Method for updating message waiting number count for a mobile telephone in an ANSI41 network

• US 6,055,423 A
• Filed: 12/29/1997
• Issued: 04/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Cyr, Bernard L., Calabrese, Robert T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Daniel S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GANTT, ALAN T
• Application Number:
  US08/999,012
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412, 455/466, 455/461, 455/435, 455/433
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/537 Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message , whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]

Abstract

A method is provided for updating a message waiting notification count in a profile of a mobile telephone in an ANSI41 environment. An information directive, a message defined by the ANSI41 standard is modified to included the message waiting notification count, a parameter defined by the ANSI41 standard. The updates to the message waiting notification count are transmitted from a voice mail system node to a home location register by the modified information directive without the use of dedicated connections and proprietary interfaces.

Claims

1. A method for updating a message waiting notification count in a profile of a mobile telephone between a VMS node and a HLR node in a network defined by the ANSI41 standard, comprising the steps of:

determining when there is a change in the message waiting number count;

establishing a message which is an information directive defined by the ANSI41 standard which only includes the updated message waiting number count of the profile of the mobile telephone; and

communicating the updated message waiting notification count between the VMS node and HLR node in the network.

2. The method of claim 1 including the step of confirming receipt by the HLR of the message waiting notification count.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of establishing a message includes the step of including with the message a parameter for providing the message waiting notification count.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the parameter is a message waiting notification count defined by the ANSI41 standard.

5. A method for updating the message waiting notification count for a mobile telephone from a VMS to a HLR in an ANSI41 environment, comprising the steps of:

determining when there is a change of the message waiting notification count;

selecting a message which is an information directive defined by the ANSI41 standard;

modifying the selected message to include the updated message waiting notification count; and

transmitting the selected message from the VMS to the HLR.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of selecting a message includes the step of including in the selected message an electronic serial number indicator and a mobile identification number for the mobile phone.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the electronic serial number is at least one of the actual electronic serial number of the mobile telephone and zeroes.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of modifying the selected message includes the step of adding a parameter to the selected message to provide the message waiting notification count.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the parameter is a message waiting number count defined by the ANSI41 standard.