Personal communication service registration system and method
First Claim
1. A registration system for routing a call to a subscriber to a personal telephone number service in an integrated wired and wireless communications network, comprising:
- a central office switching system connected to communication lines connected to subscriber premise terminals including at least one service switching point for selectively providing switched communications between the communication lines;
a mobile switching center connected to the central office switching system arranged for selectively providing wireless communications between said central office switching system and wireless mobile communications units by using control data conveyed to at least one service switching point through a service transfer point;
a network controller arranged for selectively providing control data to effect land line communications, and arranged separately from the central office switching system and the mobile switching center, said network controller being connected to both said mobile switching center and at least one service switching point through at least one service transfer point arranged to convey control data to effect communications, said network controller storing preprogrammed call processing data associated with subscribers who are associated with the communication lines connected to consumer premise terminals connected to the central office switching system and said mobile switching center and who are also associated with a mobile communication unit, said network controller having additional storage capacity;
a first adjunct registration device which is portable associated with each of said subscribers, which registration device includes a low power transceiver programmed to respond to receipt of a predetermined wireless signal and transmit an identifying signal;
a second adjunct registration device associated with a consumer premise terminal located at a site where multiple persons gather, said second adjunct registration device including a low power transceiver programmed to periodically transmit a predetermined wireless signal associated with at least one of said first adjunct registration devices to cause said first registration device transceiver to respond and transmit its identity signal, said second adjunct registration device responsive to receiving said response causing the conveyance of a signal to at least one of said service switching points, whereby said service switching point originates a signal to said network controller to cause storage of registration of the subscriber identified by said identification signal.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for effecting registration in a system for routing a call to a subscriber to a personal telephone number service in an integrated wired and wireless communication network by utilizing in association with at least one land line terminal located in a public gathering place such as a restaurant an adjunct registration device which cooperates with portable registration devices capable of being identified by such adjunct registration devices. In a manual version an adjunct registration device is situated at the site of the subscriber premise terminal and registration in the ISCP of the advanced intelligent network (AIN) of the wireline system is effected by subscriber actuation of the manual device. In an automated version the registration device at the site of the terminal includes a transceiver for emitting a periodic low power and limited range scanning signal to detect the presence of a smart portable registration device carried by the subscriber.
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26 Claims
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1. A registration system for routing a call to a subscriber to a personal telephone number service in an integrated wired and wireless communications network, comprising:
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a central office switching system connected to communication lines connected to subscriber premise terminals including at least one service switching point for selectively providing switched communications between the communication lines; a mobile switching center connected to the central office switching system arranged for selectively providing wireless communications between said central office switching system and wireless mobile communications units by using control data conveyed to at least one service switching point through a service transfer point; a network controller arranged for selectively providing control data to effect land line communications, and arranged separately from the central office switching system and the mobile switching center, said network controller being connected to both said mobile switching center and at least one service switching point through at least one service transfer point arranged to convey control data to effect communications, said network controller storing preprogrammed call processing data associated with subscribers who are associated with the communication lines connected to consumer premise terminals connected to the central office switching system and said mobile switching center and who are also associated with a mobile communication unit, said network controller having additional storage capacity; a first adjunct registration device which is portable associated with each of said subscribers, which registration device includes a low power transceiver programmed to respond to receipt of a predetermined wireless signal and transmit an identifying signal; a second adjunct registration device associated with a consumer premise terminal located at a site where multiple persons gather, said second adjunct registration device including a low power transceiver programmed to periodically transmit a predetermined wireless signal associated with at least one of said first adjunct registration devices to cause said first registration device transceiver to respond and transmit its identity signal, said second adjunct registration device responsive to receiving said response causing the conveyance of a signal to at least one of said service switching points, whereby said service switching point originates a signal to said network controller to cause storage of registration of the subscriber identified by said identification signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a registration system for routing a call to a subscriber to a personal telephone number service in an integrated wired and wireless communications network, comprising:
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a central office switching system connected to communication lines connected to subscriber premise terminals including at least one service switching point for selectively providing switched communications between the communication lines; a mobile switching center connected to the central office switching system arranged for selectively providing wireless communications between said central office switching system and wireless mobile communications units by using control data conveyed to at least one service switching point through a service transfer point; a network controller arranged for selectively providing control data to effect land line communications, and arranged separately from the central office switching system and the mobile switching center, said network controller being connected to both said mobile switching center and at least one service switching point through at least one service transfer point arranged to convey control data to effect communications, said network controller storing preprogrammed call processing data associated with subscribers who are associated with the communication lines connected to consumer premise terminals connected to the central office switching system and said mobile switching center and who are also associated a mobile communication unit, said network controller having additional storage capacity, a method comprising the steps of; actuating a registration device for registering personal number service subscribers at a gathering site for multiple persons, which gathering site has a telephone terminal connected to said central office switching system; responsive to said actuation conveying a signal to at least one of said service switching points, said signal containing information identifying a single number service subscriber present at said gathering site; generating a signal at said service switching point and conveying said signal to said network controller; responsive to receipt of said signal at said network controller storing data in storage associated with the network controller to indicate registration of the subscriber identified in said signal to said service switching point whereby calls to said subscriber are routed to said telephone terminal at said site. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a registration system for routing a call to a subscriber to a personal telephone number service in an integrated wired and wireless communications network, comprising:
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a central office switching system connected to communication lines connected to subscriber premise terminals including at least one service switching point for selectively providing switched communications between the communication lines; a mobile switching center connected to the central office switching system arranged for selectively providing wireless communications between said central office switching system and wireless mobile communications units by using control data conveyed to at least one service switching point through a service transfer point; a network controller arranged for selectively providing control data to effect land line communications, and arranged separately from the central office switching system and the mobile switching center, said network controller being connected to both said mobile switching center and at least one service switching point through at least one service transfer point arranged to convey control data to effect communications, said network controller storing preprogrammed call processing data associated with subscribers who are associated with the communication lines connected to consumer premise terminals connected to the central office switching system and said mobile switching center and who are also associated a mobile communication unit, said network controller having additional storage capacity, a method comprising the steps of; periodically transmitting from a gathering site for multiple persons, which site includes a telephone terminal connected to said central office switching system, a wireless signal associated with said terminal; detecting said transmitted signal with a portable registration device; responsive to said detection transmitting from said portable registration device a wireless signal acknowledging receipt of said first transmitted wireless signal and transmitting a signal identifying the responding portable registration device; detecting said response from said portable registration device at the source of said first transmission and responsive to detecting said response conveying a signal to at least one of said service switching points; originating a signal at said service switching point responsive to said signal conveyed thereto and conveying said signal originated at said service switching point to said network controller; deriving information from said signal received at said network controller including the identity of said responding portable registration device, and storing in the storage of said network controller data to indicate registration of the subscriber associated with the portable registration device at the terminal at which said signal to said service switching point originated as being located at said terminal; and directing calls to said subscriber at said terminal at said site. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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