Teleadministration of subscriber ID modules

• US 5,742,910 A
• Filed: 05/23/1995
• Issued: 04/21/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MCI Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Wrappe, Tom, Gallant, John Kenneth
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): TIEU, BINH KIEN
• Application Number:
  US08/447,719
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/355, 379/356, 379/357, 455/89, 455/90, 455/56.1, 455/67.1, 455/186.1, 455/550, 455/558, 455/563, 455/564, 455/575
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/181 Transcoding devices; Rate adaptation devices

Abstract

A mobile telephone remote programming system and method includes a mobile telephone that has a subscriber ID module (SIM) which can store control data for voice message actuation and vocoder parameters. The telephone is adapted to receive digital programming information over a radio communication link. The programming information is adapted to modify the contents of the SIM to include updated voice message actuation data and/or vocoder data. The telephone uses the stored data to control voice message actuation and/or vocoder operation.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone comprising:

a vocoder with changeable control parameters;

automatic dialing means responsive to stored digital information;

a subscriber ID module removably mated to a slot of said telephone having storage space to hold subscriber pertinent data including at least data for controlling said vocoder and for actuation of voice message retrieval;

means for receiving digital programming data through a radio communication channel;

means for programming the storage space in said subscriber ID module according to the received digital programming data;

means for modifying the changeable control parameters of the vocoder according to the data of vocoder parameters stored in said storage space; and

means using said voice message retrieval data stored in said storage space for automatically dialing a telephone number and retrieving voice message.

2. The mobile telephone of claim 1 further comprising:

means enabling remote control of the changeable control parameters.

3. The mobile telephone of claim 2 wherein the means enabling remote control is from a distant control center.

4. In a mobile telephone having a vocoder for digitizing and compressing voice data wherein the vocoder has a plurality of changeable control parameters, a method for remotely administering the vocoder parameters comprising:

establishing a digital communication link between said mobile telephone and a distant control center;

downloading vocoder control parameters from said distant control center to a removably mated storage module in said mobile telephone; and

modifying the vocoder parameters in said mobile telephone in accordance with said vocoder control parameters stored in said storage module.

5. In a mobile telephone having a keyboard and automatic dialing means responsive to digital data stored in a subscriber ID module removably mated to said telephone, the method for automatically retrieving voice messages from a distant voice message center comprising:

establishing a digital communication link between said mobile telephone and a distant control center;

downloading voice message retrieval control data from said distant control center to said subscriber ID module mated to said mobile telephone;

storing said voice message retrieval control data in said subscriber ID module; and

in response to pressing a designated key on said keyboard, automatically dialing and retrieving voice messages from said voice message center using the voice message retrieval control data stored in said subscriber ID module.