Arrangement with a short-range radio system

• US 5,995,842 A
• Filed: 12/29/1995
• Issued: 11/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Telia AB (Government of Norway)
• Inventors: Jonsson, Ulf
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Wellington
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US08/580,499
• Time in Patent Office: 1,432 Days
• Field of Search: 455/426, 455/410, 455/406, 455/408, 455/411, 455/422, 455/403, 455/432, 455/433, 455/434, 455/435, 455/436, 455/437, 455/480, 455/462, 455/550, 455/553, 455/465
• US Class Current: 455/462
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A release is carried out by PP transmitting CC-person who belongs to a radio system with a short range, for example a wireless telephony system, can be temporarily transferred as guest into a second wireless telephony system. When the user moves to a second communications system, he identifies himself in it as a guest. Information relating to the temporary address of the relevant person is transferred to his home system. An incoming call to the person in question is received by the home system which forwards the call to the system in which the person sought is temporarily registered. The caller is then notified that a call is coming in by a call signal being originated. The called party then answers the call and a normal call is set up. With an outgoing call, signals are transferred from the caller to the network which registers who is establishing the call. The registration is carried out on the basis of a call occurring from a certain subscription, or person, regardless of whether the call is established from the home system or as guest in another system. The system then registers the length of the call and debits the subscriber at his home address.

Claims

1. A communication system for mobile communication, comprising:

first and second independent cordless base station systems, each designed to operate as a private communication system and comprising a cordless base station having a low power system, wherein the first and second independent cordless base station systems are connected via a telephone network using a personal telephony service;

a cordless mobile unit including a radio transceiver for communicating via the first and second independent cordless base station systems;

means for registering the cordless mobile unit with the first independent cordless base station system when the cordless mobile unit is in range of the first independent cordless base station system and for registering the mobile cordless unit with the second independent cordless base station system when the cordless mobile unit is in range of the second independent cordless base station system so that calls to a phone number of the personal telephony service are assigned to whichever one of the first and second independent cordless base station systems the cordless mobile unit is registered;

means for performing initiating a call from the cordless mobile unit through either one of the first and second independent cordless base station systems and receiving a call for the cordless mobile unit through either one of the first and second independent cordless base station systems; and

means for debiting an account corresponding to the personal telephony service based on the call initiated by the cordless mobile unit via the second independent cordless base station system.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first cordless base station system comprises a Digital Electronic Communication Terminal (DECT).

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telephone network comprises at least one of a GSM system, an NMT system and a conventional U.S. analog cellular system.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telephone network using the personal telephony service comprises a telephone network using Universal Personal Telecommunications.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the first and second cordless base stations comprise Digital Electronic Communication base stations, and

the telephone network uses Universal Personal Telecommunications and comprises one of a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and a Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) system.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telephone network comprises a broadband integrated services digital network.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for registering the cordless mobile unit with the first independent cordless base station comprises:

means for sending a Personal User Identity code from the cordless mobile unit to the first independent cordless base station system.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for registering the cordless mobile unit with the second independent cordless base station comprises:

a visitor database connected to the second independent cordless base station system;

means for sending a Personal User Identity code from the cordless mobile unit to the second independent cordless base station system; and

means for storing the Personal User Identify code in the visitor database.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cordless mobile unit comprises:

a cordless mobile unit designating the first independent cordless base station system as a home system.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for registering the cordless mobile unit comprises:

means for authenticating the cordless mobile unit to the first and second independent cordless base station systems.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first and second independent cordless base station systems each comprise a list of Access right identities which define a type of cordless mobile unit which is authorized to access a respective independent cordless base station system;

the cordless mobile unit comprises a portable access rights key (PARK) and means for transmitting the PARK to the first and second independent cordless base station systems; and

the means for authenticating the cordless mobile unit at the first and second independent cordless base station systems comprises means for authenticating based on the PARK transmitted from the cordless mobile unit.

12. A method of communicating between a cordless mobile unit and plural independent cordless base stations, the method comprising the steps of:

connecting first and second independent cordless base station systems via a telephone network using a personal telephony service, wherein each of the first and second independent cordless base station systems is designed to operate as a private communication system and comprises a cordless base station having a low power system;

registering the cordless mobile unit with the first independent cordless base station system when the cordless mobile unit is in range of the first independent cordless base station system and registering the mobile cordless unit with the second independent cordless base station system when the cordless mobile unit is in range of the second independent cordless base station system;

assigning calls to a phone number of the personal telephony service to whichever one of the first and second independent cordless base station systems the cordless mobile unit is registered;

performing at least one of (1) initiating a call from the cordless mobile unit through either one of the first and second independent cordless base station systems and (2) receiving a call for the cordless mobile unit through either one of the first and second independent cordless base station systems; and

debiting an account corresponding to the personal telephony service based on the call initiated by the cordless mobile unit via the second independent cordless based station.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the step of connecting comprises connecting the first and second independent cordless base station systems using Universal Personal Telecommunications.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first and second cordless base stations comprise Digital Electronic Communication base stations and the step of connecting comprises:

connecting the first and second independent cordless base station systems using Universal Personal Telecommunications; and

using one of a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and a Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) system as the telephone network.

15. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the step of connecting comprises connecting the first and second independent cordless base station systems using a broadband integrated services digital network.