Mobile station having short code memory system-level backup and restoration function
First Claim
1. A method for operating a telecommunications system, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one mobile station and a telecommunications network that are bidirectionally coupled together through a radio link, the mobile station including a first memory for storing at least user-specified information using a predetermined data storage format;
transmitting at least some of the contents of the first memory from the mobile station to the telecommunications network;
receiving the transmitted contents of the first memory and storing at least some of the received contents in a second memory in the telecommunications network;
transmitting contents of the second memory from the telecommunications network to the mobile station; and
receiving the transmitted contents of the second memory and storing at least some of the received contents in the first memory, thereby restoring information that was transmitted from the first memory to the telecommunications network, whereinthe steps of transmitting transmit memory content data using a predetermined data format that is independent of the predetermined data storage format of the first memory.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for operating a telecommunications system. The method includes a first step of providing at least one mobile station and a telecommunications network that are bidirectionally coupled together through a radio link. The mobile station includes a first memory, referred to as a Short Code Memory (SCM), for storing at least user-specified information. A first step of transmitting transmits at least some of the contents of the first memory from the mobile station to the telecommunications network, and a first step of receiving receives the transmitted contents of the first memory and stores at least some of the received contents in a second memory. A second step of transmitting transmits contents of the second memory from the telecommunications network to the mobile station, and a second step of receiving receives the transmitted contents of the second memory and stores at least some of the received contents in the first memory. In one embodiment of this invention the second memory is associated with an Over-the-Air Activation Function (OATF), while in a second embodiment the second memory is associated with a Short Message Service (SMS) Cellular Messaging Teleservice (CMT) Message Center (MC). In this manner the SCM contents are archived at the network level, and can be subsequently downloaded to the same or a different mobile station to restore the contents of the SCM.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for operating a telecommunications system, comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one mobile station and a telecommunications network that are bidirectionally coupled together through a radio link, the mobile station including a first memory for storing at least user-specified information using a predetermined data storage format; transmitting at least some of the contents of the first memory from the mobile station to the telecommunications network; receiving the transmitted contents of the first memory and storing at least some of the received contents in a second memory in the telecommunications network; transmitting contents of the second memory from the telecommunications network to the mobile station; and receiving the transmitted contents of the second memory and storing at least some of the received contents in the first memory, thereby restoring information that was transmitted from the first memory to the telecommunications network, wherein the steps of transmitting transmit memory content data using a predetermined data format that is independent of the predetermined data storage format of the first memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating a telecommunications system, comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one mobile station and a Base Station/Mobile Switching Center/Interworking function (BMI) that are bidirectionally coupled together through a digital radio link, the mobile station including a Short Code Memory (SCM) storing data for representing at least user-specified information; transmitting a SCM Request Message, with a SCM Backup indicator set, from the mobile station to the BMI; transmitting a SCM Backup authorization message from the BMI to the mobile station; transmitting at least one SCM Backup Data message from the mobile station to the BMI, the SCM Backup Data message having data fields for conveying all or some of the SCM data to the BMI, the BMI storing the SCM data in a memory; and at a completion of transmission of the SCM data, transmitting a SCM Backup Response message from the BMI to the mobile station for indicating a success or failure of the SCM data transmission, wherein the data fields of the SCM Backup Data message are used for transmitting SCM data in a predetermined universal format that is independent of a particular data storage format of the SCM. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for operating a telecommunications system, comprising the steps of:
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providing a first mobile station and a telecommunications network that are bidirectionally coupled together through a radio link, the first mobile station comprising a first Short Code Memory (SCM) for storing at least user-specified information in accordance with a SCM data storage format; providing a second mobile station that is bidirectionally coupled to the telecommunications network through a radio link, the second mobile station comprising a second SCM for storing at least user-specified information in accordance with a SCM data storage format that is the same as the SCM data storage format of the first mobile station or that is different than the SCM data storage format of the first mobile station; transmitting contents of the first SCM from the first mobile station to the telecommunications network using a SCM data transmission format that differs from the SCM data storage format of the first mobile station, the step of transmitting including a preliminary step of reformatting the transmitted contents from the SCM data storage format of the first mobile station to the SCM data transmission format; receiving the transmitted contents of the first SCM and storing the received contents in a network memory in the telecommunications network; in response to a triggering event, transmitting contents of the network memory from the telecommunications network to the second mobile station using the SCM data transmission format; and receiving the transmitted contents of the network memory and storing at least some of the received contents in the second SCM of the second mobile station, the step of receiving including a step of reformatting the received contents of the network memory from the SCM data transmission format to the SCM data storage format of the second SCM. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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