Use of web technology for subscriber management activities

• US 5,999,973 A
• Filed: 03/12/1998
• Issued: 12/07/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Glitho, Roch, Crowe, Thomas, Hogberg, Lena, Leduc, Francois
• Primary Examiner(s): Geckil, Mehmet B.
• Application Number:
  US09/041,561
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/201, 709/203, 709/238, 709/250, 709/225, 709/229, 709/217, 707/1, 707/3, 707/9, 707/10, 711/118, 710/200, 710/36, 713/201, 370/351, 370/401, 370/409
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0253 using browsers or web-pages for accessing management information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13109 Initializing, personal profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13141 Hunting for free outlet, circuit or channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13175 Graphical user interface [GUI], WWW interface, visual indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13339 Ciphering, encryption, security
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13349 Network management
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13513 UPT - personal as opposed to terminal mobility, inc. number portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13534 Internet - WWW, HTML, browsers etc.
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13547 subscriber, e.g. profile, database, database access
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0033 customer-controlled
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

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