Mobility management system in personal communication system
First Claim
1. A mobility management system in a personal communication system having a first home database for managing location registration information of a subscriber and said subscriber'"'"'s personal information so as to control the connection of a call in by tracking the location of said subscriber corresponding to said location registration information which comprises:
- a plurality of communication networks for receiving a location registration update request from a subscriber terminal unit and sending said location registration update request to said first home database,wherein said location registration update request represents a change of said location registration information due to power-on of said subscriber terminal unit used by said subscriber, traveling of said subscriber terminal unit, or the use of another terminal unit by said subscriber,wherein said location registration update request comprises;
(a) location registered network/means information comprising location registered communication network information which represents one of said plurality of communication networks with which said subscriber terminal is registered and terminal type information of said subscriber terminal unit;
(b) call in address information comprising a telephone number used for providing a service to said subscriber terminal unit in a relevant local network;
(c) order designation information for designating the priority of reference information that the first home database refers to so as to track the location of said subscriber terminal unit; and
(d) tracking control information for designating a tracking method performed based on said location registered network/means information and said call in address information; and
wherein said first home database comprises;
a mobility managing portion for managing a plurality of tracking information blocks and time information as mobility management information, for updating said priority data and internal information of each of said tracking information blocks based on said location registered network/means information, said call in address information, said order designation information, and said tracking control information included in the received location registration update request, for updating said mobility management information upon the reception of the mobility management information change request including information for changing said mobility management information generated corresponding to the schedule of said subscriber, said mobility management information change request being input by said subscriber and sent from said subscriber terminal unit through said communication networks, and for controlling the call in by tracking the location of said subscriber terminal unit corresponding to the information of said tracking information blocks upon occurrence of a call to said subscriber, each of said tracking information blocks including said location registered network/means information, said call in address information, said order designation information, and said tracking control information for each subscriber terminal unit, each of said tracking information blocks having the priority data referenced when the location of said subscriber terminal unit is tracked, and the time information representing a time zone in which said subscriber uses said subscriber terminal unit; and
a call out controlling portion for controlling the connection of a call in corresponding to said mobility management information.
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Abstract
A subscriber normally uses telephone sets 1 and 2 and a facsimile machine 3 accommodated in a wired telephone network 4, a subscriber terminal unit 10 that is a handy phone accommodated in a low speed mobile communication network 5, and a subscriber terminal unit 11 that is a portable telephone set accommodated in a high speed mobile communication network 6. Each of the networks is connected to a home database 7 to which the subscriber has subscribed. The home database 7 shares mobility management information for tracking a subscriber to which a call is connected in the wired communication system and mobility management information for registering the location of the subscriber who travels in the mobile communication system. The home database 7 updates the mobility management information for tracking the location of the subscriber with a location registration update request signal issued by the subscriber and changes the subscriber tracking priority.
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27 Claims
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1. A mobility management system in a personal communication system having a first home database for managing location registration information of a subscriber and said subscriber'"'"'s personal information so as to control the connection of a call in by tracking the location of said subscriber corresponding to said location registration information which comprises:
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a plurality of communication networks for receiving a location registration update request from a subscriber terminal unit and sending said location registration update request to said first home database, wherein said location registration update request represents a change of said location registration information due to power-on of said subscriber terminal unit used by said subscriber, traveling of said subscriber terminal unit, or the use of another terminal unit by said subscriber, wherein said location registration update request comprises; (a) location registered network/means information comprising location registered communication network information which represents one of said plurality of communication networks with which said subscriber terminal is registered and terminal type information of said subscriber terminal unit; (b) call in address information comprising a telephone number used for providing a service to said subscriber terminal unit in a relevant local network; (c) order designation information for designating the priority of reference information that the first home database refers to so as to track the location of said subscriber terminal unit; and (d) tracking control information for designating a tracking method performed based on said location registered network/means information and said call in address information; and wherein said first home database comprises; a mobility managing portion for managing a plurality of tracking information blocks and time information as mobility management information, for updating said priority data and internal information of each of said tracking information blocks based on said location registered network/means information, said call in address information, said order designation information, and said tracking control information included in the received location registration update request, for updating said mobility management information upon the reception of the mobility management information change request including information for changing said mobility management information generated corresponding to the schedule of said subscriber, said mobility management information change request being input by said subscriber and sent from said subscriber terminal unit through said communication networks, and for controlling the call in by tracking the location of said subscriber terminal unit corresponding to the information of said tracking information blocks upon occurrence of a call to said subscriber, each of said tracking information blocks including said location registered network/means information, said call in address information, said order designation information, and said tracking control information for each subscriber terminal unit, each of said tracking information blocks having the priority data referenced when the location of said subscriber terminal unit is tracked, and the time information representing a time zone in which said subscriber uses said subscriber terminal unit; and a call out controlling portion for controlling the connection of a call in corresponding to said mobility management information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobility management system in a personal communication system having a first home database for managing a location registration information for a subscriber and subscriber'"'"'s personal information so as to control the connection of a call in by tracking the location of said subscriber corresponding to said location registration information and said subscriber'"'"'s personal information, which comprises:
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a low speed mobile communication network, connected to a first subscriber terminal unit which is a low speed mobile communication terminal unit equivalent to a telephone terminal in a simple portable telephone system, for managing first location registration information of a subscriber who uses said first subscriber terminal unit, receiving a first location registration update request representing a change of said first location registration information due to power-on of said first subscriber terminal unit or traveling of the first subscriber terminal unit from said first subscriber terminal unit, updating said first location registration information, and transferring said first location registration update request to said first home database; a high speed mobile communication network, connected to a second subscriber terminal unit which is a high speed mobile communication terminal unit equivalent to a telephone terminal unit in a portable telephone system, for managing second location registration information of a subscriber who uses said second subscriber terminal unit, receiving a second location registration update request that represents a change of the second location registration information due to power-on or traveling of said second subscriber terminal unit from said second subscriber terminal unit, updating said second location registration information, and transferring said second location registration update request to the first home database; and a wired telephone network, connected to a third subscriber terminal unit which is a telephone set or a facsimile machine, for managing third location registration information of a subscriber who uses said third subscriber terminal unit, receiving a third location registration update request that represents that said subscriber uses said third subscriber terminal unit from said third subscriber terminal, updating said third location registration information, and transferring said third location registration update request to said first home database, wherein each of said first location registration update request, said second location registration update request, and said third location registration update request comprises; (a) location registered network/means information comprising location registered network information representing a network with which the location of the relevant subscriber terminal unit is registered and terminal unit type information of said subscriber terminal unit; (b) call in address information comprising a number that is routing information used to provide a service to said subscriber terminal unit in the relevant local network; (c) order designation information for designating the priority of reference to a plurality of pieces of reference information with which said first home database tracks the location of said subscriber; and (d) tracking control information for designating a tracking method which is performed based on the location registered network/means information and the call in address information, and wherein the first home database comprises; a mobility managing portion for managing a plurality of tracking information blocks and time information as mobility management information, each of said tracking information blocks comprising said location registered network/means information, said call in address information, said order designation information, and said tracking control information for each subscriber terminal unit, each of said tracking information blocks having priority data referenced when the location of said subscriber terminal units are tracked, each of said tracking information being referenced according to said priority while the location of subscriber terminal units are tacked, the time information representing a time zone in which said subscriber uses said subscriber terminal unit; for updating the priority data and internal information of each of said tracking information blocks corresponding to said location registered network/means information, said call in address information, said order designation information, and said tracking control information included in the first, second, and third received location registration update requests; for updating said mobility management information upon the reception of said mobility management information change request comprising information for changing said mobility management information generated corresponding to a schedule of said subscriber, said mobility management information change request being input by said subscriber and sent from said first, second, or third subscriber terminal units through said low speed mobile communication network, said high speed mobile communication network, or said wired telephone network, respectively; for tracking the location of the subscriber terminal unit corresponding to the tracking information blocks upon occurrence of a call in to the subscriber, and for controlling the call in to the subscriber; a low speed mobile communication network interface portion, having an interface circuit connecting said low speed mobile communication network to said mobility managing portion, for transferring said first location registration update request received from said low speed mobile communication network to said mobility managing portion; a high speed mobile communication network interface portion, having an interface circuit connecting said high speed mobile communication network to said mobility managing portion, for transferring said second location registration update request received from said high speed mobile communication network to said mobility managing portion; a wired telephone network interface portion, having an interface circuit connecting said wired telephone network to said mobility managing portion, for transferring said third location registration update request received from said wired telephone network to said mobility managing portion; and a call out controlling portion for controlling the connection of a call in corresponding to said mobility management information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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