Methods and apparatus for communicating data via a cellular mobile radiotelephone system
First Claim
1. In or for a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) system having an array of cells for communicating with cellular mobile radiotelephones within coverage areas of said array of cells, a data message system for communicating selected data collected from a plurality of remote data sources, said data message system comprising:
- a plurality of data reporting means, each of said data reporting means operative for monitoring a corresponding one of said remote data sources to obtain said selected data and for transmitting a data message containing said selected data;
a mobile switching center (MSC) for receiving said data message via a cellular network control channel from each of said data reporting means operating within said coverage areas of said array of cells; and
data collection means for collecting said selected data in response to receiving said data message from said MSC via a first communications link, said data message formatted as a call origination signal transmitted by one of the cellular mobile radiotelephones when said cellular mobile radiotelephone originates a cellular telephone call for communication via said CMR system.
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Abstract
A system for communicating data via a cellular network control channel of a cellular mobile radiotelephone system (CMR). A data message system includes reporting devices, a mobile switching center (MSC) of a CMR system, and a data collection system. The MSC receives data messages via the cellular network control channel from reporting devices operating within coverage areas of the array of cells and forwards the data messages via a first communications link to the data collection system. A paging acknowledgment system also can communicate both (1) paging messages and (2) acknowledgment messages to confirm reception of the paging messages. The paging acknowledgment system includes a communications system, remote communications devices, and at least one MSC of a CMR system. A remote communications device responds to a data message corresponding to a paging message by transmitting an acknowledgment message containing an acknowledgment code to the MSC via a cellular network control channel of the CMR system. In response, the MSC forwards the acknowledgment message to the communications system.
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37 Claims
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1. In or for a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) system having an array of cells for communicating with cellular mobile radiotelephones within coverage areas of said array of cells, a data message system for communicating selected data collected from a plurality of remote data sources, said data message system comprising:
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a plurality of data reporting means, each of said data reporting means operative for monitoring a corresponding one of said remote data sources to obtain said selected data and for transmitting a data message containing said selected data; a mobile switching center (MSC) for receiving said data message via a cellular network control channel from each of said data reporting means operating within said coverage areas of said array of cells; and data collection means for collecting said selected data in response to receiving said data message from said MSC via a first communications link, said data message formatted as a call origination signal transmitted by one of the cellular mobile radiotelephones when said cellular mobile radiotelephone originates a cellular telephone call for communication via said CMR system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In or for a cellular mobile radiotelephone system (CMR) having an array of cells for communicating with cellular mobile radiotelephones within coverage areas of said array of cells, a paging acknowledgment system for communicating paging messages and acknowledgments to confirm reception of said paging messages, said paging acknowledgment system comprising;
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a communications system, responsive to said paging messages, for preparing data messages corresponding to said paging messages and transmitting said data messages via a radiopaging communications path; a plurality of remote communications devices for receiving said data messages via said radiopaging communications path, each of said data messages containing an address that uniquely identifies one of said remote communications devices, each of said remote communications device responsive to a selected one of said data messages containing its associated address for transmitting via a cellular network control channel of said CMR system an acknowledgment message that confirms reception of said selected data message, said acknowledgment message formatted to correspond to a call origination signal transmitted by one of the cellular mobile radiotelephones when said cellular mobile radiotelephone originates a cellular telephone call for communication via said CMR system; at least one mobile switching center (MSC) for receiving said acknowledgment message via said cellular network control channel from each of said remote communications devices; and said communications system further operative to receive said acknowledgment message from said MSC via a first communications link and to process said acknowledgment message to determine whether said acknowledgment message corresponds to a particular one of said data messages. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. In or for a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) system for communicating with cellular mobile radiotelephones within coverage areas of said array of cells, a method for communicating data collected from a plurality of remote data sources, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring the operation of each of said remote data sources to obtain selected data; transmitting a data message containing said selected data via a cellular network control channel to a mobile switching center (MSC) of said CMR system, said data message formatted to correspond to a call origination signal transmitted by one of the cellular mobile radiotelephones when said cellular mobile radiotelephone originates a cellular telephone call to communicate via said CMR system; and transmitting said data message from said MSC to a data collection system via a first communications link, said data collection system operative to collect said selected data in response to said data message. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. In or for a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) system for communicating with cellular mobile radiotelephones within coverage areas of said array of cells, a method for communicating acknowledgment messages to confirm reception of paging messages, each of said paging messages generated by a paging party for communication to a paged party, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a particular one of said paging messages from said paging party; preparing a data message in response to receiving said particular paging message, said data message corresponding to said particular paging message; transmitting said data message via a radiopaging communications path; preparing an acknowledgment message in response to receiving said data message via said radiopaging communications path, to confirm reception of said data message, said acknowledgment message formatted to correspond to a call origination signal transmitted by a cellular mobile radiotelephone when said cellular mobile radiotelephone originates a cellular telephone call to communicate via said CMR system; transmitting said acknowledgment message via a cellular network control channel of said CMR system to a mobile switching center (MSC); and processing said acknowledgment message to determine whether one of said acknowledgment messages corresponds to said data message. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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