Personal communications service using wireline/wireless integration
First Claim
1. A method for providing special service features associated with a land line telephone system to a mobile telephone user, comprising the steps of:
- automatically registering a wireless handset with one of a plurality of radio-link controllers;
sending a predetermined number identifying said wireless handset from said one radio-link controller to a service controller contained within a land line telephone system in response to the registration of the wireless handset; and
downloading data regarding said wireless handset from said service controller to said one radio-link controller in response to said service controller receiving said predetermined number, wherein the downloaded data comprises data regarding special service features associated with said wireless handset.
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Abstract
The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) wireline system connects to and controls processing of calls to a Personal Communication Service subscriber'"'"'s wireless handset via a home base station or a wireless communication network. Depending on its current location, the subscriber'"'"'s handset automatically registers with the base station or with a mobility controller of the wireless network. A new registration with the base station when the handset comes within range causes that station to update the subscriber'"'"'s home location register in a central data base of the AIN. Similarly, when a handset first registers with a mobility controller, that controller updates the subscriber'"'"'s home location register in the central data base of the AIN. In response to calls directed to the subscriber, the AIN accesses the home location register to determine the current location where the handset is registered. The AIN then uses that data to route the call to the current location. In response to calls from the handset, the central data base provides instruction data to the land line network and/or a mobility controller to extend a requested special service to the calling subscriber.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for providing special service features associated with a land line telephone system to a mobile telephone user, comprising the steps of:
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automatically registering a wireless handset with one of a plurality of radio-link controllers; sending a predetermined number identifying said wireless handset from said one radio-link controller to a service controller contained within a land line telephone system in response to the registration of the wireless handset; and downloading data regarding said wireless handset from said service controller to said one radio-link controller in response to said service controller receiving said predetermined number, wherein the downloaded data comprises data regarding special service features associated with said wireless handset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing special service features to a mobile telephone user, comprising:
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a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of radio-link controllers, each radio-link controller controlling wireless communication service within a predetermined region; a wireless handset having means for automatically registering with the radio-link controllers, said wireless handset transmitting a predetermined number during each registration; and a land line communication network comprising a service control controlling at least some call processing through the land line communication network, wherein in response to each registration of the handset, one of the radio-link controllers sends data regarding the wireless handset including the predetermined number to the service control and the service control responds by downloading data regarding special service features associated with the wireless handset to the one radio-link controller for use in providing special service features to the mobile telephone user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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