Providing notification of location dependent services to mobile stations
First Claim
1. In a mobile communications system having a plurality of location areas for providing mobile communications services to mobile subscribers, a method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first set of services to one of the mobile subscribers in a first location area;
the one mobile subscriber entering a second location area; and
using an intelligent network service to determine a second set of services supported bv the second location area when the one mobile subscriber registers with the second location area and to communicate to the one mobile subscriber in the second location area the second set of services supported by the second location area.
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Abstract
A mobile communications system includes a plurality of location areas for providing mobile communications services to mobile subscribers. A first set of services is provided to subscribers in a first location area. A second set of services is provided to mobile subscribers in a second location area. When a mobile subscriber leaves the first location area and enters the second location area, the second set of services supported by the second location area is communicated to the mobile subscriber. In an example embodiment, the determination of the second set of services supported by the second location area and the communication of that second set of services to the mobile subscriber are performed as an intelligent network type service.
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22 Claims
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1. In a mobile communications system having a plurality of location areas for providing mobile communications services to mobile subscribers, a method comprising the steps of:
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providing a first set of services to one of the mobile subscribers in a first location area; the one mobile subscriber entering a second location area; and using an intelligent network service to determine a second set of services supported bv the second location area when the one mobile subscriber registers with the second location area and to communicate to the one mobile subscriber in the second location area the second set of services supported by the second location area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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- 9. In a mobile communications system having plural mobile subscribers, a first location area in which a first set of mobile communications services is provided, and a second location area where a second set of mobile communications services is provided, a controller comprising an intelligent network service control function (SCF) communicating to one of the mobile subscribers the second set of services supported by the second location area when the one mobile subscriber enters the second location area, wherein a trigger detection point notification is sent to the SCF causing the SCF to execute service logic to determine the second set of services when the one mobile subscriber enters the second location area.
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