Call conference within a home zone
First Claim
1. A method for connecting a mobile cellular subscriber into an existing speech connection within a mobile cellular telecommunications network, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an indication from a first cellular mobile station to connect into an existing speech connection;
retrieving an identification number representing a second mobile cellular station whose speech connections said first mobile cellular station is allowed to connect;
determining whether a second mobile cellular station associated with said retrieved identification number is located within the same area as said first mobile cellular station;
identifying an existing speech connection between said second mobile cellular station and a telecommunication terminal; and
bridging said first mobile cellular station into said identified existing speech connection between said second mobile cellular station and said telecommunication terminal in response to an affirmative determination that said first mobile cellular station and said second mobile cellular station are within the same area of said mobile cellular telecommunication network, wherein said bridging step is performed within said mobile cellular telecommunications network.
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Abstract
A first mobile station is correlated with a second mobile station as a permitted home zone party. The second mobile station is in speech connection with another telecommunications party. In the event that the first mobile station wishes to join in on the conversation, the first mobile station simply transmits a selected service code A to the serving mobile switching center (MSC). The serving MSC retrieves the data correlating the first mobile station with the second mobile station, determines that the first mobile station is currently located within the same home zone, and conferences the first mobile station into the existing call connection involving the second mobile station by utilizing one of the call conference circuits. As an illustration, members of the same household can designate and correlate each other as permitted home zone parties. Thereinafter, whenever more than one members are within the designated home zone, and one is involved in a call connection, any other member can join in on the conversation by simply picking up a mobile station and dialing the service code.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for connecting a mobile cellular subscriber into an existing speech connection within a mobile cellular telecommunications network, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving an indication from a first cellular mobile station to connect into an existing speech connection; retrieving an identification number representing a second mobile cellular station whose speech connections said first mobile cellular station is allowed to connect; determining whether a second mobile cellular station associated with said retrieved identification number is located within the same area as said first mobile cellular station; identifying an existing speech connection between said second mobile cellular station and a telecommunication terminal; and bridging said first mobile cellular station into said identified existing speech connection between said second mobile cellular station and said telecommunication terminal in response to an affirmative determination that said first mobile cellular station and said second mobile cellular station are within the same area of said mobile cellular telecommunication network, wherein said bridging step is performed within said mobile cellular telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for automatically connecting a mobile cellular station into an existing speech connection within a mobile cellular telecommunications network, said method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a first speech connection between a first mobile cellular station and a telecommunications terminal; receiving an indication from a second mobile cellular station to automatically connect into an existing speech connection; retrieving an identification number of one or more particular mobile cellular stations that are associated with said second mobile cellular station as a home zone party; determining that at least one of said retrieved identification number represents said first mobile cellular station; determining whether said first mobile cellular station is located within the same cell area of the mobile cellular telecommunications network as said second mobile cellular station; and bridging said second mobile cellular station into said first speech connection between said first mobile cellular station and said telecommunications terminal in response to an affirmative determination that said first and second mobile cellular stations are located within the same cell area of the mobile cellular telecommunication network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for connecting a mobile cellular subscriber into an existing speech connection within a mobile cellular telecommunications network, comprising:
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means for receiving an indication from a first mobile cellular subscriber to connect into an existing speech connection; means for retrieving an identification number representing a second mobile cellular subscriber, said second mobile cellular subscriber being correlated with said first mobile cellular subscriber as a permitted home zone party; means for determining whether said second mobile cellular subscriber is being served by the same mobile switching center (MSC) serving said first mobile cellular subscriber; means for identifying an existing speech connection between said second mobile cellular subscriber and a telecommunication terminal; and means for bridging said first mobile cellular subscriber into said identified existing speech connection between said second mobile cellular subscriber and said telecommunication terminal, in response to an affirmative determination that said first mobile cellular subscriber and said second mobile cellular subscriber are being served by the same MSC, said bridging being performed in said mobile cellular telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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