sent to the database unit which is located closest to the enquiring node when the enquiry intensity has reached a certain value from one and the same node.
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9 Claims
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1. Method for storage of a portion of a service profile in personal communication systems which include a network composed of logically different network parts, from the point of view of a calling user, including an originating network part (O), a terminating network part (T), an originating home network part (OH), and a terminating home network part (TH), all of the network parts include functions for service and network control including units for control of the services (SCF) and database units for storing data (SDF), the stored data including service profiles of users, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending an enquiry about a portion of the service profile of an answering user to at least one of first and second databases, tracking enquiries relating to the answering user by using the first database unit (SDFTH) in the home network part of the answering user in order to detect a geographic position of network nodes or networks which originate the enquiries, tracking respective enquiry intensity, copying and transmitting the portion of the service profile of the answering user to the second database unit (SDFO) which is located closest to the enquiring node or network, and storing the portion of the service profile of the answering user in the second database unit (SDFO) when the enquiry intensity has reached a certain value from a single node or network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Arrangement for storage of a service profile in personal communication systems which include a network composed of network parts which are logically different from a point of view of a calling user, including an originating network part (O), a terminating network part (T), an originating home network part (OH), and a terminating home network part (TH), each of the network parts comprising:
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a function unit for providing services, a network control means including units (SCF) for controlling the services, and a database unit (SDF) for storing data including service profiles of users and information about enquiries relating to answering users, the information including a geographic position of a calling network node or network and respective enquiry intensity, the database units (SDF) including means for sending a portion of respective service profiles to other databases, means for receiving copies of respective portions of service profiles from the other databases about answering users and means for storing the respective received portions of service profiles about answering users. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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